Jim loves dry Spanish sherry. I think it tastes like vile medicine, but I don’t mind the sweet after dinner variety. While in Spain we went to the home of sherry – Jerez. The name sherry comes from the English mispronunciaton of Jerez.
Jim's sherry
We went to Jerez with idea of going to one of the sherry Bodegas to taste different varieties. 2 that were supposed to be open were not, and the other one was only offering tasting if you went on their tour of fake vineyards – no thanks.
Jerez is also famous for the Royal Andalusian School of Equestrian Art. We didn’t have time to do that, so we just wandered around the town.
Jerez has a fine looking church
and interesting roof line
very interesting
We would have gone in, but it wasn’t open. There is an alcazar, which the guide book says isn’t much good, so we didn’t go there either.
the alcazar
There is a monument near the church dedicated to Manuel Maria Gonzales Angel. He settled in Jerez in 1935 at the age of 23. He founded the Gonzalez Byass company, producing sherry and brandy including the famous fino sherry, Tio Pepe. He became the first exporter of sherry and greatly enhanced the industry.
monument to Manuel Maria Gonzales
Apart from adding to Jim’s sherry collection our trip to Jerez could not really be described as successful. Not to worry, from there we went on to Cadiz, which we loved. Click here for lovely Cadiz and here for a look at Gibraltar ( the monkeys are cute).