Great Duke Palo Cortado 12 Years (Juan Piñero)
2 November 2018 | by Ruben
Great Duke is a new range of labels from Bodegas Juan Piñero. There’s also an Amontillado and Oloroso but today
Portales Pérez (Los Caireles)
26 October 2018 | by Ruben
Portales Pérez is a family bodega in the historic centre of Sanlúcar de Barrameda. It was founded by María José Portales in
Los Caireles Manzanilla Pasada En Rama (Portales Pérez)
24 October 2018 | by Ruben
Manzanilla Pasada Los Caireles, around ten years old and the flagship product of Bodegas Portales Pérez in Sanlúcar
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
Carta Blanca 1950s (Agustin Blazquez)
12 October 2018 | by Ruben
For a few years now I have been collecting bottles of Carta Blanca, a legendary wine produced by Agustin Blazquez,
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
Palo Cortado Añada 1987 (González Byass)
24 September 2018 | by Ruben
The latest release in the already long list of vintage sherries from González Byass is this Palo Cortado 1987, which
Manzanilla de Añada 2012 4/11 (Callejuela)
17 September 2018 | by Ruben
Bodegas La Callejuela in Sanlúcar de Barrameda produced the first (modern) vintage Manzanilla by holding back 11 butts of their 2012 mosto
Añada 2000 (Lustau)
12 September 2018 | by Ruben
This wine is from a pair of sweet wines that Bodegas Lustau released in July 2017. The Añada 2000 and
Oloroso 2001 Colección Añadas (Williams & Humbert)
6 September 2018 | by Ruben
I already tried an Oloroso 2001 vintage from Williams & Humbert before, part of the old Historic Vintage Collection. This
