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So do you remember the fabulous Gourmet Tapas Tour I did last week? Well, I was sworn to secrecy until now but the article came out this morning so I’m free to blab it to the world. The tour was actually part of an interview I was asked to give to the Wall Street Journal Europe about my tapas tours. London-based food columnist Bruce Palling was down in Málaga province for a few days and he wanted to come up to Sevilla for the day to check out the “new tapas scene” and see how tapas have been evolving recently.
I met Bruce and his wife Lucinda for a lunchtime tapas tour and we went to four tapas bars where I knew they were doing tapas with a twist, still using traditional local ingredients but creating new and exciting dishes. And well, I had a great time. Bruce and Lucinda are true foodies and were great company and, as always, I felt proud to show off some of the places that I really love.
When I asked Bruce how he found out about me he said that when he was asking around London about who to contact in Sevilla about tapas my name kept coming up, so he decided to get in touch. Although he didn’t name names I knew it had to be some of the London twitter connections I’ve made over the past few years. Anyhow, we shall see if this helps bring in some more business, but I’m actually just so thrilled to see “my name in lights” and to read about how much Bruce enjoyed the tapas tour. You can read the article here:
casa azahar 
Congratulations! Marvelous article!
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Brilliant!
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That just has to be so good for you – I don’t know how many people read the WSJ Europe, but if your name “kept coming up” for him, and now he name checks you like that – well as Devonseaglass says, Brilliant!
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That’s wonderful. I am delighted for you. 🙂
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You are now internationally famous for being cool. Which is as it should be. I hope the bookings roll in…
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😎
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Perhaps a ‘book deal’ is next on the agenda?
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I’d love a book deal! But what would I write about?
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You are joking, aren’t you?
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Congratulations!
Wonderful news!
Well deserved too. 🙂
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Awesome!
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Marvelous, amazing news! Congratulations!I
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Go you! This is totally awesome, Az! Very proud of you!
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Agree with all that’s already been said … I’m sure this is bound to yield dividends for you!
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Well done, Az!
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Hello Mr Blast from my Past! How lovely to hear from you.
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Thanks for all the congrats everyone. I worried that I’d been too gabby and unprofessional during the tour but it turns out that Bruce was professional enough for the two of us and wrote a great piece that I think really conveyed how enjoyable the tour and the food was.
I’m still thrilled to bits about the whole thing. Kind of realising in retrospect how important this was for me and relieved that I didn’t blow it.
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I thought this was a good article – I linked to it on FB, just for fun and some of my friends thought it was good, too. Maybe I’ll bring them with when we ever get to Spain.
Meanwhile:
This Thursday, September 1, is an important first in the wine world: It’s the First Annual International Tempranillo Day. We’re not exactly sure how these things get established, but we do know that Spanish grapes are awfully hot right now, and Tempranillo’s on top as the most important red. Better yet, it has its own advocacy group with the best name going among wine organizations—the Tempranillo Advocates, Producers, and Amigos Society (in a word, TAPAS, a riff on Zinfandel Advocates and Producers, or ZAP).
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