by Roger Davies | Nov 8, 2013 | AQOT
On one of my recent trips to Jerez we went to Bodegas Fernando de Castilla. Over the years, the owner Jan Pettersen has become a good friend of mine; his sherries are some of the best that can be found anywhere. Well, he kindly gave me a bottle of a new product...
by Roger Davies | Oct 29, 2013 | AQOT
Today, I don’t have to go out with clients which I think is only the 4th day this month. Just this last week or so I have run two tours to Jerez, one to Sanlúcar, two to Ronda, two to the Sierra of Aracena, as well as a half-day olive oil tour and a tapas tour....
by Roger Davies | Oct 17, 2013 | AQOT
Yesterday, I took some clients from Hong Kong on one of my ham tour to the Sierra of Aracena. We had some rain a few weeks ago but nothing since so the countryside is still looking rather dry. Taking a walk on the farm that we visited, we saw quite a few pigs looking...
by Roger Davies | Sep 30, 2013 | AQOT
One of the tours I ran last week was a wine tour to the Ronda area with a group of 9 Australians. At both the wineries we visited wine production was in full swing. In the first photo below, you can see boxes of grapes that have just been brought in from the...
by Roger Davies | Sep 11, 2013 | AQOT
I have let things slip a bit over the summer and so need to start making blog entries on a more regular basis again. Well, I was at a winery near Ronda two days ago and this time last year they were in the process of making wine from Tempranillo and Merlot grapes. In...
by Roger Davies | Jul 16, 2013 | AQOT
I have already commented on two of the “en rama” wines from Lustau, the fino from Jerez which you can see here and the manzanilla from Sanlúcar de Barrameda here. Over the last few days I have been drinking the “en rama” fino from El Puerto de...
