Tasting top fortified wines blind: the 2023 Best Bottle Award in Lech am Arlberg, Austria
Best Bottle Award 2023, Restaurant Fux, Lech am Arlberg, Austria Part of the Arlberg Weinberg festival, this is the fourth
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Highlights: Barbadillo Manzanilla Pastora Pasada en Rama NV
Found this hidden in the racks: an en rama Manzanilla bottled in 2021, which would have been intended for consumption
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Sherry heaven: the 2023 release of Lustau’s 3 en rama
Website: Lustau 3 en rama En Rama sherry – bottled straight from the casks, raw and unfiltered, have become a
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Hidalgo La Gitana Manzanilla: comparing the regular bottling with the 2023 and 2021 releases of en rama
This wine comes from The El Cuadrado vineyard in Balbaina Alta, which is actually in Jerez, but the wine is
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Video: Visiting Hidalgo La Gitana in Sanlucar de Barremeda, one of the top bodegas in the Sherry triangle
It’s harvest time in Sherry country, and Jamie Goode visits Hidalgo La Gitana in the coastal town of Sanlucar de
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Highlights: Hidalgo Manzanilla La Gitana En Rama (Spring 2022 release)
This wine comes from Hidalgo’s famous El Cuadrado pago, which is the highest part of Balbaina Alta. It’s a really
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Lustau celebrates 125 years with a trio of exceptional Sherries
To celebrate its 125th anniversary, reknowned Sherry house Lustau have released three special Sherries: three cities and three types of
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Muchada-Léclapart: amazing unfortified white wines from Sanlúcar
Muchada-Léclapart is an exciting new project based in Sanlúcar de Barrameda in the Marco de Jerez (the wider Sherry region),
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Highlight: Bodegas Tradicion Amontillado 30 Years VQRS
I visited Bodegas Tradicion a couple of years ago. It’s one of the very best bodegas in Jerez. Began the
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An ode to Palomino: still wines made from old vine Palomino offer a new narrative for this ‘neutral’ industrialised yet historic grape variety
Lisse Garnett gathers evidence for the defence and tastes with Jamie Goode Palomino Fino, Listan Blanco, Listán de Jerez, Malvasia
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