by Roger Davies | Mar 22, 2013 | AQOT
Today I was out again on another Iberian ham tour to the Sierra of Aracena. On the farm we visited today one of the breeding females had already given birth with the rest soon to follow. In the photo below you can see the mother suckling two of the piglets. The sow in...
by Roger Davies | Mar 20, 2013 | AQOT
This morning I went to the Sierra of Aracena to visit an organic Iberian pig farm with the idea of taking groups there in the future. The farm has 14 breeding females with one lucky breeding male. On the farm they generally breed once a year as opposed to twice which...
by Roger Davies | Mar 18, 2013 | AQOT
Today I took some clients to Jerez on a tour and at the first winery that we visited they were adding young fortified wine to the last criadera of the solera system for their fino, the lightest style of sherry produced in Jerez. This can be seen in the photo below;...
by Roger Davies | Mar 17, 2013 | AQOT
Yesterday, I took a group to Sanlúcar de Barrameda on a wine or sherry tour. We started off with a visit to a small producer that was established in 1758 in buildings that had been part of a convent. They specialise in manzanilla (very normal in Sanlúcar) which...
by Roger Davies | Mar 4, 2013 | AQOT
On Saturday I received a copy of the book Sherry, Manzanilla & Montilla. A Guide to the Traditional Wines of Andalucia by Peter Liem & Jesús Barquín. A friend from the United States who was coming to Spain brought it for me as it can only be purchased in the...
by Roger Davies | Feb 27, 2013 | AQOT
Yesterday I took some clients on a wine tour to the Ronda area. At the two wineries that we visited they were pruning the last of the vines. In the photo below the vines have just been pruned; you can see the vine cuttings on the ground. If you look carefully you can...
