Founded in 1772 in El Puerto de Santa María by Thomas Osborne Mann. The company is known for Veterano brandy, the Silueta del Toro roadside sculptures, and its Bailén Oloroso and Fino Quinta sherries.
Tasting: Guided bodega visits at El Puerto de Santa María including sherry cellar, brandy ageing rooms and bull sculpture garden; book through website.
Signature wines: osborne-fino-quinta, osborne-bailen-oloroso, osborne-solera-bc200
Riverside bodega in El Puerto de Santa María producing Fino, Amontillado, Oloroso, Palo Cortado and Pedro Ximénez alongside brandies and sherry vinegar from a historic waterfront site.
Tasting: Riverside bodega visits available; wines, brandies and vinegars tasted at the waterfront site.
Signature wines: gutierrez-colosia-fino, gutierrez-colosia-amontillado, gutierrez-colosia-oloroso
El Puerto de Santa María bodega established in 1830. The Pavón Fino is aged in the port-influenced Atlantic conditions of El Puerto alongside an Oloroso and liqueur range.
Tasting: Bodega visits available at the El Puerto de Santa María historic site; Pavón Fino and Oloroso tastings offered.
Signature wines: pavon-fino, caballero-oloroso
Historic El Puerto de Santa María bodega producing traditional Fino under biological ageing in the Atlantic-influenced conditions of the port town.
Tasting: Fino and Manzanilla tastings by appointment at El Puerto bodega.
Signature wines: obregon-fino, obregon-manzanilla
Osborne's flagship El Puerto bodega offers guided tours through vast cathedral cellars. The tasting room covers Fino Quinta, Amontillado, Oloroso and the iconic Veterano and Magno Brandy de Jerez range.
A well-regarded tapas and sherry bar in El Puerto de Santa Maria, one corner of the Marco de Jerez sherry triangle. The list is anchored by Osborne and other local producers, with seasonal En Rama Fino and Manzanilla.
The list: Sherry-focused bar in El Puerto with an emphasis on Osborne and El Puerto-based producers; Manzanilla from Sanlucar alongside local Fino expressions
Pours: Osborne Fino Quinta, El Puerto Amontillado, Manzanilla de Sanlucar
Housed in a restored 19th-century tidal mill on the Guadalete estuary, Aponiente focuses on marine biodiversity from the Bay of Cadiz. The sherry pairing menu is one of the most comprehensive pairings of Jerez DO wines with food anywhere in the Marco de Jerez.
Awards: Michelin 3 stars 2017, World's 50 Best Restaurants 2024
El Lagareto serves Bay of Cadiz seafood in El Puerto de Santa Maria with an aperitif sherry programme led by local Osborne expressions. The combination of fresh gamba blanca and ice-cold Fino is the classic El Puerto experience.
Osborne's El Puerto cellar tour explores the largest private wine cellar complex in Spain. The tour covers the oxidative ageing process and the famous Veterano and Magno Brandy de Jerez production, with a tasting flight combining sherry and brandy.
Osborne produces a widely distributed Brandy de Jerez range, with Veterano among the most widely sold branded brandies in Spain. The aguardiente is distilled from La Mancha Airen grapes and aged in Osborne sherry butts under the solera system at the El Puerto complex.
Tasting: Brandy and sherry combined tour with Gran Reserva and standard tasting from EUR 20; private Magno Solera Gran Reserva vertical on request
Set in the 17th-century Palacio Medinaceli in El Puerto de Santa Maria, this hotel is the base for exploring Osborne bodega and Aponiente restaurant from the Atlantic coast corner of the sherry triangle. The hotel bar carries an Osborne sherry list.
The list: In-house Osborne sherry list; concierge booking for Aponiente and Osborne bodega visits; day excursions to Jerez and Sanlucar
A 4-star hotel in El Puerto de Santa Maria, serving as the Atlantic-coast base for sherry tourism and visits to the Osborne bodega and the Aponiente restaurant. The hotel bar is stocked with Osborne sherry expressions and local Cadiz wines.
The list: Osborne sherry welcome; Aponiente reservation assistance; Jerez sherry-triangle day-tour bookings
The tasting menu at Aponiente functions as an extended sherry pairing experience, with chef Angel Leon's marine courses matched to an expert-selected Jerez DO progression. The full pairing menu is the most structured sherry-with-food experience in the Marco de Jerez.
Rocio Ros and Alberto Orte farm the Pago del Humo albariza vineyard in El Puerto de Santa Maria using organic and biodynamic practices. CAAE organic certification is verified; biodynamic practices are confirmed on the producer's website but Demeter certification has not been confirmed as of this research. Unfortified Palomino whites and traditional fortified sherries.
Tip: The Forlong organic and biodynamic wines are almost exclusively exported to natural wine bars in northern Europe and Japan; seek them through importer Savio Soares Selections.
Forlong's Pago del Humo vineyard in El Puerto de Santa Maria is certified organic by CAAE. The estate produces unfortified Palomino whites and traditional sherry from certified organic grapes.
Tip: The CAAE organic certification is confirmed on the Forlong producer website.
Rocio Ros and Alberto Orte use indigenous yeasts, extended maceration and minimal sulfite additions. Their unfortified Palomino whites are produced with no fining agents. The CAAE-certified organic vineyard in the Pago del Humo supplies both the fortified sherry range and the unfortified still wines.
Tip: The unfortified Forlong Palomino is an interesting expression of Palomino Fino as a still dry white wine outside the solera system.
Forlong documents minimal to no sulfite additions in its unfortified Palomino range from the Pago del Humo organic vineyard. The CAAE-certified organic status also restricts sulfite use.
Tip: Forlong's unfortified whites are a low-sulfite expression of Palomino Fino from the Triangle.