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[caption id="attachment_371" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="Conservas Don Bocarte at Las Añadas."][/caption] The tastings came fast  and furious this week making it the busiest beginning to a month so far! First up was an almuerzo at Las Añadas on Tuesday morning, this time paired the seafood from Don Bocarte, the Cantabrican  producer from Northern Spain. Top  quality anchovies were

The second half of the month opened with Almuerzo in Las Añadas on this occasion a tasting of products from Conservas Artésanos Rosara from Navarra in Northern Spain. [caption id="attachment_331" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Almuerzo in Las Añadas"][/caption]  Here, on the banks of the River Ebro grow some of the best produce in Spain, thanks to the fertility of the soil and the local

[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