I have now been living in Spain for 11 years, and although there have been quite a few changes and modifications in the bodega, the office where we work remains largely unchanged. Having spent several years working on a large table, I now at least, have a desk.

One of the other things I noticed is that, following a decidedly chilly winter, we are now sitting in the office perspiring (and quite profusely in recent days). The problem is that our offices have no fixed heating or cooling system. In winter we have a couple of plug-in radiators, and in summer we leave the windows open as long as we dare, until our south-facing office becomes too unbearable. On the wall of the office we have a very old air conditioning unit which has never worked in all the time that I have lived here. I have therefore come to one simple conclusion – we take much greater care of the temperature of our cellar, tanks and wine, than we do of ourselves. And quite right too…. our wine will always take priority.

Having said that, we have now decided that enough is enough (Angela has finally objected to me sitting here in my Speedos). We have just placed an order for a new aircon unit that will replace the original Sanyo unit which may have been here since the bodega was first built (see picture).

Of course, Sod’s Law dictates that the moment that we have the new air conditioning installed, then so the current period of stifling weather will come to an end!

I have now been living in Spain for 11 years, and although there have been quite a few changes and modifications in the bodega, the office where we work remains largely unchanged. Having spent several years working on a large table, I now at least, have a desk.

One of the other things I noticed is that, following a decidedly chilly winter, we are now sitting in the office perspiring (and quite profusely in recent days). The problem is that our offices have no fixed heating or cooling system. In winter we have a couple of plug-in radiators, and in summer we leave the windows open as long as we dare, until our south-facing office becomes too unbearable. On the wall of the office we have a very old air conditioning unit which has never worked in all the time that I have lived here. I have therefore come to one simple conclusion – we take much greater care of the temperature of our cellar, tanks and wine, than we do of ourselves. And quite right too…. our wine will always take priority.

Having said that, we have now decided that enough is enough (Angela has finally objected to me sitting here in my Speedos). We have just placed an order for a new aircon unit that will replace the original Sanyo unit which may have been here since the bodega was first built (see picture).

Of course, Sod’s Law dictates that the moment that we have the new air conditioning installed, then so the current period of stifling weather will come to an end!