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Bodegas Hidalgo ‘Pastrana’ Manzanilla Pasada
I stopped by Rathdowne Cellars on Saturday morning in search of Manzanilla and found this puppy. It comes in a full 750ml bottle so you can have two binges from the one bottle. For our non-Australian visitors, the Australian Government is about to release new alcohol guidelines that assert that more than 4 standard drinks in one day is a ‘binge’ on alcohol, and that any more than 2 drinks a day is harmful. 4 standard drinks is about 3 glasses of wine.
Lustau “Escuadrilla” Amontillado
Just a quick note today, I've got a load of painting to finish off before the end of the week. I'm mainly a fino/manzanilla guy, but I do enjoy a bit of older sherry action from time to time. Amontillado is a handy style as it goes well with cheese and is great with soup [...]
Sánchez Romate “Marismeño” Fino
Its good summer's day in Melbourne today, not too hot, but sunny. Perfect for fino. Well any day is a good day for sherry really. So out came the olives, jamon, white anchovies and a bottle of fino for lunch today. Now this is living…
Almonds, apples, honeysuckle, orange blossom, and yeasty flor character. Tangy and [...]
Herederos de Argueso San Leon Manzanilla
I was out at lunch last week and ordered a glass of Manzanilla to kick things off. One of the guys said "I'll have one too". I was quite surprised, so I said "you know I just ordered Sherry?" "Oh, I thought you ordered a refreshing white wine" was his reply. And he was right. At 15% [...]
Lustau Solera Reserva Jarana Fino
I still have a fridge full of Sherry, it has been very civilised to come home from work to a glass or two.
What makes Jerez and surrounds such a good place to make sherry? As always, there are a couple of things that make this area unique. Firstly the climate, but also the [...]
La Guitana Manzanilla
The gypsy girl, possibly the best known manzanilla, you could say she is the face of Manzanilla. The picture on the label was painted byJoaquín Turina. Again this is a very popular manzanilla, its the drink of choice in the bars of Seville, which must be the sherry drinking capital of the world.
This bottle is [...]
Valdespino Inocente Fino
Back to sherry, and a very good one at that. Valdespino Inocente Fino is renowned as a great fino, all the big names have given it the nod. Valdespino claims to be the oldest bodega in Jerez, they have been making the stuff for 700 years so they could well be. However, the current business [...]
Tio Pepe Fino
OK time for some fino, manzilla's big brother. Tio Pepe is the leading fino sherry in Spain, and indeed around the world. Fino is a good match to the spicier tapas dishes such as gabas al pil pil (Throw some medium size prawns in a cazuela with some slices of garlic, chili and plenty of [...]
La Guita Manzanilla
Sorry for the shoddy label on this one, there is a bit of string that goes under the label for some reason. Anyway, this is a very popular manzanilla in Spain, either that or the people who market it are very good, as it has been in the mini bar of just about every hotel [...]
La Goya Manzanilla Pasada
I was reading GW's review of some sherry from Rutherglen over the weekend when I realised that I've only got one post on sherry so far. Very embarrassing. So, to rectify the situation a picked up a couple of stubbies of Manzanilla, this is the first.
For the uninitiated, Manzanilla is a style of fino sherry that [...]
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