bodegas

Almacenista comes from the Spanish word Almacén which means ‘store’. Almacenista is the term for a Jerez (also called Sherry in English or Xeres in French) stockkeeper who sells wine to shippers. In fact, it is a contraction of the legal term ‘Bodega de Crianza y Almacenado’ that designates the companies dedicated to aging wines in the Marco de Jerez (the triangle of Jerez wine production)…