Category: sherry

  • Sherry Bodega Visit: Bodegas Gonzalez Byass

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    In September 2010 I visited several sherry bodegas. Here are pictures and a few notes from Bodegas Gonzalez Byass.  (The grounds of the bodega have grape vines covering the streets to provide shade.) (A train takes people on a tour around the bodega.) (One of the rooms for special events.) (A barrel signed by Picasso.)…

  • Sherry Bodega Visit: Bodegas Williams & Humbert

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    In September 2010 I visited several sherry bodegas. Here are pictures and a few notes from Bodegas Williams & Humbert.  (The bodega is absolutely enormous.) (There's a horse show inside the bodega for visitors.) (For barrel tasting, the venenciador (in this case, the chief oenologist) inserts the venencia into the barrel to pull out a…

  • Sherry Bodega Visit: Bodegas Sanchez Romate

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    In September 2010 I visited several sherry bodegas. Here are pictures and a few notes from Bodegas Sanchez Romate.  (Our guide used a barrel as a chalkboard.) (Our host.) (The bodega is relatively small and sort of goth.) (We signed a barrel.) Not a touristy bodega- don’t do tours Fino has more oxidation than manzanilla…

  • Sherry Bodega Visit: Bodegas Osborne

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    In September 2010 I visited several sherry bodegas. Here are pictures and a few notes from Bodegas Osborne.  (The logo for Osborne is the silhouette of a bull. You see it all around.) (This is barrel with a clear end so you can see how flor (a layer of yeast) lives on top of the sherry. The…

  • Sherry Bodega Visit: Bodegas Grupo Estevez

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    In September 2010 I visited several sherry bodegas. Here are pictures and a few notes from Bodegas Grupo Estevez.  (Sherry sleeping peacefully in the bodega.)  (One of the warehouses is named for flamenco dancer Lola Flores.) (Horse stables and ring behind the bodegas. Jerez is home to flamenco, dancing horses, and sherry.) (The interior is…

  • Sherry Bodega Visit: Bodegas Tradicion

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    In September 2010 I visited several sherry bodegas. Here are pictures and a few notes from Bodegas Tradicion.   (The small and beautiful bodega.) (Drinking out of the barrel.) (Criadera refers to the level of the barrel in the solera system. The 1/18 refers to the number of the barrel and the total of the set.…

  • Sherry Bodega Visit: Harvey’s

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    In September 2010 I visited several sherry bodegas. Here are pictures and a few notes from Bodegas Harvey's.  (At the vineyard.) (The white, chalky soil of Jerez not only seals in water to get the vines through the dry season, it reflects sunlight up to the bottom of the vines as well.) (At the bodega,…

  • The Tequila-Sherry Connection

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    Every time I look for sherry I find tequila there too. What is it with the tequila people and the sherry people being the same people?   Steven Olson aka Wine Geek is both a tequila and mezcal ambassador and also a sherry ambassador.  Jacques Bezuidenhout, Partida tequila brand ambassador and sometimes sherry ambassador, also created…

  • How Long Does Sherry Last?

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    Sherry is a wine, albeit a fortified one, that does spoil after a certain time being open. It also typically doesn't improve once it is put into the bottle so here's how long to keep it around.  According to the Consejo Regulador of Sherry, the wine should be stored for the following times:   Fino or…

  • Sherry is Not Just for Sipping

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    In the new issue of Fine Cooking Magazine, Tara Q. Thomas has a story on sherry with food pairings (preview mode so far- full story should appear at the link later). To pair with the feature on the FineCooking.com drink blog, I list a simple recipe for the Sherry Cobbler.   Should you want more…