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Feria del Campo de Villena.    This weekend has seen the I5th Feria take place in the small town of Villena, situated right on the edge of the Valencian Community where it meets Castilla La Mancha and Murcia. The town sits on the N330 the major road that runs from Alicante to Requena up the interior of the province. Within 25km of Villena are the quite separate wine growing areas of Jumilla and

Feria del Campo de Villena and Other News!   This coming weekend sees the Feria del Campo de Villena take place. Villena is a small town inland from Alicante on the road to Font de Figueras. The fair encompasses agricultural enterprise, gastronomy and wine and local businesses.     Poster for the Villena Fair.   Full details at www.feriacampo.villena.

Around and About in Valencia ( Where to Eat and Drink.)   The summer holidays are over, the gota fria is predicted before the weekend converting Valencia from  Summer to Autumn overnight but, events around the city have started again. For instance Valencia celebrated the Oktoberfest this week in the dry river bed with thousands enjoying steins of beer in the September sun.   Casa Montaña is a

A Visit To Vera de Estenas.   Leaving the motorway to Madrid from Valencia at the Junction for San Antonio and San Juan, the Finca Cabezuela , Casa Don Angel which comprises the family home and HQ of Bodegas Vera de Estenas is quickly spotted away to the right amongst a pine grove up on a hill . The beauty of the property itself however is not realised until you have followed the dirt track over

A Visit to Chozas Carrascal.   Chozas Carrascal is the dream come true for the Lopez Peidro family, father Julian and mother and daughter ( both Maria Jose ), a dream that commenced with the purchase of an old family home, itself a former bodega, its  restoration and creation of a new modern bodega and associated equipment. This phase began in 2003 but the replanting of the vineyard with noble

 Ferevin 2010.   This weekend 26-29 August was the 18th festival of the wine harvest and 20th festival of the Requena Wine Fair, the oldest in Spain a fair of Cultural Importance visited by professionals, Valencians with a passion for their wine and culture and International visitors who know how to have a good time! Quite how it is only the 20th fair when wine has been made in the area since at

Vendemia at Finca Collado.   7.