What is a Bodega de Crianza y Expedicion?

The Bodegas de Crianza y Expedicion are Jerez wine companies in charge of ageing and shipping wines. These bodegas are usually called ‘Shippers’. The ‘Bodegas de Crianza y Expedicion’ is the only of the 3 Jerez registers (the other two being Bodega de la Zona de Produccion and Bodega de Crianza y Almacenado’) in charge of exporting wines from D.O. Jerez-Xeres-Sherry or D.O. Manzanilla…

What is an Almacenista?

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)…

What is Albariza?

Albariza is an Andalusian name designating the white, porous, chalky-looking soil that characterizes the Jerez wine region located in southern spain (not far from the city of Cadiz). Grapes grown on that soil type produce some of the best ‘Jerez Fino’ and Manzanilla…

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