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The most misplaced picture of a ‘sherry bodega’

11 June 2021 | by Ruben

I keep seeing the same picture in numerous times in articles about sherry, but it doesn't really depict sherry barrels at all

New regulations for the D.O. Jerez-Xérès-Sherry

18 May 2021 | by Ruben

The recent confrontations in the D.O. seem to have ended after signing an agreement which unblocks the issues that have been hindering the evolution of the sherry wine regulations

Bottle ageing: a guide to old bottles of sherry

8 October 2020 | by Ruben

Bottle aged sherry is a discussion point among sherry experts, but slowly the old views are changing. Here are my experiences with opening very old bottles of sherry wine

Restaurant guide for the sherry region

3 February 2020 | by Ruben

Gastronomic tourism is rising in the sherry region. Sherry wines are made for food (see my article on pairing sherry

Wine-searcher and the popularity of sherry

8 November 2019 | by Ruben

"Sherry is dying, Pass the Port" says Wine-searcher. But this claim is hard to prove, and you can't die if you reinvent yourself

Sherry shops in Jerez

10 September 2019 | by Ruben

The list of interesting sherry wine shops in the Jerez area is not that long. Here are a few of my favourites: Corredera, La Casa del Jerez and Der Guerrita

Vermouth and sherry are both fortified wines, and the sherry regions has a long history of making medicinal wines and sherry-based 'vermut'. Since 2016 a whole list of sherry bodegas launched modern versions of their old recipes

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Sherry: 3000 years of wine history

13 June 2019 | by Ruben

3000 years of sherry wines: an interactive timeline explaining the history of the sherry region with key events that shaped its unique wines

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Dinner at Aponiente *** (Ángel Leon)

30 April 2019 | by Ruben

Dinner at Aponiente ***, the restaurant of chef Ángel Leon in El Puerto de Santa María, Spain

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Towards unfortified sherry

7 March 2019 | by Ruben

The proposal for unfortified sherry has been accepted by the Ministry of Agriculture of Andalucía. Now only one last step is required to change the rules of the D.O. Jerez-Xérès-Sherry: approval by the European Commission