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1 SHERRY
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1.1 History
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When was the first Spanish wine-related regulatory council formed, why and what is the name
- In 1933
- the Consejo Regulador
- to protect the quality of the original Spanish sherry: other countries begun to produce poor-quality 'sherries'
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When was sherry boomingIn the 1970's, with a peak in 1979: 1.5 million hl
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What was the reason of the decrease in sherry sales (starting in the
1980s0 ?Younger generations sought out different styles ofwines -
What was the consequence of the decrease in demand for sherry starting in the 1980s?A surplus of sherry, largely formed of cheap and low quality wines.
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What do you know about Ruiz Mateos S.A
- a business also known as Rumasa
- started as almacenista
- started shipping his own wine in 1950
- supplied big brands like Harveys of Bristol > Bristol Cream
- > considerably wealth
- > begun to build his imperium
- sherry - banks - hotels
- 1970s dominated the sherry business
- consolidation of production facilities
- > drove down prices
- > negative influence on sherry industry in following decades
- 1983: government nationalised Rumaso, claiming unpaid taxes
- > Rumasa's Bodega's closed > unemployment and social unrest
- Lots of other bodegas closed or merged because could not survive in this period with surpluses of mainly bad quality sherries
- a business also known as Rumasa
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1.2.1 Location and Climate
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Where is the
Sherry area located- in Andalusia in southern Spain
- low
lattitude (36gr ) - low altitude (0-90 m above sea level)
- with the Atlantic Ocean at its south
- in Andalusia in southern Spain
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What is the climate in the Sherry area
- Hot
Mediterranean - with hot, dry summers and mild,
relatively rainy winters - high number of cloud-free days
- > high sunlight hours during growing season
- > helping giving fully ripe grapes
- but: grapes can get sunburn
- Hot
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What influences the climate in the Sherry areaThe
Atlantic Ocean bringing two winds:- the Poniente
- cool damp wind bringing a cooling, humid influence in the summer
- the Levante
- hot, drying wind from north Africa making the climate more arid
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What could be a negative influence of the hot wind Levante for sherry production
- the wind makes the climate more arid
- grapes transpire more quickly > concentrating sugars
- too much sugar makes it difficult the wine to ferment to dryness
- which is particularly difficult for the development of flor
- the wind makes the climate more arid
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Where must the grapes for DO Jerez-Xeres-Sherry or DO Manzanilla-Sanlúcar de Barrameda be grown
- A delimited area of around 7.000 ha around the city of Jerez de la Frontera
- = Zona de Producción = Marco de Jerez
- Exception: Pedro Ximénez can come from Montilla Morilles
- A delimited area of around 7.000 ha around the city of Jerez de la Frontera
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The following topics are covered in this summary
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moscatel, ximénez, chipiona
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jerez, acidity, trellising
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humidity, oak, bodegas
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solera, criadera, 1st
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flor, solera, cerevisae
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amontillado, cortado, oxidative
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moscatel, abv, jerez
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sweetening, sherries, solera
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signatum, vors, sherries
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crianza, almacenistas, shippers
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douro, corgo, cima
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douro, bedrock, schist
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douro, erosion, baixo
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fermentation, stainless-steel, co2
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abv, wines, fermentation
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flavours, tawny, oxidation
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oxidized, unoxidized, malvasia
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beneficio, produced, growers
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madeira, declined, 17th
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madeira, rainclouds, 3.000
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phylloxera, madeira, varieties
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madeira, humid, abv
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ivbam, madeira, subsidy
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medium, madeira, madeiras
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madeira, henriques, negra
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inexpensive, 2019, frasqueira
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vdn, 14, 8, abv
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vdn, primary, inert
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rasteau, beaumes-de, mistral
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roussillon, banyuls, vdns
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rutherglen, ha, north-east
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rutherglen, oxidative, fuller-bodied
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rutherglen, richness
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rutherglen, litres, estate-grown
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maturation, fortified, ivbam