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Food 
7th April 2018 Valencia Wines
Wines from the Valencian community Since I last wrote about the wines of Valencia, the market has consolidated well and the rest of the world is beginning to hear about Valencian wines and appreciate them! There are five separate Denominations of Origin covering the Valencian Community and this article looks at each of them, how […]
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Food 
2nd April 2018 Volare Restaurant by the Torres de Serrano
On a brisk Wednesday evening, a couple of the ‘24/7 Valencia’ team breezed down the winding streets of the historic centre to the now well-established ‘Volare’ restaurant. It was nice and warm inside, a respite from the chilly weather outside. Just a stone’s throw from the famous Torres de Serrano, this restaurant is run by […]
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Music 
31st March 2018 VIVA TIRADO INTERVIEW…RODANDO CALLES
1. How did Viva Tirado begin? We are a Valencia based band. The heart and soul of Viva Tirado is Nacho Pereda and myself, Noelia Sayas. Between us we run & direct everything concerned with the band. On an artistic level, I write the songs and Nacho deals with the arrangements and production. We’ve been […]
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Food 
24th March 2018 TORRIJA-BRIOCHE WITH COCONUT ICE CREAM… BY HELEN WESTWATER OF LA OLA FRESCA
As in many countries, traditions marked by religious public holidays go hand in hand with food. With the start of Easter, Spanish culinary delights such as Mona de Pascua, Sopa de Ajo, buñuelos and chocolate eggs, all celebrate the return of eggs and fat back on the table once more. All this after a month […]
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Food 
20th March 2018 THE BEST WINES FROM UTIEL-REQUENA (COMUNITAT VALENCIANA)
This month we are very pleased to be able to report on a tasting we recently gave of the Institutional Wines from DO Utiel-Requena. Following vigorous selection by their expert panel in a blind tasting of all the wines submitted by bodegas within the DO, these are the 9 wines which will be used in […]
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Sports 
14th March 2018 VALENCIA FOOTBALL…EUROPEAN FOOTBALL BECKONING
Despite a poor end to January and an irritating single goal defeat to Atlético Madrid in the first weekend of February, Valencia remain well and truly in the hunt for European football next season. With a 13 point lead over sixth placed Villarreal, the Europa League is virtually assured. What all Valencia fans really want […]
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Music 
13th March 2018 JOSH ROUSE EMBERS OF TIME
1. You have described this project as your “surreal expat mid-life crisis” album. What was going on in your mind and could you tell us about your time in therapy? After you’ve made 11 albums it’s impossible to put one out under the pretext that it is just 10 songs that i thought were quality. […]
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Popular Festivals 
12th March 2018 EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH A LOCAL FALLA
David Moratalla Pulido is the president of a small neighbourhood falla at Séneca-Poeta Mas i Ros in the city of Valencia. We asked him what the festival is like away from the giant fallas of the special section. 1. How and why did you become a fallero and eventually the president of the falla? I […]
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Popular Festivals 
3rd March 2018 THE EMBLEMATIC VALENCIA FALLA OF “NA JORDANA” IN THE HISTORIC CENTRE
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT PERE BORREGO PITARCH According to the records the first Falla to be erected in the Plaza Na Jordana was way back in 1884 and since 1954 it has been part of the Special Section (the Premier league of Fallas), longer than any other Falla. By 1983 the Fallas constructions were getting […]
