Hotel offers guided tours at sturgeon farm

The Barceló La Bombadilla Hotel in Andalusia, Spain, offers a unique tour to its guests. On a guided tour at the nearby sturgeon farm in Rio Frio they can get an insight into the secrets of caviar production. Included are the ultrasound checks regarding maturity of the roe and visits to the processing lab.

Even if I dislike the idea of converting sturgeon farms into a kind of Disneyland (call me paranoid, but industrial espionage exists), I welcome this idea. It helps to raise the public awareness behind this sophisticated art of breeding sturgeon and producing caviar. It has absolutely nothing to do with the ‘wild’ (easy) way. It is a highly knowledge-driven and sensitive endeavour which requires a lot of patience and critical decisions.

And everybody who willingly embarks on this journey receives my respect.