Not Your Grandfather's Sherry
Dry, unfortified wines are the answer to Jerez's existential crisis. Plus, my notes on 19 bottles that epitomize the region's new wave.
For hardcore sherry fans like me, the Feria En Rama event that happened in New York in October was like paradise. More than 40 producers’ wines were poured at the High Line Nine in Manhattan, and many winemakers flew in from Spain to attend. I tasted dozens of finos, manzanillas, amontillados,…