16 Thursday Oct 2025
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10 years ago today I became a Certified Sherry Educator! 🥂 It was a very proud moment and it’s been a long and delicious journey ever since. Always learning and sharing, recruiting new sherry converts along the way. Many thanks to the Sherry Council for always being so supportive. And of course to all the amazing sherry bodegas 💛 ¡Salud!
(wine: La Gitana Manzanilla en Rama, copas: Lama La Uva)
04 Monday Nov 2024
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Well you all know that every week is sherry week for me, but this is the start of the 11th International Sherry Week, from November 4-10th which is being held… well, everywhere! Thank goodness I can still do my Sherry & Tapas Tastings, and so I can also offer them on the Sherry Week Webisite. Although I’m not able to do my walking tours at the moment I can still manage to hobble over to Casa Morales on my crutches and then back again. And I have quite a full week coming up.
So no matter where you are in the world have a look to see if there is a fab Sherry Event this week near you… Sherry Week Events! Get to know the most inclusive and versatile wine in the world.
15 Friday Sep 2023
Last night I was invited to a posh presentation at the Hotel Alfonso XIII and, when I found out César Saldaña was going to be there, I decided to take the opportunity of getting my copy of The Book of Sherry Wine signed. César is not only an author, he’s the president of the Sherry Council and was one of my teachers when I took the Sherry Educator course back in 2015. I think I caught him by surprise with the book, but he was a good sport about it. Though he didn’t write “to the BEST sherry student I’ve ever had” like I asked him to… 😉
16 Saturday Oct 2021
Six years ago today I became a Certified Sherry Educator!
It’s an honour to be included in such illustrious company and a privilege to introduce people to this most amazing wine, or help them expand on their knowledge of it. You never stop learning about sherry, it’s a delicious world to discover, and to keep on discovering.
Also many thanks to all the wonderful bodegas that have always been so generous and welcoming and the fabulous bars in #Sevilla that help make my sherry experiences extra special. Salud! 💛
14 Tuesday Nov 2017
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I’m happy to report that my Sherry Tastings have become quite a success. Different from my Sherry & Tapas Tour in that, although there are snacky food pairings during the tasting (to me sherry is always better appreciated with food, especially by “novices”), it is a more concise introduction to sherry, lasting about 1.5 hours. At the moment I’m working with a few different venues, looking for the best “fit”, though it may turn out that I end up with more than one option. It’s all good! 🙂
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