Spain/Portugal – Day 16 – Odysseus – Recap

Hillside of Garnataxa Blanc for Odysseus wines

The last day of any trip is always a sad one.  But after 16 days on the ground covering 2o wineries 4000 miles, 240 courses of food, too many weird food items to list, 1200 different wines tasted and too many hotel rooms to mention it is nice to finish the trip on a high note.  We were invited to Silvis’ home in Probleda in Priorat.  But first Silvia wanted to show us where she is sourcing the white wines for Odysseus.  When you hear about steep hillsides you think okay how steep could it really be, well if you look at the picture I have included here it is pretty steep.  The slate soil provides a minerality and richness in the wines.

After touring the vineyards we went back to Silvia’s house where her husband prepared an excellent lunch for us to enjoy and savor her wines and some Belgium brews perfect way to end the trip.

Overall the trip was very successful and a great learning experience.  In tasting through all of the wines throughout the trip you can see how devasting the weather conditions were to the wineries.  Yet great wine makers were still able to make great wines albeit very low yields.  The wines we tasted on this trip are going to make great additions to our shelves as well as everyones dinner table.

This trip I was able to get many of the winemakers to commit to visiting the shop this year to meet everyone and showcase their wines.

I hope everyone has enjoyed this blog and will come in and try the wines over the coming months. Until my next wine adventure!!!