“Sherry is undoubtedly one of the most intriguing wines to ever grace my palate. It is simultaneously meditative and transcendental, possessing intrinsic flavour complexities and managing to fantastically pair with virtually anything that you’re eating. Sherry is your best friend and your lover; just when you think you understand all of its nuances, it reveals a new facet of itself that you didn't know existed... you thereupon fall even deeper in love, continually captivated and curious…”
~Sarah
“Sherry is the liquid postcard of an incredible place. The wines are mysterious and rich in history and their intrigue is compounded by the fact that they boast terroir of the cellar as well as the land. In the face of dubious international wine trends, sherry simply doesn’t care about what you think you’re supposed to be drinking because it knows in its heart that it’s your vinous soulmate. Very sadly, most people die without having this epiphany and as a result, our graveyards are brimming with unfulfilled corpses (and the price of sherry remains impossibly modest).
The key to sherry is to forego the erroneous notion that white wine is supposed to be fruity and pert... let your evolutionarily developed propensity towards the savoury and the benignly haunting lead you towards bottled liberation in this lifetime! People spend decades meditating in caves to achieve the tranquility that one sip of ancient palo cortado can impart.”
~Al
“Sherry is scintillating, satiating, oft savoury, sometimes sweet, and never stodgy. Cease what you are doing immediately and get some delicious Sherry into your face. Right now!”
~Matty
“Why do I love Sherry? because it is NOT the stuff my parents drank in the 70’s or even the 80’s. Hey, I was in my teens, sneaking into my parents’ liquor cabinet in search of something in a dark bottle so that they wouldn’t notice the level going down. My first thoughts were, “yum, it’s really sweet!” Then after a few more swigs, “hmmm, not really digging this…”
Fast-Forward 40 years... I get hired at Metrovino, Richard and Al are bonkers about sherry and I am thinking about the crap that was in my folks’ liquor cabinet... But I’ve been converted! Sherry is everything. It’s the delicious nectar I sip on before deciding what to drink with dinner, although more often than not we just end up drinking more sherry with the meal. Sherry has so many expressions and dimensions that it is the perfect companion no matter what is going on in your life or even in the next ten minutes.”
~Craig
“Because true Spanish Sherry exists, I believe in magic. Because it is magic, I adore the big middle finger that it presents to a world of flash-in-the-pan, commercial, trendy, flavour-of-the-moment wines.”
