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Last night I went to a fabulous sherry tasting (cata de jerez) at La Azotea Vinos & Más, which was both fun and educational. I’ve never known much about Spanish sherries and so it was great that José Argudo from the prestigious Bodegas Gonzalez Byass took us through the whole sherry-making process step by step while we sampled ten – yes that’s right, ten!! – different sherries. From the palest driest mosto to sweet musky fino/oloroso blends, we sipped our way through them all, even sampling some lovely 30-year-old wines. My favourite (after the Tio Pepe fino) was the Apóstoles, nicknamed the “Doñana Lynx” of sherries because it is so special and rare.

As always, the cata was very well organised by Jeanine and Juan from La Azotea restaurant (just across the street from the shop), with Juan bringing over a jamón towards the end of the cata, which went down very well with the wine.

Wine List:

• Mosto
• Sobretablas Fino
• Sobretablas Oloroso
• Tio Pepe
• Viña AB
• Alfonso
• Almontillado del Duque
• Apóstoles
• Matusalem
• Noe

Be sure to stop by and ask Jeanine about their small informal tastings, which are available in the shop upon request, as well as more information about the monthly catas and also their special wine tasting courses.

La Azotea Vinos & Más
Jesús del Gran Poder, 44
Tel. 955 11 67 48
Open: 12.00 – 15.00 / 20.00 – 23.00
Closed Sunday & Monday