By popular demand... we've got Cecile back at the Design Chapel for the Southampton Property Association, this time pairing Spanish wines & tapas. Members only, 20 places, tickets expected to go quickly :) Pairing food with wine should be easy and fun, yet so many people become stressed at the idea of make a wine faux pas. Yet the best part about pairing food with wine is the experimentation and delights at finding a pairing that YOU enjoy. Spanish wine can be intimidating for beginners due to the unfamiliar names — it's more Tempranillo & Albarino than Merlot and Chardonnay. But the secret to drinking Spanish is … it's all about the food! ;-) On the Galician coast we find Rias Baixas were some of Spain's most distinguished whites are found. Indeed, the tasting shall kick off with the great whites we can find in this great wine country. Albarino, Spain's high quality white grape variety from Rias Baixas, is the ideal place to begin developing the tasting further with some white anchovies. The final part of the tasting pitches the old-firm classic region of Rioja - whites and reds, young and fruity as well as mature and oaked - paired with nibbles such as iberico cheese, manchego cheese, chorizo, fresh ripe tomatoes on the vine, sachichon, spicy cheese with jalapenos and red chilies, sun-dried tomatoes in olive oil, Serano ham, etc. You will learn the theory behind matching wine and food and then put the theory into practice ... how fun! Book tickets on Eventbrite

The SPA and their sponsor look forward to welcoming you to March's Friday Frolics on Friday 31st March 2023 between 13.00 and 15.00 at Grand Cafe, Terminus Terrace, Southampton, sponsored by Harrison Clarke. Friday Frolics typically includes a business card draw. You may be invited to put your business card in a bucket to be entered into the draw. This is run by the event sponsor who may seek your permission to contact you following the event. Harrison Clarke Chartered Building Surveyors offers a limited range of service lines, which means that they can be true specialists in their field. Their service lines include technical due diligence (building surveys, both commercial and residential), party wall, dilapidations, and expert witness. They have a team of highly competent and specialised surveyors who each concentrate on their own area. This allows Harrison Clarke to be true experts in everything that they do, offering a premium level service to all clients. Harrison Clarke’s staff all receive regular training in excess of that required by their governing body, RICS, meaning they remain experts in their field. They believe in nurturing their team’s skills, so that they really are able to offer best advice suited to their clients’ unique circumstances. The team has extensive experience working with a range of clients, from residential purchasers to institutional investor clients, and all sizes of landlords and tenants, whether they own and operate a single unit, or are a multi-national client operating millions or even billions of pounds of real estate assets. They have experience working with a wide variety of buildings such as industrial, offices, retail, residential and educational facilities.