Culinary Adventures with Camilla

  Last month the #WorldWineTravel bloggers took a virtual trip to Rías Baixas. You can read my post: Sopa de Cebolla + 2020 Fillaboa Albariño . But within Galicia are a total of five Denominacións de Orixe (DO): Monterrei, Rías Baixas, Ribeira Sacra, Ribeiro, and Valdeorras. And I wanted to do a little deeper dive into some of the other DOs. In the Glass Valdeorras was named for the extensive gold mining that the Romans did in the area. Val-de-Oras is roughly 'valley of gold' in Latin and it is home to two of  Spain's indigenous grapes: Godello and Mencía. Bodegas Avancia lies in the mountains of Valdeorras which has predominantly slate soils. The estate is small - less than 25 acres - with the grapes being dry-farmed and cultivated organically.  Jorge Ordóñez specializes in working with the Godello grape which is native to northwest Spain. Though DNA profiling of the grape says it is genetically identical to the Portuguese  grape called Gouveio which grows througho...

  This is a sponsored post written by me in conjunction with the #GotAlbariño event with the #WorldWineTravel group.  Wine samples were provided for this post and this page may contain affiliate links.     For our April edition of #WorldWineTravel, Linda of  My Full Wine Glass  is hosting the group on a virtual trip to Rías Baixas. Read her invitation: here . If you are reading this early enough, feel free to join us for our live  Twitter chat on Saturday, April 24th at 8am Pacific time. Follow the hashtag #WorldWineTravel. And be sure to add that to anything you tweet so we can see it. Here's the line-up of posts as the #WorldWineTravel bloggers take a virtual trip to Spain's Rías Baixas. Steve at Children of the Grape shares Troubadours, Love, and Wine . Terri at Our Good Life discusses One Grape: Three Unique Experiences with Albarino . Andrea at The Quirky Cork writes about Albariño and Bacon: A Love Affair . Lynn at Savor the Harvest recommends ...