Pago Vera de Estenas: VÍ Vid Reports from the 25th Anniversary Presentation of Viña Lidon
When Javier Carmona presented the first Viña Lidon, the lightly oaked white wine of Vera de Estenas, in the underground Bodega Honda […]
‘Paella Evolutiva’, The Valencian Paella for Today and for Sharing with the World
Ever since Paella Valenciana was abused by chefs abroad like Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsey, and Cataluña claimed it as their own, chefs and locals living in Valencia have fought hard to establish the Valencian Communities’ favourite dish both in terms of ownership but also its ingredients and the manner of cooking. VÍ Vid has been there since the beginning of this campaign: with the 10 chefs who originally tried to get a DO for Paella Valenciana, with Paco Alonso and subsequently […]
‘¡Oh La La!’ and ‘Mill Room’: Two New Products From Bodegas Vegamar. A VÍ Vid Report.
Covid-19 had not only stopped tastings for the last 3 months or so but Bodegas who had new products to launch onto […]
DO Cava; A Conundrum for Requena’s Cava Producers.
Since the 1980’s Cava has been produced by a number of Bodegas in Requena who currently have just over 3000 Hectares of […]
Masterclass! VÍ Vid at a Tasting of Wines from Bodega Familia Torres. #VlcCulinary20
On 5 March as part of Valencia Culinary Festival we were invited to a ‘masterclass’ tasting of wines from the Torres Family […]
Bodega Condado de Haza, 20 Aldeas. VÍ Vid Reports from Sucede Restaurant and the Launch of the New Wine.
On Wednesday 19 February, Familia Fernandez Rivera, owners of Pesquera in Ribera del Duero and Dehesa La Granja, launched a new wine, […]
1º Ruteo vino y tapa ‘Ferevin 2020; VÍ Vid with the Itinerant Jurors in Requena.
To coincide with this years ‘Muestra de Embutido Artesano y de Calidad Requena’, better known as the ‘Sausage fair,’ (even though it […]
Coviñas has a new Technical Director; VÍ Vid meets Luis Miguel Calleja.
Coviñas, the Utiel-Requena bodega (which is an important economic motor in the region) introduced their new Technical Director, Luis Miguel Calleja to […]
Launching the IV edition of Valencia Culinary Festival 2020. VÍ Vid reports from Saiti.
Valencia is undoubtedly a city of great culinary and gastronomic experiences. Its healthy gastronomy based on local, fresh ingredients and the mediterranean diet give it a great advantage, it enjoys numerous local gastronomy fairs from Ontinyent, Requena and Utiel in the interior to its Mostra in the dry river bed, the gastronomy ‘concursos’ based on seafood, game and other local produce such as Cullera, Sueca and La Valldigna and many others which we have reported on over the years, Gastrónoma which will […]
Multiplicando los Sentidos 4×8: VÍ Vid Reports with Jamón Castro y Gonzaléz and Taittinger Champagne. Part 2
Monday 23 September Hotel Caro and Sucede Restaurant, Valencia. Following the tasting covered in Part 1 we enjoyed an aperitif before lunch. […]
