Ricardo's Blog

[caption id="attachment_273" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="Almuerzo at Las Añadas de España. 4 cheeses and Viña Lidon"][/caption] The last couple of weeks have been an extremely busy time  for tastings of one sort or another. Las Añadas de España held the first of their almuerzos on 26 September pairing 4 French cheeses with the excellent Viña Lidon from Vera de Estenas. A nice nutty

[caption id="attachment_265" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Piñon olives approaching ripeness"][/caption] Many of us take olive oil for granted here in Valencia. We know  there are olive trees all around us, some of the ex-pats even have their own trees and know where the local co-op is to get the olives pressed. Very few know that Valencia has its own Controlling body with powers