I suppose this was inevitable, as anyone who knows me even a little can easily imagine my delight to find that I can purchase a bottle of perfectly drinkable, everyday red at the supermarket around the corner for around 2.5 Euros (currently about $3.40). What luck! I haven’t even sampled the local bodegas yet, but rest assured it’s only a matter of time.
This entry is for Helio, my Spanish wines teacher at the Cervantes Institute in New York. Only I’m sure he’d prefer I venture to the Spanish Sherries or Manzanillas, being (so near) the Sherry Triangle, after all.
A brief culture lesson: 'Spanish Sherries' is actually redundant as, like Champagne is to France, true Sherry comes from only this region in Spain.
A brief culture lesson: 'Spanish Sherries' is actually redundant as, like Champagne is to France, true Sherry comes from only this region in Spain.
¡Salud!
Sounds good. Ill have a glass.
ReplyDeleteMuchas gracias, Jason! You have to be Bienvenido's #1 follower:)
ReplyDeleteYou had a Spanish wines teacher? How did I not know about this?
ReplyDelete@Bi - Yes, at the Cervantes Institute in NYC, around the corner from where I worked. I started going for language and culture lectures after you left, and highly recommend it. There are CI locations in Chicago, Seattle and Albuquerque, too.
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