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It’s Never Too Late

It’s Never Too Late

80 year old Valencian Miguel Castillo went to in Verona, Italy in February 2018 not to see the sights, but to complete his degree course on an Erasmus grant. This…

La Vermuteria, Castellón

La Vermuteria, Castellón

Never having atended the Magdalena festival in Castellón, we went there one rainy Sunday, and having discovered that the whole city was out marching to and from the mountain from…

London Calling with Bowtie Gin

London Calling with Bowtie Gin

Legendario Rum, with over a century of history was started in Havana, Cuba in 1946 and its purity remains nowadays intact by being elaborated in its homeland. The company Legendario…

Alpesa’s Sound of Music in Paris

Alpesa’s Sound of Music in Paris

The largest manufacturer of cardboard cores and tubes on the Iberian península is the Valencian company Mandriladora Alpesa, S.L. They have three production plants with the capacity to manufacture over…

A Message from The British Cemetery of Valencia

A Message from The British Cemetery of Valencia

The British Cemetery of Valencia is one of the city’s best kept secrets and one that demonstrates that Valencia has always had a large population of foreigners dedicated to all…

The Magdelena Festival of Castellón

The Magdelena Festival of Castellón

The Magdalena Festival is the main celebration of Castellón de la Plana, the capital city of the province of Castellón. It commemorates the origins of the city, the move from…

More Murviedro Metal

More Murviedro Metal

The Berliner Wein Trophy of 2018 awarded four gold medals to the Murviedro vineyard, including DNA Murviedro Signature EKO 2016, Cueva de la Culpa 2014, Vox Populi Bobal 2015, and…

Federica: God-Given Oranges

Federica: God-Given Oranges

“If God gives you lemons, make lemon juice”; or so said Forrest Gumps’s mother. God gave Valencia quite a few lemons, as well as oranges, mandarins and even grapefruit, mainly…

One Way for a Valencian to Take LA

One Way for a Valencian to Take LA

On the 22nd February 2018, Valencian film maker Bea Cabrera saw her short ‘One Way’ premiered at the LA Regal LIVE theatre in Los Angeles, as part of the ‘Hollywood…

Valencian Wine Scores with Eastern Ladies

Valencian Wine Scores with Eastern Ladies

Valencian wines are succeeding all over the world, and in Japan it is the women who recognise the virtues of Valencia’s indigenous wines, such as the Merseguera varietal, with which…