A sherry masterclass with Beltran Domecq followed by a tuna and sherry dinner at Hispania for International Sherry Week, organised by the Sherry Institute
The line-up of sherries from lightest to darkest and sweetest - unusually, we also get to try the base wine (far left); a first for me.
It is simple, pleasant and lemony - an inoffensive and instantly forgettable wine. I'm glad they discovered a way to turn it into sherry.
The menu - various combinations of sherry and tuna.
If sherry is the drink that is synonymous with this part of Spain, tuna is the food equivalent; Almadraba is the traditional Mediterranean art of fishing Atlantic bluefin tuna using nets - it dates back over 2,000 years and selects only the largest examples.
The sherries include an en rama fino - an unfiltered bottling intended to be consumed within a few months of purchase.
Between the Masterclass and the dinner, we are served sherry the traditional way - accompanied by roasted almonds, manchego cheese and cured tuna slices.
The food is lovely - if in a somewhat set pattern. The wines are mostly lovely, too. But the matches don't always work brilliantly; a dark sherry with a creamy white sauce feels like a bit of a schoolboy error.
Mmmm, sherry.
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