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...
