Mom only has a few more days here, so we are trying to fit a few more adventures in. One thing on her list was wine tasting!
We drove about 30 minutes away, up in the hills to a vineyard called Bodega Bentomiz, just outside of Sayalonga.
Grapes in this part of Spain grow on very steep hills. The grape plants don’t look like much, but they are 100 years old. Being older plants, they don’t produce as many grapes, but the flavor is more intense in the grapes that they do produce. The plants grow low to the ground to shade the grapes from the harsh Southern Spain sun. They get some of their rich flavor from the slate in the soil and some from the salt air that blows in from the sea.
We had a very short tour of the vineyard. “Look there it is.”
Followed by a quick trip through the production facility (walk in, walk out).
But then we had a tasting of 4 wines.
The boys had their own tasting of Muscat grape juice while they played cards.
The tastings were followed by a 5 course lunch with wine pairings.
They made mine vegetarian.
And Leo got a 3 course meal made just for him.
We weren’t sure how the kids would do, but they did great in what turned out to be nearly a 6 hour excursion.
Adrift in Andalucía 