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
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Certified Sherry Educator course
16 October 2018 | by Ruben
In September 2018 I took part in the programme and became a Certified Sherry Educator. This is a 3-day educational programme hosted by the Consejo Regulador
8 things Wine Folly got wrong about sherry
3 October 2018 | by Ruben
The new Wine Folly is a book about wine with concise information and infographics. Apart from a few unfortunate conceptual choices, it has obvious factual errors with regards to sherry
Wine pairing: sherry with food
14 August 2018 | by Ruben
Wine pairing with sherry is a topic I haven’t written about much until now. However sherry is a real ‘food
Why this is the time to drink En Rama sherry
28 June 2018 | by Ruben
I wrote this article as a guest writer for the official sherry.wine website. Although the real En Rama momentum is
Types of sherry bodegas
23 January 2018 | by Ruben
While most of the world’s fine wines are grown, vinified, matured and sold by the same company, in the case
The Cask of Amontillado
12 September 2017 | by Ruben
The Cask of Amontillado is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in November 1846. It is set
Sherry wine: a five minute introduction
8 August 2017 | by Ruben
There are plenty of detailed articles on this website, but perhaps you’re in a hurry and you’d like to get
The architecture of bodegas in Jerez
16 June 2017 | by Ruben
The sherry region may not have attracted iconic modern architects (so far) like in Rioja, but their old bodegas are certainly not
The soleo / asoleo process
22 May 2017 | by Ruben
Soleo or Asoleo is a process of sun-drying grapes before pressing them. In the D.O. Jerez-Xérès-Sherry it is primarily used for
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