Jerez Wine

The next tutored sherry tasting with appropriate tapas at the West London Wine School, the Wine Cellars, Fulham is on February 26th.

Places filling up fast…

Details here

Here’s an interesting post by Fiona Beckett about some food pairings with Emilio Hidalgo Sherries.
My post about Hidalgo on Catavino is here.

Shots from inside the Bodega. Some of the butts are on stone rests rather than the more usual wooden ones – stone rests are common in Sanlucar.

Some of the Hidalgo wines mentioned in Fiona’s post.

It’s not easy to get one’s hands onto bottles of the Equipo Navazos wines in this part of Spain, which seems strange, especially since this is the home of Sherry. I’ve tried before, without success. I’m assured there are good reasons for this, so the only thing I could feel when I managed to get examples of the latest Equipo Navazos wines was indecent glee. The number 18, a Fino made from grapes grown in the Macharnudo Alto “pago” and the number 19 which is an ancient Cream Sherry bottled in very small quantities.

This appears to be the fourth time Equipo Navazos have bottled a Fino like this number 18. A full (in all senses) and ageworthy Fino which, despite the dogma, is not a contradiction. Finos and Manzanillas are capable of developing in the bottle and I think all the Navazos wines are especially selected to develop and improve. The number 19 Cream is incredibly complex and layered. If you can get your hands on either of these wines then I think the price (they won’t be cheap, but definitely will be good value) is worth paying.

My tasting notes for the 18 Fino and the 19 Cream.

A very interesting little wine fair in El Puerto de Santa Maria this weekend devoted to the red wines of Cadiz province.

I’ve only just been sent the details:
Place:
Cloisters at the IES Santo Domingo, c/ Santo Domingo 29, El Puerto de Santa Maria.
Times:
Saturday 6th Feb 2010, 12:00-15:00 and 18:00-21:00
Sunday 7th Feb 2010, 12:00-15:00

Producers represented:

Barbadillo
Cortijo de Jara
Entrechuelos
González Byass
Huerta de Albalá
Ibargüen
Luis Pérez
Manuel Aragón
Páez Morilla
Regantío
Rey Habis
Viñedos de Taramilla

There are 3 tutored tastings, two on the Saturday and one on Sunday (in Spanish and limited to 60 persons each).

Please see here for details in Spanish