25 Friday Mar 2022
Posted in food & drink, gastronomy, sevilla, spain, wine
So this was fun! I was invited to a cheese, bread and wine tasting at Sevilla’s new international hospitality school Gastromiun. My friend Rafa Bellido presented five Spanish wines which we later paired with national cheeses and local bread and, as always, I learned a lot. Still hoping to find a good accredited Spanish wine course. Perhaps I could persuade the school directors?
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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02 Tuesday Nov 2021
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You’re welcome! 👩🏻⚕️🍷
19 Tuesday Oct 2021
Posted in decanter magazine, sevilla, wine
On Monday I had the pleasure of being invited to a wine tasting led by Toni Sarrión, winemaker/owner of the fabulous Bodegas Mustiguillo (which also gets a mention in my latest Decanter article about Valencia). Not only delicious wines but also a lovely setting on the river front at the posh Abades restaurant, once again being swept up in Toni’s passion for his wines and his process. He’s a bit of a rebel. And I have certainly had worse Mondays! 🍷
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