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Sandeman
In 1790 George Sandeman, the son of a Scottish cabinet-maker with a £ 300 loan from his father set up in the Port and Sherry trade in London. Although Sandeman has always been associated primarily with...
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The architecture of bodegas in Jerez
The sherry region may not have attracted iconic modern architects (so far) like in Rioja, but their old bodegas are certainly not less beautiful and impressive. They’re highly functional buildings...
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Bodegas Yuste
Bodegas Yuste was founded by Francisco “Paco” Yuste, a successful beverage distributor in Andalucía. In 1991 he purchased and renovated the historic Bodega Santa Ana in Sanlúcar’s Barrio Bajo,...
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Cruz Conde
Cruz Conde was founded in 1902 by Mr. Rafael Cruz Conde, an army commander. His winemaking business grew to become one of the most important wineries of the region. In 1925 the company became an...
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Types of sherry bodegas
While most of the world’s fine wines are grown, vinified, matured and sold by the same company, in the case of sherry wines this is (was) an exception rather than the rule. The name ‘sherry bodega’...
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Rumasa: the dark years of sherry
Rumasa is a name that few people will speak out loud in the sherry region, even though this company had an enormous impact. As the largest case of fraude to date in the history of Spain, it wiped out a...
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Cayetano del Pino
Don Cayetano del Pino y Vázquez was born in 1858 in La Carlota near Córdoba but moved to Sevilla at the age of 11. In his early twenties he worked as a representative for winemaker Pericón. In 1886 he...
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Bodega Los Infantes Orléans Borbón
Orleans y Borbón is a small-scale project with a royal heritage, housed in a beautiful palace in Sanlúcar Los Infantes Orleans Borbón is situated in the very heart of Sanlúcar de Barrameda, in a...
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Bodegas Viuda de Manjón (Viña Leona)
The history of Viuda de Manjon starts in 1822 with the birth of Leona Mergelina y Gomez de Barreda. As the daughter of a sea captain from Alicante, she married Pedro Manjón y Fernández de Valdespino at...
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Visiting Osborne
I recently made a trip to the sherry region again – this must have been the 6th or 7th time but I admit I lost track… Like most of my trips, it was a mix of visiting old friends and trying to see a...
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