We had a great virtual wine tasting last evening of 5 delicious Spanish Wines that the participants were not familiar with. All three of the red wines got very high praise and the split was 50-50 on the two white wines. Half the group really liked one of two and thought the other was OK.Continue reading “Great Spanish Wine Tasting”
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Virtual Spanish Wine Tasting?
Would anyone be interested in joining a virtual Spanish wine tasting? Maybe in late March? I did an 18 day Spanish wine tasting trip in September and found some great wines that I really love. Below are five wines that Wine.com shows as in stock. Check if they show as in stock and available toContinue reading “Virtual Spanish Wine Tasting?”
Great Spanish Wine Tasting Trip
I have done some earlier posts on the wine tasting trip my wife and I took in September. It was an 18 day wine tasting itinerary in northwestern Spain with 19 other people. It was organized by an importer of Spanish wines, Howard Freedman, who accompanied us on the trip. The picture below is theContinue reading “Great Spanish Wine Tasting Trip”
Spain Wine Tasting Trip, Friday Sept. 23 -Cidery, Cantabria, Basque Country, Bilbao
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”
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”
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 – 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”
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