As the summer draws to an end, a series of important Chinese holidays and celebrations are arriving along with all the great traditional foods and snacks. I suggest to our readers to try some of the beautiful Sherries introduced in this newsletter with your holiday treats. From Fino to Amontillado to Moscatel and Pedro Ximenez, there's a perfect Sherry partner to enhance your celebrations. If you need some suggestions on Sherry and popular Chinese dish pairings just checkout of new Sherry Primer booklet. Finally, we will soon arrange a series of Sherry tastings and seminars given by Jorge Angell, Director of Sherry wines Promotion, in Shanghai, Taipei and Hong Kong. Space will be limited so please contact our office early if you are interested in attending. Happy Sherry tastings!

Tasting Sherry is a magical sensation. When you choose the wrong style of Sherry, you will never want to have it again and if you choose a right one, you never forget the taste. The bestselling novelist Wuyue once wrote in her book that some women found Sherry in a wine shop by accident after heart-breaking relationships. They took it home and found it comforting. By choosing a sweet Sherry they helped sooth their sadness. Sherry looks gentle but has strength and character. Sweet Sherries matches well with desserts as the strong fragrance of wines beautifully complementing the sweet treats.

The world of Sherry will be the main theme of the forthcoming Grape Harvest Festival which is to be held in Jerez between the 5th and 20th of September. During the event, the entire city is filled with festive activities which celebrate the arrival of the new mosto and give locals the opportunity to renew their special bond with the wines produced in their region. For the thousands of visitors who are expected to come to the area at the time, the festival offers the perfect opportunity for furthering their knowledge about the region and its winemaking tradition.

For Jerez the annual celebration of the harvest and the production of the first mostos represent a renovation of the economic, social, and cultural life of a city in which the vineyards and bodegas have been the main source of livelihood for a large part of the population for numerous generations.

Jerez City Council organises this festival in collaboration with the Consejo Regulador and the local bodegas with the aim of highlighting the presence of wine and its culture in all the activities and celebrations.

Wine will therefore be the main theme of a comprehensive programme of activities including "De copa en copa", the second edition of a fair held in the heart of the city which offers visitors the opportunity to taste the wines produced by a representative group of local bodegas over a whole week. The fair takes place from the 7th to the 13th of September.

During the event, numerous local bodegas hold open days and there will be a wide range of activities including special tasting sessions featuring our best wines in the unique setting of the Alcazar, exhibitions by venenciadores, a crafts market with harvest-related products, the opportunity to watch the sunset from a vineyard, a street exhibition featuring traditional bodega work, etc.

The writer from Jerez José Manuel Caballero Bonald will be in charge of delivering the opening speech of the festival, an event which highlights the long standing winemaking tradition of the Jerez region whilst contributing to further promote wine tourism in the area. The inaugural speech marks the beginning of the festival which starts on the 6th of September with the traditional treading of the grapes and the offering of the first mosto to Saint Gines de la Jara.

Sherry represents the best of traditional Spanish wines, produced from Jerez region of Andalusia in south Spain. In winemaking processes, distillated grape wine is added after the fermentation to create a fortified wine with higher alcohol content in than in normal wines, usually between 15%-21% vol. "Tien Hsiang Lo" in the Landis Hotel Taipei is renowned for its Hangchow cuisine, which is one of the most distinguished styles of Chinese cooking. The head chef Yang Guang Zon and his F&B team prepared the featured dishes of the restaurant with Sherries, creating an exquisite menu to showcase the fusion of Chinese and Western culture in "Hangchow Cuisine & Spanish Sherry Wine". Besides using Sherries as an ingredient in the dishes, the restaurant picked out three special wines from Bodegas Emilio Lustau (founded in 1896, one of the best Sherry houses in Andalusia) to match with the tasteful cuisine. These included Jerez Manzanilla Sherry "Papirusa", Palo Cortado de Jerez and East India Solera Sherry. While savoring the delightful Hangchow cuisine, lucky diners also indulged in the excellent taste of Sherry.

• Region: Manzanilla DO, Spain
• Variety: 100% Palomino
• Alcohol: 15%
• Comment: Pale golden color wine with a sharp, delicate bouquet; the wine has nose of almonds and fruits, fresh and dry taste, nutty flavors with a tang saltiness, and lasting finish.
• Serving & Food Pairing: Serve at 10-12˚C; perfect to match with all kinds of seafood, sashimi and smoked salmon, as well as salty foods, like Iberian hams.
• Aging Method: Criaderas y Solera System

• Region: Jerez-Xérès-Sherry DO, Spain
• Variety: 100% Moscatel
• Alcohol: 17.5%
• Comment: Sweet, dark mahogany-colored wine. It has a velvety palate and an intense aroma characteristic of Moscatel grapes while the clean finish heightens the whole taste experience.
• Serving & Food Pairing: Serve about 8 ˚C; match with all types of desserts, including cakes, cookies and fruits, or with blue cheeses.
• Aging Method: Criaderas y Solera System

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