VÍvid,…Tasting with Sierra Norte, Nodus, Vegamar, Arroces Marineros and at Asador El Pastoret
An eclectic mix of activity for VÍ vid this last week! Firstly a seminar on three of the rice varieties which […]
A Busy Start to October for VÍ vid.
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 […]
VÍ vid – Delivering English Language support to Enotourism.
Cell VÍ vid´s aim has, from the outset, been to promote Valencian Wines and Gastronomy and this year has seen us design, […]
Wine Tourism-The Night Harvest at Pago de Tharsys.
Tourism is a rapidly developing element of the wine industry, specifically visits to wineries and here across the Valencian Community […]
Vineyard diseases, Grapevine Moths and Fungus, VÍ vid at DO Utiel-Requena.
One disease and one pest. Both are worrying CRDO Utiel-Requena who held a training session on Wednesday 20 July for vine-growers in […]
VÍ vid goes to the Cambra Vineyard Nursery!
July is traditionally the time when we take the opportunity to increase our knowledge of the background to the vineyards and the wines of the Valencian Region. It is one of the times of the year when courses and seminars take over from events. Behind every good vineyard are the vines which fill them. Where do they come from? Who grows them, what varieties are available, how much do they cost and how does it all work? In June we met Vicente […]
VÍ vid´s visit to Les Useres, Poble de Ví.
The hilltop village of Les Useres in the Alcalaten county of Castellon province calls itself the `Poble de Vi.´ With it’s just over 1000 inhabitants it has some seven bodegas. Clos d´Esgarracordes, Flors and El Mollet-Roques Negres, are three of which we have been following very closely for some years. Over the weekend the town held its 4th annual fair, based around all the bodegas but including the local bakers, butchers, cheese makers and other artisans. Our visit this year coincided with […]
Cervezas Tyris Launch Their New Image.
Pioneer craft ale producer, Tyris, whose brewery is in Riba Roja, launched their new lables on Thursday evening 12 May. The award-winning brewery founded by Dani Vara and Gonzalo Abia has undergone spectacular growth and good sales since we discovered their bottle conditioned beers for the first time in April 2011. Since then the brewery has increased its range of ales and opened a bar in Central Valencia, Tyris on Tap, where beer lovers can enjoy the full range on tap as […]
Bodegas J. Chivite visit Valencia
Tuesday, 10 May, was the turn of Bodegas J. Chivite to present its wines in Valencia. The tasting, one of the best organised and presented took place in `El Poblet´. A combination of Valencia´s triple Michelin starred chef , Quique Dacosta, and some of Navarra and Rioja´s most iconic wines promised much and did not let the invited Media down! Grupo Chivite is one of Spain’s oldest bodegas (1647) to remain in continuous production and is now under the 11th generation of […]
