1876 Facts About Sherry by Henry Vizetelly

mHE controversy that had arisen with reference to Sherry induced me in the autumn of last year to spend several months in those districts of the South of Spain whence our supply of this popular wine is derived,in order to ascertain the truth on the spot. During my sojourn I not only witnessed the vintaging of Sheriy in many Jerez and San Lucar vineyards, hut visited both vineyards and bodegas in the remainder of the extensive Sherry region; and while I profited by the facilities freely afforded to me wherever I went,I was especially careful not to limit my investigations merely to such matters as the growers and shippers of Sherry sought to commend to my attention. The result of what I saw and learned was pubhshed at the time in the columns of a weU-hnown evening newspaper, and is now offered to the pubhc in a revised and

extended form.

Paris, October, 1876.