by Roger Davies | Nov 15, 2017 | AQOT
On one of our day trips out of San Sebastian we started with a visit to a cider mill. CIder is very popular along the northen Spanish coast, often in places that are not suitable for producing grapes. Most of the cider that is produced is still and to produce some...
by Roger Davies | Nov 14, 2017 | AQOT
On three of the days of the San Sebastian trip we ventured outside the city. The first visit was to a cheese producer not far from the city. They produce a cheese calle Idiazabal which has its own Denominación de Origen or Appelation, located in both the Basque...
by Roger Davies | Nov 13, 2017 | AQOT
It’s been some time since I last posted on my blog which of course is not good. I could blame it on being very busy, which is true, but it’s a lame excuse. Anyway, I wanted to talk about some interesting tours that I have done over the last few months. The...
by Roger Davies | Apr 30, 2017 | AQOT
I ran yet another half-day olive oil tour a few days ago. For olive trees this is a crucial time of the year as flowering is taking place which of course brings on poliination and the resulting formation of olives. This process has started between two and three weeks...
by Roger Davies | Apr 20, 2017 | AQOT
I recently took a group on a tour to an organic Iberian/iberico pig farm. I have been there quite a few times and will be visiting again next week. I love going there as it is such as beautiful place and the family who run it are wonderful people. We normally spend...
by Roger Davies | Apr 1, 2017 | AQOT, Tours
I ran our half-day olive oil tour yesterday and wanted to share a photo of the buds which have now formed on the olive trees. These will become flowers at the end of this month/start of next month. Only a small percentage of these flowers will them become...
