a very sherry tuesday

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sherry tuesday

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).

sherry tuesday (1)Simón & Javier from Bodegas La Gitana

sherry tuesday (2)An & Erik from Belgium

orange harvest 2022

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orange harvest 2022

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. 🍊