The online sherry shop of Explore la Tierra and Merchandising direct from Cadiz!

In this online sherry shop I will give the oppotunity of buying the sherries that we taste in my premium tours. Many people have told me that after the tour they would love to have the possibility of buying them at home. I have talked to the bodegas that we usually visit and got a box of 6 bottles from each bodega. All directly from the barrel “en rama”, you know what this means, the best of the best!

As well as the sherries, recently a wonderful group from Australia was talking about how bad we are at marketing in Spain, because we have such wonderful high-quality products that aren’t known outside of Spain. If you have been in my tours you’ve tried them, from olive oil, bluefin tuna, Iberian ham, to Sherry…and more. Therefore, I have decided to create a t-shirt and a jumper (sweater) designed by a local artist specifically from each tour. If you have any other ideas of merchandising, or foods that you miss from my tours please let me know.

This is my idea to get all the new sherry lovers, and Cadiz lovers, that have come with me to share their love at their own homes with pride! I hope it works, and slowly the sherry prejudice will disappear.

Also if you haven’t done a sherry tour with me but you are interested in learning online and get one of these sherry packages, click here. I can do an online sherry tour to you and your family and friends to understand sherry and learn about the magic of sherry!

Online Sherry shop direct from Cadiz to your home

Below you will find the packages that each bodega can put together to send you from my online sherry shop in Cadiz to your home. Since each bodega has their own shipping costs and not all bodegas work in the same countries I have put a questionnaire at the bottom that you need to fill in. With your data and knowing which package you would like from the ones below I will respond with a cost. Please take into account that it can take a bit longer to get the price from the bodega or the t-shirt printer designer.

The challenge with my online sherry shop in Cadiz is that it is alcohol so there is a lot of red tape to send, so it has to be done through the bodegas or collaborating with their importers. Bluefin tuna and Iberian ham are even more challenging so I have not yet attempted sending these products.

If you need a refreshment on sherry production and types of sherries when I talk about the sherries below please click here. These are the packages of the sherries that we tasted during our sherry tours, however, if we tasted a different sherry and you are interested, please let me know and I will ask the bodega if it can be delivered to you. At the bottom in the questionnaire, there is a section where you can write if you want to switch a bottle or any other comment you have.

If you are interested in sweet sherries, I am sure that you remember after coming to my tours that sweet sherries are English and French creations. However, If you want you can make yourselves a cream or medium sherry by blending oloroso with PX sherries. 70% oloroso with 30% PX for a cream Sherry and 80%/20% or less PX to make Medium sherry.

The packages below are just an idea, if you want to change the bottles and create a custom package for your tastes please let me know.

1) Sherry package from Manuel Aragon sherry shop from Chiclana de la Frontera

If you have come with me to a sherry bodega it is likely you have done their premium tour. It is one of my favourites and one of the most undervalued. However the wines from this package are incredible with all over or around 95 points Peñin and/or Parker. Parker wine score is an international wine guide and Peñin is a Spanish wine guide. Even though they couldn’t call it sherry until 2022 when the sherry triangle changed, their bodega is from 1815 with the 7th generation active now. If you are interesting in understanding the recent history and why the sherry triangle does not exist anymore click here.

Chano who you might have met if you have done a visit from early 2026 or before, has retired, and the 7th generation is now active. This bodega started in 1815 in the heart of Chiclana with many “botas” casks of Palo cortado and oloroso made with Chestnut wood which you can still see and taste today.

There are now 3 women managing the bodega including Encarni who is the one you see most often here now. Javier is the wine maker who selects the “botas”, the sherry casks, within the solera to bottle the wine.

The Premium sherry wines package of Manuel Aragon  includes 6 bottles with 50cl:

• Fino en rama, 50cl, 7 years old average: This fino would have been extracted from the favourite 2 barrels from the solera system by Javier, Maria Luisa and Encarni. It is an interesting rounded fino with a more citrus aroma than other sherries due to a mite that grows in some casks in the solera. When rubbed it releases a citrus aroma, you may have smelled it if you did the tour with me. The nose is very expressive, sharp and delicate aromas, with slight almond hints and notes of fresh bread dough. It’s a fresh and salty wine to the point that we can call it a Sea Fino, with an average age in solera of 7 years and rated 95 points by the prestigious Peñín wine guide.
• Amontillado viejo 50cl, 30 year old average: From an elegant topaz to amber color. Its aroma is subtle and delicate, with an ethereal base softened by notes of dried fruits. On the palate, it is powerful, broad, and with a long finish. With an average age in the solera of over 30 years and rated 96 points by the prestigious Peñín Spanish wine Guide.
• Palo cortado Viejo, over 50 year old average, 50cl: I am lucky enough that when they have an importer or a master of wine I am the one they call to introduce their wines. I had in 2025 a master of wine, Richard Kelley, and when talking to him he said that when the masters of wine were invited by the sherry organisation they were given a tasting of some bodegas. He said that his favourite palo cortado was from here. This palo cortado has 98 points Parker and 97 points Peñín.
• Oloroso viejo, over 50 year old average, 50cl: Of a mahogany color with chestnut tones. This is not the oloroso muy viejo that we taste in the tasting as they only bottle 10 litres a year of the 90 year old. The bottle we put in this pack is the 50 year old. If you are interested in adding the 90 year old oloroso I can talk to the bodega but there is a big jump in the price. The 90 year old oloroso is the one that received 99 points Parker and Peñin. The 50 year old oloroso’s aromas recall the toasting of noble, old woods, leather, and tobacco. In the middle of tasting, we notice its power, a wine with a lot of body and very structured. With an average age of over 50 years and rated 98 points by the prestigious Peñín and Robert Parker Guides, it also won the 2024 Bacchus Gold award given by the Spanish Union of Tasters, after a strict blind tasting.
• Pedro Ximénez (PX) viejo, 50 year old everage, 50cl: This is a beautiful PX that even though it has over 400gr of residual sugar per Litre it is not cloying. It feels very sweet but because of its age and complexity it is a very interesting PX Sherry wine. PX is the opposite as the rest of sherries. With the age the acidity of the sherry increases making it feel less sweet and more rounded. It is rated 94 points by the prestigious Peñín guide. Just like our VERY OLD Oloroso, it also received the Bacchus Gold 2024 award granted by the Spanish Union of Tasters, after a strict blind tasting.

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2) Sherry package from Yuste sherry shop from Sanlucar de Barrameda

All these sherries are some of the oldest sherries you can find in the world. The average of them with the exception of the manzanilla are all over 100 years old. Francisco Yuste used to have beverage businesses but his hobby was always to collect criaderas and soleras. Throughout his life he bought many incredible criaderas and soleras, especially those from Pedro Romero winery. There are two ways to own very old criaderas and soleras, either by heritage or by buying criaderas and soleras from “bodegas” (wine cellars) that have closed and they sell their wines. His son Alberto Yuste is now the person managing all these incredible wines together with Manolo “El Capataz” the winemaker inside the bodega.

 

Alberto and I have created this package together and have studied the way to get these wines to your home. As long as you are in the countries that they work in we will be able to do it!

This sherry package from Yuste sherry shop includes:

• Manzanilla la Kika en rama 75cl, 15% alcohol, 12 years old average: The impossible Manzanilla, at the limit of biological ageing under an eternal veil of flor. Two years of static ageing and 9 criaderas. It represents the essence of the albariza, of the soleras of centenary casks and of the care and attention to detail in a winery in Sanlúcar de Barrameda. The best of Francisco Yuste’s wines in homage to his mother, Doña Caridad Brioso, known in life as Kika. AWARDS: Gold Medal SWA 2017, SWA 2018.Critics’ Choice Trophy SWA 2018, one of the 14 best wines in the world, unique in organic ageing.
• Amontillado Conde De Aldama 50cl, 22% alcohol, over 100 years old average: When this magnificent wine was acquired in 1927 it was already a top quality amontillado and one of the oldest aged wines in the Marco de Jerez, from the pre-phylloxera soleras of Conde De Aldama. Its Manzanilla origin and biological aging and its subsequent oxidative aging for decades, have provided some sharp, iodized, floral and nutty nuances very balanced, which make this venerable a unique jewel of a winery, that only Sanlúcar can offer. AWARDS: Best Amontillado of the World, International Wine Challenge in its only participation. Peñín Guide 97 points.
• Oloroso Conde de Aldama, 50cl, 22% alcohol, over 100 years old average: From the pre-phylloxera soleras of Conde De Aldama, this sherry from the beginning has never had a layer of yeast and only oxidized which gives those notes that seem sweeter than the others and the acetic aromas are more enhanced. This Solera system comes from Puerto de Santa Maria, from a family solera who raised it for generations until Francisco Yuste bought it. There are only 4 “botas” (casks) left.
• Palo Cortado Conde de Aldama, 50cl, 22% alcohol, over 100 years old average: From the pre-phylloxera soleras of Conde De Aldama there are only 8 casks of what we believe may be one of the oldest Palos Cortados in the world. A wine with mystery, from Amontillado soleras but with hints of old oloroso. A jewel among forgotten soleras. AWARDS: 99 points Vinos Gourmets guide, maximum score, one of the best wines of Spain. 97 points Peñín.
• Brandy punto azul prestige Conde de Aldama, 50cl, over 150 year old average, 41% alcohol: Selected from the soleras of our Brandy Punto Azul Prestige and last distilled in 1947, this Brandy is age and living history in every glass. It has an average age of over 150 years. It is aged in American oak casks from Costa Rica, handcrafted specifically to ennoble the best distillates made with wine alcohol in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, within the ageing area of the Brandy de Jerez Appellation of origin.
• Rum Conde de Aldama/ Ponche Conde de Aldama (choose one)

–Rum Conde de Aldama, 50cl, over 130 years old average, 40% alcohol: Of Dominican origin and aged for decades in American oak barrels, this is one of the world’s most exclusive distilled spirits. A criadera and solera rum aged for years in Pedro Romero wineries and now resting in Francisco Yuste’s Miraflores winery in Sanlúcar de Barrameda. Forgotten soleras, rescued, and now shared.

–Ponche Conde de Aldama 50cl, over 130 years old, 25% Alcohol: A Ponche is a Brandy that has been macerated with orange skin and other spices reducing its alcohol content to 25%. It is a unique Ponche for its age and extreme quality, aged in American oak barrels using the criaderas and soleras system. A liqueur with an ancient master formula made by Bodegas Pedro Romero in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, practically reserved for the family, which Francisco Yuste has revived with the hope of offering a unique liqueur. Forgotten soleras, rescued, and now shared.

There is the option to change one of the sherries above to get the very special 250 year old average amontillado. They only have one cask and they only bottle 20 bottles a year. They have it locked at the bodega and it received the maximum score that the wine guide list peñin gives, 100points. If you are interested please understand that only this special unique bottle of 50cl goes for around 1500€.

 

3) Sherry package from Hidalgo la Gitana sherry shop from Sanlucar de Barrameda

This bodega is the oldest still running bodega of the bodegas we visit. It is still a family run bodega where each sibling has a purpose. Fermín Hidalgo is the sibling that manages the bodega from within, you might have met him if you came to the bodega, while Victor is the person responsible for the visits that took us around the bodega and organised your visit with me. This bodega was funded in 1792 and the Fermin is now the 8th generation.

 

• Manzanilla la gitana en Rama, 75cl, 15%, 8 year old average: 100% fine Palomino from the winery’s century-old soleras, aged in 150-year-old American oak barrels, give Manzanilla en Rama La Gitana a peak expression that captures all the aromas of the winery.
• Manzanilla pasada Pastrana, 75cl, 15%, 12 year old average: Pastrana was born in 1985, when Javier Hidalgo started a new project together with his good friend Cristiano van Zeller, a winemaker from the Portuguese Douro, aiming to create a completely special wine, coming from a single vineyard of exceptional quality, in the style of a French Chateau, where only the vines from this estate would be used to make this sublime wine. (Single Vineyard)
• Amontillado Napoleon VORS, 50cl, over 60 year old average, 19% alcohol: Their Palomino fino grapes are grown in white albariza soils, highly valued for producing very fine musts of great quality. The grapes come from our own vineyards located in the Balbaina and Miraflores areas, considered some of the best “pagos”, terroirs,  in the Jerez region. Harvesting takes place in mid August, when the grapes reach perfect ripeness, and it is their best manzanillas used to make the Old Amontillado. This great wine was sold equally, but under different names, to the French (Napoleon) and the British (Wellington), taking its final name Napoleon later on.
• Oloroso Faraon VORS, 50cl, over 50 year old average, 19% alcohol: As all the olorosos, they are aged exclusively through oxidative aging. Its best qualities come, as the name suggests, from the exceptional aromatic components that have evolved a lot due to its particular aging process and its age.
• Palo cortado Wellington VORS, 50cl, over 70 year old average, 19% alcohol: This is the last of the sherries we taste during our tour at the bodega. Sometimes we pair it with the rice inside of the bodega. It combines the soft, delicate, and sharp characteristics of Amontillado with the richness and body of Oloroso. Its age, over 70 years, accentuates its great personality. The grapes come from their own vineyards located in the Balbaina and Miraflores “pagos”, terroir, considered some of the best in the Jerez region. This great wine took its final name from the English General, Wellington, during the years 1808 to 1814.
• Pedro Ximénez (PX) Triana VORS / Las 30 del cuadrado (choose one):

–Pedro Ximénez (PX) Triana VORS,  50cl, with over 80 year old average, 19% alcohol: Pedro Ximénez Viejo Triana VORS combines concentration and age in a superb sweet sherry wine that stands out for its harmony, elegance, and easy drinkability. We never taste this sherry in our tours but I thought it could be a good option to taste together with the rest of Hidalgo la gitana VORS.  By blending this one with the oloroso you can make your own cream or medium to whatever level of sweetness you prefer.

–Las 30 del cuadrado, 75cl: This is the first white wine we taste when we start our tour here or at the vineyard. The palomino grapes come from 30 hectares in the “pago Balbaina”. It is a white wine fermented in manzanilla casks, it is a non-fortified wine but with manzanilla aromas from ageing in the cask. If you want to recreate the same tasting we did here with your friends and family at home, then you can get this wine and start with this one to ease your family into sherry with nice olives or toasted almonds. If you prefer to go all sherries, then the PX Triana VORS is the best option.

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Explore la Tierra online shop direct from Cadiz to your home

At the end of 2026, while doing a tour with a wonderful group of Australians I realised that I had to create this online store in my website. As I always say, in Spain we sell horribly bad compared to our Italian neighbours and I decided not to be part of the problem. Taking into account what many of you have told me I created an online Explore la Tierra shop to create a t-shirt with information and photos of each experience I do back to your home as well as the sherry packages.

T-shirt from Explore la Tierra tours

The t-shirts are currently being designed by a local artist and digital designer from Vejer de la Frontera, Cadiz. In front it will have a small photo of the experience with the logos of all the people that make the experience possible. In the back you will see photos of the experience to bring you back good memories together with the location of the activity. The idea is that you will always remember the people involved and the experience itself.

Once the designs are out and I have photos I will put them here. I hope you will like them!

• Ultimate sherry tour Explore la Tierra t-shirt

This t-shirt includes photos from the bodegas we visit and from the owner/winmaker of each bodega tasting to you. In front you have all the bodegas that I collaborate more oftern with, so you can remember their names. Share the love of sherry around the world with this t-shirt!

• Sherry tasting tour Explore la Tierra t-shirt

If you are organising a sherry tasting at home it is a nice t shirt with lots of photos and information about each type of Sherry. I will include a PDF with information about wine pairing and a tasting mat to recreate at home. You can get a sherry package from above buy the glasses below and this t-shirt and have it all to recreate your own sherry tasting at home with family and friends! Share the love of sherry around the world with this t-shirt!

• Bluefin tuna tour Explore la Tierra t-shirt

This t-shirt has photos from the experience on land and in the water to remember that sustainable fishing is possible. If you have done this tour you will remember that in only over 5 years the atlantic bluefin tuna has been downlisted from Endangered to least concern. The way how we capture the bluefin tuna, and with the influence of the Japanese, make it some of the best quality bluefin tuna in the world. You can also remember with this t-shirt the history of bluefin tuna in the region all the way from Roman times.

• Saltmarshes Tour with Explore la Tierra t-shirt

If you have done this tour with me you will understand the experience from farm to the table, as well as sustainable development. Together with the collaboration of the NGO SALARTE we created this experience to help recover the saltmarshes in the Bay of Cadiz natural park. We learn about sustainable development and taste everything that it is produced here by the hand of Juan Martín, biologist of Aponiente (3 Michelin stars & 1 green Michelin star) and director of SALARTE. If you want to remember more about this click here to see the TED Talk of Dan Barber who also visited this saltmarsh.

Sherry wine glass from Explore la Tierra

The Sherry wine glasses that I am adding to this online sherry store are glasses that you can buy to add onto the package of sherry wine above. I can organise it to bring a box with me if we have a sherry tour coming alone for you to take home but the risk and the cost to send these glasses to you to your home might not be worth it. If you are interested I can ask the cost. It includes a box of 6 sherry wine glasses.

Select your sherry package & merchandising: Explore la Tierra online sherry shop

If you have any other questions, concerns or you would like to make your inquiry about a purchase in this online sherry shop, fill the questionaire below. I will get back to you after you fill it in with information about the cost and when will it arrive. I am the only one managing the emails so if I am doing a daytour or a holiday out with a group it could take me up to a couple of days to get back to you.

 

Frequently asked questions about this online sherry shop

Can I change the packages above in the online sherry store?

Of course you can. The lists above are the wines that we taste at the tours. However, if you want to add any of their wines that we talked about the tours but never tasted, please let me know and I will send your information directly to them. I will then get back to you with the costs of sending everything to you.

Also, if you have two favourite sherries and want to get a package with only twose two sherries I can of course arrange that.

I would like to get information on how to taste or pair the sherry with food.

Once we finalized the purchase in the online sherry shop I will send you a couple of PDFs that I have if you are interested. A pdf with a sherry wine mat to do tastings and an online booklet to see what to taste with each type of sherry wine.