Bodegas Gonzalez Byass
The world’s best-known sherry maker’s bodega is so large that part of the tour is made aboard a motorized tourist train. Manuel Maria González founded the company in 1835 with help from his uncle José Angel, better known as Tío Pepe. During a 90-minute tour, you’ll visit the bodega designed by Gustav Eiffel for the visit of Queen Isabel in 1862 and the vine-shaded Calle de Ciegos, billed as Jerez’s loveliest street. You’ll see barrels signed by Spanish and international celebrities, sherry-drinking mice (now just a photograph, a glass, and a little ladder), and the world’s largest weathervane, featuring the sombrero-wearing, guitar-wielding logo of Tío Pepe. After all that, you can taste a couple of mainstream sherries, paired with tapas for an extra charge. Then it is salida por la tienda (exit through the gift shop), for irresistible marketing involving that famous logo. True aficionados can even spend the night at the luxurious Hotel Bodega Tío Pepe, from around 200€.
The world’s best-known sherry maker’s bodega is so large that part of the tour is made aboard a motorized tourist train. Manuel Maria González founded the company in 1835 with help from his uncle José Angel, better known as Tío Pepe. During a 90-minute tour, you’ll visit the bodega designed by Gustav Eiffel for the visit of Queen Isabel in 1862 and the vine-shaded Calle de Ciegos, billed as Jerez’s loveliest street. You’ll see barrels signed by Spanish and international celebrities, sherry-drinking mice (now just a photograph, a glass, and a little ladder), and the world’s largest weathervane, featuring the sombrero-wearing, guitar-wielding logo of Tío Pepe. After all that, you can taste a couple of mainstream sherries, paired with tapas for an extra charge. Then it is salida por la tienda (exit through the gift shop), for irresistible marketing involving that famous logo. True aficionados can even spend the night at the luxurious Hotel Bodega Tío Pepe, from around 200€.
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