world winery map

18 Friday Sep 2026

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The other day my friend Jane posted a link to this rather amazing interactive global wine terroir map with 4,303,693 vineyards and 104,330 wineries across 90 countries. For every single vineyard on the map, users can access highly specific geospatial data, including elevation, solar radiation, and slope, alongside critical viticultural metrics like soil composition, the Huglin index, and average temperatures during the vine growing season.

Winemakers are invited to claim their winery profiles for free, allowing them to update tasting room hours, claim their specific vineyard parcels, and update data on planted grape varieties. A geolocation system also allows users to locate nearby wineries and receive navigation instructions. Check it out! ⬇️

WORLD WINERY MAP

sevilla se vende

17 Thursday Sep 2026

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Just when you thought things couldn’t get any tackier around here here is the Plaza Virgen de Los Reyes, next to the Cathedral and Archbishop’s palace, all decked out for a PRIVATE event, looking like a cheesy wedding venue, complete with catering and portable chandaliers. Wtf?

Photo sent to me on Bluesky by my friend Robert Wright
At the top, protest posters by Sevilla Dibujada on Instagram.

For the record…
On Thursday, a dinner was held in the Plaza Virgen de los Reyes. The 20th-anniversary celebration of the society magazine Escaparate produced unique images that spread across screens at retweet speed: dozens of white tables, a catering setup complete with deep fryers and refrigerators, coloured spotlights projected onto the ancient Cathedral, a bugle band, and hundreds of guests from the worlds of nobility, business, sports, and politics—led by the mayor and the president of the Regional Government.

In Seville, the 2007 ordinance regulating the use of public spaces in the Historic Center for ephemeral activities and events states in Article 11.1 that “the occupation of the Plaza Virgen de los Reyes and Plaza del Triunfo is prohibited.”

my 33rd sevilla anniversary!

16 Wednesday Sep 2026

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So I was feeling a bit bad that I hadn’t planned anything special for this year’s Sevilla anniversary, other than I knew Paul was going to be here this week and we’d probably at least go out for a tapita. Then I remembered that Evan still hadn’t had a pringá at Bodeguita Romero (and as such has not actually been to Sevilla even though he’s lived here since April) and so a plan began to come together. I thought a nice casual tapeo would be nice and that way I could visit a few of my favourite places. Done!

First stop was Casa Moreno for a quick Beer O’clock and Emilio made me one of his trademark pen drawings to commemorate the day. Then it was on to Bodeguita Romero just around the corner and when Alejandro saw my gift from Emilio he decided he wanted to give me something too, so he popped over to the office and came back with a poster by Alfredo of the Barrios of Sevilla. We’d had a snack at Moreno but now it was time for a serious lunch – with pringás of course. For the penúltima we stopped in at Casa Morales and Javi not only found us a table (quite a trick at that late hour) he also located a super-chilled bottle of Juvé y Camps cava for us.

A fabulous day. I always love it when Paul is in town. And I liked that Even got to join us and also enjoy his first ever pringá at Bodeguita Romero.