🍷 Today, Sunday 8 November, Sherry Week 2026 comes to a close, and it does so with a record: more than 3,625 activities registered in 22 countries, according to the Sherry and Manzanilla Regulatory Council. For seven days, fino, manzanilla, amontillado and oloroso have left the bodegas to fill glasses in restaurants, bars and wine shops across half the world.
In Andalusia, the week has had three settings, each with its own accent: Seville, with its signature pairings; Sanlúcar de Barrameda, the birthplace of manzanilla; and the province of Cádiz, with Jerez at the heart of the Sherry Triangle. We look back at what this 13th edition has offered and, above all, how to keep enjoying these wines now that the festivities are over, because the bodegas stay open all year round.
📅 How Sherry Week 2026 went
The event took place from 2 to 8 November, promoted by the Regulatory Council of the Jerez-Xérès-Sherry and Manzanilla-Sanlúcar de Barrameda Designations of Origin. With this thirteenth edition, the initiative has now generated more than 30,000 events since it began in 2014 and has introduced these wines to close to a million people.
The formula remains simple and effective: bodegas, chefs, sommeliers and restaurateurs put on tastings, paired menus and activities open to the public, and each city interprets it in its own way.
📍 Seville, Sanlúcar and Cádiz: three ways to experience Sherry
Seville: The city launched its own Sherry Ruta, bringing together Andalusian cuisine and cocktails. One of the most talked-about offerings was at La Maestría, the restaurant at Hotel Querencia, with a seven-pairing menu that took in every style of the Sherry Triangle: from the freshness of manzanilla and fino to the complexity of amontillado, palo cortado and oloroso, finishing with Pedro Ximénez.
Sanlúcar de Barrameda: Here, manzanilla is on home ground. Bodegas such as La Cigarrera opened their doors for guided tours and pairings centred on this salty, Atlantic wine, which can only be aged near the mouth of the Guadalquivir. If you would like to explore its bodegas at a leisurely pace, we tell you how in our Manzanilla Route.
Cádiz and Jerez: The silhouette of the Sherry Girl, installed on Calle Larga in Jerez, marked the start of a programme of masterclass tastings, technical visits and vineyard walks. Highlights among the Regulatory Council's activities included a cookery workshop with chef Javier Muñoz of La Carboná, the tasting 'Las islas de la personalidad de los Vinos de Jerez' and the 'Sherry & Burgers' masterclass with Juan Ruiz Henestrosa.
🍷 The six styles of Sherry: from fino to Pedro Ximénez
If every edition makes one thing clear, it is that Sherry is not a single wine but a very diverse family. These are the styles worth knowing:
- Fino: dry, fresh and delicate. Ideal as an aperitif, with seafood, olives or Iberian ham.
- Amontillado: complex and elegant, with nutty notes and enormous versatility at the table.
- Palo Cortado: the most elusive of all; it combines the aromatic finesse of amontillado with the structure of oloroso.
- Oloroso: intense and enveloping, with aromas of walnut, spice and wood. A great match for meat and mature cheeses.
- Pedro Ximénez: sweet, dense and full of nuance, for desserts, ice cream or chocolate.
La Maestría's menu was a fine example of this versatility: Santoña anchovies with manzanilla, 'verduras desterradas' with fino en rama, artichoke carpaccio with amontillado, roast beef with palo cortado, meagre with manzanilla pasada, Iberian presa with oloroso and a rum baba with Pedro Ximénez.
🗣️ A word from our CEO
I always say that to understand Andalusia you have to sit down at a table with a glass of fino or manzanilla in front of you. Many of our guests arrive thinking Sherry is something their grandparents drank and leave asking for a bottle to take home. What I love most about Sherry Week is exactly that: it breaks down prejudices and brings people closer to wines that have been aged for centuries just a few kilometres from our apartments. My advice is simple: don't wait until November. Go to Sanlúcar on any day of the year, order a manzanilla at Bajo de Guía at sunset and let the wine tell you the rest.
🎭 How to keep enjoying Sherry after Sherry Week
The week is over, but the wines remain. Here is a route to discover them in their three home territories at any time of year:
Seville: tapas, fine dining and Sherry
Sanlúcar de Barrameda: manzanilla at its source
- Morning: visit a bodega and stroll through the Barrio Alto.
Cádiz and Jerez: historic bodegas and seafood
- Visit a historic bodega in Jerez de la Frontera, half an hour away by car.
- Evening: fish and seafood dinner in Cádiz's old town, with a glass of fino or manzanilla.
📆 When is the next Sherry Week?
Sherry Week takes place every year in November. The dates for the 2027 edition have not yet been announced; you can check them on the Regulatory Council's official website. In the meantime, any time is a good time to visit the bodegas of the Sherry Triangle.
🥂 Tailor-made experiences in the Sherry Triangle
At The Sun Places we create stays designed for wine lovers: private bodega visits, guided tastings and reservations at the best restaurants in Seville, Sanlúcar and Cádiz, so you don't have to wait for another edition after Sherry Week 2026.
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