by Roger Davies | Nov 23, 2017 | Tours
On leaving Pontevedra we headed south to the second most important sub-divsion of the Rias Baixas wine region, Condado de Tea. This area is just across the border fron Portugal. We visited a winery called Bodegas La Val where as everywhere in Rias Baixas the principal...
by Roger Davies | Nov 21, 2017 | Tours
At the end of September I ran a five-day wine tour to Galica in north west Spain. This is the third tour I have run for a group of 3 British men who I now consider to be friends rather than clients. We started and finished in the beautiful town of Santiago de...
by Roger Davies | Nov 16, 2017 | AQOT
Another of our one-day tours was to the Rioja wine region. This is Spain’s most famous area for red wine with the Tempranillo grape being the most widely planted variety. The other principal red grapes are Garnache, Mazuelo or Carignan, and Graciano. We visited...
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...
by Roger Davies | Mar 12, 2017 | AQOT
A few days ago I ran my ethical foie gras tour which goes to the region of Extremadura directly north from Seville. We spent nearly all our time on the farm where the geese are. The geese undego no force feeding and everything is geared towards following as natural a...
