The Local Spain https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Backlash over 'not Catalan' cava salesman A man has found himself in hot water after his branding strategy – to advertise cava as "not Catalan" so that "people who aren’t fans of Catalan separatists" will buy it – went viral. https://www.thelocal.es/20150202/man-markets-not-catalan-cava Mon, 02 Feb 2015 16:56:00 +0100 man-markets-not-catalan-cava Putin slams talk of Spain vineyard as 'joke' President Vladimir Putin's spokesman on Friday dismissed media reports that the Russian leader owns a luxury Spanish villa where he is planting a vineyard. https://www.thelocal.es/20150109/putin-slams-luxury-villa-rumours-as-joke Fri, 09 Jan 2015 14:14:00 +0100 putin-slams-luxury-villa-rumours-as-joke Man killed by 5 tonnes of falling grapes A Spanish man was killed on Thursday when 5,000kg of grapes landed on top of him. https://www.thelocal.es/20131004/man-killed-by-5-tonnes-of-falling-grapes Fri, 04 Oct 2013 15:10:00 +0200 man-killed-by-5-tonnes-of-falling-grapes