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
Author Archives: Ruben
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
Palo Cortado Macharnudo Alto vintage 2000 (Valdespino)
4 September 2018 | by Ruben
Back in June 2016 Valdespino presented samples of their first two vintages wines, from the 2000 and 2001 harvests. As
Sherry Twitter Tasting 2018 #SherryTT
27 August 2018 | by Ruben
Sherry Twitter Tasting #SherryTT 2018 - an event as part of Sherry Week
L&B Fino (Lorente & Barba)
22 August 2018 | by Ruben
Lorente & Barba is one of the ‘new old’ bodegas that started in Jerez in the last few years. Mauricio
