The 4 sizes of wine they sell

Toro and Zamora

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September 22nd 2008
Saturday, September 13, we went to Toro and then to Zamora. Both are small cities (or really big towns, whichever makes it easier to imagine) with a lot of history. But in Toro, we really didn't get much history. Instead, we went to a bodega (winery) and had a wine tasting! Apparently in Spain it's perfectly okay to drink before 5pm, because the wine tasting was at 11am. The bodega is medium-sized ... read more

Europe » Spain » Castile & León » Salamanca

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Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in ... ... read more