Finca del Rio, Cortes de la Frontera, Andalucia, Spain

Secret pools of Genal River at Venta San Juan

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:18:19 +0000

I am going to tell you about a secret place. It is a place of laughter and of splashing and of families eating in dappled light. On a hot summers day this is the place to be. A crystal clear, … Continue reading →

Long lunch at Estacion San Pablo de Buceite

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 20:48:00 +0000

A long lunch at a railway station restaurant with trains passing by every hour or so may not be at the top of most people’s list. However this restaurant is different and a long lunch here is a joy. Quite … Continue reading →

Cake making day – for a change

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:41:20 +0000

I decided to make some cakes today because I had all the right ingredients in my fridge and store cupboard and we had run out of biscuits to have with our tea! The recipe I followed was from the website: … Continue reading →

Harvest/Vendimia 2011

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 19:45:21 +0000

The lead into the 2011 harvest has been strange. Everything seems to have been early. The almond blossom was in early January as mild winter weather led plants to think spring had come. There was also lot of blossom on … Continue reading →

Verdear – the picking of green Olives

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:23:53 +0000

Verdear or ‘greening’ is the picking of green olives for eating. The verdear usually happens in October but this year has been unusual. Many crops have been early, as is the case with the olives, which are ready now, some … Continue reading →

Bottling 2011

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:23:44 +0000

We decided to bottle one of the barrels now in January, another in February and the last one in May. This will give us a spread of time that the wine has been in the barrels and how the flavour … Continue reading →

Pressing & Barrelling the Wine

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 09:17:54 +0000

18All the must ready to go on land Continue reading →

Membrillo

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 17:27:32 +0000

For years now we have had a good crop of Quinces, locally known as Membrillo, but have not used them. After looking at several recipes we decided to have a try at making a Membrillo cheese or paste. First step … Continue reading →

Bottling the Wine

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 14:55:39 +0000

With the hot summer months coming it is now time to move the wine from the barrel into bottles. It was in early September 2009 that the wine from our first harvest was put into the barrel. This was from … Continue reading →

Vendimia / Wine Harvest 2010

Fri, 17 Sep 2010 11:49:36 +0000

On coming back from vacation we started to measure the sugar levels of the grapes and realised that the harvest had to be made almost immediately. We measured the top vineyard first, starting at the top line and sampled 4 … Continue reading →

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