by Roger Davies | Feb 23, 2015 | AQOT
Last Friday I ran a tour which involved visiting an olive mill and then a winery, with lunch at the latter. As we are in February the vines are of course dormant (see photo below) awaiting the spring when they will come to life again. After a wonderful lunch we went...
by Roger Davies | Feb 10, 2015 | AQOT
Yesterday, I took at group of people from South Korea on an Iberian ham tour. We started with a visit to Sánchez Romero Carvajal producers of the famous 5J hams. I have not been to their ham factory for a number if years as they stopped visits. Their new centre for...
by Roger Davies | Jan 27, 2015 | AQOT
Yesterday, I spent from 8:30 in the morning to 6 in the afternoon in the Sierra of Grazalema, around 90 minute’s drive south-east of Seville. The area is a Natural Park and is of exceptional beauty. The reason for my trip was to sort out the details for a cheese...
by Roger Davies | Jan 20, 2015 | AQOT
Yesterday, I went to La Rábida which is close to the city of Huelva and about an hour to the west of Seville. This is the place from where Columbus left on his first voyage to the Americas. Anyway, I went to an event organised by the wine company Tierra Nuestra...
by Roger Davies | Oct 24, 2014 | AQOT
Yesterday (23rd October), I visited one of the olive groves and mills where I regularly go with clients. This time, however, I went on my own as I wanted to take some photos and one or two short videos of olives being picked. At the estate they have been picking now...
by Roger Davies | Oct 23, 2014 | AQOT
Anyone who has been in a park in southern Spain or in a bullring will have seen a yellowish ochre sand on the ground, called “albero”. This is something that can also been seen in wineries where sherry is aged. It comes from a detritic limestone that is...
