Acknowledgements
Preface
1. The Sherry Country
2. Origins
3. Sherry Sack
4. The Eighteenth Century
5. The Growth of Trade
6. The Sherry Boom
7. The Twentieth Century and Forwards
8. Vines and Vineyards
9. From Grape to Juice
10. From Juice to Wine
11. The Young Wine
12. The Wine Matures
13. Manzanilla
14. The Final Blend
15. Into the Glass
16. The Shippers Today
Appendices
I. Spanish Names
II. The Chemical Effects of Plastering
III. Measures of Strength: Baumé, abv, Gay-Lussac and Sikes
IV. Selected Historical Export Statistics
V. Marking Casks in the Bodega
VI. Climatic Statistics
VII. The Regulations
VIII. Sherry Vinegar
IX. Tourism
Glossary
Sources and Bibliography
Index
Julian Jeffs is one of the world’s leading authorities on sherry and has written several books on Spanish wine. After leaving Cambridge, Jeffs got a job in the sherry trade in Jerez, working in a bodega and seeing every stage in the production of wine. Called to the Bar in 1958, he took two years off to write the first edition of Sherry. He also wrote two more books on wine and others on law. A past President of the Circle of Wine Writers, he was out-of-house series editor of Faber Wine Books.
"His intimate knowledge of this most versatile of fortified wines shines through every page." - Gavin D. Smith, Times Literary Supplement Review "Very few books on Sherry in English compare to this work." - Jerez-Xeres-Sherry "Exceptional [...] This is an obligatory purchase for any wine library." - Wayward Tendrils Quarterly "A worthy update" - Decanter Magazine "This book about Sherry is a classic [...] No stones are left unturned, all aspects are covered: history, terroir, the land, production, the trade and the shippers and the different styles of sherry of course." - BKWine Magazine "Written in such an attractive manner that is a joy to read." - Wine-Searcher.com "The definitive work about this luscious wine." - The Foody Traveller "Start here for your own personal journey into this unique wine." - Wine Wisdom "The classic book ... Since 1961 when it first came out this has been rightly regarded as the standard work." - The Times "As a combination of history, description and appreciation it is difficult to believe that it will be supplanted." - Financial Times
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