Legend has it that the god Zeus fell madly in love with the beauty of the land of Galicia. To possess it, Zeus created a river, the Miño, that flowed through Galicia. But Hera, his jealous wife, didn't like this idea at all, so she devised a way for Zeus to reject this beautiful land that had captivated him. The plan was to open a huge wound with Zeus's lightning bolt in Galicia, in the place where the god had created the Miño, thus marring its beauty with this impressive gorge in the Ribeira Sacra area, so that Zeus would fall out of love. Zeus was furious when he saw what his wife had done and, as punishment, condemned her to wander eternally among the slopes of the wound she herself had opened and that he covered with another river, the Sil.

That wound is still open today and is none other than the Sil Canyons, the result of the goddess Hera's jealousy of this magnificent land.

Zeus met his wife in a secluded spot in these lands and forgave her, and they both returned to Mount Olympus. This meeting place was Os Peares, where the Miño and Sil rivers converge.

This Galician region, known as Ribeira Sacra since the 12th century, is located in the south of the province of Lugo and the north of Ourense, in central Galicia, around the courses of the Miño and Sil rivers. The area is dotted with Cistercian monasteries hidden among forests on both banks of the rivers, as well as wineries, fortresses, medieval bridges, and abandoned villages, such as Belesar, visible only when the river's water level drops.

This is a wine-growing area with Ribeira Sacra D.O. status. The main grape variety we'll be able to taste is Mencía, but also Godello, grown on terraces along the Miño and Sil rivers, among the spectacular…