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The second annual Sherryfest rolls into town from October 5th through the 8th with events held all over New York City, from tastings to dinners.
Lorenzo García-Iglesias Soto is the director of Bodegas Tradición in Jerez de la Frontera. This small production house produces four wines and issues only 13,000 bottles a year. They make Amontillados, Olorosos, Palo Cortados and Pedro Ximénez, but no Finos.
If you visit this sherry bodega, you’ll find they have their own art gallery with a rotating collection of paintings by old masters including El Greco.
Lorenzo talks about the sherry they produce and where he likes to drink sherry in Spain and New York City.
Where & How To Drink Sherry | Bodegas Tradición
September 26, 2013
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Bodegas Tradición
c/ Cordobeses, 3
11408 Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
T: +34.956.16.86.28
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Bodegas Tradición
Bodegas Tradición sherries are hand-crafted, pure, not fined or chill-filtered, authentic breeds from Jerez. I enjoy drinking Tradicion in an large wine glass. After pouring the wine, I allow it to breath to enjoy the immense variety of aromas. Except for Finos, which I prefer slightly colder, I drink sherry at the same temperature as red wine.
Other Sherries
I enjoy lighter sherries when having long lunches or dinners with friends, such as cold, refreshing Manzanillas or Finos either from El Puerto or Jerez.
Sherry Misunderstood
Sherry has been mistreated and misconceived in the last decades. Previously it was drunk as a table wine, but then shifted to an aperitif wine. This shift caused it to lose value. Nobody realizes that these wines were poured with meals at the table of every Royal Family in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries. They were as valued as Burgundy or Bordeaux wines.
Pairings: traditional and worth trying. Iberico Ham & Spicy Chinese Food
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Favorite Food Pairings
Fino
Traditional: shrimps or clams.
Try it with: dried tuna.
Oloroso
Traditional: Ibérico ham.
Try it with: roasted suckling pig, lamb, with beef stew.
Palo Cortado
Traditional: foie gas.
Try it with: oysters.
Amontillado
Traditional: anchovies.
Try it with: spicy food.
Pedro Ximénez / PX
Traditional: vanilla ice cream.
Try it with: blue cheese.
NYC Sherry Guide
Find | Wine Shops
Wine shopping at Astor Wine & Spirits
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Crush, Italian Wine Merchants, Astor Wine & Spirits
I know the people and I feel confident of finding what I need here.
Eat | Restaurants
Dinner at Casa Mono
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Casa Mono, Hearth, Pearl & Ash, Tia Pol
Some of my favorite restaurants for drinking sherry. They offer good food and a great environment.
Drink | Wine Bars
Corkbuzz
One of my favorite wine bars in New York.
Around the country, I also love to drink at Gitane in San Francisco and Curate in Asheville.
SpaIN Sherry Guide
Eat | Restaurants in Madrid
There are so many wonderful places, but there are some my favorites.
Chipirones at Vinoteca García de la Navarra
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Arzábal
You must try the eggs and truffles with Palo Cortado.
Vinoteca García de la Navarra
Their oxtail paired with oloroso or the baby squids with onion with Palo Cortado are delicious.
Miyama
It’s a Japanese restaurant where spicy tuna tartar or toro tataki paired with Amontillado is superb.
Sherry at La Venencia in Madrid
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Drink | Wine & Sherry Bars
Drinking sherry in Spain, I love drinking at:
- La Venencia in Madrid
- El Bichero in Jerez (www.restauranteelbichero.com)
- El Faro in Cádiz (www.elfarodecadiz.com)
- Las Teresas in Seville.
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