Just befote the grape harvest starts at my home region Ribera del Duero, the wine magazine Wine Spectator biweekly bulleting issued an special edition about Spanish wine. One of the wines of my family´s winery Torrederos Seleccion was one of the top scored wines with 93 points.I received the news from China while drinking a green tea. In China there is almost not wine culture although the market starts to weak up. However, the tea culture is very strong in this part of the world. Here is very common to have tea during meals. Even myself have started to adopt this custom of having tea or a warm drink during meals.
There are many tea shops that carry out what is called “tea ceremonies”. During those ceremonies all details are well taken care of: 1) The tea type; 2) Type of cup and ceramic; 3) Proper way to serve the tea; 4) Separated cup to appreciate the smell of the tea; 5) Correct way to take the cup, which varies for women (with a fenix shape – fortune) and men (with a han form – strength); and 6) The number of zips to drink it, which should be three in reference to happiness, good luck and long life.
Although tea and wine are completely different type of drinks, you can find some affinities between both cultures. When I read the news the other day about Torrederos Seleccion I did not have the chance to compare both cultures and I had to continuous with my tea as I did not have a bottle of Torrederos wine near by.
