*Advance Warning – Date to be confirmed, likely to be Tuesday 20th November or Wednesday 21st November*

Another of our super Lunches with Wine Tasting @ La Parrilla del Celler, in Javea Pueblo (Javea Old Town) – with the inimitable Chef-Patron Pepe, cooking us up a super lunch, which will be paired with fine wines – including different styles of Sherry!

Think Sherry is outdated, something to suffer at Aunt Maude’s Christmas gathering?

Think again!

There’s such a variety of styles, pairing perfectly with different foods – once tasted, you’ll be a fan, for sure!

Wines also – and great fun!

Watch this space for more details!

Super Short Break – March 2014

Hola a todos!

Well at last – here are the details of the proposed Short Break to the beautiful mountains above Granada, the rolling chalk coloured valleys of Jerez and the stunning historical city of Seville!

The dates are Monday 24th March – Friday 28th March 2014 – that’s 5 days, 4 nights.

Please note that as Granada is not too far away we won’t be making a really early start!!

We’ll be staying the super, tranquil 4* boutique Hacienda Señorio de Nevada on the first and last nights; and in the 4* luxury Hotel Sherry Park in Jerez for the middle two nights.

As you know this is a wine/sherry/cultural orientated trip and we’ll have organised tours and tastings in the little known (as yet) but excellent area known as Vino de Calidad de Granada; plus of course Sherry in its natural home, Jerez. We’ll also have a day visiting wonderful Seville.

The Hacienda sits surrounded by its own vineyards which make award winning and lovely wine and there are sensational views of the nearby snow-capped mountains of the Sierra Nevada!

We have Dinner Bed and Breakfast for all but the third night, which will be free for you to choose your own restaurant in Jerez, if you would like to experience dinner out of the hotel – though the hotel option will still be open to you if you wish.

The price, 475€ per person, is the most economic I can make it – and it includes:

All the above, plus return travel, of course; a prize raffle, a prize quiz on the visits etc of our trip, during our return journey.

A full itinerary will be available later – there’ll be none of the above left out, of course –  but there may be some interesting additions!

NB Insurance is not included – please make your own arrangements.

I am sending this to all of you before making it public, advertising it in the Costa Blanca News, Facebook etc.

The Hacienda is a boutique hotel so places are limited. Therefore if you fancy joining us please let me know as soon as you can. A deposit of 100€ per person will be required but not until the week beginning 16th December (though you can pay this before of course!).

If you have friends who would also like to join us please let me know – it’s a case of first come first served!

Many thanks – I can’t wait.

If you have any queries please contact me – and please don’t forget to confirm as soon as you can that you are joining us!

Saludos,

Colin

colin@colinharknessonwine.com
Twitter @colinonwine

JEREZ IN JEREZ!

Perhaps the most underrated ‘wine’ in Spain, Jerez (aka Sherry), takes its name from the area surrounding the town of Jerez in Andalucia and that’s where I’ll be in the coming week, 7th – 12th November! I’ll be visiting at least one Sherry Bodega and of course writing about my experiences and my tasting notes here. Perhaps some of you will be persuaded to try some of the several different styles of Sherry and maybe become a devotee like myself?! Watch this space!