by Roger Davies | Oct 19, 2014 | AQOT
On Friday (17th October), I took a group of 40 people on a tour to Jerez and Sanlúcar de Barrameda. I organised the tour for the Oxford and Cambridge Club of London and was the largest group I have been with for a few years. The day was a resounding success. We went...
by Roger Davies | Oct 14, 2014 | AQOT
On a wine trip that I led to the Ronda area today with a group of people from Singapur, I was surprised to see grapes being brought into the winery, as I thought everything in the area had already been picked and was either undergoing alcoholic or malolactic...
by Roger Davies | Oct 12, 2014 | AQOT
In my last post, I talked about the porcini mushrooms that we ate in the Sierra of Aracena whilst on an Iberian ham tour. Well, yesterday (11th October) on a tour that I led we ate one of the most prized mushrooms, Amanita caesarea, known locally as “tana”...
by Roger Davies | Sep 30, 2014 | AQOT
Yesterday, I was on another Iberian ham tour, which I think was the sixth this month. Anyway, after the rain we have been having, wild mushrooms are starting to appear. In the first photo below you can see some Boletus Edulis, known locally as “tentullo”...
by Roger Davies | Sep 24, 2014 | AQOT
Last Sunday (21st October) I accompanied a group of 5 American ladies to the Sierra of Aracena where we visited an Iberian pig farm and then a ham curing factory in Jabugo. We then went on to the town of Aracena where we had a fantastic lunch. The first photo below...
by Roger Davies | Sep 23, 2014 | AQOT
At midday last Saturday (20th September) I organised a wine tasting lunch for a group of 8 Norwegians. They requested a tasting of Spanish reds with a sweet wine with the dessert. We tasted two Tempranillo based wines along with wines that were 100% Garnacha...
