The best wine lists
which promote Sherry are to be rewarded in a new initiative by Pepe Monforte of
gastronomic blog Cosas de Comé and the Consejo Regulador. As well as the best wine list,
there will be prizes for the best bar, the best wine shop and the person who
has done most for Sherry and the wines of Cádiz during the course of the year. The
announcement was made yesterday at the Consejo bodega San Ginés by Pepe
Monforte, César Saldaña and Rafael Navas of Diario de Jerez. There will only be
one prize per category but the ten runners-up will receive mentions of honour.
A hundred experts in the field wine and gastronomy will be asked to vote by
secret ballot.
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| Rafael Navas, Cesar saldan and Pepe Monforte (foto:diariodejerez) |
“Sherry and the wines of Cádiz are featuring
more and more on wine lists, and some young restaurateurs are even putting them
at the top of their lists, and we thought we should encourage them,” said Pepe
Monforte. César Saldaña said that the lack of this had long been a bugbear but
that it is now fashionable to include Sherry on the list. “Let us hope this
becomes the rule rather than the exception.”
Below are the Consejo figures
for grapes picked up to close of play yesterday. The inland vineyards are all but finished,
with only a few coastal vineyards still working.
The annual Great
Sherry Tasting took place in London on Monday. Nearly 200 wines from nearly 30 bodegas were
present as was Consejo president Beltrán Domecq who gave masterclasses. He said
that Sherry is successfully gaining the respect of chefs and sommeliers and
earning a place on their wine lists. Promoting Sherry as an ideal accompaniment
to food has been very successful, and Fiona Becket hosted a masterclass on the
subject. Now that the trade is convinced, there is a need to get the general
public involved, and hopefully the restaurant trade will be instrumental in
this.
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| Beltran Domecq and Patricia de la Puerta thank Graham Hines for his work for Sherry (foto:drinks business) |
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