Wine Tastings in Manchester and Edinburgh

Instituto Cervantes Manchester and the Cervantes Chair at the University of Edinburgh, in collaboration with the Spanish Wine Federation, Bodegas Borsao, Bodegas Alvear, the Consulate General of Spain in Manchester, the Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival, and the Consulate General of Spain in Edinburgh, invite you to two wine tasting and talk events.

The wineries providing the wine for the two tastings will be Bodegas Alvear for Edinburgh and Bodegas Borsao for Manchester. Both tastings aim to showcase the cultural richness of Spanish wine in the north of England and Edinburgh, featuring a speaker, Juan Manuel Bellver Sánchez.

Juan Manuel Bellver Sánchez is a Spanish journalist specializing in wine, gastronomy, culture, and lifestyle. Since 1991, he has written about wine and restaurants, winning the National Gastronomy Award granted by the Royal Spanish Academy of Gastronomy in 2001, where he is now a full academic member and part of the governing board. Since 2014, wine has been at the center of his professional activity, through commerce, teaching, and consulting for wineries and high-end restaurant groups. He is a founding member of a wine-focused website and co-author of the book 1,001 Wines You Must Try Before You Die.

A lover of wines with history and the history of wine, his talk will address the past and present of Spanish wine, not forgetting the inspiring role it has played in the work of Spanish-speaking writers from different eras.