December 14, 2024 • 18 mins
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Through his expert network and dedicated websites, David provides invaluable insights for both newcomers and long-term residents of Spain. Tune in to The Wright Way, David’s live radio show, every Thursday from 2-4 PM on Almeria Gold 95.5 FM and every Friday at 4 PM on Almeria Radio 107.5 FM (Spanish time). Each episode offers vital tips and discussions on a wide range of topics, including legal matters, visas, taxes, healthcare, and cultural integration in Spain. Join the Expats in Spain Facebook group, where you can connect with a vibrant community of expats and receive expert advice on living in Spain.
David regularly shares practical tips and actionable insights on living the Spanish life. Don’t miss David’s popular podcasts and radio shows, featuring interviews with top experts and actionable strategies for thriving in Spain. Special thanks to USTaxesSpain.com for providing essential tax services for Americans in Spain, and IndaloTransport.com for sponsoring the show. Get your free quote today! Stay connected with key topics using the following hashtags: #LivingInSpain #WorkingInSpain #DavidWright #SpanishVisas #ExpatLifeSpain #BritishInSpain #SpanishResidency #WorkingAbroad #LifeInSpain A special thanks to GeckoGrafix for creating David’s motorbike website. For more info on managing your finances in Spain, check out Digital Banking in Spain with MoneyJar.world.
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Visit David Wright's official website to explore his exclusive membership platform, offering personalized mentoring and expert guidance on everything you need to know about Spanish life—from residency and visas to employment opportunities, cultural integration, and lifestyle tips. David Wright is a seasoned expat with over 22 years of experience in Spain. He is the author of six bestselling books on living in Spain, available on Amazon and Kindle, and has been featured on renowned media outlets like BBC News and Channel 4’s A Place in the Sun.
Through his expert network and dedicated websites, David provides invaluable insights for both newcomers and long-term residents of Spain. Tune in to The Wright Way, David’s live radio show, every Thursday from 2-4 PM on Almeria Gold 95.5 FM and every Friday at 4 PM on Almeria Radio 107.5 FM (Spanish time). Each episode offers vital tips and discussions on a wide range of topics, including legal matters, visas, taxes, healthcare, and cultural integration in Spain. Join the Expats in Spain Facebook group, where you can connect with a vibrant community of expats and receive expert advice on living in Spain.
David regularly shares practical tips and actionable insights on living the Spanish life. Don’t miss David’s popular podcasts and radio shows, featuring interviews with top experts and actionable strategies for thriving in Spain. Special thanks to USTaxesSpain.com for providing essential tax services for Americans in Spain, and IndaloTransport.com for sponsoring the show. Get your free quote today! Stay connected with key topics using the following hashtags: #LivingInSpain #WorkingInSpain #DavidWright #SpanishVisas #ExpatLifeSpain #BritishInSpain #SpanishResidency #WorkingAbroad #LifeInSpain A special thanks to GeckoGrafix for creating David’s motorbike website. For more info on managing your finances in Spain, check out Digital Banking in Spain with MoneyJar.world.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-wright-way-live-radio-shows-on-almeria-radio-and-almeria-gold--5461696/support.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Saturday Sunday.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Are you ready.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
Helping people who are working in Spain? It's the right
way with David right.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
A very good afternoon, and welcome to the right Way
with me David right here on al Maria Radio A
one oh seven point five FM. And a big thanks
to John Alex for keeping us entertaining this afternoon. Thank you, John.
Be so fe out there on that bike this weekend.
It's pretty cold out there. Been out on the motor
bike this morning, and yeah, that wind is a little
bit chilly out there today. Beautiful blue sky is here,
(00:46):
nice and sunny, but that wind is a lot colder
than it's been for a while. And yeah, I'm really
glad they've got the heating on one motorbike and manager.
When I ordered my bike, I got it with heated
seats and heated hand grips, and that's really coming in
to its own at the moment. So yeah, great, and
be careful out there, John. It's a great weekend for bikingner.
Temperatures are due to drop quite a bit over the
(01:07):
next few days, but it's still nice and bright and
sunny out there. Okay, So lots more tips and advice
on living and working Spain came up on the show today,
some news on the new entry into Spain system that's
going to be coming in in the new year. And
it's Friday, so it's wine Time Friday to day. Got
my wine expert in from a dream, Amy Bingham is
going to be giving us somewhat tips on wines for Christmas.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
It's it's Friday Friday, getting you into the mood.
Speaker 3 (01:40):
For the weekend.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
David Wright, help and advice for living and working in Spain.
You're listening to the Right Way with David right.
Speaker 3 (01:54):
Afternoon. Guys for joining me in the comment section. The
comments section is live, so come and say hi, come
and keep me companies afternoon. A few Christmas ones and
a bit of rock and roll as well. And let's
turn it up a little bit with this one. Okay,
So it's Friday. It's almost wine Time Friday. Yes, every Friday,
(02:18):
I play Wine Time Friday here where I have my
top expert from Madrid joining us here on the show
giving us her recommendation for the weekend. Each week a
different bottle of wine, So don't miss out on Wine
Time Friday coming up a little bit later one on
the show today. Yeah, Amy I'll be here very very shortly,
so standby for that good recommendation for butt of wine
(02:40):
for the weekend. Okay, it's Friday the thirteenth and suspicion
the superstition originates that, so they say from the judas
of the thirteenth guest who betrayed Jesus just before the
Cruis fixtion on Friday. There's lots of other theories on
this as well. But there's other days that Spanish think
(03:02):
us superstitious, like the eighth is also superstitious day here
or superstition, whatever you like to call it. Lots of
different rules and regulations on this, but it's very weird
how the Spanish have different dates for the same sort
of superstitions that we have in the UK. But there
you go. So I was very friendly with a guy
years and years ago. We just go diving together, and
(03:23):
he became very very superstitious. And after he had a
little bit of an accident, and he was very superstitious
about magpies and if every sort of magpie he would
have this he would have to hold his collar of
his shirt until he saw an ambulance or a police car.
Absolutely crazy. But they go and never forget. One day
we went went out fishing on a boat and he
(03:46):
saw a magpie as we were leaving the harbor and
he never let Govey's collar for the whole day, Believe
it or not. Yeah, it was that superstitious. So some
people are very superstitious. Are you superstitious? Is it black
cats that does it for you? What is it? Let
me know in the comments section.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
David Ray David David David David The Afternoon Show.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
Okay, so it's Friday, that means it's wine time Friday.
And Amy, my wine expert from Madrid, he's here and
she'd be right with you after this what seven?
Speaker 2 (04:24):
Tune in now and join the play.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
So live on the show today, we've got Amy bing
on from Walk and Eat Madrid. These live tours where
you can sample their benefits and the lights of some
nice wines and cheeses and all sorts of things on
the tours. I'll leave the details in the description box
if you want to get in touch with Amy and
see these fantastic tours they're organizing in Madrid. But Hi Amy,
(04:55):
and welcome to the show.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
Hi David, God you so what.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
You got fourth to die?
Speaker 2 (05:00):
Im? Well? The wine that I would like to recommend
today is one that is one of my favorite wines
that we serve on our tours. It comes from the
region of Ribeiro, which you might not have heard of before.
It's this tiny little wine making region in Galithia. But
what's fascinating about this wine is today it's really hard
to find. You don't really see it on most menus.
(05:21):
But back in the Middle Ages this region was one
of the most important wine regions in Spain. It's a
white wine region largely, and it's right along the Camino
de Santiago. And so back in the Middle Ages, if
you lived in rural Galithia and wanted to get rich,
basically you plant grapes and you sell them to the
Catholic Church. And so there were monasteries all throughout this
region that would buy the grapes from the local people,
(05:44):
firm at the grapes of course into these beautiful white wines,
and then sell these wines to people doing the Camino,
but also export them all over Europe. In fact, it
was the wines of this region of Ribeiro that actually
sailed with Columbus when he went to the America. So
it's a wine making region that has so much history
that I think is just fascinating. But this is a
(06:06):
style of white wine that really pairs perfectly with any
type of seafood fish. Kind of a really crisp and
light white wine that goes really well with sort of
the first course of a Christmas dinner, which, of course
here in Spain tends to be all of that beautiful seafood.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
Lovely great. And now what sort of price are we
looking at this one?
Speaker 2 (06:26):
I may, well, this region varies a lot, so you
have sort of your entry level ribehios that can be
anywhere from two to six euros, really really affordable white wines,
and those are really easy drinking. They're kind of like
the Spanish version of a pino grigio, for example. And
then as you go up the price scale, things get
a little bit more complex and a little bit more
(06:48):
on the floral side of things, and the wines of
this region usually use a native grape called prisch ura,
which is just such a fun name, and those can
obviously get into the double digits and get quite quite spendy,
but definitely worth the splurge on those that they are
really interesting, really unique white wines.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
Okay, just before you go. I mean, I have a
question for you from one of the listeners from Arita Grange,
and she says, my son has been talking about orange
wine he tasted in a vineyard in New Yorca. I'd
like to get some for him as a present. Where
can I get it? How much should I expect to pay?
(07:28):
Is it served at room temperature? And also curious to
know how it is orange?
Speaker 2 (07:34):
David, this is such a good question. There's a lot
of points to cover here, and I think it's great.
So orange wine is a style of wine that's become
super popular in Spain recently that's made with white grapes,
but they're vinified whether they're made into wine as if
they were red grapes. You take white grapes, you press them,
(07:55):
and then you mix them with the skins, and it's
the skins of the white grapes that dye the more
of an orange color, which is where it gets its
name and its color orange wine. There's some great ones
coming out of my Yordica, but you can find them
kind of scattered all throughout Spain. Probably the highest concentration
of orange wines are coming from Catalunya right now and
They really run the gamut from everything from you know,
(08:17):
probably minimum ten euros a bottle all the way up
to one hundred yuros of bottle, sort of depending on
what you're looking for. But if I can help with
anything else, do let me know. I think I answered
all the questions. Uh Childer, room temperature, kind of somewhere
in between. You want it much warmer than a white wine,
a little bit cooler than a red wine. What I
usually do is put it in the fridge and then
(08:38):
take it out about half an hour forty five minutes
before I'm going to drink it. I hope that helps.
Thanks for the question, and let me know if there
are any others brilliant.
Speaker 3 (08:47):
That's great. Thank you very much for that, Imy, And
as always I leave the recommendation to your website people
and check out your tools in the comment section now.
Thanks for join us.
Speaker 2 (08:56):
I may absolutely my pleasure.
Speaker 3 (09:02):
Friday and that feeling you into the mood for the weekend.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
The comments section is open.
Speaker 2 (09:09):
Shad life to the DJ right now via our website
and here.
Speaker 3 (09:14):
He is, the legendary Davis. Okay, so I see in
the news this week here in Spain that next year
the toll roads in Spain are going to be increasing.
The price of charges for the toll roads is due
to go up ten to fifteen percent. Now, the toll
roads in Spain are not very popular at all over
very very quiet roads. Spanish do not like pain at
(09:37):
the best of time. So yeah, for using the toll roads,
they don't like pain at all. And yeah, the increase
is still going ahead in the new year. There's going
to be some major increases into toll roads in Spain.
And now a couple of years going up to Mercier,
from elm Maria to Mercier, and I accidentally took the
toll road. I can't remember what we paid at the time,
can't remember at all, but I remember that it was
(09:59):
about an hour on this toll road the motorway, and
there was almost no traffic at all. So maybe it's
a good thing, really, probably safer. Now, talking about safer,
I was talking to my driving teacher instructor whatever you'd
like to call him, a few months ago, and some
thanks here for you that motorways are much safe, up
(10:19):
to fifty percent safer to drive on the motorway the
normal country roads or through the towns. So yeah, I
suppose that's due to the speed everyone flying at the
same speed. I'm not quite sure, but yeah, motorways that
statistically are a lot safer to drive on the motorway.
Talking about driving in Spain as well, there are some
police crackdowns due for next week, obviously running up to
(10:42):
the Christmas period here, and they are expecting to better
their year last year. As it were, to say better
Loan last year. Fifty thousand fines were giving out last
year and the forecast is to go higher than that
this year. The average spot spot finds are around one hundred euros.
This is normally for speeding or for parking. Now a
lot of the parking fines are going up as well
(11:05):
in the new year. And I don't know if it's
where you are, but hearing al Maria, I've just seen
these cars driving around, unmarked cars with a camera on
the roof which spins round, and they don't even bother
to stop if your double parks or your parts. I legally,
it just takes number plates and automatically sends you your fine.
Got caught out on this one last year. I was
actually double part waiting to pick somebody up. Carl went
(11:28):
past I didn't think much about it, and somebody said
to me, did you see that camera car? I said, well,
I'm not stopped here long, you know, I'm just waiting
to pick someone up. Doesn't matter. Double Part's got a
fine and I think it was eighty euros for that
one for double parts. So yeah, these cameras are around
in the Ameria and lots of other cities are using
them now. They're just on the top of the cars
and I've actually seen them inside the cars where it flashes.
(11:49):
It's like a like the Google cameras on the roof
of the car. Inside the camera it's a three sixty
camera and it just recognizes the number plates. So yeah,
be on the lookout for that. And also these roadblocks
are due to start after next week. I believe the
traffic police traffic stops. This is just the local traffic stops.
You will find these in and out of towns and
(12:11):
major roundabouts things like that. And they're looking out for
drink drivers obviously and speeding fine, so watch out for that.
Be safe out there. This Christmas clean bandit there and
rock a by. So yeah. Another bit of news for
the new year. The admission zones here in Spain have
gone down very well with local authorities and they're extending
(12:33):
this to other major cities in the twenty twenty five,
So you need to look out for that. If you're
not sure about the admission zones stickers for your cars,
I've got some information on that exactly what you need,
what cars need to get this sticker, and what's included
where you can and can't go over on my information
page and easy ways to find that. Just go over
(12:54):
to the Amiria Radio website. Click on the drop down
menu on the top right hand side there, go to
my page. That's the right way with me, David Wright,
and you'll find the information page there. All the information
I'll give it out on my shows, it's uploaded there,
and you'll find the admissions stickers, mission zones, what you
need to know about that over on that page there. Okay,
so loads going on in the next week or so.
(13:16):
It's fine. So it's yeah, Christmas decorations. Have you got
your decorations up? Yeah, I suppose most people have. I'm
a bit late this year. I'm putting mine up later
today or tomorrow. And I started the thing a couple
of years ago out I bought's projector that goes at
the front of the house and it shows this projector
moving what do you call it? A montrage of photographs
(13:38):
not photographs, designs for Christmas with Father, Christmas, snowy scenes,
things like that. Projects this light projector on the front
of the house at night obviously, and I started that
a couple of years ago, and my neighbors are now
two of them have got the same sort of projector
and the same thing got all their Christmas lights up.
So yeah, this afternoon or tomorrow, I've got to get
out there and put my lights up. Okay. So after
(14:01):
loads of delays for this introduction to the EU's new
entry exit system in and out of Spain, there's even
more changes, more voting going on, but they have now
decided that they're going to phase it in over the next
six months. This new system will be phased in lots
of airports and entry points in and out of Spain.
So the system is designed to capture details from fingerprints,
(14:26):
biometric details and dates of entry and exit in and
out of Spain. And this is going to start off
with about ten percent to begin with. They're going to
phase it in very slowly starting in the new year,
and it's going to capture all your details. So yeah,
this new entry system. More information about that again over
on the information page davidwrightonline dot com. Information page on
(14:48):
for US Spanish one.
Speaker 1 (14:49):
Now Avid right help and advice. But living and working
in Spain. You're listening to the right Way right with
David Wright.
Speaker 3 (15:01):
Yeah, so we're talking about the admissions badge earlier. So yeah,
use other ways you can check on this as well.
It's quite easy. There's a dgt's website to do this,
or there's an app as well. You can download the
app for free. It's DGT app and this is the
m I d G T app. It's free to download
and you just put your car registration number in there
(15:24):
and it tells you exactly what sticker you need to
get for your car, and if in fact you do
need one at all, and where you can use this sticker,
where you can go and where you can't go. Also,
you can call a free number I believe it's six
O six O and you can speak to somebody there
and they can tell you if you need to make
an appointment to get a stick up for your car.
(15:45):
All this information is over on the information page. That's
David Right online dot com information.
Speaker 1 (15:50):
Page David Wright Help and advice for living and working
in Spain. You're listening to the Right Way with David Right.
Speaker 3 (16:04):
So yeah, the forecast for the next few days is
to drop even lower the temperature. It's still sunny out there.
It's a nice day and it's nice sunshine forecast for
the weekend, but that temperature is dropping a little bit
more each day, so make sure you wrap up, especially
in the mornings. It's pretty cold out in the mornings.
(16:25):
Dean Martin, there let it snow. Don't let it snow
here though you can keep that in the UK. I
haven't said that. When I first moved here twenty odd
years ago, there was hail on the beach and it
looked like snow. Woke up in the morning, there was
a sprinkling all over the terrace and the beach was
completely white here in Almorria. But it only lasted till
(16:47):
about lunch time. So yeah, it's hopefully one't get that
cold this year, but you never know. That's it for
another show. Thanks very much everybody for listening. I really
do appreciate your comments. And Amy will be back next
week for another Wine Time Friday and leading up to Christmas.
My last show before Christmas, Amy is going to be
(17:07):
answering your questions live. So if you've got any questions
for Amy, you can ever send me the questions here
at the show. That's David at Almira Radio dot live,
David at Almora Radio dot live, or you can post
them live in the comments section. When Amy's on, She's
going to be answering these questions for you. So yeah,
recommendations for a great bottles of wine over the Christmas period.
(17:31):
That's all coming up on the show again next week
on Wine Time Friday. Have a great weekend. Whatever you're
doing out there is, stay safe on the roads and
have a great weekend. See you later, Yes,
Saturday Sunday.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Are you ready.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
Helping people who are working in Spain? It's the right
way with David right.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
A very good afternoon, and welcome to the right Way
with me David right here on al Maria Radio A
one oh seven point five FM. And a big thanks
to John Alex for keeping us entertaining this afternoon. Thank you, John.
Be so fe out there on that bike this weekend.
It's pretty cold out there. Been out on the motor
bike this morning, and yeah, that wind is a little
bit chilly out there today. Beautiful blue sky is here,
(00:46):
nice and sunny, but that wind is a lot colder
than it's been for a while. And yeah, I'm really
glad they've got the heating on one motorbike and manager.
When I ordered my bike, I got it with heated
seats and heated hand grips, and that's really coming in
to its own at the moment. So yeah, great, and
be careful out there, John. It's a great weekend for bikingner.
Temperatures are due to drop quite a bit over the
(01:07):
next few days, but it's still nice and bright and
sunny out there. Okay, So lots more tips and advice
on living and working Spain came up on the show today,
some news on the new entry into Spain system that's
going to be coming in in the new year. And
it's Friday, so it's wine Time Friday to day. Got
my wine expert in from a dream, Amy Bingham is
going to be giving us somewhat tips on wines for Christmas.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
It's it's Friday Friday, getting you into the mood.
Speaker 3 (01:40):
For the weekend.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
David Wright, help and advice for living and working in Spain.
You're listening to the Right Way with David right.
Speaker 3 (01:54):
Afternoon. Guys for joining me in the comment section. The
comments section is live, so come and say hi, come
and keep me companies afternoon. A few Christmas ones and
a bit of rock and roll as well. And let's
turn it up a little bit with this one. Okay,
So it's Friday. It's almost wine Time Friday. Yes, every Friday,
(02:18):
I play Wine Time Friday here where I have my
top expert from Madrid joining us here on the show
giving us her recommendation for the weekend. Each week a
different bottle of wine, So don't miss out on Wine
Time Friday coming up a little bit later one on
the show today. Yeah, Amy I'll be here very very shortly,
so standby for that good recommendation for butt of wine
(02:40):
for the weekend. Okay, it's Friday the thirteenth and suspicion
the superstition originates that, so they say from the judas
of the thirteenth guest who betrayed Jesus just before the
Cruis fixtion on Friday. There's lots of other theories on
this as well. But there's other days that Spanish think
(03:02):
us superstitious, like the eighth is also superstitious day here
or superstition, whatever you like to call it. Lots of
different rules and regulations on this, but it's very weird
how the Spanish have different dates for the same sort
of superstitions that we have in the UK. But there
you go. So I was very friendly with a guy
years and years ago. We just go diving together, and
(03:23):
he became very very superstitious. And after he had a
little bit of an accident, and he was very superstitious
about magpies and if every sort of magpie he would
have this he would have to hold his collar of
his shirt until he saw an ambulance or a police car.
Absolutely crazy. But they go and never forget. One day
we went went out fishing on a boat and he
(03:46):
saw a magpie as we were leaving the harbor and
he never let Govey's collar for the whole day, Believe
it or not. Yeah, it was that superstitious. So some
people are very superstitious. Are you superstitious? Is it black
cats that does it for you? What is it? Let
me know in the comments section.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
David Ray David David David David The Afternoon Show.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
Okay, so it's Friday, that means it's wine time Friday.
And Amy, my wine expert from Madrid, he's here and
she'd be right with you after this what seven?
Speaker 2 (04:24):
Tune in now and join the play.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
So live on the show today, we've got Amy bing
on from Walk and Eat Madrid. These live tours where
you can sample their benefits and the lights of some
nice wines and cheeses and all sorts of things on
the tours. I'll leave the details in the description box
if you want to get in touch with Amy and
see these fantastic tours they're organizing in Madrid. But Hi Amy,
(04:55):
and welcome to the show.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
Hi David, God you so what.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
You got fourth to die?
Speaker 2 (05:00):
Im? Well? The wine that I would like to recommend
today is one that is one of my favorite wines
that we serve on our tours. It comes from the
region of Ribeiro, which you might not have heard of before.
It's this tiny little wine making region in Galithia. But
what's fascinating about this wine is today it's really hard
to find. You don't really see it on most menus.
(05:21):
But back in the Middle Ages this region was one
of the most important wine regions in Spain. It's a
white wine region largely, and it's right along the Camino
de Santiago. And so back in the Middle Ages, if
you lived in rural Galithia and wanted to get rich,
basically you plant grapes and you sell them to the
Catholic Church. And so there were monasteries all throughout this
region that would buy the grapes from the local people,
(05:44):
firm at the grapes of course into these beautiful white wines,
and then sell these wines to people doing the Camino,
but also export them all over Europe. In fact, it
was the wines of this region of Ribeiro that actually
sailed with Columbus when he went to the America. So
it's a wine making region that has so much history
that I think is just fascinating. But this is a
(06:06):
style of white wine that really pairs perfectly with any
type of seafood fish. Kind of a really crisp and
light white wine that goes really well with sort of
the first course of a Christmas dinner, which, of course
here in Spain tends to be all of that beautiful seafood.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
Lovely great. And now what sort of price are we
looking at this one?
Speaker 2 (06:26):
I may, well, this region varies a lot, so you
have sort of your entry level ribehios that can be
anywhere from two to six euros, really really affordable white wines,
and those are really easy drinking. They're kind of like
the Spanish version of a pino grigio, for example. And
then as you go up the price scale, things get
a little bit more complex and a little bit more
(06:48):
on the floral side of things, and the wines of
this region usually use a native grape called prisch ura,
which is just such a fun name, and those can
obviously get into the double digits and get quite quite spendy,
but definitely worth the splurge on those that they are
really interesting, really unique white wines.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
Okay, just before you go. I mean, I have a
question for you from one of the listeners from Arita Grange,
and she says, my son has been talking about orange
wine he tasted in a vineyard in New Yorca. I'd
like to get some for him as a present. Where
can I get it? How much should I expect to pay?
(07:28):
Is it served at room temperature? And also curious to
know how it is orange?
Speaker 2 (07:34):
David, this is such a good question. There's a lot
of points to cover here, and I think it's great.
So orange wine is a style of wine that's become
super popular in Spain recently that's made with white grapes,
but they're vinified whether they're made into wine as if
they were red grapes. You take white grapes, you press them,
(07:55):
and then you mix them with the skins, and it's
the skins of the white grapes that dye the more
of an orange color, which is where it gets its
name and its color orange wine. There's some great ones
coming out of my Yordica, but you can find them
kind of scattered all throughout Spain. Probably the highest concentration
of orange wines are coming from Catalunya right now and
They really run the gamut from everything from you know,
(08:17):
probably minimum ten euros a bottle all the way up
to one hundred yuros of bottle, sort of depending on
what you're looking for. But if I can help with
anything else, do let me know. I think I answered
all the questions. Uh Childer, room temperature, kind of somewhere
in between. You want it much warmer than a white wine,
a little bit cooler than a red wine. What I
usually do is put it in the fridge and then
(08:38):
take it out about half an hour forty five minutes
before I'm going to drink it. I hope that helps.
Thanks for the question, and let me know if there
are any others brilliant.
Speaker 3 (08:47):
That's great. Thank you very much for that, Imy, And
as always I leave the recommendation to your website people
and check out your tools in the comment section now.
Thanks for join us.
Speaker 2 (08:56):
I may absolutely my pleasure.
Speaker 3 (09:02):
Friday and that feeling you into the mood for the weekend.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
The comments section is open.
Speaker 2 (09:09):
Shad life to the DJ right now via our website
and here.
Speaker 3 (09:14):
He is, the legendary Davis. Okay, so I see in
the news this week here in Spain that next year
the toll roads in Spain are going to be increasing.
The price of charges for the toll roads is due
to go up ten to fifteen percent. Now, the toll
roads in Spain are not very popular at all over
very very quiet roads. Spanish do not like pain at
(09:37):
the best of time. So yeah, for using the toll roads,
they don't like pain at all. And yeah, the increase
is still going ahead in the new year. There's going
to be some major increases into toll roads in Spain.
And now a couple of years going up to Mercier,
from elm Maria to Mercier, and I accidentally took the
toll road. I can't remember what we paid at the time,
can't remember at all, but I remember that it was
(09:59):
about an hour on this toll road the motorway, and
there was almost no traffic at all. So maybe it's
a good thing, really, probably safer. Now, talking about safer,
I was talking to my driving teacher instructor whatever you'd
like to call him, a few months ago, and some
thanks here for you that motorways are much safe, up
(10:19):
to fifty percent safer to drive on the motorway the
normal country roads or through the towns. So yeah, I
suppose that's due to the speed everyone flying at the
same speed. I'm not quite sure, but yeah, motorways that
statistically are a lot safer to drive on the motorway.
Talking about driving in Spain as well, there are some
police crackdowns due for next week, obviously running up to
(10:42):
the Christmas period here, and they are expecting to better
their year last year. As it were, to say better
Loan last year. Fifty thousand fines were giving out last
year and the forecast is to go higher than that
this year. The average spot spot finds are around one hundred euros.
This is normally for speeding or for parking. Now a
lot of the parking fines are going up as well
(11:05):
in the new year. And I don't know if it's
where you are, but hearing al Maria, I've just seen
these cars driving around, unmarked cars with a camera on
the roof which spins round, and they don't even bother
to stop if your double parks or your parts. I legally,
it just takes number plates and automatically sends you your fine.
Got caught out on this one last year. I was
actually double part waiting to pick somebody up. Carl went
(11:28):
past I didn't think much about it, and somebody said
to me, did you see that camera car? I said, well,
I'm not stopped here long, you know, I'm just waiting
to pick someone up. Doesn't matter. Double Part's got a
fine and I think it was eighty euros for that
one for double parts. So yeah, these cameras are around
in the Ameria and lots of other cities are using
them now. They're just on the top of the cars
and I've actually seen them inside the cars where it flashes.
(11:49):
It's like a like the Google cameras on the roof
of the car. Inside the camera it's a three sixty
camera and it just recognizes the number plates. So yeah,
be on the lookout for that. And also these roadblocks
are due to start after next week. I believe the
traffic police traffic stops. This is just the local traffic stops.
You will find these in and out of towns and
(12:11):
major roundabouts things like that. And they're looking out for
drink drivers obviously and speeding fine, so watch out for that.
Be safe out there. This Christmas clean bandit there and
rock a by. So yeah. Another bit of news for
the new year. The admission zones here in Spain have
gone down very well with local authorities and they're extending
(12:33):
this to other major cities in the twenty twenty five,
So you need to look out for that. If you're
not sure about the admission zones stickers for your cars,
I've got some information on that exactly what you need,
what cars need to get this sticker, and what's included
where you can and can't go over on my information
page and easy ways to find that. Just go over
(12:54):
to the Amiria Radio website. Click on the drop down
menu on the top right hand side there, go to
my page. That's the right way with me, David Wright,
and you'll find the information page there. All the information
I'll give it out on my shows, it's uploaded there,
and you'll find the admissions stickers, mission zones, what you
need to know about that over on that page there. Okay,
so loads going on in the next week or so.
(13:16):
It's fine. So it's yeah, Christmas decorations. Have you got
your decorations up? Yeah, I suppose most people have. I'm
a bit late this year. I'm putting mine up later
today or tomorrow. And I started the thing a couple
of years ago out I bought's projector that goes at
the front of the house and it shows this projector
moving what do you call it? A montrage of photographs
(13:38):
not photographs, designs for Christmas with Father, Christmas, snowy scenes,
things like that. Projects this light projector on the front
of the house at night obviously, and I started that
a couple of years ago, and my neighbors are now
two of them have got the same sort of projector
and the same thing got all their Christmas lights up.
So yeah, this afternoon or tomorrow, I've got to get
out there and put my lights up. Okay. So after
(14:01):
loads of delays for this introduction to the EU's new
entry exit system in and out of Spain, there's even
more changes, more voting going on, but they have now
decided that they're going to phase it in over the next
six months. This new system will be phased in lots
of airports and entry points in and out of Spain.
So the system is designed to capture details from fingerprints,
(14:26):
biometric details and dates of entry and exit in and
out of Spain. And this is going to start off
with about ten percent to begin with. They're going to
phase it in very slowly starting in the new year,
and it's going to capture all your details. So yeah,
this new entry system. More information about that again over
on the information page davidwrightonline dot com. Information page on
(14:48):
for US Spanish one.
Speaker 1 (14:49):
Now Avid right help and advice. But living and working
in Spain. You're listening to the right Way right with
David Wright.
Speaker 3 (15:01):
Yeah, so we're talking about the admissions badge earlier. So yeah,
use other ways you can check on this as well.
It's quite easy. There's a dgt's website to do this,
or there's an app as well. You can download the
app for free. It's DGT app and this is the
m I d G T app. It's free to download
and you just put your car registration number in there
(15:24):
and it tells you exactly what sticker you need to
get for your car, and if in fact you do
need one at all, and where you can use this sticker,
where you can go and where you can't go. Also,
you can call a free number I believe it's six
O six O and you can speak to somebody there
and they can tell you if you need to make
an appointment to get a stick up for your car.
(15:45):
All this information is over on the information page. That's
David Right online dot com information.
Speaker 1 (15:50):
Page David Wright Help and advice for living and working
in Spain. You're listening to the Right Way with David Right.
Speaker 3 (16:04):
So yeah, the forecast for the next few days is
to drop even lower the temperature. It's still sunny out there.
It's a nice day and it's nice sunshine forecast for
the weekend, but that temperature is dropping a little bit
more each day, so make sure you wrap up, especially
in the mornings. It's pretty cold out in the mornings.
(16:25):
Dean Martin, there let it snow. Don't let it snow
here though you can keep that in the UK. I
haven't said that. When I first moved here twenty odd
years ago, there was hail on the beach and it
looked like snow. Woke up in the morning, there was
a sprinkling all over the terrace and the beach was
completely white here in Almorria. But it only lasted till
(16:47):
about lunch time. So yeah, it's hopefully one't get that
cold this year, but you never know. That's it for
another show. Thanks very much everybody for listening. I really
do appreciate your comments. And Amy will be back next
week for another Wine Time Friday and leading up to Christmas.
My last show before Christmas, Amy is going to be
(17:07):
answering your questions live. So if you've got any questions
for Amy, you can ever send me the questions here
at the show. That's David at Almira Radio dot live,
David at Almora Radio dot live, or you can post
them live in the comments section. When Amy's on, She's
going to be answering these questions for you. So yeah,
recommendations for a great bottles of wine over the Christmas period.
(17:31):
That's all coming up on the show again next week
on Wine Time Friday. Have a great weekend. Whatever you're
doing out there is, stay safe on the roads and
have a great weekend. See you later, Yes,
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