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
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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
Sherry vermouth: a revival
18 July 2019 | by Ruben
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
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
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
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
Rumasa: the dark years of sherry
22 November 2018 | by Ruben
Rumasa: how one man's dream led to some of the darkest years in 3000 years of sherry history
Certified Sherry Educator
16 October 2018 | by Ruben
Finally becoming a Sherry Educator was a wonderfully enriching experience. Here's an overview of the 3-day programme
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