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ANDALUCIAN ANNIVERSARY GARDEN PARTY The family-run country house hotel, Hacienda La Herriza was honoured with the presence of the Mayor of Gaucin, Pedro Godino Martín and the Mayor of Estepona, José María García Urbano and his family when it celebrated its 10th anniversary recently. During a special garden party and barbecue, award winning local bodega Cezar Viñedos presented its organic wines and celebrated 10 years of commercial production, delighting guests with fine wines. Guests also enjoyed live music from traditional Spanish musicians, sherry servers and ham carvers for a celebration of all things Andalusian. Laherriza.com
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Red for riches
RED wine took silver in the list of the 20th century’s best investments. People who bought bottles of Haut-Brion, Lafite-Rothschild, Latour, Margaux and MoutonRothschild would have enjoyed annual returns of 4.1% between 1900 and 2012. This rather quaffable rate beats returns of 1.4% on British government bonds, 2.4% on art and 2.8% on stamps, according to new research by the University of Cambridge, HEC Paris and Vanderbilt University. Red wine was only beaten by investment in British equities, which would have offered annual returns of 5.2%.
A wise investment WINE enthusiasts will flock to the Marbella Club Hotel to learn all about investing. The event, entitled How to invest and collect great wines, will be held on June 7, from 12pm. There will be a presentation from one of the world’s leading experts in investments and detection of counterfeit wine, Maureen Downey, as well as four excellent wines to sample. Downey will be joined by Siobhan Turner, executive director of the Institute of Masters of Wine 2013, and Marbella expert Pancho Campo.
Glorious tenth
A FAMILY-RUN Gaucin hotel has celebrated its 10th anniversary, joined by the mayors of Gaucin and Estepona. The Hotel Hacienda La Herriza held a garden party, with live music from traditional Spanish musicians, sherry and jamon. Mayor of Gaucin Pedro Godino Martin said: “There are many reasons to be here today, to celebrate the anniversary of La Herriza and particularly to see the completion of a dream of a local Gaucin villager. “Where have you seen a more beautiful place than this?”
‘Sun’ shines on Malaga A TRIO of Malaga restaurants have seen the sun shine on them. In the latest sun (or ‘sol’) awards for the new Repsol Guide 2014, El Lago, Finca Cortesin and Messina have been singled out. Casares hotel Finca Cortesin has done the best land-
Repsol awards for the cream of province’s eateries
ing two ‘suns’ for its restaurant Kabuki Raw, while its sister restaurant El Jardin de Lutz got its first ‘sun’. Meanwhile El Lago, in Marbella, which already has a Michelin star, landed a second ‘sun’. Francisco Garcia and his team - led by Diego del Rio in the CATALAN artist Joan Miro has a new exhibition kitchen - have long been sinspace – the label of a wine bottle. gled out by the Olive Press and The innovative label features a painting of a corkits sister guide Dining Secrets screw, Le Troubadour, painted by the celebrated artof Andalucia as leading the reist in 1978. gion’s restaurant scene. After paying a surprise visit to the vineyard in Rioja, Marbella featured a number of Miro’s grandson, Joan Punyet approved the labeling times in the guide, with Skina of the Vivanco Crianza 2009 with the surrealist work. and the Marbella Club Grill The Barcelona-born artist has received international retaining their Repsol suns, acclaim, his work seen by many as a manifestation while highly-rated Messina was of Catalan pride. awarded its first.
Rioja Miro anyone?