It seems everyone on the Camino has heard of the winery (Irache) with an outdoor tap that serves vino tinto (red wine) for free to passing Peregrino (pilgrims walking the Camino). It’s a great bit of marketing for the winery who make a point of exclaiming the tap is to help encourage the pilgrims.

It was with more than a little excitement that we departed our monastery accommodation, walked (briskly) to Irache and patiently queued for our “encouragement” – only to discover that the tap was empty.

We were most definitely not encouraged.

We discovered later that day that the tap is restocked at 9.30 every morning. We were obviously too keen and just a little too early.