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Galician Olive Oil While most people associate Spanish olive oil with the south of Spain, particularly Andalucía, people here in Galicia have been quietly making the stuff for centuries now, though admittedly in minute quantities. Once one of the most prolific Spanish olive oil producing regions, catastrophe struck in the late fifteenth century…
A Emoción dos Vinhos Travelling to the vigneron fair A Emoción dos Vinhos in Valença do Minho this summer was a real voyage of discovery on so many levels. The opportunity to meet so many ‘wine whisperers’ under one roof was just too good to miss. I tasted a great many superb wines over that…
QUINTA DE SANTA LUZIA VALENÇA DO MINHO PORTUGAL 2 & 3 JULY 2016 The 6th edition of A Emoción dos Vinhos is moving just across the border to a beautiful ‘quinta’ or manor house in Valença do Minho in Portugal. The fair had previously been held in the cloister of the Gothic cathedral in Tui…
“For me freedom isn’t about what I want to do but about knowing whether I can do it or not. The starting point was “Can I bottle an idea?”. Eulogio Pomares. Five years ago, D.O. Rías Baixas Val do Salnés sub-region winemaker Eulogio Pomares embarked on one of his ‘Can I bottle an idea?’ adventures…
Bica is a type of cake made chiefly in Castro Caldelas (Lugo) and Pobla de Trives (Ourense) in the Galician heartland. Milucho and Malena of Panadería Peña in Castro Caldelas have been making it for decades and no breakfast table worth its salt would be complete without their delicious, artisanally crafted Bica Amantecada. After years…