A Sherry with Sea Legs

Manzanilla recalls brine and minerals.

Not Your Grandmother's Sherry

Manzanilla fino is the entry point into a new world.

Am planning a week or so in Southern Spain in early October, can anyone help out with recommendations for fine food in Jejez de la Frontera, El Puerto de Santa Maria, and/or Sanlúcar de Barrameda. Also seeking worthy vineyards...

as the stuff in Moro ) served with some fruity olive oil and we also had a half bottle of Manzanilla Sanlúcar de Barrameda which was worth the rather high amount it cost. Starters of Gambas Pil Pil and Serrano were very good and...

Well, nothing matches the criteria. Sherry is produced only in Spain — in the region Jerez de la Frontera, Sanlúcar de Barrameda, or El Puerto de Santa María. It is produced rom white wine grapes — principally...

I had a pretty good Moroccan meal in Torremolinos a decade ago but didn’t venture there this time. Next time if I can raise myself from my lounger I will go to Sanlucar de Barrameda where the shellfish is supposed to be...

I think the region around Cádiz is a great chow area—Cádiz, San Lúcar de Barrameda, Puerto de Santa María, Jerez de la Frontera—provided that you like seafood, that is. Lots of great traditional fare in that area.

, but there has to be enough to do and see around and on day trips – no car. Madrid, San Seb and Barca are probably a bit too expensive. Anyone got any suggestions? I was thinking of Sanlucar de Barrameda but there...

Frontera; Puerto Fino comes from El Puerto de Santa María; while Manzanilla is produced in Sanlúcar de Barrameda.

of Spanish Olives Appetizers: NV Barbadillo “Solear” Extra Dry Manzanilla Sanlucar de Barrameda Boquerones with Green Sauce Marcona Almonds Garlic Soup with Poached Quail Egg Entrees: 1994 Alion Reserva Ribera del Duero 1994 Ismael...

. (More on these two below.) IF a flor (flower) of film yeast develops on the surface of the new wine, it develops into a Fino (if cellared in Jerez), a Manzanilla (if cellared in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, or a Puerto Fino (if...

and wine), San Lúcar de Barrameda (coastal city in Andalucía near Cádiz—great seafood), the quirky old part of Peñiscola and its beaches (and good rice dishes and mediterranean seafood), Teruel (in Zaragoza with its muslim...

and (2) Ravioli of baby scallops served with a butter sauce flavoured with Granny Smith apple and raisin — Manzanilla Finos dry sherry from Sanlucar de Barrameda: (1) Warm belon oysters with roasted hazelnuts, served with...

NV Pedro Romero Manzanilla San Lucar de Barrameda "Aurora"

in Sanlucar de Barrameda—a sherry town I’d recommend over Jerez any day, both for the fact that it’s at the mouth of the Guadalquivir River (and therefore justly famous for shellfish, and particularly tiger...