2 weeks ago
Introduction. Sunday 22 saw the 145th tasting of the Circulo de Vino de Pedralba, in which we presented the’ Institutional Wines’ on behalf of Vinos DO Utiel-Requena. The selection this year is all the more important because Requena has been chosen as the European City of Wine 2026. The DO presented the wines to the press back on 30 January. The same day, they presented their ‘Agenda,’ the list of all events planned in the region this calendar year. The Institutional Wines. […]
February 20, 2020
Also known as Rossejat Torrentí, this arroz al horno is specific to Torrent on the outskirts of Valencia City . It is marked by its main difference to the other arroces of this type by the inclusion of two pelotas, one a meatball and the other a sweet dumpling with marzipan. Twenty-Four restaurants from the local area, Valencian Community and Spain generally took part in this third running of the competion. It is a competiton of some standing and attracts a top […]
March 1, 2019
Salvador Gascon, father of Valencian gastronomy, sadly passed away during the last year but his legacy, ‘Paella de Cullera,’ lives on! His […]
October 29, 2017
The gastronomy competitions roll-on and Monday last (23rd October) the competition was in Llutxent for Arròs Caldós with sixteen restaurants chasing the […]
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 […]
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