Macarena kept the vinegar casks nobody else in Sanlúcar wanted

Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Cádiz//Products/6 min read

Casks, time and a vinegar nobody planned.

Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Cádiz.

Draft. This piece will visit Bota Vieja in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, where Macarena Rendón took on the sherry vinegar casks that nobody else wanted.

Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Cádiz.

It will explain how the criaderas and solera system works, why a Reserva spends at least two years in cask and what that changes in the bottle.

Barbate, Cádiz.

It will finish with how to use it in your own kitchen, from the salad bowl onwards.

[The full text of this story is still to be written. Photos will go in as the story needs them.]

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The place

Andalusia

Cádiz is where the Atlantic meets the Mediterranean. In Barbate the almadraba still catches bluefin tuna with fixed nets every spring, and in Sanlúcar de Barrameda the cellars age wine, and its vinegar, in old casks.

Things to love about Cádiz

  • The almadraba, a way of fishing older than the villages
  • Cellars in Sanlúcar with casks stacked to the ceiling
  • Horse races on the beach of Sanlúcar in August
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