Day 5 Galicia: Rias Baixas This is our first full day in Rias Baixas and we make maximum use of our time. Our first visit is to Bodegas Fefiñanes which…
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Day 4 Galicia: Salnès Rias Baixas There are 5 zones in the Rias Baixas wine region and Salnès is considered the birthplace of Albariño. Today we transfer from one parador…
Day 3 Galicia: On the way to Ribeira Sacra We’ve been blessed with glorious spring weather so far. The rain that I feared might mar our tour hasn’t appeared. All…
Today we headed south to Ribeiro and had a full day of great winery visits. We started first at Coto de Gomoriz, in a remote area. The winery was started…
Santiago de Compostela is a marvelous place to visit, even if you’re not a pilgrim. It is world famous for the pilgrimages people make to venerate the Apostle Saint James,…
A Guest Blog by nom de plume ‘1818′ (Editor’s note: 1818 and his lovely wife are wine lovers extraordinaires. They have participated on numerous Wine Lovers Tours and will be…
The Balearic Islands lie off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean; there are several islands, but the 3 most well known are Menorca, Ibiza and Mallorca. I had the…
As most wine lovers are aware, the Wine Spectator annually selects their top 100 wines of the year. They start with thousands of entries ( 2017 had 17,000 possible winners)…
José Ignacio Domecq Gonzalez was known for his sherry…and his nose. He could trust his nose to select extraordinary sherries from great sherries and he used that unique ability to…
One of the joys of our wine tours is that I bring back 12 bottles of wine to share with a small group of fellow wine lovers. I’ve blogged before…
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