If you’re planning on spending a few days in Toledo it will give you the possibility of visiting some of the premium wineries as well as some of the more interesting villages in the area. Toledo Known as the “City of Three Cultures”, Toledo was once a place where Christians, Jews and Muslims lived together in…
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Wine Touring in the Rioja Oriental – Aldeanueva de Ebro
Wine Touring in Aldeanueva de Ebro On the road from Logroño to Zaragoza, about half way between Calahorra and Alfaro, you’ll find find the small village of Aldeanueva de Ebro known locally as el pueblo de las tres mentiras, the “town of the three lies”, as it is not a village, nor is it new,…
Wine Touring in Rioja Oriental
Rioja Oriental Spain’s largest sub-region, and also its newest wine appellation (2018), the Rioja Oriental (Eastern Rioja) has been undergoing a winemaking transformation the past several years as a new generation of winemakers have sought to reclaim the long abandoned higher ground, bringing about a rebirth of the native Garnacha grape. Orginally known as the…
Wine Touring in the Rioja Alta – Cenicero
Cenicero If you continue south on the A-3210/LR-211 from Elciego, past Viña Salceda (Alavesa), you will arrive at the historic village of Cenicero sitting along the southern bank of the bend in the Ebro river, where you will find two of the oldest bodegas in La Rioja. The village, first settled sometime during the third…
Wine Touring in the Rioja Oriental – Alfaro
Wine Touring in Alfaro The capital of the Rioja Oriental (Eastern Rioja), Alfaro, the city of the white storks, sits south of the Sotos del Ebro nature reserve. The rooftop of its 17th-century Baroque masterpiece, the Colegiata de San Miguel Arcángel in the Plaza de España, is covered with some 400 stork nests, the largest…
Wine Touring in the Rioja Alavesa – Villabuena de Álava-Eskuernaga
This small village situated along both the banks of the Herrera River has currently a collection of some 34 bodegas, more than one for every six of its residents. The village of Eskuernaga, as it is called in Basque, has a long tradition of wine making and sits in the very heart of the Rioja…
Exploring Cádiz Dining
From Casual To More Formal Dining Restaurante Café Royalty The only historically preserved grand romantic cafe in Andalusia (1912) can be found in the Plaza de la Candelaria. Completely restored in 2008 after decades of being used as a wharehouse and bazaar. Excellent cocktails, wine list and tapas. Serves breakfast. Tel: (+34) 956 078 065…
Cádiz Tapas Bars
It’s been said that Cadiz lays claim to the invention of tapas. Enjoy! Tapas Bars Taberna Casa Manteca Head for Calle Corralón de los Carros, 66, in the Barrio de la Viña for chicharrones and its old time (1953) tavern atmosphere. Owned by the late bullfighter Pepe Manteca, it is now in the hands of…
Wine Touring in the Rioja Alta – Briones
Briones, a medieval village The majestic Renaissance Church of La Asunción Wine touring in the heart of the Rioja Alta After visits to the Barrio de la Estación in Haro and the small village of Ollauri, our next suggested stop on the wine trail comes a few minutes down the N-124 / N-232 highway past…
Wine Touring in the Najerilla Valley
The Najerilla river flows from the mountains of the Sierra de la Demanda to the Ebro River, making this a special corner of La Rioja, with a unique style of wine, the lower part of the valley yielding the region’s most balanced wines. The valley, considered by many to be central to La Rioja vineyards,…
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