Movida at Hotel Madrid

The wine list at Movida leans hard into its Spanish identity — which is exactly the right call for a tapas and paella spot inside a boutique hotel. Flip past the cocktail section (and you will be tempted to stay there) and you'll find a focused, if somewhat predictable, Iberian lineup. It's not trying to impress you with obscure grapes or orange wine from Galicia; it's trying to sell you a Rioja with your croquetas, and mostly it succeeds.

The list runs 50–80 bottles deep and stays firmly in Spanish territory — Rioja and Rías Baixas do the heavy lifting, which makes sense given the menu. Muga and Cune anchor the red side, both reliable Rioja producers that are easy to trust even when the list offers little else to geek out over. An Albariño from Rías Baixas gives the whites some regional credibility. The problem is depth: there's no visible exploration of Priorat, Ribera del Duero, or Txakoli, and the list reads more like a hotel F&B director made safe choices than a wine person building something intentional.

With 10–16 glass pours, there's enough rotation to keep things interesting across a long, tapas-heavy dinner. The by-the-glass program sensibly covers both red and white Spanish staples, so you're not locked into a bottle early in the night. That said, pricing per glass trends toward the higher end for what's being poured — the markup reality hits harder here than it does on the bottle side.