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Fino, manzanilla, amontillado, oloroso. Flor, solera, and why Jerez stays underrated.

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Editorial brutalist illustration of a two-stage sherry barrel: a white flor layer breaking apart on the left, an amber oxidative cask on the right, in burgundy, cream and oxidized gold

Education 6 June 2026

Amontillado: the fino that lost its flor

Amontillado sherry starts as fino under flor and ends oxidative. Profile, production, VOS and VORS, iconic bodegas and food pairing.

Glass of brut nature champagne against a chalk background, brutalist composition

Brut Nature and Extra Brut: Champagne without a mask

Brut Nature and Extra Brut Champagne carry little to no dosage. What the numbers mean, which houses lead the style, and how it tastes.

$Five fractured bottle silhouettes at staggered heights, each on a different bedrock pattern, brutalist composition$

Champagne vs Prosecco, Cava and other sparkling

Champagne, Crémant, Cava, Prosecco, Franciacorta, English sparkling. Method, grapes and price-quality laid out side by side.

Editorial brutalist illustration of a glass of Manzanilla on a broken sea wall, chamomile blossom and salt crystals in burgundy, cream and oxidising gold

Manzanilla Sherry: Salt, Flor and Sanlúcar

Manzanilla sherry comes only from Sanlúcar. Why the sea keeps the flor active year-round, how en rama tastes, and which bodegas to know.

1911 échelle des crus ledger torn down the middle, village names fragmenting into a hierarchical pyramid, brutalist composition

Champagne Grand Cru: What the Label Really Means

What Grand Cru and Premier Cru really mean in Champagne. The échelle des crus, its 2010 abolition, and what the terms are worth today.

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Côte des Bar: Champagne's southern outsider

The Côte des Bar in the Aube sits 100 km south of Reims on Kimmeridgian marl. Pinot Noir-driven and the epicentre of grower Champagne.

Editorial brutalist illustration of a copita with fino sherry and a white flor disc as a geometric fragment, in burgundy red, cream and oxidised gold

Fino Sherry: Dry, Saline, Aged Under Flor

Fino sherry is pale, bone dry and nothing like the sweet sherry of decades past. How Palomino, flor and 15% alcohol make the most refreshing sherry there is.

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