With fantastic color and flavor, Ribeiro wine extends throughout the southern Galicia, in the province of Orense, near Portugal. Its production is elaborated out in over 2,700 ha of vineyards owned by historic cellars and other younger ones.

This is because more and more wineries are targeted to the production of this exquisite wine, with pure Galician taste, which achieves important successes, nationally and internationally.

There are different varieties of grapes for this DO. Among whites, we can cite Treixadura, Torrontés, Albariño, Palomino and Macabeo, and among reds, excel Sousón, Mencía, Garnacha and Tempranillo.

The richness of the cuisine and wines from Castilla y León are exceptional. Specifically, Bierzo wine, in the province of León, is one of the fastest growing areas, pushed by several cellars that encourage the consumption of this type of wine.

Its climate is variable, and it enjoys extreme temperatures, very cold in winter and very hot during the short summer. The most characteristic grape varieties are, among the reds, mencia, the most abundant, offering red and rosé wines of great power and body. Among whites, doña blanca and godello.

Spanish wines offer a great variety and richness in each of the areas where they are produced. Therefore, our review of the Spanish DO gives us an interesting inside of their types, varieties and essential characteristics.

Galician wines are of exceptional quality. Monterrei wine in the province of Orense and near Portugal, is elaborated thanks to a temperate weather with hot summers and relatively cold winters.

This combination makes wines obtained with distinction, both fresh white wines and ripe red wines are recognized quickly by the unmistakable flavor of the vintages of long Galician tradition.

Among the white varieties, highlight godello, treixadura and albariño, and among reds, mencia, arauxa and caiño tinto.

If you have been thinking about buying rum recently and you are not sure which one to choose we want to guide you on a journey through the Caribbean. Unfortunately it is not a real journey but still you will learn a lot about different types of rum and their paradisiacal home countries.

At first you have to know that the Caribbean consists of countries with a big tradition in rum, as Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic as well as Columbia, Venezuela, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.

So prepare your stuff and let the trip begin!

The company Christmas dinner, Christmas dinner, Christmas Eve dinner, New Year's Eve, New Year... we have ahead a few days of heavy digestions and as I am always thinking in your health I have prepared for you in advance a good range of liquors to help wash it down which will put us on the road to a deserved nap.

In my list of the best digestive liquors I will put the Spanish orujo de hierbas one first. Smooth, delicious and yellow, because I like it better than the transparent one, which is also made of herbs. If you are in Spain you can order a “chupito de hierbas” or you can also name it “orujo de hierbas”.

The Bourbon obtained its name because the clients in New Orleans used to ask for whisky produced in Bourbon County (Kentucky) where some of the most important cities for the production are placed.

The history of this drink goes back to XVIII century when the american farmers began to distillate the remaining grain of their harvest. A new industry and tradition has just begun: the real american whisky.  The whisky production became very extended and after a discussion about the taxes collected by the government (which ended in the whisky rebellion of 1794) many of the producers moved to the south of Kentucky and Tennessee where they found excellent conditions for the production which gave them an easy access to transport ways as well as rivers. In little time places as Bardstown and Louisville flourished to prosperous communities of whisky producers.

Some European countries are beginning to propose a strategy to end the abuse of alcohol. This idea consists in a minimum price for alcohol based on an amount per unit of alcohol contained. Not only wine: spirits and beer are all in.

This proposal aims to reduce crime rates in many areas as it has been discovered that they are closely related to excessive intake of alcohol in its different variants.