Wine with Leslie: Would you opt for floral aromas or dark berries with coffee and chocolate?
Grapes on the vine, along the Ribera del Duero Wine Route in Spain
Springtime is upon us, days are longer and I’m starting to see pictures of baby lambs on my Twitter timeline. My phone also told me that just a couple of years ago I was in Northern Spain visiting Ribera del Duero.
I love Northern Spain and was due to be on holidays there last summer — hopefully next year instead now. There are more than a dozen interesting wine regions in this part of the world and a fascinating round trip would be to drive west from Rioja to Ribera del Duero and then to Cigales then Rueda, Toro and then into Galicia for Monterrei. You would then travel along the River Miño west to Rias Baixas and then back inland to Ribeiro, Ribeira Sacra and Valdeorras before heading back into Castille to visit Bierzo and some of the good Tierra de Léon vineyards and then south to Castille La Mancha.
