Ricardo's Blog

Paella Valencia....The Real Deal! A day with the Plataforma Información Gastronomica at El Rek.

    Paella Valencià, the Queen of paellas  has often  been a source of controversy as well as the most hotly debated here in Spain as to what should, or should not, be in it. Last year the Valencian Government, at the behest of a group of restauranters who had created the Platform for the Defence of Valencian Paella, declared a Denominación d´Origen to

Paella Valencia....The Real Deal! A day with the Plataforma Información Gastronomica at El Rek.

Beaujolais Cru Chénas 1985.....Still Drinking Well!

  In 1986 , around a bank holiday weekend we set off with friends from London in my Opel Manta to stay in Burgundy, on a chicken farm in Bresse,  but with the aim of visiting several different wine-growing areas to buy for the cellar at home. I remember we called into Ambonnay in Champagne to buy the wines from the house of Billiot, both sparkling and still red, before

Beaujolais Cru Chénas 1985.....Still Drinking Well!

Valencian Wines Support the Bisila Bokoko African Literacy Project.

Valencia  is playing a part in a charity in Africa, namely the Bisila Bokoko project, a charity aimed at ending illiteracy amongst youngsters and giving young Africans a better start and chance in Life. How is Valencia playing it´s part? Well, grapes from across the DO and from Utiel-Requena are being made into wines specifically to be sold to raise money towards the project

An interesting bottle came my way...awatea hawkes bay 1992 cabernet sauvignon/merlot.

[caption id="attachment_1418" align="alignright" width="44" caption="Awatea, So Good I took Two Pictures!"][/caption] Pre-Xmas, sat at home, Arroz al Horno de Xativa ( home-cooked) for lunch and I felt I needed to try something different to drink! So a hunt through the older bottles in the cellar offered up a New Zealand wine with a bit of age and promise and well....

Ricardo´s ten most enjoyed valencian wines of 2011.

[caption id="attachment_1406" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Tasting in Villena."][/caption] Well 2011 has been a spectacular year for tastings with first visits to regions outside Valencia, some hot tastings in Valencia, some wonderful evenings at Las Añadas, Vino-Valencia, Pedralba and Vilamarxant Wine Clubs, some great fairs in Valencia, Requena, Alicante and Castellon and a host of

Vilafamés, gastronomy days 2011.

[caption id="attachment_1391" align="alignleft" width="106" caption="Poster for the Vilafamés Fair."][/caption] Just once in a while, despite thinking you know somewhere well, something jumps out and gives you a huge surprise! The Jornadas Gastronòmiques de Vilafamés was one of these. Normally these `Jornadas´ are held in local restaurants in a town and are a showcase for local cooking at

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