Before we join our respective obligations, or devotions, among which has a joint project on Herding and Jaime trying to flee the party of his people-I could not escape me Quintana-went the first Saturday of September to the Rioja region. Magnificent land and stunning views from which you get to Puerto de Piqueras and throughout the trip. The Sierra de la Demanda watching everything from above. The Ebro River ours, Soriano also ran majestically over the countryside.
As Jaime is exquisite for all, he chose a visit to a vineyard Briones where, in addition to taste and buy wine in a store such as those placed at the exit of the monuments, we enjoyed a wonderful museum dedicated to the world of wine.
Frankly, at first glance, was not all me. As I said it seemed all too exquisite to be of a stout and strong holds, which also had to apply in advance date and time to access them. This may not be fulfilled that saying that the first impression that counts.
The real interesting to me was the museum's call came, but it could also be called archaeological, ethnological, folkloric, or all at once, because all there in those five or six magnificent and huge rooms, which will come back, because it is difficult to see everything as thoroughly as it deserves in a single visit.
From prehistory to the present day, everything related to the world of wine, and forcing the nuts can be almost anything, is there represented. Ceramics from all periods of our history, Hallstatt from the rough to the refined Greek black. Installed in a huge room, the collection of presses is impressive. We saw some as the "press lliure" Sant Vicenç de Calders, Tarragona, certainly built with wood from Soria, Tarragona. There may be various stages of wine from the land where the vine grows up the bottles, decanters, corkscrews and anyway. All accompanied by visual and teaching aids.
The cellar is below ground in a circle that is externally covered by the Sierra de Cantabria. It is modern but interesting. Tonight took place inside with concert. There are two types of wine tasted.
From there we headed to the town of Briones, the square grand manor houses and stone arches, and graceful baroque tower of the church. We wanted a place to eat. And there began the least good of the tour. Neither the people nor in San Vicente de la Sonsierra, a stone's throw from the first, we find none. Good one, but of course, was packed. The rest were closed and bolted for the holidays, in summer, a heat of justice. It is noted that La Rioja autonomous community has been the most time has been in the ranking of which enjoy better living standards.
It was getting late, we were sent from one place to another, not even at that time could find a shop open until we were sent to a village perched on a high, Rivas Tereso where in a food establishment, also filled to overflowing, we provided a table by the window and we could eat.
ate very well, indeed, served with kindness Rioja. Idem potatoes, stuffed peppers, cod, and all washed down with a nice wine-that of the nearby house Haro. And the output and appetite sated, we found a tree with very sweet ripe plums gage.
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