Jerez Sherry Tours & Bodega Tastings
Jerez is the capital of sherry, and a bodega tour walks you through the cathedral-like cellars where fino, amontillado and oloroso age under a veil of flor in the solera system, an hour from Seville by train. Compare the top-rated tours below, then read our notes on the wine and the town.
Sherry bodega tours and tastings in Jerez
Formats: guided bodega tours with tastings in Jerez; day trips from Seville; tabanco flamenco-and-sherry evenings; visits to the great houses and the small family bodegas.
What you taste: fino and manzanilla, amontillado, oloroso, palo cortado and sweet Pedro Ximénez, drawn from the barrel with a venencia, with jamón and cheese.
Price and time: 20 to 30 dollars for a bodega tour and tasting; more for a day trip from Seville with transport.
How sherry works
Sherry is a fortified wine from the chalk-soil triangle of Jerez de la Frontera, El Puerto de Santa María and Sanlúcar de Barrameda. It is aged in a solera, a stack of barrels never fully emptied, so young wine is blended into old across years. The dry styles run from fino and manzanilla, aged under a film of yeast called flor, through amontillado and oloroso to the rare palo cortado; Pedro Ximénez is the dark, sweet one. In the cellar the tasting is drawn from the barrel with a venencia, a long-handled cup, and poured from a height.
The bodegas
The great houses, González Byass with its Tío Pepe, Lustau, Álvaro Domecq, run guided tours through the vast cellars with a tasting, cheap and excellent value. The small family bodegas are more intimate. In town, the tabancos are old sherry taverns that now host flamenco with a copa, the best evening in Jerez.
From Seville
Jerez is about an hour from Seville by train, which makes a bodega visit an easy day trip; day tours with transport run from the city. See our Seville hub.
Frequently asked questions
Is sherry just a sweet wine?
No; most sherry is bone dry. Fino and manzanilla are crisp and saline, perfect with jamón and fried fish; only Pedro Ximénez and cream sherries are sweet.
Can I visit Jerez from Seville in a day?
Easily; the train is about an hour and the bodegas are walkable from the station.
What is a tabanco?
An old Jerez tavern that sells sherry from the barrel, several now with live flamenco. The most authentic way to drink it.
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