Raymond Blake

wine writer

Raymond Blake

wine writer

Raymond Blake

wine writer

Raymond Blake

wine writer

Herreth???

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“Herreth?” is the usual response when you mention to people in this part of the world that you are going to visit Jerez, the capital of sherry country. Sherry. Was there ever a wine more misunderstood and ill-served by its reputation? Read More...
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Forget Sherry!

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Say instead: Fino, manzanilla, amontillado, palo cortado, oloroso… Can any other wine style or region boast such a splendid a quintet of evocative, mellifluous names as this? Roll them on your tongue, savour them, hear how they resonate. To lump them all together under the prosaic term ‘sherry’ seems such a travesty. Read More...
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