Gonzalez Byass is among the largest producers of sherry in Spain, and as any fashionable drinker is aware of, the demand for sherry barrels far outweighs the demand for sherry itself. Sherry barrel getting old provides all method of spirits a definite character, and sooner or later, Gonzalez Byass discovered it ought to be making
Port & Sherry
Three years in the past we took our first spin with Graham’s 20 year old tawny Port, and lately the vineyard despatched us a contemporary bottling to reveal what has (or hasn’t) modified. Seems this Port has excessive consistency, providing a simple raisin character up entrance, touched with gentle notes of strawberry, shifting to a
I lately had the prospect to pattern a spread of Kopke Ports with winemaker Carla Tiago on her go to to Boston from Portugal. I used to be excited to see that she introduced some well-aged white ports, that are unusual within the U.S., in addition to Colheita Port, which is single classic Tawny Port
At present we current a set of Sicilian wines, all a part of a (Zoom-based) tasting organized by Assovini Sicilia, an affiliation of 91 Sicilian wineries that’s designed to advertise the numerous wines of this area. A complete of 10 wines had been tasted, all made with indigenous grapes. Able to dig in? Let’s go.