We are moving!

 

Shortly after the website makeover we recently did at Jorge Ordonez & Co I started thinking about incorporating this blog with the website, and this week we finally made the move!

For all of you who have enjoyed following my musings here, please take note of my new address:

Victoria Ordoñez
Musings of a Málaga Wine Goddess

La Axarquía es Moscatel

This is the cover of Excelente: Revista de Turismo, Gastronómico y Enológico – N0 30, which features an excellent article called La Axarquía es Moscatel on pages 21-33.

“There’s no need to look hard to realise that the region of Axarquia is now considered to be the embryo of the best muscat in Spain, although other localities and regions attributed this excellence. The soil here is strictly specialised for the intricacies of the grape, and the villages that make up this area of Málaga have been working for centuries to ensure the survival of this divine elixir destined for humans”.

The article features five Axarquía wineries:

• Victoria Ordoñez – Jorge Ordoñez & Co
• Juan Muñoz – Dimobe
• André Both – Bentomiz
• Avila – Almijara
• David Dupuch – Vinos Telmo Rodriguez

The photo shoot took place in the Muñoz family Wine Museum in their winery in Moclinejo. We were drinking… um, sampling … moscatels in order to get in the mood for our session and I think you can tell that the result was quite effective, especially for me. I’ve never looked more “natural”. 😉

Fernando Rueda was the photographer, and he has not only written books about the Axarquía, he is also an expert on the gastronomy of Málaga. We were discussing the recipe for gazpachuelo, a typical Malagueña soup – which has nothing to do with gazpacho! – that I strongly recommend to everybody who comes to Málaga. It’s my favourite soup ever. Fish, seafood and mayonnaise are the basic ingredients. And it pairs wonderfully with Botani, which I didn’t realise until I had it at the Café de Paris here in Málaga.

Your Wine Reviews

One of the reasons for starting this blog was to connect with my customers on a more personal level. While it is gratifying to receive high praise from the experts, I am always very interested in hearing what other wine lovers think about my wines. With this in mind, I’ve started a new page for Your Wine Reviews that I hope will become an interesting way of sharing ideas and opinions, including food pairings.

If you have a restaurant or bar and would like to sample my wines, please get in touch by email. If you would like to know where to find the wines in your country have a look here (just type in the name and search).

Cheers!

Social Media 101

Here I am being very studious and working on my new social media package. Never one to do things half-way I recently decided that the best way to get into this whole internet thing was just to jump in feet first. I’ve had a Facebook account for ages, but barely used it, and now all of a sudden – as of last weekend – I have this shiny new blog as well as accounts on Twitter, Flickr, YouTube (time to buy a video camera!), Netvibes and LinkedIn.

Look out virtual world – I have arrived!