by Roger Davies | Mar 12, 2014 | AQOT
I am spending the whole of this week with the same group. They are a mix of culinary students and chefs from Pennsylvania. The leader of the group, Jim, was with me with a group four years ago and has wanted to repeat the experience ever since. They arrived in Seville...
by Roger Davies | Feb 6, 2014 | AQOT
On Friday afternoon and all day Saturday of last week (31st January and 1st February) I attended another olive oil tasting course. The course, which was excellent, was given by three expert olive oil tasters, one of whom is a world authority. The sessions were very...
by Roger Davies | Jan 20, 2014 | AQOT
A year ago I wrote a post about the new regulations for Iberian hams and other Iberian products which can be seen here. Well, these regulatons are finally being applied. In addition to these, there will be 4 different coloured tags to distinguish the different...
by Roger Davies | Jan 7, 2014 | AQOT
In Spain, the Christmas and New Year festivities go on for longer than in many other countries as Epiphany, which was yesterday, is the principal day for giving and receiving presents. Families have a big meal on Christmas Eve which spills over to lunch on Christmas...
by Roger Davies | Dec 19, 2013 | AQOT
Last Sunday I opened a bottle of white wine from the Rioja winery López de Heredia. Their white wines are very different to almost any other white wine produced in Spain. The wine that was drink was the Viña Tondonia Reserva from 1991, a 22 year old white wine! It was...
by Roger Davies | Nov 18, 2013 | AQOT
I heard on the news yesterday that Jerez has been named European Wine Capital 2014. I hope this will help to further promote authentic sherry and that more discerning wine drinkers who have not yet been converted to the delights of sherry will do so in the coming...
