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By request, I’m posting my hazily remembered first experience with manzanilla sherry, when I was able to sample both the La Gitana and La Cigarrera manzanillas side by side at Manhattan’s Tia Pol. Both were lovely and quite...

Manzanilla recalls brine and minerals.

Manzanilla fino is the entry point into a new world.

Trudging up from the Lincoln Center craft show at lunchtime, we passed "Gitana" (249 Columbus Ave. (Bet. 70th and 71st St, I think—across the street from China Fun.)Phone No. 212 579-9929. It looked small and dark (only one...

Manzanilla sherries are gossamer-light. Each has a unique character that comes partially from place of origin, and partially from the thick layer of flor yeast that blankets the wine during fermentation, protecting it from...

Diners at Tia Pol, the popular tapas joint in Chelsea, kept asking owner Mani Dawes where they could buy the wines poured at the restaurant. So in October she opened Tinto Fino, the city’s first store devoted exclusively to...

by the heavy tang of capers and the crisp bitter chicory. OK on the whole. A dry sherry (a Manzanilla La Gitana, Bodegas Hidalgo) tasted of pears and walnuts; would have been nice with a blue cheese, but had enough acidity to...

. While they are not always consistent, they are the real thing and good for drinking as well as cooking. Other brands are La Gitana, Lustau, and Barbadillo — but these are more expensive. Types of sherry: fino is the...

/Sauvignon Blanc, 00 Gascon Viognier, and NV Hidalgo "la Gitana" Manzanilla Sherry. All recommended, yet I’ll point out that even though the bottle of sherry was opened fresh for my pour, it may have been from a lot that...

). Grab some La Gitana Manzanilla at PJWine for $9/ 500ml and you will be in heaven.

Alvear Fino is OK, but I prefer Fino’s made from the Palomino fino grape, such as Hidalgo La Gitana.

.V. Champagne France CONSOMME Tomato-fish broth woth smoked eel, rapini, edamamw and sesame salt. Manzanilla Sheery La Gitana Vinicola Hidalgo SEARED Quebec Fois Gras with braised oxtail and socca. Oloroso Sheery Alvear Asuncion...