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John Croft (1732–1820) was an English wine merchant in York and Oporto. He was known also for antiquarian and literary interests, and as an eccentric. He was known also for antiquarian and literary interests, and as an eccentric.
Sherry (Spanish: jerez) is a fortified wine made from white grapes that are grown near the city of Jerez de la Frontera in Andalusia, Spain [citation needed]. Sherry ...
The latter's subsidiary International Distillers & Vintners owned Justerini & Brooks, Baileys Irish Cream, Gilbey's gin, Piat wine and Croft sherry and port brands, as well as the European and Commonwealth rights to Smirnoff vodka. [1] It changed its name to Grand Metropolitan in 1973. [1]
Sherry also had to compete with the new wave of "Sherry-like" wines being produced in South Africa, the United States, Australia, France and Germany. [1] Then came the almost inevitable attack of the phylloxera plague. At the turn of the 20th century, Sherry merchants worked to replant their devastated vineyards and reclaim lost ground in the ...
Monument to Manuel María González, founder of the winery, in Jerez de la Frontera. González Byass is one of Spain's most well-known sherry bodegas.Its origins can be traced to 1835 when it was founded by Manuel María González Angel, who was subsequently joined by his English agent, Robert Blake Byass.
John Harvey & Sons is a brand (trading name) of a wine and sherry blending and merchant business founded by William Perry in Bristol, England in 1796.The business within 60 years of John Harvey joining had blended the first dessert sherry, dubbed 'cream sherry', which has changed little since 1880 and is known as Harveys Bristol Cream.
Croft (land), a small area of land, often with a crofter's dwelling Crofting , small-scale food production Bleachfield , an open space used for the bleaching of fabric, also called a croft
The Sherry Triangle is an area in the province of Cádiz in southwestern Spain. It is noted for the production of sherry , a type of fortified wine . The cities of Jerez de la Frontera , Sanlúcar de Barrameda , and El Puerto de Santa María are at the vertices of the triangle. [ 1 ]