by Roger Davies | Apr 20, 2012 | AQOT
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...
by Roger Davies | Mar 23, 2012 | AQOT
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...
by Roger Davies | Mar 18, 2012 | AQOT
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...
by Roger Davies | Mar 16, 2012 | AQOT
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...
by Roger Davies | Nov 30, 2011 | AQOT
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...
by Roger Davies | Nov 15, 2011 | AQOT
Here is a link to a blog entry about a tour I organised for a group of nine people. The tour involved olive oil, red wine, great food and lots of laughing!
by Roger Davies | Oct 11, 2011 | AQOT
Yesterday, I took a group of nine people on a tour which combined a visit to an olive oil mill and to a boutique winery where we had lunch. The first two photos below show the olive varieties that are prevalent in the mountainous area of the province of Cadiz. The...
by Roger Davies | Jul 8, 2011 | AQOT
In two posts that I put on my blog in May I talked about a trip I did to the Sierra of Aracena with a journalist and a photographer from Hong Kong. The journalist was going to write an article about the Iberian pig for a magazine called Next, which is published in...
by Roger Davies | Jun 19, 2011 | AQOT
I thought that it was time to write up on the wine tour that I run to Arcos de la Frontera, especially as I have been there quite a few times recently; on Thursday (16th June) I took two Australian women there. The winery that I go to is to the east of Arcos and is in...
by Roger Davies | Jun 7, 2011 | AQOT
I meant to post an entry about a recent visit to Jerez a few days ago, but due to being out on tour so much I haven’t got round to it until now. I spent two days with a group of five women from Hong Kong who did the tour to the Sierra of Aracena and the one to...
