24 Thursday Feb 2022
Posted in decanter magazine, spain, travel, wine
Yay! My copy of Decanter arrived today with my travel article about Cádiz. Many thanks to Michael @RenoirGuides for sending it – somehow it never feels real until I’m holding the magazine in my hot little hands. Thinking about where to go next. Any ideas? 🍷
UPDATE: it’s now online!
Discovering Cádiz
23 Wednesday Feb 2022
22 Tuesday Feb 2022
Posted in sevilla, sherry, tapas bars, tapas tours
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So this happened. Started the day with a private sherry tasting by Bodegas La Gitana at Las Teresas (the rep had seen a post of mine on Instagram and invited me) and, since I also had a last minute tapas tour booked the clients met me at Teresas when the tasting finished. Win-win. The clients were friends of my Twitter pal (and fellow sherry educator) Ruben @sherrynotes and both the tasting and tour were great fun (and delicious too).
Simón & Javier from Bodegas La Gitana
An & Erik from Belgium
21 Monday Feb 2022
Posted in sevilla
For some reason I haven’t come across any groups of orange harvesters this year, but I did happen across this skip outside the Patio de los Naranjos. Many people think these oranges are used for marmalade but in fact the city harvest (approx 6 million kilos from 50,000 trees) is not consumed due to its constant exposure to pollution. It’s used to make fertilisers, cosmetics, fodder for goats and, since 2020, to generate biogas, which is obtained from the juice and used to purify wastewater. Thus endeth the lesson. 🍊
20 Sunday Feb 2022
Posted in music, sunday song, video
