It is announced with
great sadness that Manuel Lozano Salado, chief oenologist at Emilio Lustau and voted Best Fortified Oenologist
for an unprecedented seven times by the International Wine Challenge passed away suddenly today. A brilliant Sherry maker who was regarded by all who knew him as a
charming, straightforward and humble man will be very sadly missed. He is
survived by his wife and three sons, to whom all of us Sherry lovers send
heartfelt condolences.
Born in 1954, the year snow fell in the Bay of
Cádiz, his parents had bars and restaurants where he took an interest in the
wine. Manuel worked his way up from the bottom. He was visiting bodegas from
the age of ten and worked the harvest at González Byass before joining the
laboratory team at Fernando A de Terry where he worked for 22 years. then for
Harveys after it took over Terry. In 1999 he joined Lustau where, among other
things, he oversaw the introduction of the Tres En Rama series and the integration
of the Domecq soleras. He was also a member of the Consejo Regulador tasting committee
and in 2014 he won the Premio Ciudad de Jerez for his contribution to the
Sherry trade.
Food and drink
professionals inundate Barcelona every year for the huge Alimentaria trade fair which this year is in its 21st
edition and expects 140,000 visitors. Sherry will naturally be present and at
18.00 this afternoon César Saldaña, director of the Consejo, and Jesús Barquín
of Equipo Navazos will be hosting a quite wonderful tasting entitled “The
Jewels of Jerez: Sacristías”. The chosen wines are: Manzanilla Barbiana
from Delgado Zuleta, Barbadillo Solear en Rama, Fino Dos Palmas from González
Byass, Fino Añada 2012 from Williams & Humbert, Amontillado VORS from
Lustau, Amontillado Conde de Aldama from Yuste, Palo Cortado de la Cruz from
Bodegas Arfe, Palo Cortado Antique from Fernando de Castilla, Oloroso VORS from
Urium, Oloroso Añada 1986 from Hidalgo la Gitana, Oloroso VORS Solera de su
Majestad from Valdespino, Solera India from Osborne and PX VOS from Tradición.
Wow!
Bodegas Arfe, run by
Luís Arroyo Felices, has won the fortified category of the annual Premios SeVi (Semana Vitivinícola Guide to Wines
and olive oil). His Palo Cortado de la Cruz de1767 achieved a score of 98
points. A total of 1,400 wines from 325 Spanish bodegas were tasted made from
53 different grape varieties and 11 different olive varieties.
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