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Monthly Archives: October 2007
DAMA
Not good. A week has passed and no blog entry. What minor events have happened in my life? Well, I remortgaged with the same lender with an interest-only mortgage to start accumulating funds for some renovations to the house: new … Continue reading
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Bad Sporting Weekend
Not a great weekend, Lewis Hamilton got out-smarted by the two Ferraris at the start, lost ground to Alonso, and in a rush of blood, pushed a little too hard and ended up off the track and eighth after two corners. … Continue reading
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Muga Wine Tour
This was a surprising interesting tour which described how the Muga family continue to make wine following traditional techniques, eschewing modern apparatus and chemicals. For example, they use 350 egg whites to clear the contents of a 3 metres wine vat. This process takes … Continue reading
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Rioja Bodegas in Haro – Muga, La Rioja Alta and Lopez de Heredia
On Monday morning we skipped breakfast and headed to the bodega quarter of town. My spanish housemate had given me a wine shopping list: Berceo, CVNE, Muga, Cubillo, Tondonia, Ardanza, Alberdi with a recommended 3 :1 split of crianza to reserva. Muga was the … Continue reading
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Haro, La Rioja
I am spending the night at the Los Agustinos Hotel in Haro, in La Rioja Country. http://www.hotellosagustinos.com. We checked in around 7pm having driven around the beautiful old town centre three times. It reminds me of Sicily, with its heat, … Continue reading
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Late Arrival in Spain
It was a long day, it started somewhere in the Bay of Biscay in thick fog and ended up with the chirping of crickets of 02:30 in the morning when we finally finished unloading the van. I think I might … Continue reading
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Ole, Ole Ole Ole, Ole, Ole, etc
It has been a busy week planning a trip to Spain. Last Friday my London flat furniture was delivered to home in Devon, 75% of which is bound for my flat in Spain. A few hours ago this was loaded … Continue reading