Gonzalez Byass has
announced an increase in sales of 21%! This is due to increased business
outside Europe, mainly in Asia and America. Turnover is now 193 million euros,
up from last year’s 159 million. While Spain is still the single biggest market
with sales of 77 million, foreign sales now amount to 60%.
Beltran Domecq
recently gave a master class to 40 Masters of Wine and MW students from 20
countries at a training event In Bordeaux. Javier Hidalgo (La Gitana) was
there, as was Jeremy Rockett of Gonzalez Byass. There was a wide range of
Sherries from Finos through to VOS and VORS wines.
The Consejo Regulador
has been hosting press conferences for artists participating in the XVII
Festival de Jerez, as well as talks and discussions about Flamenco. One of
these was a debate between Gonzalez Byass enologist Antonio Flores and flamenco
singer Fernando de la Morena on the subject of the relationship between wine
and flamenco. Many events take place at the Teatro Villamarta, where Sherry is
dispensed to guests by vanenciadores.
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| Venenciador |
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| Mari Pena and La Tana (Diario Jerez) |
Unemployment in Jerez
has now passed the 37,000 mark. The city’s total population is about
212,000. This shows the depth of the crisis, and how badly it has hit Jerez - and
Andalucia as a whole.
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