Another summer, another trip to the Iberian peninsula. This time, we started again in Portugal, one week on the Algarve / Costa Vicentina, same location as the previous year.
Then we ventured into Spain for a week. As always, there is a gallery of photos.
First stop: the city of Jerez de la Frontera, which is where “sherry” gets its name from. We visited two sherry “bodegas”, very different styles: Gonzalez Byass is a big operation on an “industrial” scale, with a slick guided tour and factory outlet, good to learn some basics about how sherry is made. Then the complete opposite: Bodegas Tradicion, a small, boutique bodega, started only 20 years ago, focused on quality.
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