The Consejo has initiated the 5th edition of the
International Food and Wine Pairing Competition “The Sherry Cup”. Teams from seven
countries (the biggest Sherry markets) are competing to represent their country
for the cup which will be awarded at the final next year in Jerez.
To compete, a team need only comprise the chef and sommelier
of the same restaurant who must propose a menu of two dishes and a dessert to
be accompanied by wines from Jerez. A panel of experts will choose 3 teams who
will have to cook the dishes and explain their menus to the panel, which
consists of famous names in the world of Spanish gastronomy, at the national
final to be held in Madrid in November. The winning team will compete in Jerez
at the international final in 2013.
The Sherry Cup is a food and wine pairing competition which
is held every two years. It is a prestigious affair, with a high level of
judges and of participants and their ideas.
After a gap of 27 years The Consejo and the Jerez Town Council
have revived as an adjunct to the Fiesta de la Vendimia the “Wine Conference”.
The idea began in the 1950s and consisted of a multi-disciplinarian vision of
Sherry through the mouths of eminent people. This year’s theme will be “The Goodness
of Sherry” and begins at the Consejo’s base at the bodega San Gines tonight at
20.30. The conference had lapsed since 1985 through a combination of lack of
municipal interest and of suitable personalities.
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