You may have wondered why I did not make the post about our Olympic success the very moment that the Paralympic Games finished last week. The reason is quite simply that first thing last Monday morning I was on a flight to New York – one of my favourite cities on earth. To be honest I’m not sure that I would actually like to live there, but an occasional visit to the Big Apple once in a while certainly gives me a bit of a lift, and provides a stark contrast to rural life here in Galicia.

With our harvest looming it was hardly the best time to be jetting off, but we deem it very important to support our importers whenever we can, and an annual tasting is always a very difficult invitation to decline. I may have mentioned this in previous years, but as Angela was unable to accompany me (owing to her vineyard commitments), she compensated by sending me with an enormous shopping list! Consequently any free moment was spent rushing around Manhattan from shop to shop….

I’m pleased to say that our 2011 wines were very well received, and the new presentation of our A2O label certainly created some interest. A tiring few days perhaps, but worth the effort I think. 

You may have wondered why I did not make the post about our Olympic success the very moment that the Paralympic Games finished last week. The reason is quite simply that first thing last Monday morning I was on a flight to New York – one of my favourite cities on earth. To be honest I’m not sure that I would actually like to live there, but an occasional visit to the Big Apple once in a while certainly gives me a bit of a lift, and provides a stark contrast to rural life here in Galicia.

 With our harvest looming it was hardly the best time to be jetting off, but we deem it very important to support our importers whenever we can, and an annual tasting is always a very difficult invitation to decline. I may have mentioned this in previous years, but as Angela was unable to accompany me (owing to her vineyard commitments), she compensated by sending me with an enormous shopping list! Consequently any free moment was spent rushing around Manhattan from shop to shop….

 I’m pleased to say that our 2011 wines were very well received, and the new presentation of our A2O label certainly created some interest. A tiring few days perhaps, but worth the effort I think.