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En Rama:
definition: (adj) - unfiltered; literally -“from the branch”; pure.
about:
En Rama Sherry Co. is not a restaurant, a wine club, or a festival. It is all three, plus a private label, an education program, and — soon — a harvest pilgrimage to Spain. Most American sherry enthusiasm lives in a wine list or a single bar program. En Rama is the only American sherry project that spans the entire arc of the category: education, community, importing, bottling, festival programming, and now hospitality, all developed sequentially over a decade by the same founder.
“Most places pour sherry. We built the infrastructure for an American sherry culture — the club, the fair, the label, the harvest, and finally, the room to put it all in.”
The story is not about a trend a restaurant happened to catch early. It is about someone who began building toward this moment a decade before the moment arrived — and who now has the Consejo Regulador, the official governing body of the Jerez-Xérès-Sherry and Manzanilla-Sanlúcar de Barrameda Denominations of Origin, as a direct institutional partner.
Timeline: A Decade of En Rama
2016
En Rama begins as a pop-up inside Tertulia, Manhattan
A monthly sherry pop-up: sherry by the glass, rotating guest chefs, and sherry-driven cocktails. The first iteration of what would become a multi-part American sherry institution — born not as a restaurant concept, but as a recurring gathering.
2017
Copa Jerez USA, Champion
En Rama wins the United States national final of Copa Jerez, the international sherry and food pairing competition organized under the Consejo Regulador — the first signal that this was a serious, technically rigorous sherry program, not a novelty.
2020
Buelan Compañía de Sacas founded
A private sherry bottling label, imported through José Pastor Selections — one of the most respected importers of Spanish wine in the United States. This marks En Rama's shift from programming sherry to producing it: a direct relationship with the Marco de Jerez, not just a curated list.
2020
Enramistas sherry club launches
A subscription sherry club shipping six bottles, three times a year, to members across the country — building a standing community of sherry drinkers outside the four walls of any single restaurant, long before 'membership' was a hospitality buzzword.
2021
Harvest with Ramiro Ibáñez
Hands-on harvest work in Jerez alongside Ramiro Ibáñez, one of the most influential and historically minded producers in the region. This is the credential that separates En Rama from sherry enthusiasm: direct, sleeves-rolled-up participation in the vineyard and bodega.
2023
Feria En Rama launches — the largest sherry event in the United States
A public festival dedicated entirely to sherry: producers, importers, educators, and drinkers in one room. Within its first editions, the fair hosts César Saldaña of the Consejo Regulador — the governing body of the Jerez-Xérès-Sherry, and the esteemed group of winemakers, Territorio Albariza/. Attended by Alice Feiring, Erid Asimov, Jason Wilson, and more. Over 300 attendees, sold out.
2024
Mirador opens
A restaurant home for the umbrella: Spanish tapas, dinner service, and the sherry bar where the public-facing version of En Rama's program lives day to day — pantry, classes, and the bottled label all in one room.
2024
Second Edition of Feria En Rama, official Consejo Regulador
The fair returns for its second year, growing beyond its debut and reinforcing its position as the leading sherry-dedicated event in the country — the edition that set the stage for the Consejo Regulador's deepening involvement as official sponsors of the event. Over 500 attendees
2026
Feria En Rama returns, under official Consejo Regulador sponsorship
The fair's latest edition marks its full institutional arrival: produced with the direct backing of the Consejo Regulador, drawing producers, importers, educators, and drinkers from across the country to what is now established as the largest sherry-dedicated event in the United States. Now two days, October 4th and 5th.
2027 (planned)
Vindimia En Rama — a harvest trip to Jerez
A guided trip for En Rama's community to experience harvest in the Marco de Jerez firsthand — closing the loop between the American sherry drinker and the place the wine comes from.
Mission Statement:
Sherry is one of the world’s best beverages. Its value is incomparable, its complexity and range of styles unrivaled. Its spectrum of profiles offers something for everyone, yet its reputation and merit outside of the wine/restaurant industry is misconceived, at best, and mostly unknown. It is our dream to serve sherry exclusively in an inclusive environment. To help grow sherry awareness in New York City and beyond in a friendly, non-dogmatic, non-didactic environment by offering all of its styles at affordable prices served by a knowledgeable staff.
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