The trend for consumers demanding better quality wines is certainly being seen in the Sherry market. Possibly because of this, there has been a big push from the producers in promoting these wonderful wines as perfect `food wines'; of course this `innovation' is nothing new to the Spanish, who have drunk Sherry with food for centuries.

We have even seen the beginnings of varietal labelling, with some producers now stating the grape variety on Sherry bottles. Despite all this marketing activity, the fact remains that this is a wine with an exceptional diversity of style, all having in common the use of fortification at varying stages of the fermentation process and sheer value for money.

Of particular interest are Almacenistas which are individual dry serries produced from small private holdings. Many of these are bottled by Emilio Lustau, and Berrys are fortunate to be able to list some of the very finest examples by producers such as Miguel Fontadez Florido, Pilar Aranda Y Latorre and Manuel Cuevas Jurado.