Our tour of Northern Portugal started already worse for booze on a flight to Porto. Then we ventured out of our hotel (the great and inexpensive 6Only) to the streets of the great city. Porto can be described as “a town helping police with its enquiries” and our first beer, in the world’s worst brothel, [...]
Tags: 6Only, Henry Butler, ODE Winehouse, Porto, Portugal, Portuguese Wine, Vinho Verde
Over in Espanol, we got time to sit down with Raul Bobet, the man with the plan behind Castel D’Encus. Raul is a bit of legend in Spanish winemaking as he is a powerful force behind Torres wines. They are a recognisable brand the world over, but one I admire. Yes they produce consistent wines, [...]
Tags: Castel D'Encus, Henry Butler, Raul Bobet, Spain, Spainish Wines, Spanish wine, Torres Wines, Weather and wine, Winemaking
We often speak about growing wine tourism in the UK (Sussex especially) and Lord knows the Californians can teach us a thing or two. Portugal is a great place to vineyard visit and Spain is beautiful too. Cameraman and I found ourselves up in North East Spain at Castell D’Encus – a vineyard designed and [...]
Tags: Cameraman, Castell D'Encus, Henry Butler, Organic wine, Raul Bobet, Spain, Spain Trip, Spainish Wine, Stone Fermenters, Terry Brandy, Wine making, Wine Tastings, Wine Tourism
Its summer time. The kids have broken up. Its pissing with rain. Time to book a cheap flight somewhere and chances are Stelios will be part of your search. The flight is £30 but Cameraman once famously worked up a £78 bill on a delayed flight back from Mykonos on Pringles, London Pride and Bacon [...]
Tags: Brighton Wines, Cava, Easyjet wine, El Mago, Epicure Wines, Franck Massard, Gerard Basset, Henry Butler, Hotel du Vin, Spain Reds, Sparkling Wines, summer wines, White wine, Wine label design, Wine Marketing, wine on aircraft, Wine Tourism, Winebox tv, Wines for diabetics
