by Roger Davies | Feb 3, 2013 | AQOT
On Thursday of last week (30th January) I went with a friend to visit a producer of foie gras. Eduardo Sousa is his name and he is based in the town of Fuente de Cantos in the province of Badajoz in the region of Extremadura, just over an hour’s drive north from...
by Roger Davies | Jan 30, 2013 | AQOT
Yesterday I made a visit to a distillery that is situated just outside the town of Carmona, 33 kilometres from Seville. I am thinking of setting up a half-day tour to the place. The distillery was founded in 1880 by a man from the Basque Country, Mr. Izaguirre. He had...
by Roger Davies | Jan 27, 2013 | AQOT
The new ruling on the classification of Iberian pork products was published by the Spanish government last Friday (25th January) after more than a year of negotiations between different sectors of the industry. The ruling covers hams, cured loins and fresh meat. There...
by Roger Davies | Jan 3, 2013 | AQOT
My family and I have stayed in Spain over Christmas for the last few years as I get a lot of work at this time of year. In fact, I had tours everyday from the 26th to the 31st December with tapas tours in the evening on two days as well. For Christmas and New Year we...
by Roger Davies | Dec 12, 2012 | AQOT
Yesterday (11th December) I went with a friend to Grazalema to test run a walk as I am going to be with a group on 26th December who want to do a three-hour hike. They are staying near Ronda and Grazalema is only a 35 minute drive away. Anyway, the walk we did...
