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Recovering the magic of El Marco: back to the sherry vineyards, and old ways of making wines

"Willy Perez is one of a small group of winegrowers looking to revive Sherry as a fine wine, based on the vineyard, not the winemaking process. ‘The pago system was very important in the past,’ he says. ‘It’s not right now: everyone is blending grapes in the cooperatives.’The inventory of a winery was done by soil type. A ten-year-old wine from sand was cheaper than an albariza of just one year.’ He adds, ‘What I am trying to say is that soil used to be very important, more than ageing."  (wineanorak.com)