by Roger Davies | Jul 15, 2013 | AQOT
Last week I ran some tapas tours, two tours related to sherry, two related to olive oil and one related to Iberian ham. On the olive oil tour I ran yesterday I took some photos of the olives. When olives develop on the tree the stone or pit is the first thing that...
by Roger Davies | Jul 7, 2013 | AQOT
On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of last week (3-5 July) I attended a course entitled “La cata de aceite de oliva virgen, cultura y maridaje” whcih translates as “Virgin olive tasting, culture and pairing (with food)”. The course was organised...
by Roger Davies | Jun 28, 2013 | AQOT
Due to being very busy I have neglected my blog over the last few weeks. Anyway, amongst the many tours I have organised was one to the Sierra de Aracena at the end of last week. At the ham factory that we visited they were coating hams with a mixture of sun flower...
by Roger Davies | Jun 12, 2013 | AQOT
Two days ago (June 10th) I took a group fo 10 people to Arcos de La Frontera on a wine tour. The first thing we did at the winery we visited was to walk around part of the vineyard, and below is a photo of some Merlot grapes which are now in well-formed bunches. The...
by Roger Davies | Jun 7, 2013 | AQOT
I took some Indian clients on my half-day olive oil tour today and I took some photos of the olive trees to show the difference in size of the olives now compared with the last photo of olives I posted which was taken on 14th May (see blog entry here). Even though not...
by Roger Davies | May 31, 2013 | AQOT
In my blog entry of 10th May I talked about the “en rama” sherries that have been released by the company Lustau and gave my impressions of the “en rama” fino made in Jerez. Earlier this week on a wine tour I made to the Jerez area I picked up...
