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Re: The Wines of Spain - By Julian Jeffs - The Introduction

RichardA — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:00:52 -0000

Hi Gabriella:
My wife and I are going on our own through Cellar Tours (www.cellartours.com). They put together a customized tour for us, and will take us to the various wineries. We will have plenty of free time as well. Ryan previously offered to meet up with us for a drink in Barcelona. Any suggestions or recommendations you have would be greatly appreciated.

How was Remeriz de Ganuza? Their Riserva is one of my favorite wines.

Richard

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Gabriella — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 13:35:02 -0000

Wow Richard,

Your trip sounds great! Although we have been to Abadia Retuerta and Remeriz de Ganuza, we have not visited the rest and we will be excited to hear what your experience is. Will you be going with a group or on your own? If you are on your own, please know that we are resource for you and would be happy to lend a hand if you should need it.

Re: The Wines of Spain - By Julian Jeffs - The Introduction

RichardA — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:00:52 -0000

Hi Gabriella:

My wife and I are going on our own through Cellar Tours (<a href="<a href="http://www.cellartours.com). " target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.cellartours.com). "><a href="http://www.cellartours.com). " target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.cellartours.com). They put together a customized tour for us, and will take us to the various wineries. We will have plenty of free time as well. Ryan previously offered to meet up with us for a drink in Barcelona. Any suggestions or recommendations you have would be greatly appreciated.

How was Remeriz de Ganuza? Their Riserva is one of my favorite wines.

Richard

Re: The Wines of Spain - By Julian Jeffs - The Introduction

RichardA — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:00:52 -0000

Re: The Wines of Spain - By Julian Jeffs - The Introduction

RichardA — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:00:52 -0000

Re: The Wines of Spain - By Julian Jeffs - The Introduction

Gabriella — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:35:02 -0000

Re: The Wines of Spain - By Julian Jeffs - The Introduction

RichardA — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 17:54:21 -0000

Hi Gabriella:
I will be making somewhat of a grand sweep. I will start off in Madrid and then go to Laguardia, San Sebastian and Barcelona. I will visit a number of wineries including Abadia Retuerta, Remeriz de Ganuza, Albet i Noya, Pares Balta, Miguel Merino, Ismael Arroyo, Talai Berri Txakolina, Mas d’en Gil and Costers del Siurana. I also have plans to hit some top restaurants, including Akelare, Viridiana, Jean Luc Figueras, and Tapioles 53.

Re: The Wines of Spain - By Julian Jeffs - The Introduction

RichardA — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 15:54:21 -0000

Hi Gabriella:

I will be making somewhat of a grand sweep. I will start off in Madrid and then go to Laguardia, San Sebastian and Barcelona. I will visit a number of wineries including Abadia Retuerta, Remeriz de Ganuza, Albet i Noya, Pares Balta, Miguel Merino, Ismael Arroyo, Talai Berri Txakolina, Mas d’en Gil and Costers del Siurana. I also have plans to hit some top restaurants, including Akelare, Viridiana, Jean Luc Figueras, and Tapioles 53.

Re: The Wines of Spain - By Julian Jeffs - The Introduction

Gabriella Opaz — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 17:21:19 -0000

Richard,

Thanks for chiming in. Your trip sounds fantastic, although I am curious as to where you will be visiting here in Spain? Are you focusing on a specific region, or making a grand sweep throughout the country?

Pepino,

Thanks for your support. I really appreciate it! Your comments on Portugal intrigued me and I put up some additional thoughts on the forum if you're interested!

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Gabriella Opaz — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:21:19 -0000

Re: The Wines of Spain - By Julian Jeffs - The Introduction

Dave Hall (Pepino) — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:26:01 -0000

Hi Gabriella, Hope you're well!

I know nothing about wines except for the fact that I like the taste ;-) but I'm already enjoying reading the first steps of your journey through the 4 books you've chosen. I'll definitely stick around for the ride and hopefully learn a thing or two with you.

By the way, I'm sat in the office in work at the moment, and just noticed that your comment about Portugal not appearing on Spanish maps certainly rings true here. I've got a map on the wall directly in front of me, and I'm afraid to say that while every region of Spain is fully represented in glorious technicolour, poor old Portugal has been relegated to exactly the same colour as the Altantic ocean, rendering it completely invisible with nothing more than a mere shadowy outline to show that there "might" actually be a bit of land clinging onto the arse-end of Galicia with it's the last of it's fingernails! I can see this is going to be something I won't be able to avoid looking out for in future as I'm a bit obsessive about maps (Give me an Atlas of the world and you'll not hear a peep out of me for hours!) jeje.

Be good!

Dave

Re: The Wines of Spain - By Julian Jeffs - The Introduction

RichardA — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:20:58 -0000

Hello Gabriella!
I will be visiting Spain for two weeks in September/October, hitting a number of wineries and great restaurants. One of my recent acquisitions, in preparation for my trip, was a copy of "The Wines of Spain" by Julian Jeffs. I have found it to be an interesting book. Though I might have a different edition than you as my Introduction seems much shorter than yours. The "Introduction" only occupies 2 pages, and then there is the map which also occupies 2 pages. And the last page of the map is listed as page ix. The rest of the opening pages are blank, the title page, table of contents, etc.

You are right on the money about Jeffs' map. It is as if they forgot to add a page explaining the numbers. He also has boxes around certain regions yet does not identify what each box means.

I have enjoyed reading your thoughts and look forward to future posts in this series.

Richard

Re: The Wines of Spain - By Julian Jeffs - The Introduction

Dave Hall (Pepino) — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:26:01 -0000

Re: The Wines of Spain - By Julian Jeffs - The Introduction

RichardA — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:20:58 -0000

Hello Gabriella!

I will be visiting Spain for two weeks in September/October, hitting a number of wineries and great restaurants. One of my recent acquisitions, in preparation for my trip, was a copy of "The Wines of Spain" by Julian Jeffs. I have found it to be an interesting book. Though I might have a different edition than you as my Introduction seems much shorter than yours. The "Introduction" only occupies 2 pages, and then there is the map which also occupies 2 pages. And the last page of the map is listed as page ix. The rest of the opening pages are blank, the title page, table of contents, etc.

You are right on the money about Jeffs' map. It is as if they forgot to add a page explaining the numbers. He also has boxes around certain regions yet does not identify what each box means.

I have enjoyed reading your thoughts and look forward to future posts in this series.

Richard