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Glyndebourne: I’m here bright and early for the Mozart. It’s one of the summer events for people watching. But I have to admit what fascinates me is the WINE watching. Can’t wait to see what comes out of the chiller bags and hampers. 🎶 Can Sumoi La Rosa + Spanish National Orchestra + Proms + Concierto de Aranjuez makes a perfect combination 💃💯🇪🇸🔝💃. La Rosa @cansumoi is a glorious summer evening blend of #Sumoll and #Xarel.lo. Delicately pink in colour but bursting with berry fruits and notes of tangerine. Congrats team @raventosiblanc #rosé #rosado #pinkwine Where am I? First clue: I am drinking the rather wonderful Chateau Sudiraut Vieilles Vignes 2021, and La Rioja Alta 904 2011 out of ISO glasses rather than something larger. Second clue: there are plastic food containers in the picture. Not dejeuner sur l’herbe but close. More a 🇬🇧 picnic The third clue is the glorious garden beyond. Barrafina in Borough Yards was buzzing last night with the pop-up from Michelin* chef @edusalanova of the remarkable historic hotel and former station @hotelcanfrancestacion. A riot of delicious dishes including a glorious beetroot salmorejo (recalling the days when Spain exported beetroot to France via the little Pyrenean village of Canfranc. Dish followed dish each with exquisite saucing. Lobster, rice, fish, pré-salé lamb and a reconstructed pumpkin desert. Lifted off by Gin Mare martinis followed by chilled Herència Altés. And when the last plate was dished up - we burst into Noisy applause. The best photos are the impromptu ones. This is a perfect example. I was with tiptop photographer @abelvaldenebro and a glass of Oloroso Sherry in the González Byass cellar in Jerez. Who should appear but @floresyvinos? Smiles all round! Abel caught us at the right moment. Note the important key in Antonio's left hand. It opens the door to a collection of treasures, including the wines sold at the recent auction at Christie's. I was in Jerez to taste the wines in his Masterclass @Vinoble. The cellar also has a vertical of the Palmas series, which I 'helped' Antonio select in 2013. A treat to discover I had played a part in the history of that series. ¡Salud Antonio, y muchas gracias Abel! #Sherrywine #Gonzalezbyass The moment the bomb dropped on Nagasaki - a rare surviving clock frozen in time 11:02, 9 August 1945. The first exhibit at the memorial museum: a powerful, unflinching exhibition. Proud moment for 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿: @joseppituroca selected an English wine in the tasting to launch the Island Wine Summit in Tenerife 🔝💯🍾 It was none other than @sugruesouthdowns Pinot Noir. Not from the South Downs but from England’s hottest (probably literally as well as oenologically) wine region, Essex’s Crouch Valley. #tenerifeislagastronómica #iws26 @madridfusion When you’re celebrating (and no it wasn’t anything to do with the World Cup) do it with magnums from Penedès. Left: Parès Balta’s 2020 Garnacha, Hisenda Miret. Biodynamically farmed old vines. Dark cherries and plums, with wild herbs, crunchy and with 6 years in bottle wonderfully integrated. 👏@martacasasjorba https://www.instagram.com/p/DZsgHI3M1-r/ World Cup Wine : (yes we are all doing it). Smashing choice for Netherlands v Japan (Go Japan!🇯🇵) was Rafael Cambra’s juicy, savoury, crunchy Monastrell from Valencia, served chilled on a warm evening. £14.95 in @fortnums lively new own brand range. Delicious! If/when Spain start climbing the ranks I’ll need to drop in and stock up. What do you call a great group of Tuscan winemakers: a Troupe? a Team? of Tuscans? Or perhaps because they all work within the Frescobaldi group of Tuscan estates we should call them a Flight or a Flurryof Frescobaldis? What is this magical spoonful? None other than a wine from 1846: more solid than liquid, shades of Muscovado and cacao. Gloriously intense. Bottled for Pope Pius X it’s a Moscatel. And it could be yours at the online auction happening @Christies.com right now. It comes with a glorious Palo Cortado 1987. Guide price for the lot £2000-£3000. Snap it up. @gonzalezbyassuk has also released other treasures from the cellars: take your pick at onlineonly.christies.com. Antonio Flores @floresyvinos gave us the taste of eternity @Vinoble in Jerez last weekend. 72 hours @do_emporda: Spain has a remarkable heritage of old vines. It also has a number of local varieties which fell out of favour for being difficult to grow, low-yielding and unprofitable. In one example Ana and Iván @gratias_wines recently lost the source of their 'Eme' ('M') wine, as the Macabeo Negro was uprooted. Today they are focusing on Pintaillo and Coloraillo, with the plan to make wines that are profitable and sustainable for the growers. To make this happen they have launched their 2026 crowdfunding scheme. Details: https://vkm.is/gratias10 or www.bodegasgratias.com G-G-Goodness, Sierra de Gredos came to town this week in a festival of Garnacha and Granite culminating in a glorious dinner @alta.london Thanks to Comando G - Daniel Landi and Fernando García - the good folks of Les Caves de Pyrene and fellow importers. A very striking tasting, speaking of friendship rather than recipes and regulations. It portrayed Gredos’ impressive progression from unknown and Garnacha from unloved to a coherent well mapped (2) source of individual wines. Great to enjoy the energy of many of these projects, most under 10 years and some under 5. To Trafalgar Square to visit the Zurbarán exhibition @nationalgallery. It’s an exceptional, powerful collection which has been sourced from all over. A must visit - too much to take in on one visit. A magical, emotional chance to see the paintings in one place. Surprisingly - though great for the visitors- this new show was poorly attended on a Friday morning. Contrast it with the new Bansky exhibit round the corner in front of the Athenaeum. Heaving with visitors, tour guides, a painter and coaches doing detours. Drawing crowds as Zurbarán himself surely did in #sevilla four centuries ago.
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