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… well, you get the picture.
Presenting the 3 Horsewomen of the aCOPAlypse.
what happens in jerez…
19 Monday Oct 2015
Category Archives: andalucia
sherry educator
17 Saturday Oct 2015
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I am now an Certified Sherry Educator!
I honestly can’t tell you how thrilled I am about this. The course was intense and a great combination of hard work and fun. The teachers were all outstanding, the visits, tastings, meals, etc all top notch. And the part of the exam I’d feared most (blind tasting) was very challenging, but I took my time (literally the last one to leave) and ended up getting a 6/6. Phew!
More on the course later, just wanted to put this up to show you before I head out for a final day in Jerez with friends, doing a “Tabanco Trawl”. I’m soooooo happy, guys. Truly a dream come true. Yay me! 🙂
#sherryed15 days 2 & 3
16 Friday Oct 2015
After all this practice I STILL got confuddled during the blind tasting this afternoon. But it’s all over now… exam results tonight! *fingerscrossed*
#sherryed15 day one
15 Thursday Oct 2015
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I started off yesterday with a “off the schedule” visit to Bodegas Lustau, which was great. I first went there about a year and a half ago and this time we were shown around by Juan, followed by a tasting of their fabulous sherries.
In the evening the course officially started off with a history lesson in El Puerto de Santa María followed by dinner in the San Marco castle. There are 25 of us taking the course. So far I’ve only met and spoken with a few of them. Now dashing off for an action-packed Day Two. So thrilled to be doing this.
Twitter hashtag: SherryEd15
milli & family
05 Monday Oct 2015
Posted in andalucia, food & drink, friends, twitter, wine
The Twitter magic continues… with a surprise visit by Milli @milliskitchen and her family who run the gorgeous @rancherdelingles near Málaga city. I’ve known Milli and mum Miyuki (on Twitter and Instagram) for awhile now, and got to meet Milli in person when I was in London last June. So it was an extra special treat to meet the whole family, including dad David and brother Cameron. We were just going to meet up for a drink after I’d finished a lunchtime tapas tour, which somehow ended up segueing into an impromptu evening tapas tour. Fun times.
