Half bottle of Solear Manzanilla, Barbadillo

… perfect, appetising, value-for-money aperitif …

… smoky, preserved lemon but still brown bread-yeasty …

… smoky, preserved lemon but still brown bread-yeasty …

Pristine power with ocean-like salinity, this is bone-dry brilliance. Chill it!

A pale, bone-dry sherry with lemon peel and fresh-baked bread flavours. Chill it to about 8°C before sipping with cured meats, salted almonds or simple seafood. 

A pale, bone-dry sherry with lemon peel and fresh-baked bread flavours. Chill it to about 8°C before sipping with cured meats, salted almonds or simple seafood. 

My go-to bracingManzanilla, always reliable, tangy, appetising and great value. I also love thehalf-bottle format. Just ideal for apero.

Made in Sanlucar deBarrameda, where the proximity to the coast helps keep the bodegas cool enoughto maintain the flor yeast cap which covers the liquid surface of sherry casks.Solear is kept in the barrel ...

Dry, refreshing andtangy. A great way to kick off a meal.

This zingy tangytastebud-refreshing wine is the lightest and driest style of sherry, and at 15%is no stronger than some wines. It is the perfect partner for salted nuts,slivers of ham and olives. Drink...

This is such abargain. Salty, tangy and yeasty this has nice bright fresh apple and citrusfruity notes, in an elegant, bright style. Nice purity.

Nothing verysurprising about a manzanilla, perhaps, but tasting it after 60-odd wines, Iwas struck anew by it’s wonderful freshness and character. Wonderful,refreshing saline character so typical of ...

This is taken from aselection of Barbadillo bodegas in Sanlucar from casks where the wine has beenageing for about six years. So while it's a fresh Manzanilla, it's alsodeveloped too.Bread and...

Another bargain, thismanzanilla is salty, tangy and yeasty with bright fresh apple and citrus fruitflavours. It's an elegant, bright sherry with attractive purity.

Pale honey colour.Pungent nose. Smoky and like a whiff of treacle toffee. Clean as a whistle butperhaps not ethereal. Good value.

This pocket-friendlyhalf bottle of manzanilla has a cheek-puckering dryness that’s rounded off byfloral apricot and subtle green apple.

Manzanilla and Finoare the pale, dry, light sherries that make great appetite stimulants — usefulover the festive season. Pale honey colour. Pungent nose. Smoky with a whiff oftreacle toffee. Very...

So good, yet socheap: have it in the fridge at all times. A lovely dry aperitif with asatisfying salty, nutty tang. Serve blisteringly cold with olives.

Another manzanilla(like a fino but from the seaside town of Sanlucar) but in a much lighter style[than En Rama style].It’s simple refreshing stuff. Drink it very cold on asummer’s day, ...

High-acid soups likegazpacho need a high-acid wine like a Manzanilla or Fino sherry for balance.Fino and Manzanilla are the two driest types of sherry and are both made fromthe Palomino white grape, with...

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This pale lemonmanzanilla is from the coastal village of Sanlúcar de Barrameda. It's citrussy,salty, zingy, and yeasty. Its fresh notes are mouth-watering and even moredelicious with a glisten of ...

I’m scratching my head in puzzlement as to why prices for dry sherry haven’t risen significantly. This manzanilla is a lovely aperitif with a bowl of olives or almonds. Serve direct from the...

Phenomenal value for a six-year-old wine. Pale saline, subtle camomile with yeast notes - smooth and tangy, bone dry palate with no over-riding acidity. Delicious match with olives or smoked salmon.

A long-time favourite, with lemon peel, green melon and soft, freshly baked white bread all mingling together, in a neat little half-bottle. For such a great wine it’s very good value. -