FERIA EN RAMA 2023

New York City’s largest sherry event - in two parts - November 6th - International Sherry Week 2023

Featuring Special Guests:

césar saldaña -president of the consejo regulador

(and the launch of The Book of Sherry Wines in English)

& asociación territorio albariza

their debut trip the to the USA + Seminar at 3pm

LUSTAU BLIND TASTING CONTEST

-with Lucas Payá and César Saldaña -

-20 seats available RSVP HERE-

EVENT ITINERARY

10:30AM - PRIVATE SEMINAR WITH CéSAR SALDAñA

11am - 3pm - sherry and wine showcase, bard room

1:30PM - LUSTAU BLIND TASTING (LIMITED first come RSvp)

3pm - TERRITORIO ALBARIZA SEMINAR, BARD ROOM

7PM - SHERRY & SONGS concert & pairing

PARTICIPATING WINERIES

BODEGAS TRADICIóN, BODEGAS ALONSO, RAUL MORENO, HOUSE OF LUSTAU, VALDESPINO, JOSé PASTOR SELECTIONS, LA LUZ SELECTIONS, SKURNIK WINES, DE MAISON EAST, Ripe Wines, Polaner, EL MAESTRO SIERRA, MAñUEL DE ARAGóN, CéSAR FLORIDO, Bodegas FORLONG, MERIDIANO PERDIDO, SAN PELAYO IMPORTS, MUCHADA LECLAPART, GONZáLEZ BYASS, WILLIAMS & HUMBERT, BODEGAS BARóN, BUELAN COMPAñíA DE SACAS, LUIS PéREZ, COTA 45, PRIMITIVO COLLANTES, MERIDIANO PERDIDO, De La Riva, La Guita, Vintus, Elevation Wine Partners, Juan Piñero, Rey Fernando de Castilla, La Cigarerra.

INSPIRATION:

Jerez! and …a life-changing event while participating in Copa Jerez alongside Kerin Auth Bembry and chef Flannery Klette-Kolton in 2017, which paired 10 different sherries with 10 different styles of flamenco songs or, as they call them, palos. As a musician and aspiring sherry expert, I saw everything I cared about most in life on stage at at the same time, together, in harmony: sherry and music combining to create what was described as:

“A moment wheRE sheRRY becomes music and music becomes flavor, infusiNG the atmospheRE with

-Pitu Roca

The event was conceived of by Josep Roca and Diego del Morao (part owner and sommelier of El Cellar de Can Roca & flamenco guitarist extraordinaire, respectively), set in the Cloister of Santo Domingo (built in 1436) in Jerez de La Frontera.

The evening was designed to pay homage to the guitarist Paco de Lucía and his actual

guitar. They called the event “De tal palo, tal Jerez.” A phrase referencing “like father, like son” as if to say the two things, sherry and flamenco, are cut from the same cultural cloth, are meant to be paired together.

VENUE 2023- Hotel Chelsea

The Chelsea Hotel was established between 1883 - 1885. It is one of the most famous hotels in NYC. There is a rich, artistic history to this venue, having hosted such figures as Patti Smith, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Andy Warhol, Dylan Thomas, Jack Kerouac, and many more. We are tethering the ethos of the Chelsea Hotel to the category of sherry wines. Sherry for the people.