Musing on Food and Wine

Category: Bierzo wines

  • Limonada

    During Semana Santa in Ponferrada (and in Leon, it seems), all bars serve limonada, a alcoholic drink based on wine (most often red, but some are white) and similar to sangria. It used to be served with a rosco, which is a (sweat) bread crown made with pork fat (raw lard). Given that the Bierzo…

  • Bierzo wines

    Bierzo wines

     Noemí being from Bierzo, with a grandfather who was an amateur wine maker, we have tasted our share of Bierzo wines. Most recently Vinicio (crianza and reserva), and Hombros (photo in another post). While I enjoy Vinicio Reserva, I am having some harder time with the crianza, which is rare for me, I tend to…