Jerez

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Jerez - took 1.5 hours on train from Seville. Some lovely countryside. Great train journeys. Electric sockets. Lots of leg room. Film and earphones given to watch (in Spanish though) )lol. Fair refreshments. Arrived in Tryp Hotel. Lovely guy on reception gave us lots of local info......much more helpful people here.... he gave us a route of 9 Tabancos (aka bodegas). Found no 1. Tabankino on Calle Idiolas. Fantastic place highly recommend. Lots of info on sherries and tapas. Suggested a pale cream sherry with ice and sour orange....leave for 10 mins......absolutely delightful......the orange taste to the sweetness of the sherry was fantastic.....he then sold us some blue cheese made with goats milk as tapas and some dried and cured tuna.......then vermouth made with sherry and added a slice of orange.........totally delightful. Be led by Keeno the owner let him take you through a journey of delights.
Leaving in the morning for Ronda... had fabulous day. Managed to find 5 out of the 9 Tabancos. Brill experience. Ask your hotel for Tabancos list. You will get to try Fino (dry white). Manzanilla. Olorosso. Amantillado. Cream. Pedro ximenes ranging from dry to extremely sweet almost like crushed raisin juice. Accompanied by various lovely tapas. We also went to bodega for a tour. Interesting facts such as all sherries made from same 3 different types of grapes. Colours for the sweet sherries comes from the oxidation process. Similar to when apples are left in open air and go brown. Both knackered as walking soo much with occasional stops lol but loving every minute x

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