Gonzalez Byass Tio Pepe > Reviews

Advantages: It's divine
Disadvantages: It's not available at enough pubs!

If you're reading this thinking 'eeuwwghh - sherry', odds are you haven't tried Tio Pepe. Unfortunately sherry has a horrible reputation as a drink for funerals and visits to elderly relatives. If your view of sherry is sweet brown cough mixture served in comedy schooners then you've probably been drinking 'British fortified wine', a product made from grape concentrate and only barely fit for human consumption (a bar owner I used to work with ... Read review

Advantages: Taste; quality is consistent and reliable
Disadvantages: Ideally served chilled

The word “sherry” is actually an English corruption of “Jerez”, the region in Spain where all Sherries come from. Originally all wines from Jerez were called Sherry, now Sherries refer to fortified wines from the Jerez region. Tio Pepe is a range of Sherries by Gonzales Byass – the largest producer of sherry in the world and still family owned: http://www.gonzalezbyass.es/ If you think you don’t like sherry, try a small glass of Tio Pepe ... Read review