With en rama season upon us, we ask Lenka Sedlackova MW to explain just what en rama Sherry is and why it remains the wine trade’s insider-secret for the ultimate summer tipple Summer is here! Well, sort of. As I am writing this, at the end of May, raindrops fall on the window and I’m […]

As Lustau’s shipment of its three en rama Sherries hits our shores, Olivia Bodle makes a short pilgrimage north of the river, to Bar Pepito to sample the goods In the vaulted cellars of Bodegas Lustau, just two barrels from each solera are selected earlier in the spring when the flor in the casks was […]

Bemoaning the shunning of Sherry, Simon Field MW – our esteemed Sherry Buyer – espouses the virtues of en rama, the ultimate, unfiltered experience of the fine fortified wines of Jerez. Discussions on the commercial success or otherwise of Sherry are usually accompanied by platitudinous hand-wringing and poetic evocations of maiden aunts cycling into the […]

As this year’s consignment of En Rama arrives, the season for sherry purists is once again upon us. Never heard of it? Then you’re missing out: Javier Perurena gives us the low-down on this fleeting and fashionable style of sherry. For the uninitiated, En Rama is a type of sherry whose sweet-spot in maturity is […]