by Roger Davies | Jan 27, 2013 | AQOT
The new ruling on the classification of Iberian pork products was published by the Spanish government last Friday (25th January) after more than a year of negotiations between different sectors of the industry. The ruling covers hams, cured loins and fresh meat. There...
by Roger Davies | Jan 3, 2013 | AQOT
My family and I have stayed in Spain over Christmas for the last few years as I get a lot of work at this time of year. In fact, I had tours everyday from the 26th to the 31st December with tapas tours in the evening on two days as well. For Christmas and New Year we...
by Roger Davies | Dec 12, 2012 | AQOT
Yesterday (11th December) I went with a friend to Grazalema to test run a walk as I am going to be with a group on 26th December who want to do a three-hour hike. They are staying near Ronda and Grazalema is only a 35 minute drive away. Anyway, the walk we did...
by Roger Davies | Dec 9, 2012 | AQOT
Last week I did two wine tours to the Ronda area which coincided with a pretty cold spell. The photo below which was taken from the centre of Ronda shows the Sierra de las Nieves with a smattering of snow near the summit. wine tours to...
by Roger Davies | Nov 26, 2012 | AQOT
Last week I realised that I didn’t have a blog entry about the cooking classes we offer. So, as we had a class last Saturday (24th November) I thought I would put amends to this situation. I have been working with local chef Willy Moya for around 9 years and the...
by Roger Davies | Nov 23, 2012 | AQOT
Yesterday (22 November), I took some people on my Iberian or iberico ham tour. The months of October and November are when the free-range Iberian pigs start eating acorns which they root around for among the holm oaks and cork oaks. The idea is that the pigs gain 50...
