Hints and tips:
...“Even he didn’t know the old way of making sherry, and now there’s no one left to ask,” he told me in front of a dramatic black and white photograph of the old soleo method of drying grapes on circular straw...
...Whether you are seeking a rare white burgundy, a funky orange wine from Spain or an obscure Californian Pinot Noir, visiting a wine shop can help you understand the taste of New York City....
...Coined “Shrooms and Sherry”, our grown-up drink is a heady savoury combination of fig liqueur, a porcino amontillado sherry and Hine, a cognac....
...Spain is also responsible for some great whites....
...For others, it is simply a time for weighing: stepping on the bathroom scales while reflecting mournfully on the quantity of turkey dinners, mince pies and sherries consumed....
...So, if you seek a single bottle of premier cru Chablis, one of the few sorts of white burgundy that offers real value and ageing potential, this would be a wine to head for, particularly when Waitrose runs...
...Ashley Park plays Audrey, who was adopted as a child by a white American couple; she grows up strait-laced, work-focused and out of touch with her origins....
...My “wines for drinking now” section evolves rapidly but for whites usually involves Picpoul de Pinet, vinho verde, English Chardonnay and manzanilla sherry....
...A fino or manzanilla sherry comes into its own when we desperately need to revive our appetite....
...Bazaar uses explicitly Spanish, not just Latin American, overtones: a humble pan con tomate is offered, which is superbly well executed, and a signature jamón is carved at the table, paired with Spanish sherries...
...These lower-alcohol, aromatic, high-acid, unoaked whites are prime candidates to be served at refreshingly low temperatures (between 7C and 10C), but not all white wines respond well to a substantial chill...
...This dish is best enjoyed in the garden with a chilled glass of good white wine. Tomato summer pudding Serves 4 In a large bowl, mix together the olive oil, vinegar, sugar and seasoning....
...The subsequent FBI raid on Sherry Lehman would attest to that....
...STRONG AND DRY Waitrose NV Manzanilla 15%Lustau provides this exceptional bargain, the lightest, palest, driest sort of sherry. It is as refreshing and versatile as many other white wines....
...Sherry is the most obvious one by a mile. The supermarkets sell inexpensive, really good sherries. That is the one wine I would buy in a supermarket. 81. What wine is so overrated as to be bad value?...
...an en primeur offer of 2021 white burgundy....
...But there’s a big piazza in front of it and it bulges in the middle with this white egg – inside the egg is where the committee would meet....
...A single fat raviolo of roast veal sweetbreads was lifted, on a small plinth of fondant celeriac, over a puddle of rich sherry velouté....
...Waiting for Bordeaux The New York Times investigates the tale of luxury wine store Sherry-Lehmann’s missing bottles . . . and unpaid taxes....
...Remove from the heat and whisk in the sherry vinegar. Set aside to cool. To prepare the melon, heat a griddle to a medium high....
...Open the door and smoke spills out, revealing a heady mix of coconut fat-washed mezcal and sherry, amaro, smoke and moss....
...And why is sherry still almost given away? Wine lists are full of apparent pricing anomalies, especially those that specialise in famous names....
...The sherry glasses should be polished and ready to quench the thirst of the turtle-soup eaters....
...“And I remember Spain,” wrote the Irish poet Louis MacNeice, the “tripper” in the rain in 1938 recalling “sherry, shellfish, omelettes . . . fretted stone the Moor/Had chiselled for effects of sun and shadow...
...Toasted with sherry that night, the partnership was formalised five years later in an agreement to continue “unrestricted” co-operation in communications intelligence....
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