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[caption id="attachment_849" align="alignleft" width="55" caption="The International Wine Challenge lable added to Winning Wine Bottles."] [/caption]    April has been recovery month after the wine fair! A little light entertainment here and there, the odd tasting at Hipercor and breakfast at Las Añadas has been sufficient ( oh and there was a tasting for the Pedralba Wine circle and one of the

[caption id="attachment_744" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Cooking Arroz Abanda."][/caption]  Sitting down this morning it is hard to believe that this years wine and food fair in Valencia is over and that just the cleaning up remains to be done! Having attended on four of the five days and enjoyed a leisurely stroll through the food and wines of Valencia this fair really does give you a

[caption id="attachment_732" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Enjoying a Tasting at the Annual Wine fair."][/caption] Valencia is more than just a city, it is a province rich in History, Gastronomy and in particular noted for its superb wines. Some seven years ago in 2004 we moved here and quickly fell in love with the place! Valencia is loud, not just in its spring festival, Fallas, but

    Valencia´s agriculture, food  and wine promotional agency, PROAVA has organised the second annual sweet wine fair showing wines from across DO Valencia in the HQ of the controlling body this weekend. Loosely based around forthcoming St Valentines day and with a slogan along the lines of gifting a sweet wine to the one you love it is nonetheless a good opportunity to sample a number of the