Tinto y Blanco- Adventures in Spanish Wine

Gonzalez Byass ‘Nectar’ PX

By Dave Worthington ⋅ September 1, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

Winter is the perfect time to get stuck into some desserts, and of course you’ll need something to drink with it. PX and chocolate pudding is a classic match, but it also goes excellently with a cheese plate. If I have any left over in summer, I put some in abanana smoothie. It’s not exactly health food, but it tastes great.

Alvear’s Fino NV

By Dave Worthington ⋅ June 20, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

So here is the second fino from Alvear. The photo is of the back label, its far more interesting than the front, and it has a nice little map. This wine has a lot in common with the Fino en Rama, but more aged characters like almonds and dry wood with this bottling.
The usual pale [...]

Alvear C.B. Fino NV

By Dave Worthington ⋅ June 18, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

I've got a couple of finos to have a look at, both from Alvear in Montilla-Moriles. This one is slightly cheaper, but they are both good value. Once upon a time, sherry was the king of drinks (it might still be!) and people were trying to make the stuff all over the place. These days [...]

Alvear Cream Sherry NV

By Dave Worthington ⋅ June 5, 2007 ⋅ 4 comments

Cream sherry. Hmmm…for some reason I didn't think I'd ever buy a bottle of cream sherry. I blame this wine for the Nana image that sherry has gained over the years. You know the stuff, the big 4 litre bottle of "Cream sherry" that Nana has in the pantry, just for cooking she says. Yeah [...]

Romate La Sacristia de Romate PX NV

By Dave Worthington ⋅ May 29, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

The La Sacristia reference in the name refers to the inner sanctum of the bodega that holds the oldest and most treasured sherries. For a long time this was the domain of the bodega owners, their trusted staff and the odd celebrity or official passing though Jerez. Some of the bodegas now sell some of [...]

Alvear Solera 1927 PX

By Dave Worthington ⋅ May 18, 2007 ⋅ 2 comments

Its a strange thing this website/Internet caper. I spent a bit of time getting rid of a lot of the comment spamers and blog searcher last month but the statistics for this month have still gone up, around 6000 people have had a look at the site so far this month. It should have gone down [...]

Alvear PX 1927 Dolce Viejo

By Dave Worthington ⋅ April 30, 2007 ⋅ 7 comments

Its starting to get cold in Melbourne now, cool nights and nice days. Even a bit of rain over the weekend (for non-aussie readers, most of Australia has been in drought for the past 5 years). To celebrate all this I've ordered in some PX to have a look at over the next month or [...]

Alvear Fino en Rama 2002

By Dave Worthington ⋅ March 13, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

There are a couple of things about this wine that make it a bit different. Firstly, it is a vintage sherry, apparently the first of its kind to be made. Also, its not filtered at all, hence the en Rama in the name. To cap it all off, its made using Pedro Ximénez (PX to [...]

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