Drakes Tabanco is another addition to London's growing list of Sherry Bars. This once-unknown category has really taken off in recent years creating lots of opportunities to bring the sense of place of Jerez to...
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Tio Pepe En Rama and perception
What a difference perception makes. However much you think you are being objective, there are always things that you take for granted.
I was...
Anniversaries, Hair and Hare Krishna: A story about sherry
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...
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Look what I managed to secure (thanks to @flagshipwines)
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...
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High Spirits at the BFT
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...
Bar Pepito; the UK’s only sherry bar
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....