We are incorrigible. The trip that Richard and I made to Jerez in southern Spain earlier this year was to acquaint ourselves better with our pre-established Sherry producers - not to add anybody to the roster. And yet somewhere in the cellars of Emilio Hidalgo, we realized that we could not live without these subtle, vital and venerable wines.
The lunatics have taken over the asylum!!! And not the right lunatics!!! Not the ones who spend the vast majority of their waking hours (forfeiting the vast majority of potential sleeping hours) contemplating the convoluted, multi-faceted and exciting discipline that is wine, but the ones who, knowingly or otherwise, want to reduce wine to just another commercial product – a one-dimensional product that we engage with indifferently in the same way that we might ketchup, lip balm or snow shovels!!! Something needs to be done!!
The ciders made by Eric Bordelet are simply the best that we have ever tasted. Feel free to define the word “best” in any way that you choose – when one considers complexity, versatility, persistence, purity and deliciousness, all of the word’s applications in regards to fermented juice will accommodate our argument.
There are few causes to which the collective minds (and hearts) of Metrovino are so dedicated than to the promulgation of the wines of the Sherry region of Spain. Yes! Sherry, in all of its diversity and glory! And as of Wednesday, August 20, Calgary’s world of Sherry will be as bright as the Andalusian sun!
