Hints and tips:
...Theatre director Alan Lyddiard, who divides his time between Jerez in southern Spain and Leeds’ South Bank, loves both the Leeds Playhouse — where he’s an associate artist — and the council’s neighbourhood...
...I love “off” vintages like 2007 for joyful early drinking without the anxiety-riven guesswork of long cellaring....
...It became popular in the 1920s when Antonio Chacón, an acclaimed flamenco singer from Jerez, began to host shows here, bringing with him an entourage of fellow artists and fans....
...Or how about Viso, discovered in the kitchen of a small finca between Sevilla and Jerez de la Frontera? (I love the way the natural pigments in these tiles have faded and aged.)...
...The Consejo Regulador, the governing body in Jerez, holds an annual sherry and food matching competition — but it’s in Jerez, so it doesn’t make too many converts....
...It’s like listening to Hemingway’s tale of The Old Man and the Sea chasing the marlin, except it’s José-Maria, barely a tooth left in his mouth, in pursuit of a wild boar....
...But there’s been a decidedly lack of love directed at WeWork from those outside its Chelsea headquarters in New York....
...On my first morning, I drove from Fort Young Hotel (where you’ll find the capital’s best rooms, right on the seafront) past fresh-caught marlin and yellowfin tuna for sale at the roadside, south to the village...
...Hitachi's investors clearly love the M&A activity. Check out the chart below. Shares have hit their highest level since 1991. The buying spree doesn't seem to be ending there....
...The current owner of La Ina is Emilio Lustau, who slowly and painstakingly moved the La Ina soleras to their own bodega from Domecq’s in the old town of Jerez....
...Peabody spent much of his childhood and adolescence in Baja surfing, shooting the breeze and, eventually, falling in love with Valle de Guadalupe, epicentre of the Mexican wine scene....
...The album, God Don’t Never Change: The Songs of Blind Willie Johnson, has been an eight-year labour of love for its producer, Jeffrey Gaskill, a long-time Johnson devotee....
...Money can’t buy you love, but for £36 I might have enjoyed a rather more romantic mini-break....
...As for me, I love salmon so that is my dietary mainstay, but also eat other low-mercury fish. fitexecutive@ft.com...
...Though the island’s wildlife is unique, it is of modest scale: the big beasts are out at sea where whales and marlin roam....
...“We love regulation, because it separates the haves or haves not – how you treat your customers is absolutely key to us.”...
...Mr Guillen, born in Venezuela, caused a furore after Time magazine quoted him saying “I love Fidel Castro” and that he had “respect” for Mr Castro’s many years in office....
...Saves paying Ryanair to fly you to Jerez! 15%, £5.99 for 50cl Tesco Stefan Ehlen Riesling Feinherb, 2008 Mosel Pretty awful label but a great buy that has off-dry pungent slate flavour....
...We drank sherry throughout, from the La Bota range of wines bottled from a single cask that Ojeda and his partner and wine writer Jesús Barquín produce out of love for their native drink....
...“Josephine” is Josephine Marlin Tychson (1855-1939), a well-bred Philadelphian who journeyed west to Napa Valley with her new husband in the 1880s, bore several children and, in the wake of his suicide,...
...“What I love about the investment is the pristine environment and the mindful stewardship of the property,” he said....
...My wife Vivian loves it for the privacy – no maids, no drivers, just us....
...I asked Mario, deckhand of the Bacchanal Lady, as we headed out to sea in search of blue marlin. “I guess it’s the people, man.” And so it proved....
...“It’s not the coast, it’s not the city and it’s not Jerez.”...
...Don Alvaro has combined his love of sherry with a passion for bullfighting. “I went to Mexico in 1963 to fight in corridas as a rejoneador [mounted bullfighter]....
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