Visiting wineries around Ronda

Visiting wineries around Ronda

I just noticed that it was April when I last posted an entry on my blog; not good. Anyway, let’s see if I can be a bit more frequent in my postings.  One of the tours I did last week was to a few wineries in the Ronda area. Due to the dry weather we have...
Half-day olive oil tour from Seville

Half-day olive oil tour from Seville

I have recently started organising half-day tours to an olive mill that is just over half an hour away from Seville, on the outskirts of the town of El Viso del Alcor. The principal olive variety that they use is Arbequina which makes light fruity olive oil. This...
Wine tour to Sanlúcar de Barrameda

Wine tour to Sanlúcar de Barrameda

Yesterday, I took some repeat clients on a tour to Sanlúcar de Barrameda, the second most important of the three sherry towns, the others being Jerez de la Frontera and El Puerto de Santa María. Sanlúcar is at the mouth of the river that runs through Seville, the...
Wales win the Grand Slam

Wales win the Grand Slam

It was a very happy afternoon yesterday with Wales beating France 16-9 to win the Grand Slam. It was an extremely physical match, but we deservedly came out as winners, especially as Wales scored the only try of the match. As a celebration, I opened a special bottle...

25 years in Spain and 10 years of A Question of Taste

Yesterday I celebrated 25 years in Spain. It doesn’t seem that long ago that I flew into Madrid and took the train up to Soria where I lived for 18 months before heading south to Seville. I am also celebrating the first 10 years of my company, A Question of...
Asparagus and flamingos

Asparagus and flamingos

I spent most of last week with a wonderful group of people that included the owners of the Pisgah Inn in North Carolina and the head chef. The Inn which combines a hotel and restaurant is located at the Peak of the Blue Ridge Parkway which seems to be a beautiful...