Tag: sherry

  What a difference perception makes. However much you think you are being objective, there are always things that you take for granted. I was EXTREMELY lucky to get a chance to taste the latest edition (for it is not a ‘vintage’ product) of the Tio Pepe En Rama on the Access Zone at the [...]

Oh, what confluence of events, what chance decisions led to this post!?  It so happens that a certain day towards the end of July is important to me as it marks my wedding anniversary. This year my wife and I marked our 14th with a fabulous evening at Galvin at Windows and Racine. It was [...]

I missed out on getting bottles elsewhere, but a chance twitter conversation ensured that Flagship Wines put aside a bottle of the special bottling if Tio Pepe Fino en Rama for me. Limited stock available of the highly sought after Tio Pepe En Rama – only 175 cases of this special sherry has been made [...]

Thanks to the eagle-eyes of Justin Roberts (@justinjerez) I was alerted to an exciting new wine trade tasting called “the BFT”. Despite me being unable to say or write this without thinking of Roald Dahl’s BFG, I think the organisers have done a grand job of creating something new which I hope will be repeated. [...]

Popped into Bar Pepito (http://www.camino.uk.com/pepito) last night to share a copita with Richard Biggs, the man behind this concept and the Camino restaurant across the courtyard. Bar Pepito is the UK’s only (so far) Sherry Bar – it serves virtually nothing other than sherry – including sherry cocktails. I think there is 1 beer and [...]