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Science Gives Spain’s Wine Cork Industry Seal of Approval
While many have welcomed the convenience of screw top wine bottles, their popularity has tarnished Spain’s wine cork industry, and the cork cutters that depend on their seasoned seal’s survival. For three generations Antonio Gorgot’s family have lugged axes into the Spanish mountains, slicing bark off carefully selected oak trees to provide the perfect palliative…
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Priceless Medieval Guidebook to Way of St. James Vanishes
Arguably the most hallowed book in Spain’s history has vanished without a trace under high security in the country’s north-east. The priceless Codex Calixtinus led pilgrims to the remains of one of Jesus’ Twelve Apostles, Saint James, via a route known as ‘the way of St. James’. St. James’ remains became a symbol to unify…
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85-Year-Old Man Crosses The Atlantic Ocean On Raft
Ever gazed into the beyond as a child, realising a dream that was to last life long? Many have childhood dreams, but unfortunately, many fail to live them. Not so for 85-year-old British sailor Anthony Smith, who, in a blustering barnacle bathed bon-voyage, set sail from the Canary Islands to the Caribbean recently with three…
