SHERRY & SONGS - PAIRING CONCERT

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A night of sherry and songs. En Rama Sherry Co. will pair 5 wines with 5 musical performances ranging from folk to soul to jazz to flamenco. Small bites made by El Quijote and welcome cocktail + pintxo compliments of Ernesto’s, PM Spirits, and Williams & Humbert.

INSPIRATION:

I Attended a life-changing event while participating in Copa Jerez alongside Kerin Auth Bembry and chef Flannery Klette-Kolton in 2017, which paired 10 different sherries with 10 different styles of flamenco songs or, as they call them, palos. As a musician and aspiring sherry expert, I saw everything I cared about most in life on stage at at the same time, together, in harmony: sherry and music combining to create what was described as

“A moment wheRE sheRRY becomes music and music becomes flavor, infusiNG the atmospheRE with

-Pitu Roca

The event was conceived of by Josep Roca and Diego del Morao (part owner and sommelier of El Cellar de Can Roca & flamenco guitarist extraordinaire, respectively), set in the Cloister of Santo Domingo (built in 1436) in Jerez de La Frontera.

The evening was designed to pay homage to the guitarist Paco de Lucía and his actual

guitar. They called the event “De tal palo, tal Jerez.” A phrase referencing “like father, like son” as if to say the two things, sherry and flamenco, are cut from the same cultural cloth, are meant to be paired together.

(ticket includes cocktail, small bites, wines, music, tax and tip)