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tío pepe en rama 2016

18 Monday Apr 2016

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en rama 16

So exactly a week after having to miss the presentation of Tío Pepe en Rama 2016 (because of this!) I found myself having a post-shopping pre-dinner glass of wine up at Gourmet Experience and my pal Silvia stopped by. Silvia not only runs the place at GE but her father Antonio Flores (AKA the winemaker poet) is the master wine blender at Gonzalez Byass and is also the guy responsible for Tío Pepe en Rama. Turns out Silvia missed the presentation too (she was only able to stop by for a quick hello before it all got going) and she insisted I try a glass. And well, it was damn fine. Thank you Silvia!

Tío Pepe en Rama 2016 was first selected in October from 100 of the best casks from two of the oldest Tío Pepe soleras, Rebollo and Constancia, and finally bottled (16,000 in total) in April from the top 60 out of those initial 100 casks.

A wild unfiltered wine, with all its yeast and organic contribution. Yellow, pale, golden tones, cloudy (yeast in suspension). The nose is pure albariza, salinity, nuts, bakery aromas. Tasty, intense, long, salty and slightly bitter finish. Or as Antonio would say… el sol de Andalucía embotellado (bottled Andalusian sunshine).

you never know…

08 Friday Apr 2016

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alex

One of the best things about my job is that I never really know what’s going to happen when I meet my guests for the first time and we head off to our first tapas bar. Yesterday was a prime example of this when we ran into graffiti artist Alexandra del Bene, who was jazzing up the shutters at Bodeguita Romero when we arrrived. Then she ended up joining us for a couple of tapitas and some wine (Alex is in pink), saying it was too hot to keep working outside. As you can see, she totally charmed my guests.

Later we ran into someone with a young eagle on her arm, who offered to let us hold it for photos. A bit scammy, but also fun. Then we happened upon my artist friend Norberto on his way home with his portable printing press, and finally we saw The Dude! Rather a full day. And a typical day in my life too.

pre-feria

06 Wednesday Apr 2016

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Ania la Cordobesa

This is probably as close as I’m going to get to the Feria de Abril this year. Well, other than to maybe stop by one afternoon to take horse photos. Ania and I were invited to a pre-feria event at the Taberna del Alabardero and both of us agreed that it was a much more pleasant experience than the actual feria here.

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