We have been pretty tied up at the bodega this week, with a group of visitors from the U.S. market. Our importers Frederick Wildman made their second annual visit to Castro Martin, bringing with them a selection of their regional distributors. The States of New York, California, North Carolina, Maryland, Texas and Tennessee were all represented.

After nearly two days with us I think it would be fair to say that they were well and truly indoctrinated into the ways of Rias Baixas, and more especially those of Castro Martin. Not only did they visit vineyards and the wine cellar, where we conducted various tastings, but they also had the opportunity to taste some of our local dishes, in both traditional and contemporary locations. They even visited the local fish market with one of Galicia’s top chefs, Xosé Cannas, to buy the ingredients and watch their lunch being prepared for them. I believe that this all helped to create a good impression of our region, and hopefully have created nearly a dozen new ambassadors for Castro Martin albariño.

At the end of their visit we did even contemplate holding a small test of what they had learnt, but decided that this might be stretching their newly found enthusiasm just a little too far!We have been pretty tied up at the bodega this week, with a group of visitors from the U.S. market. Our importers Frederick Wildman made their second annual visit to Castro Martin, bringing with them a selection of their regional distributors. The States of New York, California, North Carolina, Maryland, Texas and Tennessee were all represented.

After nearly two days with us I think it would be fair to say that they were well and truly indoctrinated into the ways of Rias Baixas, and more especially those of Castro Martin. Not only did they visit vineyards and the wine cellar, where we conducted various tastings, but they also had the opportunity to taste some of our local dishes, in both traditional and contemporary locations. They even visited the local fish market with one of Galicia’s top chefs, Xosé Cannas, to buy the ingredients and watch their lunch being prepared for them. I believe that this all helped to create a good impression of our region, and hopefully have created nearly a dozen new ambassadors for Castro Martin albariño.

At the end of their visit we did even contemplate holding a small test of what they had learnt, but decided that this might be stretching their newly found enthusiasm just a little too far!