A project to convert XIX century houses on the
site of the Tio Pepe bodegas to hotel use, creating the world’s first “Sherry
hotel”, was announced yesterday. The site lies in the Calle de la Rosa which
runs down between the bodegas and the side of the Cathedral to the Plaza
Encarnación. GB is thinking about an architectural competition and hopes the
project will reach fruition by the end of 2018. The idea is that guests at the
boutique hotel can sleep amongst historic bodegas, stroll through vine-lined
streets and awake to the aromas of Sherry, thus offering an experience of total
immersion in the wine, its history and its culture. There will be communication
between the hotel and the Tio Pepe shop. This is not the first time the firm
has announced this project; it was first aired in 2001 but for various reasons
it was shelved. Previous plans contemplated a five star hotel Tio Pepe with 55
rooms at a cost of some 17 million euros. Jerez city council is pleased with
the idea.
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