On Friday the Consejo Regulador will begin its
80th anniversary celebrations with a tasting of fine Sherries at the Alcázar in Jerez. The wines,
selected from samples submitted by the bodegas, have been bottled with a
special label designed for the occasion. It consists of the logo of the 80th
anniversary and shows the chalk markings on the butt which identify the style
of wine it contains.
The Consejo
also plans to present the selection of wines in Cáceres which is the Spanish
Capital of Gastronomy 2015, as well as Madrid and Barcelona two of the
principal domestic markets for Sherry.
The
programme of events marking the 80th anniversary will continue till
the end of November and among the more important of them will be an exhibition
which will examine the achievements of the Consejo in its 8 decades of history.
It will be inaugurated on the 4th of September at the Claustros de
Santo Domingo, which will also be the scene of the 80th anniversary
gala. These two events will coincide with the Fiestas de la Vendimia.
Bodegas Tradición has announced that it is
changing its trading name to Tradición CZ. The initials CZ stand for Cabeza de Aranda y
Zarco, the name of the antecedents of the Rivero family who founded the oldest bodega
in 1650 and which was sold in 1991.
Helena
Rivero, president of Tradición CZ explains “As a result of the sell-off of the
bodega, we decided in 1998 to create Bodegas Tradición. We had two objectives:
the continuation of family business in the Sherry trade and the recuperation of
traditional methods in the making of the wines and brandies of Jerez. Now we
are proud to have added this sign of family identity.”
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