by Roger Davies | May 25, 2023 | AQOT, Tours, Vinos
From 10 to 17 May, I ran a food and wine tour in the north of Spain,visiitng 4 different wine areas; Rueda, Rías Baixas, Ribeira Sacra and El Bierzo Our first winery visit was to Bodegas Barco del Corneta situated in the Rueda wine area. The winery, however is not in...
by Roger Davies | May 2, 2022 | AQOT, Tours, Vinos
On Saturday (30 April) I ran a wine tour to Jerez and Sanlucar de Barrameda. This was the first time I was with Australian clients since the start of lockdown in March 2020. This is definitely a step forward back to what I was used to as I normally see lots of clients...
by Roger Davies | Feb 17, 2022 | AQOT, Tours, Vinos
On Tuesday of this week I spent the day in Sanlúcar de Barrameda as I am about to change the itinerary of my wine tour there. Over the last few years there has been an increase in the production of high quality unfortified wines from specific vineyard sites in the...
by Roger Davies | Feb 10, 2022 | AQOT, Tours
Things are starting to change with my business and as the cases of Corona virus contunue to go down I am getting a lot more enquiries for tours.. I have recently done a number of Iberian ham tours to the Sierra of Aracena with visits to farms and then to ham curing...
by Roger Davies | Dec 2, 2021 | AQOT, Tours
This is a great time of the year to go on an Iberian ham tour as it’s when the “montanera” takes place. This is the time when Iberian pigs are released onto large tracts of land so that they can feed on acorns that are provided by holm oaks and cork...
by Roger Davies | Nov 13, 2021 | AQOT, Tours, Vinos
On Wednesday night I organised a wine tasting for a group of 16 people. The tasting focused on authentic sherry which, of course, can only be from the Jerez region. As anyone who has seen my website at www.aqot.com or who has read previous blog entries on wine...
by Roger Davies | Nov 12, 2021 | AQOT, Tours, Vinos
On Tuesday of this week I ran a wine tour to Ronda, but before going to the winery that we visited we stopped off at Stenil de las Bodegas, which is on the list as one of the most beautiful villages in Spain. The town is built in and around the gorge created by the...
by Roger Davies | Nov 11, 2021 | AQOT
On Monday this week I ran a tour to the Sierra of Grazalema situated in the north-east of the province of Cadiz and about 1 hour 20 minutes from Seville. This beatiful mountainous area is a limestone masiff formed by the collision of the Afican and Eurasian tectonic...
by Roger Davies | Nov 6, 2021 | AQOT
I ran yet another wine tour to Jerez de la Frontera today. I always remind people that only authentic sherry can come from the Jerez area. As well as Jerez de la Frontera, the other two sherry towns are Sanlúcar de Barrameda and El Puerto de Santa María. The English...
by Roger Davies | Nov 4, 2021 | AQOT, Vinos
For anyone who has seen my website (www.aqot.com) they will know that my company A Question of Taste runs wine tastings in Seville at El Rinconcillo. I also do lots of wine tastings with a number of wine tasting groups that I belong to. Last night we had a fantastic...
