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blue wine

05 Thursday May 2016

Posted by azahar in weird, wine

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blue wine, spain, wine

blue wine

I remember reading lately about how some wine experts couldn’t tell the difference between white and red wine during a blind tasting. Not sure if that’s true, but colour does influence how we taste things. Take this blue chardonnay by Marqués de Alcantara. The other day a barman in Jerez was very insistent about me trying it, so what the heck, I gave it a go. But although it actually tasted okay I decided I didn’t want to drink a whole glass of it. Somehow the colour and taste just didn’t go together in my mind. Weird, eh?

catador nº 10

27 Wednesday Apr 2016

Posted by azahar in andalucia, sevilla, wine

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province of seville, sevilla, seville, wine, wine awards

catador

It was an honour to be invited to this week’s 1st Province of Seville Wine Awards as one of the 10 judges. Our task was to blind taste 14 white and 16 red wines from various bodegas in the province and rate them. I was catador (taster) nº 10. Then our points were counted and the awards were given. The winners were…

Best white: El Mirlo Blanco 2015, Bodega Tierra Savia
Best red: Cocolubis 2013, Bodega La Margarita

catador 10

More on the event coming up soon on the Azahar Sevilla blog.

feria sevilla 2016

14 Thursday Apr 2016

Posted by azahar in friends, sevilla, sherry, spain

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feria, festivals, flamenco, food, jerez, sevilla, sherry, spain, wine

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Scenes from this year’s Feria de Abril in Sevilla.

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decisions, decisions…

26 Tuesday Jan 2016

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sevilla, wine

decisions, decisions...

Posted by azahar | Filed under wine

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family christmas

25 Friday Dec 2015

Posted by azahar in christmas, food & drink, sevilla, sherry, twitter

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christmas, food, friends, twitter, wine

becky

With someone else’s family! A few weeks ago I started chatting with Becky @withpaprika on Twitter, as I saw she was planning a trip to Sevilla. I offered her some advice on places to eat and she ended up taking a We Love Tapas Tour with the fabulous Delia. Everyone had a great time and the next night I saw Becky and family at the Flamenco Museum. They were having problems getting a booking for Christmas lunch and so I helped them with that, and said I’d stop by and have a drink with them on Christmas afternoon. Which turned into – ahem – more than one. In fact, I sat with them through most of their lunch (mine was mostly prepared and waiting for me at home) and it was so much fun. The kids were inquisitive and charming, and Becky, Scott and I really hit it off (next visit Scott wants a sherry tour!). It was a lovely way to spend my Christmas afternoon, and I came home much cheered and enjoyed my own (late) lunch and an evening of Christmas films.

So, a little Twitter magic helped make this Christmas extra special.
How was yours?

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