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“Wine improves with age” – myth or reality?

Let’s talk about wine aging and how it relates to wine quality. Should we pay attention to the vintage year on the label? When is a wine worth storing, and when is it better to drink it as soon as practical? Here, we’re talking specifically about the aging of bottled wine, which is no longer undergoing any winemaking intervention.

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Jerez/Xerez/Sherry

The best accompaniment for this article is a glass of good sherry. So, pour yourself some Amontillado or well-aged Oloroso before reading on. Jerez, also known as Sherry, a name that is more popular in the English-speaking world, is a wine that’s remarkable in many ways. Particularly, Jerez is a wine that connects you to history—you could share your glass of Jerez with an Englishman who lived a hundred years ago, quite literally, without it costing you all the world money. Of course, not every drop in your glass would have mingled with drops from that gentleman’s glass, but some of them truly have. Part of the special charm of Jerez lies in this living connection to the past, beyond its inherent taste qualities.

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