Wine with Leslie: Super sips from Spain's Soria region

"I was visiting primarily for the Soria Gastronómic Conference which was focused on mushrooms and truffles which are the great gift of the region."

The Soria province in Northern Spain. Pic: iStock

We are off to Spain in the column this week as my head is filled with gorgeous Spanish flavours having spent a week in beautiful Soria in Northern Spain. Soria is two hours north of Madrid and is one of the least populated provinces in one of the least populated regions, Castilla Y Leon.

This is the largest province in Spain, and contains over half of Spain’s cultural heritage sites including 11 UNESCO World Heritage sites, the most of any region worldwide (tied with Lombardy in Italy). So expect lots of castles and royal palaces as well as beautiful walled towns (e.g. Peñaranda de Duero) where you can eat whole roast milk-fed lamb and of course wash it down with Ribera del Duero, arguably Spain’s best red wine (along with Rioja).