A twist on Paella – made with Fideo instead of rice This Paella was served to us at a small winery in Spain’s Priorat wine region. We were guests for lunch at the bodega Burgos Porta. Paella is a classic Spanish dish traditionally made using various types of Spanish rice. In this variation of Paella, … Read more
In 2013 we probably spent more days in wine country than any other previous year. We spent a full week in the Napa Valley in addition to some two-day getaways to the Valley. We took trips to Sonoma County, Mendocino and Paso Robles. We spent ten days at the North American Wine Bloggers Conference with … Read more
The Priorat is a county and within that county resides two official wine regions, the Montsant (D.0.) and the Priorat (D.O.Q). Geographically the Montsant wine region surrounds the Priorat wine region, and what separates the two regions is the soil. The Priorat soil consists of layers upon layers of slate, with a thin clay soil separating each layer. They call this soil “llicorella.”