After a long day of sightseeing and nursing a slight hangover, yes even the "professionals" at Celebrity Wine Review sometimes get them, I step inside the local Malaga hot-spot "Bodega El Pimpi". After passing through the Andolucian style courtyard and private dining rooms you enter the bar. The decor is quite simple and typical of any Spanish bar, long, dark and wooden. The only thing that stands out is the wall that is absolutely jam packed with autographed framed pictures of the various, mostly Spanish celebrity guests. The most frequent and recognizable being Malaga native Antonio Banderas.

As you make your way through the well stocked bar and into the main dinig room you will find large wine barrels lined up against several walls. The most famous geusts are invited to leave their mark here and plenty of people show up to see them. I drank several glasses of wine waiting for the right moment to take a quick video for you to see. People were actually waiting in line to sit next to the barrels signed by Zorro...er uh, Mr. Banderas, and members of the Picasso Family.

[caption id="attachment_459" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Autographed wine barrels."][/caption] El Pimpi is a great place to regroup after a long day of touring Malaga, or a great place to start a night on the town. It is a short distance from both the Cathedral and Picasso Museum. There are too many varieties of wine on the list to count, and it changes frequently as new ones are added. Three different glass sizes are offered, making it easy to sample several while you enjoy the fine tapas or raciones, and watch the endless stream of tourist taking pictures of the autographed barrles around you. [caption id="attachment_396" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Stencil for marking barrels of wine ready for shipment."][/caption] At the moment Central Malaga is not very picturesque. Most of the city seems to be under construction as Spain is preparing it to be a major center for tourism by 2016. The beach however is quite nice. There are numerous street-side cafes throughout the city where you can find great wines and tapas. This is a great place for nightlife, the clubs open around 3, and it is not uncommon to see people headed home at 7AM specially during festivals, which in Spain it seems there is always one going on