International Sherry Week 2-8 November 2015

This year’s event will be held under the auspices of the official governing body of Sherry wines, the Consejo Regulador Jerez-Xérès-Sherry and Manzanilla-Sanlúcar de Barrameda. 

We are very proud that this type of event was initiated by Certified Sherry Educators, dedicated enthusiasts who had achieved our own qualification and whose passion and hard work resulted in a global event which attracted such enormous interest and which so effectively communicated the unique qualities of Sherry. This year we hope that Sherry Week will introduce the delights of this Spanish wine to even more wine-lovers,” said César Saldaña, General Manager of the Regulatory Council. 

Ambassadors for previous events have included world-renowned chefs and restaurateurs such as Frank Camorra (Movida, Australia), Jose Pizarro (Jose and Pizarro, London), Angel Leon (Aponiente, El Puerto de Santa Maria) and Talia Baiocchi (Author, Sherry The World´s Best Kept Secret and Editor Punch Magazine NYC). The gastronomic luminaries lending their support this year will be announced in late September.

A resurgence of interest in this unique wine, which had been widely misunderstood, but which has quickly gained a new generation of followers, has seen an increase in other pairing events. 

International Sherry Week is one of a series of wine-related events which Jerez will be celebrating in 2015. On 9 June the finals of Copa Jerez, which pairs the finest sommeliers and chefs from eight countries to produce winning food-and-Sherry combinations, was held in the city – one of the highlights of the gastronomic year. 

European Wine Tourism Day (8 November) will bring visitors to the Sherry Triangle over several days where many bodegas will have open doors days, allowing wine-lovers from all over to see the cathedrals where these wines are blended using the age-old solera system. 

REGISTER NOW - Event registrations are now open, with a simple three-step process.  

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