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Sherry Revolution: Meet The Old School Tipple That’s Having a Comeback!

Sherry TastingSherry Revolution: Meet The Old School Tipple That’s Having a Comeback! Join us at Upstairs at No.4 in the heart of Dublin City for this celebration of Sherry wines as part of International Sherry Week. We’ll be tasting a delicious range of Sherry wines discovering different styles from crisp & dry to nutty & …

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Bringing Sherry into the Modern World with an Expert – Gregory Buda Interview

Gregory Buda, Director of Education and Training at The Dead Rabbit and Blacktail in New York City, has carved out a place for himself in the industry as a sort of expert on all things sherry. Self-described as “super geeky about booze in general,” Buda recently visited Balfes as a part of Spanish Wine Week …

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Fortified Winter Warmers

Fortified Winter Warmers – Sherry And Port

Andalucía’s liquid treasures have been her golden coloured wines for more than half a millennium. Located at the southern tip of Spain, almost kissing Africa, Andalucía’s semi-tropical climate and bleach-white chalk soil produces a most diverse range of fortified white wines. The original reason for fortifying wine with an expensive brandy of colourless grape spirit …

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Embrace the Joie of Aperitivo, the Mediterranean Tradition We Need in Our Busy Lives

Feel the Joie of Aperitivo, the Mediterranean Tradition We Need in Our Busy Lives

Different cultures have found creative ways to extend the joy of sharing food and drink across the day beyond the basic breakfast, lunch or dinner. Ireland has mastered the art of the afternoon tea, and brunch has quickly become a weekend must-do; the Swedish have “fika”, a mid-daybreak to share a pastry and a cuppa among …

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jerez de la frontera feature

Becoming a Sherry Master – My Journey to Jerez de la Frontera

In September this year, I was delighted to be invited by González Byass, to join them in Jerez for an in depth educational Sherry journey culminating in becoming a Sherry Master. Wilting in the heat, our international group of fifteen sommeliers, Masters of Wine, journalists and wine educators represented six countries, we were the Sherry …

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The Different Genres of Spanish Wine: 7 Regions, 7 Styles to Try this Summer

The Different Genres of Spanish Wine: 7 Regions, 7 Styles to Try this Season

Spanish film has a thing in common with Spanish wines: while they have an impressively wide array of expressions, they manage to be unmistakably Spanish. From Luis Buñuel’s delirious black and white surrealist An Andalusian Dog to Pedro Almodóvar’s thought provoking The Skin I Live In and Alejandro Aménabar’s chilling thriller The Others; there is a certain intensity and vibrancy that you …

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Wine Agenda: Join the Celebration of Sherry Week Ireland - 7th to 13th November

Wine Agenda: Join the Celebration of Sherry Week Ireland – 7th to 13th November

Sherry Week has started! Running from November 7th to 13th the event explores the history, culture and creation of Sherry, a unique, kaleidoscopic expression of one place – the triangle of towns around Jerez de la Frontera, in Andalusia in southwestern Spain, where these fabulous wines have been made for centuries. Sherry Week in Ireland will show …

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Nine Unmissable Wine Books Make up Infinite Ideas' Newly Launched Classic Wine Library

Nine Unmissable Wine Books Make up Infinite Ideas’ Newly Launched Classic Wine Library

Publisher Infinite Ideas announced the editorial board for its Classic Wine Library, which launches this summer with nine titles. The series will be presided over by three well known personalities of the international wine business, Richard Mayson (award-wining wine writer at Decanter and prestigious lecturer), Sarah Jane Evans MW (Chairman of the Institute of Masters of Wine and judge at …

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Ireland’s First Sherry Festival Coming this September at Cava Bodega

Ireland’s First Sherry Festival Coming this September at Cava Bodega

Cava Bodega, award-winning Spanish restaurant in Galway is hosting a “Sherry Fiesta’ this September, just in time to toast to the harvest season. Food and Sherry pairing will be part of the celebration, and guests will be presented with different styles of Sherry wines to try, such as Manzanilla, Fino from DO Jerez and Barbadillo. Four …

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Sherry – The New Cool Kid on the Wine Rack

Last week The Taste was invited to a Sherry Trail across Dublin City with Wines from Spain, the organisation responsible for promoting Spanish viniculture in Ireland. Established by the Spanish Foreign Trade Institute, Wines from Spain host tastings and events throughout the year to raise awareness of the different wine regions and styles that are …

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