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2 reviews of La Siempre Llena

Organic wines from Madrid

La Siempre Llena is an awesome little wine bar and shop located in the Mercado de San Fernando, a once-obsolete neighborhood market which has found new life as young locals and expats set up shop selling everything from sushi to craft beer to artisan breads. La Siempre Llena specializes in natural and organic wines mainly from the region of Madrid, a traditionally overlooked wine region that’s slowly (but steadily) gaining acceptance among Spain’s wine purists. Most of the wines are sold “a granel,” which means by volume. It’s simple: you buy an empty bottle (or bring your own), fill it up with the wine of your choice, and then pay by the liter. You can take it home with you and once it’s done, you can bring the bottle back and fill it up again.


Aside from selling wines to take home, La Siempre Llena also operates as a pretty hopping wine bar, especially during the weekends when the market fills up with locals who spend the afternoon sampling drinks and tapas at the various stalls. They have their usual selection of Madrid wines, but also have delicious artisan vermouths (both red and white), Sherries, and muscatels.

All in all, it’s a great place if you’re interested in checking out local wines and pushing your palate a little bit. Little by little, it’s become one of my favorite wine bars in the area. 100% recommended.
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Fill-ur-own Madrid wine... (or drink it at the bar)

A mate set up this wine stall in Lavapiés' San Fernando market, selling fill-ur-own wine (or 'vino a granel' in the local lingo) from the Madrid region. The concept is simple (and cheap) – buy empty bottles for 40 cents each, fill them up (the vino ranges from €1.50 to €6-ish per bottle), go home and guzzle the wine, come back and fill up again. Spaniards used to buy all their wine (and their milk, as it happens) this way. The selection runs to about 10 wines, and La Siempre Llena is an excellent spot to explore the under-appreciated and relatively unknown (but about to explode, I predict) vino grown around the Spanish capital.

It also operates as a low-key bar – punters pull up a pew and knock back a glass before heading home with their stash. Swing by the on the weekend when the market is heaving. Factoid: Madrid is the only capital in the world that;s also a protected wine region.
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