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04 Sunday Aug 2024
Posted in music, sunday song, video
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03 Saturday Aug 2024
Posted in casa azahar, cats, caturday, home
02 Friday Aug 2024

Hot on the heels of Albariño Day we have International Beer Day and here is a photo of today’s Cold Beer O’clock. While Albariño Day is always on August 1st (the anniversary of the first competition), Beer Day is on the first Friday of August. Why? Who knows. I don’t make the rules…
01 Thursday Aug 2024

It’s International Albariño Day and we are here for it! Celebrated annually on August 1, Albariño Day was born out of a contest between two men — Bernardo Quintanilla and Ernesto Zárate — to determine the best wine of 1952, with Zárate declared the winner. In the bottom right hand corner is winemaker Eulogio Zárate and his wife Rebeca Montero, who now run the Zárate winery in Meaño, Pontevedra. I was lucky enough to visit Eulogio and Rebeca at their home back in 2019, the photo here was taken in April at a wine event in Jerez. With a bit of luck I may make it back to Galicia later this year. Fingers crossed!
31 Wednesday Jul 2024
Posted in food & drink, friends, sevilla, sherry, tapas, tapas bars
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Last July I finally got to meet Sarah and Ian in person. Sarah and I had been online pals for years so it was great to finally get together and go out on a full-on Sherry & Tapas Tour. At the time Sarah was telling me about her plans to open a tapas bar in Winchester, UK called Bar Lento. And guess what? It opened in May! And by all accounts it’s going very well, with locals and visitors alike showing an interest. So this most recent trip back was to do a little research and hook up with some sherry suppliers. And I was very happy they made some time to meet up for lunch during their quick visit. We started off at Taberna Manolo Cateca (Sevilla’s sherry temple) and then went to one of my new all time faves Augurio. A fabulous afternoon.
If you’re in the Winchester area, check out Bar Lento.