sherry lovers
02 Friday Sep 2016
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the urium effect
01 Thursday Sep 2016
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Had a great day out in Jerez, meeting up again with Seanna @sherrysips (who I met for the first time in person last year) and visiting my favourite bodega Urium. I also finally got to meet Erik @thewhiskykiwi and Laura @laurawburgess, who were in Sevilla a few months ago, but I was hit with a random 24-hour bug and ended up giving them a “remote” tapas tour via my iPhone from bed.
This time we all met up at Urium and were once again hosted by fab father & daughter team Alonso and Rocío. During our sherry tasting we were regaled by Alonso’s wonderful stories, we were fed and sung to, and we even ended up doing a bit of karaoke. Don’t ask. It’s known as the URIUM EFFECT.
sherry on top
07 Thursday Jul 2016
Sherry and live music on various Sevilla hotel rooftops with spectacular views… what’s not to love? Last night I was invited by Vinos de Jerez to the opening Sherry On Top event at the Hotel Inglaterra. It was great fun, with a sherry tasting (fino, oloroso, cream cocktail) followed by music by local band Los Quiero and more sherry cocktails.
Read all about it on Azahar Sevilla!
sherry educating
14 Tuesday Jun 2016
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Back in November I organised a Sherry Education afternoon with my fab We Love Tapas team. It was not only a lot of fun but everyone also learned a lot. Then a series of events led to me setting up a very interesting day of bodega visits this week, along with Pilar @enosherry. And then I thought… hey! Delia from WLT had still to visit a sherry bodega, even though she was born in Cádiz, so I invited her to come with us. Because you can never truly understand sherry until you have visited a bodega. And it was an amazing day. I’ll be updating my sherry bodegas page on Azahar Spain soon, so stay tuned.
sherry heaven
31 Tuesday May 2016
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A few images from this year’s Vinoble. It was a fabulous and frenetic sherry-packed three days, meeting up with old friends, making new ones, and trying an amazing selection of sherry and sherry-style wines from all over the world. It was my first time visiting Vinoble as a certified Sherry Educator and I felt I was better able to appreciate the wines than when I was invited to the previous edition in 2014. Looking forward to 2018!
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