A Mannish Spanish Sherry

Have you been missing out on the Sherry boat? Do you know what a sherry is? Not that drunk girl in the bar you met last night, nor the cheap alcohol you can buy for $2 a bottle at any store. Real Sherry is a special treat indeed. It can accompany any meal and any type of food, for the flavors are just as expansive as that of the wine world. For this is a type of wine. A very strong and potently flavored one. 

You can start off with a bone dry and lightly nutty sherry with a light antipasti or seafood. From there you can move to a more flavorful Amantillado or Oloroso. Now you can complete the spectrum and enter the digestif zone. These are sweet, syrupy and incredibly good. You can easily drink a hole bottle in sitting. These are the Deluxe Creams, Rare Creams, and the infamous Pedro Ximenez type sherry. 

All in all, it's a great find. 

Out of all of them, there is one that works with most food exceptionally well. This special sherry is a mix of the flavors and bouquet of  an Oloroso and an Amatillado. What a discovery. This is fantastic. 

So go get yourself a bottle of Lustau Solera Reserva Palo Cortado Sherry "Peninsula.

It is not too dry, not too fruity, not too nutty, but a perfect combination of all the best attributes of a great sherry. I can't recommend this one enough.

Just remember, these are strong drinks meant to be savored and sipped. Buy one, open it, and share with you loved friends and family (especially if you can get them to make paella to go with it).