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Somontano is a small region in the southern foothills of the Pyrenees and is Aragón’s most recent D.O. zone. Meaning at the foot of the mountain, Somontano owes little in style, climate, or marketing to its...

a sad fact that bad news sells. The public’s appetite for tragedy and catastrophe is insatiable and the media is only too happy to feed it. This summer we’ve been bombarded with news stories about fires and the...

to be a monument and live to tell the tale...In the shelter of their branches centuries of history, feelings and emotions are harboured; they are infused with a wisdom which has made them immortal. These are the giant...

Deciding on a gearbox for your car used to be quite easy – you either wanted an automatic gearbox or a manual gearbox and that was that. There are so many types of transmission options car buyers can choose from these...

According to the Valencian Tourism Agency, the number of tourists using rural houses has nearly doubled during the first six months of 2003. Our Community is one of the Spanish regions that receives most national...

OK; so I know it’s the silly season, but April 1, it isn’t! An unusual news item originates from the Beeb. And whilst ‘Auntie’ has been capable of the odd hoax (spaghetti trees, for instance, and the islands of...

Sixteen municipalities in the Valencian community are treating a plague of processionary worms that have become abundant in the regions trees. Forty eight towns are treating their mountainsides, such is the widespread...

The invitation for the CB Friday to watch Spain play cricket in Austria was surreal and irresistible.“We’re going to Vienna for a week to see Spain play cricket”, we told colleagues. “Pull the other one!” was...

We all want to do it, but some of us need more information. We have tried to cover the basic need-to-know facts to help you along with your decisions.Film-less photographs, pictures on a chip, scanned memories, call it...

Most of you are aware of the necessity for diversification, but the misconception is that to obtain such diversification requires a large sum of money. If you wish to invest directly into the stockmarket by purchasing...

There are some areas where you can’t afford to make financial cuts, and one of them is your health. Today’s young women are expected to live, on average, to the age of 80, but the longer we live, the more visits we...

A colony of 34 bottlenose dolphins has been seen in the Valencian Community for the first time in the province’s history. They have been viewed mainly around the Sierra Helada area but also along the cliffs of La...