Jerez de la Frontera
I just got back from my trip to the city of Juarez de la frontera. this is a town about 20 minutes away from Seville. It is pretty small but those that live there are very rich. Most people know Juarez because of it´s alcohol. Let me explain the city used to be called jerez and it´s alcohol was massively traded around the world jerez in english is sherry and is still called that today.
One of the main attractions of Juarez is its bodegas which are all over the place. We took a tour of one of the most famous of all Tío Pepe. Through the tour we saw how they make their wine and store it in huge casks. we were shown how they made the wine and how the longer it sits in the casks and grows older it gets sweeter and darker colored. We also went through rows and rows of casks that famous people had signed a few that I liked was Chelsea Clinton 2003, Speilberg (dont remember the year), and even Winston Churchil in ´79. Then we had wine tasting and needless to say I preferred the sweetest wine, brandy and that is really strong stuff. You can guess how I was acting afterward as nobody I was with really liked the sweet brandy and kept handing them to me to drink. And we could not waste any wine. I was definately tipsy by the time we left to our hotel for siestas that afternoon but I was not alone.
That evening we had dinner at a smaller restaurant and the three guys I was with got about a whole pound of meat, a big bowl of salad, wine, and papas fritas. They were wining and plumper when we left they took a ton of pictures so I will see if I can add those to this page later, or maybe get help from mom.
Lauren
One of the main attractions of Juarez is its bodegas which are all over the place. We took a tour of one of the most famous of all Tío Pepe. Through the tour we saw how they make their wine and store it in huge casks. we were shown how they made the wine and how the longer it sits in the casks and grows older it gets sweeter and darker colored. We also went through rows and rows of casks that famous people had signed a few that I liked was Chelsea Clinton 2003, Speilberg (dont remember the year), and even Winston Churchil in ´79. Then we had wine tasting and needless to say I preferred the sweetest wine, brandy and that is really strong stuff. You can guess how I was acting afterward as nobody I was with really liked the sweet brandy and kept handing them to me to drink. And we could not waste any wine. I was definately tipsy by the time we left to our hotel for siestas that afternoon but I was not alone.
That evening we had dinner at a smaller restaurant and the three guys I was with got about a whole pound of meat, a big bowl of salad, wine, and papas fritas. They were wining and plumper when we left they took a ton of pictures so I will see if I can add those to this page later, or maybe get help from mom.
Lauren
posted by Lauren Westling @ 7:31 AM
1 Comments:
At 2:01 AM,
Lauren Westling said…
The brandy was pretty sweet so obviously I loved it and I am so glad you asked about it as I bought one to show you guys. I tryed a lot of them and finally decided on a really sweet brandy. I learned from the vendor that it is really good with blue cheese! I think you will like it. But for those with less of a sweet tooth I will take you to jerez to try the dryer wines and maybe see the big event jerez is known for their dancing horses! Let´s see.
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