Sherry

[Rhyd6]

Long shot but my favourite sherry is a very dry "La Ina" which seems to have disappeared from UK supermarkets and other nearby outlets. I can buy it from some London based suppliers but the shipping costs etc. are high. Can anyone recommend a similar sherry which is available in supermarkets, Majestic etc. please. I know I could start to work my way through the various offerings but I do have some respect for my liver

R6

[Sobraon]

Sorry can't help - but it sounds good! If you do find a supermarket/national merchant that sells it then please post as it looks like a label I would love to try.

[simoan]

Long shot but my favourite sherry is a very dry "La Ina" which seems to have disappeared from UK supermarkets and other nearby outlets. I can buy it from some London based suppliers but the shipping costs etc. are high. Can anyone recommend a similar sherry which is available in supermarkets, Majestic etc. please. I know I could start to work my way through the various offerings but I do have some respect for my liver

R6

The "big" Fino sherry, is of course, Tio Pepe by Gonzalez Byass which should be available from UK supermarkets. If it's a bit too mainstream for your tastes, then the "En Rama" releases are meant to be very good: https://www.majestic.co.uk/wines/tio-pe ... rama-24206

I don't "do" Fino so can't give any personal recommendations.

All the best, Si

[bungeejumper]

It used to be by Domecq, but I think they went bust or something? (They certainly sold off all the sherry brands in a big hurry, anyway.) Now owned by Lustau, and very well recommended. As you've probably figured, Vinissima will sell it to you for just £5.88 a bottle, but a fairly fixed UK delivery charge of £16 to £20 (for any number) means that you'd need to be ordering half a dozen bottles to really make it worth the candle. Right now, I'd probably be tempted. I mean, just think how much more it'll cost after 31st October.

The Whisky Exchange also has La Ina for a much more expensive £14.25 (https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/120 ... ino-sherry), but at £4.95 for delivery (any number of bottles). You do the maths. My head hurts. Sherry always does that to me.

BJ

[tjh290633]

It used to be by Domecq, but I think they went bust or something? (They certainly sold off all the sherry brands in a big hurry, anyway.)

ALLD was one of the first buys in my ISA in July 1999, but a few weeks later, in September, they disposed of their pubs to Punch Newco and I got some money back. Out of Punch Newco came a few shares in Bass in October. There was a special dividend after the disposal of the pubs, and then they stopped paying them. I got out in July 2000. Then in 2005 they were taken over by Pernod Ricard. Bass demerged in 2003 into Intercontinental Hotels (IHG) and Mitchells & Butlers (MAB). Apart from IHG, not a lot of return from all that.

Those finos and manzanillas used to be great drinks. There used to be a bar in Cambridge, opposite Trinity, which had a great line in sherries.

TJH

[scrumpyjack]

The Wine Society's Fino is very good and it has other excellent sherries

https://www.thewinesociety.com/searchPr ... x=products

I see they do stock La Ina

[DiamondEcho]

I's suggest going down to Gordom's Wine Bar, Villiers street off Strand in London.
https://gordonswinebar.com/
... and checking out their wine-list of fortified wines. Only place I've been where they 'pull' beakers of sherry/madeira from the barrel.
I learned a lot about sherry in that place, plus, that on balance I then 30 years ago and now tend to prefer madeira wine

[Rhyd6]

Scrumpyjack, may Baccus smile down upon you. I didn't even think about the Wine Soc. and OH is a member I've ordered a case so soon shall be a very happy bunny.
Sobraon, if you like very dry sherry then this is definitely the one for you.
The only pub/restaurant I've come across it was in The Dun Cow, Salthouse, Norfolk. We had several meals there and to find La Ina was a bonus.
Around this area the only time you'll find sherry in a pub is at Christmas/New Year and then it'll be Bristol Cream Sherry or horror of horrors British sherry!!!

R6

[Rhyd6]

One bottle down, five to go ....... hic.

R6

[Eboli]

The best sherry for the price available at the moment, IMHO, is Wm Morrisioons Oloroso in 37.5 cl bottles. Absolutely bone dry and completely rich, nutty and complex. A steal at £6.25 for a 37.5cl. The Palo Cortado is worth tasting too.

Eb.