About a four hour drive has taken me to Jerez, where the hotel I am staying at seems to be not a million miles from the Gonzalez Byass bodegas; indeed I have just spoken to the nice people there on the telephone and they tell me there is a tour at 5.30pm this evening so I plan to go for that; the nice young lady at the hotel reception has also confirmed that it should take no more than about 20 minutes on foot so I shall avoid the hassle of taking the car. She also mentioned that there is a very nice bar not far from the Gonzalez Byass bodegas where they serve good tapas; she tells me she visits it often when she goes to town, so I shall probably give that a whirl this evening after the tour.
Tomorrow I shall go either to Sanlucar de Barrameda (where Manzanilla is made) or to El Puerto de Santa Maria, the third side of the 'sherry triangle' and both on the coast; the young lady at reception gave me the names of two bodegas, one in each place, so I shall undoubtedly try one or the other.
It has been quite 'cool' here today, although with brilliant blue skies the whole day; the temperature has mostly been in the range of 12 to 15 degrees C, although at one point during the drive here it may have reached 17 deg C briefly; this is five or six degrees cooler than we had just a few days ago, but the forecast is for 21 or 22 deg C over the weekend.
¡Hasta Luego!
No comments:
Post a Comment
Welcome to my comment area. Whilst all comment is welcome you are requested to respect the views of others. To read full terms for use of this facility, please visit my 'Terms of Use' section, linked to under the 'About this Blog' heading at top right of the blog. Note added 12JUL2010 - All comments will now be pre-moderated before they appear in this blog; this is a measure to prevent 'spam' commenting, which has become frequent of late. Thank you.