Jerez Wine

A nice 101 piece about Sherry by Kat Barlow, manager of the Majestic Wine at Greenwich.

A new bodega was announced yesterday at a ceremony at the Consejo Regulador:

Bodegas Urium

Article in the local Diario de Jerez here.

I don’t think a new bodega has started up in Jerez for a good few years, and considering the current climate this is interesting news. They must be pretty brave (and I hope they have deep pockets)!

Urium is an initiative of the Ruiz family from Moguer in Huelva province. The bodega will be situated at a site in calle Muro and they have already assembled 500 butts of very old wine. Bodegas Urium plan to specialise in age-dated (VOS and VORS) sherries marketed under the brand “Mons Urium” – the Roman name for Moguer.

Good on them!

For anyone in London interested in tasting Sherry (and a bit of matching food).

Mr Lawrence Wine Merchants in Brockley have recently started importing a range sherries from Osborne in El Puerto de Santa Maria, so have organised a tasting (which I will be leading).

Date: Monday 14th September 2009.
Time: 7.30pm
Cost:  £5 per person – redeemable for any sherry purchased on the night.
Place: Mr Lawrence Wine Bar – right next to the shop!
Address: 389 Brockley Road, London, London SE4 2PH (via Forest Hill, which is a hop and a skip from London Bridge Station).
Contact: Graham Lawrence – telephone 020 8694 0506

Enobytes has just voted Sherry in at No. 8 in the top ten of cool things you probably don’t (and so should) know about Spanish wine…

Two great videos about Sherry by Graperadio.

Wines of Jerez – Part I

Wines of Jerez – Part II