01 Wednesday Feb 2023
Posted in decanter magazine, wine
It’s out! The latest Decanter Magazine Spain Guide including my wine lover’s getaways… five cities, ten destinations. To date my most ambitious piece. Lots of other great stuff inside too so check it out.
11 Friday Nov 2022
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Lots of changes going on within the Sherry Council (Consejo Regulador) including the expansion of what we have always known as the Sherry Triangle, that area of land bordered by Jerez, Sanlúcar de Barrameda and El Puerto de Santa María which, until now, was the only place that sherry wines could be officially produced, aged and bottled. The new expansion includes six more towns: Lebrija, Trebujena, Chipiona, Rota, Chiclana and San José de Valle, which is good news for the producers, but it does leave us with a bit of a quandary as to how to refer to the region now. The sherry anvil?
03 Monday Oct 2022
Verema is a fabulous wine event that is held all around Spain. When in Sevilla it takes place at the super posh Alfonso XIII Hotel, with more than 30 wineries in the showroom and several smaller tastings throughout the day. I’d had my invitation for quite some time and then at the last minute decided not to go today. Later when I saw this photo my friend Javi posted on his Instagram I was glad I didn’t. Maybe next year.
31 Tuesday May 2022
Such a long-awaited event for so many reasons. The last Vinoble took place in 2018 and should have happened again in 2020… and well, then it didn’t. For me it was such a treat to see all these people again, many of whom I hadn’t seen for four years or more. Others I met for the first time. And others I have seen more recently, well, it was just great to say hi and catch up. I loved this so much. Filled my heart.
27 Friday May 2022
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Up early today to catch the train to Córdoba as I’ve been invited to the 100th anniversary celebrations at Bodega Toro Albalá. I have to go and pack now. More later!
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