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La Rioja wine region

Logroño Vineyard September 2019

The La Rioja wine region. We enter La Rioja shortly after Viana. Wine has been made in this region since Roman times.

There are four classifications of Riojan wine:
(1) Rioja – aged less than one year
(2) Crianza – aged at least two years with at least one in oak barrels
(3) Reserva – aged at least three years with one in oak barrels
(4) Gran Reserva – aged at least two years in oak and three years in the bottle.

Learn more about Riojan wines here:
https://vinepair.com/wine-101/learn-rioja-wine-spain/

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October 18 Mushroom Benedict In London Airport

Cultural lessons & the kindness of strangers continue. I’m at the Flying Horse to order breakfast. The menu is on the table. I’m waiting for service and ask a server as she whisks past. Oh. Must go to the bar to order. Nice lady at the table next to me said I need my table number. I am at table 98. Or is that 86? Another lady verifies 98. When I order, the first thing I’m asked is my table number? How could I have known? The nice lady saved coming back, getting table number, yada yada. My question. What if someone else claims that table number while you stand in line? Hmmm…

From this point forward, English!
Baby Bella mushrooms, with arugula, not drowned in hollandaise sauce
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October 16 Santiago – Here is Harriet

We shared many miles, helped each other traverse some treacherous and rocky downhills. She is 74 and lives in Washington state. She walked into Santiago today, October 16th, under a deluge of rainfall. We met our first day out – on September 7. She picked up her Compostela today.

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