If this is the first of my posts on the Spanish Wine Tasting that you are seeing, it is the 7th one in a series covering each day of the great wine tasting trip that we did. The first post is a summary of the entire trip and you can find that at https://billwinetravelfood.com/2022/10/10/two-week-spanish-wine-tasting-trip/ TheContinue reading “Spain Wine Tasting Trip, Friday Sept. 23 -Cidery, Cantabria, Basque Country, Bilbao”
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Spanish Wine Tasting Trip – Thursday 9/22 – 2nd vineyard tour and steak for lunch
When the bus stopped for us to visit the Casar du Burbia vineyard in Bierzo, we were a little surprised. We were on a small two lane road, that became a one lane road when our bus drove down it, and there were no winery buildings anywhere in sight. When we got off the busContinue reading “Spanish Wine Tasting Trip – Thursday 9/22 – 2nd vineyard tour and steak for lunch”
Thanksgiving Roast Turkey
Beth and I got married Memorial Day weekend of 1971, a week after she graduated from Georgetown. I was halfway through my MBA up in New York at Columbia. Beth was an Ensign in the Navy Nurse Corps and our sole breadwinner. She had the 7 AM to 3 PM shift on Thanksgiving in 1971Continue reading “Thanksgiving Roast Turkey”
Spain Wine Tasting Trip Wed Sept. 21 – First Vineyard Visit
We left the beautiful Parador in Baiona Wednesday morning and had our first visit to a vineyard on our way to Leon, where we stayed the next two nights. That vineyard was Bodegas Do Campo which is in the Ribiero DO. I will cover what DO means and the organizational levels for Spanish wine atContinue reading “Spain Wine Tasting Trip Wed Sept. 21 – First Vineyard Visit”
Spanish Wine Tasting Trip – Tuesday Sept. 20: Shellfish Farming, Lunch at Michelin 1 Star Restaurant, Wine Tasting and Dinner
We had a very full day on Tuesday: a boat trip to see the extensive shellfish farming in the Galician estuaries, a wine tasting followed by lunch at a Michelin 1 Star restaurant, a wine tasting back at the hotel that Howard had arranged, and a welcome dinner hosted by Howard. We took at shortContinue reading “Spanish Wine Tasting Trip – Tuesday Sept. 20: Shellfish Farming, Lunch at Michelin 1 Star Restaurant, Wine Tasting and Dinner”
Spanish Wine Tasting Trip – Sept. 19, Day 3 – Santiago de Compostela, Vigo, and Baiona
Monday Sept 19 was our first full day as part of Howard’s group of 21 people plus Antonio our guide, Ramon our driver, and Howard. We stayed in the NH Collection Santiago de Compostela Hotel only one night, the only part of Howard’s trip where we were not in a hotel at least two nightsContinue reading “Spanish Wine Tasting Trip – Sept. 19, Day 3 – Santiago de Compostela, Vigo, and Baiona”
Spanish Wine Tasting Trip – Days 1 and 2 in Madrid and Santiago de Compostela
The first two days of our trip to Spain were both half-days so I am combining them for this first post that gets into a little more detail on all the things that we did on this trip we enjoyed so much. I have also included one of the interesting lessons that we learned onContinue reading “Spanish Wine Tasting Trip – Days 1 and 2 in Madrid and Santiago de Compostela”
Two Week Spanish Wine Tasting Trip
Beth and I did something for the first-time last month. We took a trip to Europe with a group of people where we were all on a bus going from location to location, packing up each time we changed hotels. We have been big fans of River Cruises, using Viking, where we get on theContinue reading “Two Week Spanish Wine Tasting Trip”
Introduction to Pinot Noir Tasting
Friday evening at Norbeck Country Club in Rockville MD I led a Pinot Noir Wine Tasting. Thirty-four people attended and they had a wide range of backgrounds from wine novices to oenophiles and the feedback was very positive from all attendees. We tasted four Pinot Noir wines that were in the $20-25 price range atContinue reading “Introduction to Pinot Noir Tasting”
Are Recorded Wine Tastings Of Interest?
For the two virtual wine tastings that I did, Pinot Noir and Cabernet Franc, I created a youtube video of those tastings that would let people get the wines and stream the wine tasting while they enjoyed them at a time of their choosing. The only thing missing is the interaction with the other peopleContinue reading “Are Recorded Wine Tastings Of Interest?”
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