snippets of sherry adventures & education
If you’ve ever been inside a sherry bodega, or wine cellar, the aromas leave a lasting impression unlike any other. It’s a combination of toffee, brown butter and brandy, mixed with rising bread dough and raisins. When I walked into Liner & Elsen Wine Merchants for a rare sherry tasting, I was instantly transported back […]
MoreI’ll admit, it’s taken me some time to warm to the idea of mixing sherry in cocktails. On its own, the wine is so well aged and perfect for any food combination.
MoreFortified wines have the bad reputation for being only cheap, syrupy dessert wines enjoyed by grandmothers at Christmas.
MoreIt was my last weekend in Jerez, and only by pure luck I had a cancellation to squeeze in a trip up to Sevilla. I had never truly been tapa barhopping. Shawn was the perfect friend to make that experience happen to the extreme!
MoreThe sherry region isn’t the only one that uses flor yeast, but it is one of very few, and it’s the only one that does it exactly in that way.
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