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This week i´ve got a great guest for you Spain lovers – I´m going to be chatting all about that famous Spanish wine, Sherry with Annie Manson – aka Annie B!
Annie is a foodie, food writer, Sherry expert and qualified Sherry educator.
Annie who hails from Scotland, ran her own successful catering and corporate hospitality company in London for 15 years before falling for, and deciding to stay in the beuatiful white-washed Adaluz town Vejer.
Annie runs ´Annie B´s Spanish Kitchen´, where she´scooks out of Casa Alegre, her home and the official centre for Peña Gastronómica de Vejer – The Gourmet Association of Vejer. There, she runs culinary adventures – cooking courses using local ingredients. She also hosts food tours across Andalucía and as far away as Morocco and Menorca. But her true passion is sherry which she shares through her expert Sherry tastings.
Annie is going to run us through the history of sherry, a fascinating connection between sherry and Scottish whisky, the different varieties available, the famous Sherry triangle, home to the three cities where sherry is produced and the production process. Stay tuned to the end of the episode to hear Annie share food pairing inspiration and her favourite bodegas and bars to visit along with some practical advice for visiting bodegas and drinking sherry.
Find out more about Annie and her Spanish Kitchen here: https://www.anniebspain.com/
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