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...
by Roger Davies | May 30, 2013 | AQOT
Today I took some clients on my Iberian ham tour to the Sierra of Aracena. On the Iberian pig farm that we visited we took a walk down to a small reservoir. On the holm oak trees you can now see some of the acorns forming. I took a number of photos but due to not...
by Roger Davies | May 24, 2013 | AQOT
On 30th April I wrtoe a blog entry about a wine tour to Arcos de la Frontera the previous day. An accompanying photo showed a vine with some bunches of grapes that were just starting to from. On a tour to the same vineyard today I took some photos in the same part of...
by Roger Davies | May 21, 2013 | AQOT
Due to being very busy I haven’t posted anything since 10th May. Anyway, part of last week was spent with some clients who have been with me before. I spent 4 days with them doing a number of different tours. We did my half-day tour olive oil tour last Tuesday...
by Roger Davies | May 10, 2013 | AQOT
I ran a tour to Jerez earlier this week and one of the wineries that we visited was Lustau which has just released a new range of ” en rama” wines. There are 3 wines, a fino from Jerez, a fino from El Puerto de Santa María and a manzanilla from Sanlúcar de...
by Roger Davies | May 6, 2013 | AQOT
Yesterday I ran a tour that combined a visit to an olive mill followed by a visit to a winery with lunch afterwards. The olive mill was just outside Zahara de la Sierra and the winery was not far from Ronda. I found it interesting to compare how advanced the vines...
by Roger Davies | Apr 30, 2013 | AQOT
Yesterday, I went on a wine tour with some clients to Arcos de la Frontera and surrounding area. I think the temperature got to around 15ºC when two weeks ago is was 31ºC! The weather is doing some strange things of late. Anyway, I took some photos of Syrah vines at...
by Roger Davies | Apr 28, 2013 | AQOT
This week I have run my Iberian ham tour four times which is probably a record. This has meant eating a lot of acorn-fed Iberian ham and other delights from the Iberian pig. I have, however, skipped a few courses at the restaurant where we normally go for lunch as...
