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Argüeso San León Manzanilla Clásica
One of my favorites -- it’s a delicious manzanilla. It’s light and fresh in style.
Spain / Sanlúcar
Sherry / Manzanilla
Sherry
Hidalgo La Gitana
I am a huge fan. I like the inherent fresh vinous nature of the wine. It sees less aging time and has more of a fresh quality to it. I like it for its freshness and its proximity to the ocean.
Spain / Sanlúcar
Sherry / Manzanilla
Sherry
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La Cigarrera Manzanilla Sanlucar de Barrameda
They are located in an area where the flor, instead of being sort of fresh on floral notes, it’s more on ashy tones, because they are in the heart of what is called the sub-zone of Manzanilla Barrio Bajo.
Spain / Sanlúcar
Sherry / Manzanilla
Emilio Hidalgo Fino
Also really good, it’s an excellent fino.
Spain / Jerez de la Frontera
Sherry / Fino
Tio Pepe Fino
It’s really good. That is what’s incredible. You look at a really big brand like Tio Pepe and the volume that these guys produce -- it’s on a monster scale. That wine is still delicious and really drinkable.
Spain
Sherry / Fino
Alvear
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Outside of sherry, in Montilla-Moriles, the line of Alvear is produced. It’s really surprising how good those wines can be. They are sherry-like, but they are another undiscovered region. I was really deeply impressed by the fino and their whole line. And they are very inexpensive and delicious.
Spain / Montilla-Moriles
Sherry / Fino
El Maestro Sierra Fino
A big style of fino paired with little fried sardines.
Spain / Jerez de la Frontera
Sherry / Fino
Equipo Navazos La Bota de Manzanilla Pasada
The manzanilla pasada is one of the best manzanilla pasada’s I ever had in my life.
Spain / Jerez de la Frontera
Sherry / Manzanilla Pasada
Gutierrez Colosia Sangre y Trabajadero Oloroso
Sangre y Trabajadero translates to “Blood and the Worker”. It’s a little lighter styled because it’s close the ocean. The label is 250 years old. It’s a nice dry oloroso. Pair with caramelized pork belly.
Spain / El Puerto de S. Maria
Sherry / Oloroso
Hidalgo Napoleon
A really old amontillado with foie gras is a fantastic combination too. The Bodegas Hidalgo Amontillado Napoleon is particularly delicious with foie gras.
Spain / Jerez
Sherry / Amontillado
Cesar Florido
One of the things I like to do is have a little glass of his Moscatel with coffee in the afternoon. We went to taste Moscatel and ended up tasting one of the most brilliant finos I’ve ever had in my life, as we were sitting at his winery which is 25 yards from the ocean. He makes all the Moscatel and the wineries buy it in bulk and age it for a couple of years at their winery.
Spain / Chipiona
Sherry / Fino + Moscatel
Tinto Fino
Find someone with knowledge, like Kerin Auth at Tinto Fino.
East Village
Wine / Liquor Store
Find someone with knowledge, like Chris Barnes at Chambers Street Wine.
Tribeca
Wine / Liquor Store
Develop a relationship with somebody who has a passion for sherry and let them guide you through this, because it is such a minefield and so complex. Find someone with knowledge.
Drink Sherry - New York, NY
East Village
413 East 12th Street, New York, NY 10009
T: 646.602.1300
Tribeca
24 Harrison Street, New York, NY 10013
T: 212.625.WINE
Multiple Locations
Wine Bar
Blue Ribbon Downing Street Bar
www.blueribbonrestaurants.com/rests_downingSt_main.htm
34 Downing Street, New York, NY 10014
T: 212.691.0404
They always have flights of sherry. If I am going late night, I am going straight to Blue Ribbon.
West Village
Wine Bar
Go to a bar where they are always pouring sherry by the glass and the guys behind the bar are pretty well versed in sherry. More and more we are going to find sommeliers who are attuned to the fact that this is a fresh product and that’s why they are selling it to you.
Tia Pol
Chelsea
Spanish / Tapas
The Dutch
131 Sullivan Street, New York, NY 10012
T: 212.677.6200
Soho
New American
Restaurants - Barcelona, Spain
Agullers
C/ Agullers, 8, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
T: +34/93.268.03.61
There is a guy who is cooking there, and it’s the most simplest of things. It’s particularly brilliant food, just raw material, whatever he’s got like baby squid or whatever. He’s particularly good. This place is great because it is open for lunch. So, it’s a hole in the wall that is open for lunch. The menu’s written on old receipts and stuff like that. It’s whatever the guy brings in that day.
Ciutat Vella
Spanish
Spanish Restaurants - New York, NY
Txikito
They are really doing a bang up job. Alex [Raij] and Eder [Montero] are on top of their game. That restaurant is what I would wish we would have a lot more of across the United States to help us sell wine. Their wine list is Basque focused. So, you have to go drink Txakoli or Remelluri.
Chelsea
Spanish / Basque
Restaurants - Chipiona, Spain
Bar Franchi
In Chipiona, we drank sherry and ate fried shark (pescado frito) and it was just fantastic. The dish of sherry, one of the great dishes, is shark in a cornmeal with a little vinegar. Nobody has ever heard of this place. It is particularly special.
Chipiona
Spanish
Wine Stores - Barcelona, Spain
Vila Viniteca
I just bought a case of sherry from Vila Viniteca. They have all the newest and greatest flavors of the famous wine makers. They also have crazy high-end sherries. All this stuff that I had never seen before: all these crazy palo cortados and amontillados. They are definitely one of the top notch stores in Spain, no doubt.
Ciutat Vella
Wine / Liquor Store
André Tamers | Recommendations
June 3, 2011
André Tamers - De Maison Selections - Wine importer
Recommendations
What
An introduction to sherry from wine importer André Tamers. He founded De Maison Selections, a wine import company specializing in small production wines from Spain and France.
Why
There is a real interest in sherry, thanks in part to the cocktail-infused revolution, and more and more people are drinking it. If you let your guard down, you’ll realize that you just want to have a glass of sherry all the time.
