The bodegas awarded
places in the prestigious American magazine Wine and Spirits’ 2017 Top 100
Wineries have now received their diplomas. Of only five Spanish wineries, three are from
the Marco de Jerez: González Byass, Hidalgo la Gitana and El Maestro Sierra,
the latter being accredited for the second time. This wonderful old bodega in
Plaza Silos, Jerez, was founded in 1830 and is still in family hands, those of Doña
Pilar and Doña Carmen Borrego Pla and their devoted and delightful team who
still work using the time-honoured methods.
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| The Maestro Sierra team |
The town council of Sanlúcar
met recently with bodega representatives to discuss a plan for a Manzanilla
Interpretation Centre to be located in the historic Las Covachas. The idea is to give the historic council-owned
building a useful purpose and at the same time promote Manzanilla with a place
to exhibit and explain the history and production of Manzanilla and the
architecture of the bodegas. The mayor of Sanlúcar, Víctor Mora, was pleased
with the response from the bodegas, who would contribute financially to a foundation
jointly with the council allowing the payment of staff to run the centre. There
was enough support for the project for it to go ahead over the coming year. Las
Covachas is a series of gothic arches built in the XV century by the II Duke of
Medina Sidonia into the cliff which separates the Barrio Bajo from the Barrio
Alto.
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| Las Covachas on the Custa Belen with ducal palace above |
