April 6, 2017
As a number of our colleagues have pointed out, Spring and Sherry goes together. The Jerez region of Spain holds its Sherry Festival every other year in Spring and last year Valencia hosted International Sherry Week in Las Arenas Hotel. This year it is the turn of ASEV, the Valencian Sumilleres and Winelovers Association and its President Marilú Martin to host an event – a tasting of the sherries and brandy from Bodegas Tradición in La Maritima, the restaurant in Valencia´s iconic […]
March 3, 2017
The name `Dacsa´ is synonymous with rice but its origin lies in the Valencian word for corn. The family firm based in Almasséra in Valencia´s Horta Nord was formed in 1968 to support the brewing industry. In 1982 they moved into the rice business as well, one of the best know trademarks in the Valencian Community. In 2000 they were founder members, together with several other producers, of the governing body of the Denomination of Origin for Valencian Rice, set up to […]
February 21, 2017
Oliva and its sister town of Pego sit astride the boundary between the Marina Alta of Alicante and the La Safor of Valencia Province. Pego is inland without a border on the sea whilst old Oliva with its rural traditions is inland, `new Oliva´ is between the sea and the old town with its new developments, sports port and restaurants. It was to Kiko Port on the urbanisation of the same name by Oliva´s dunes and sailing port that we were drawn […]
January 31, 2017
New menus for a new beginning.
December 7, 2016
Review of the weeks major food and wine events in Valencia
November 21, 2016
Sergio Peris is one of Valencia´s young `rising star´ chefs. He learnt his craft at Torrijos ( Valencia) and Abac (Barcelona) , […]
October 21, 2016
An eclectic mix of activity for VÍ vid this last week! Firstly a seminar on three of the rice varieties which […]
October 12, 2016
The summer holidays seem but a distant memory and VÍ vid have started October at a fast pace. September had finished with our course reported in our last blog. Valencia is currently halfway through the 3rd Jornadas Gastronómicas de Arroces Marineros, a now well established fortnight where restaurants from the Association of Restaurants by the Las Arenas beach show their best traditional and modern seafood rice dishes, accompanied by wines from the Valencian Region and using DO Valencia rice varieties. 18 […]
October 1, 2016
Cell VÍ vid´s aim has, from the outset, been to promote Valencian Wines and Gastronomy and this year has seen us design, […]
September 27, 2016
Tourism is a rapidly developing element of the wine industry, specifically visits to wineries and here across the Valencian Community […]
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