05 Friday Aug 2022
So this totally made my day! My editor Julie at Decanter sent me this reader letter about my Cádiz travel article from last March. I mean, wow. It really made a difference to their trip and they ended up not just becoming Cádiz converts but sherry converts as well. Gotta admit it also helps with the ol’ impostor syndrome. 😉 Now I can’t wait to do another one.
24 Thursday Feb 2022
Posted in decanter magazine, spain, travel, wine
Yay! My copy of Decanter arrived today with my travel article about Cádiz. Many thanks to Michael @RenoirGuides for sending it – somehow it never feels real until I’m holding the magazine in my hot little hands. Thinking about where to go next. Any ideas? 🍷
UPDATE: it’s now online!
Discovering Cádiz
01 Wednesday Dec 2021
Posted in cadiz, decanter magazine, wine
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This week I visited three bodegas in the province of Cádiz, as part of the research I am doing for my next Decanter travel article. And well, they were all great, and couldn’t have been more different from each other, but I gotta admit that – this trip at least – my heart belongs to Bodega de Forlong.
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06 Tuesday Oct 2020
Posted in welcome
My pal Dan @dan.jamon always sees my Decanter articles before I do. Saw this pic on his Instagram and now can’t wait to get my own copy. They usually send me one, so hopefully its on the way. Still waiting to find out if it’s also been published online. Originally this one was only supposed to be online, then they decided to publish it in the supplement of their October magazine. Yay! My fourth Decanter article. Hope there will be more. 🙂
28 Monday Oct 2019
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So while I was away in Galicia I got an invitation to the Spanish book launch of my friend José Pizarro’s Andalucía, which is being held in Madrid on October 30th. You may recall I went to London in May for a event at the Spanish Embassy that included celebrating José’s 25 years as a chef and was also the launch for the English version of this book. But you know, I want to be there to support José and so I booked my train to Madrid and a hotel for a couple of nights, even though I can’t exactly afford to travel right now.
And THEN something amazing happened. Out of the blue I was asked by Decanter Magazine to write another city break travel piece for them… on Madrid! This is my third commission from Decanter in a year, and I am thrilled about that. But also, it will end up paying for my trip and I can use my time there to do research for the article. How perfect is that? 🙂
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