A structured educational tasting at Bodegas Lustau comparing En Rama (unfiltered, direct from butt) and standard filtered expressions of the same Fino and Manzanilla solera. The session demonstrates how fining and filtration alter texture, oxidation and aroma, led by the Lustau head winemaker.
Address: Calle Arcos 53, 11402 Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, Jerez & Sherry
Equipo Navazos releases scarce single-cask sherries under the La Bota series, each a numbered butt bought from a specific solera and bottled unfiltered. Private tasting events in Jerez allow subscribers to taste pre-release samples from different butts across a horizontal comparison session.
A private tasting session at Bodegas Tradicion presenting a vertical of Fino, Amontillado, Palo Cortado and Oloroso all at VORS (30+ years) solera age. The session is conducted in the Pinacoteca gallery surrounded by the Golden Age art collection, making it an immersive cultural and sensory event.
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.
A hands-on workshop teaching the venencia technique: extracting sherry from the barrel with the traditional silver and whalebone tool and pouring into a copita from height without spillage. Conducted at the Consejo Regulador by a practising capataz de bodega.
A limited harvest participation programme at Gonzalez Byass during the September Vendimia, in which guests join the bodega team in the Macharnudo vineyard for the Palomino Fino pick. The day concludes with a must tasting and bodega dinner.
Bodegas Barbadillo runs a structured comparison session contrasting the seasonal En Rama edition of Solear Manzanilla directly against the year-round filtered version from the same solera. The session is guided by a Barbadillo winemaker and focuses on the role of filtration, oxygen contact and bottling season.
