Ua hauʻoli ka poʻe Sepania i ka inuʻana i Brandy de Jerez , a loaʻa iā lākou nāʻike helu e ho'āʻo ai. I ka makahiki 2008, ua kūʻaiʻia he 64 miliona mauʻeleʻele, aʻo ia mau mea,ʻoi aku i kūʻaiʻia he 36 miliona ma Sepania! I kēia manawa, ua hōʻeaʻia he 80 miliona mauʻeke i kēlā me kēia makahiki, a ua hoʻokuʻuʻia he 20 miliona. Me nā kūlana kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe,ʻaʻole ia he mea kupanaha no ka hoʻonuiʻana i ka hana pinepine ma Sepania.
Ke hana nei nā poʻe Sepania i nāʻuhane mahele mai ka laweʻana mai o Moors i kaʻenehana o ka hoʻopiliʻana i ka peni Iberian i ka makahiki 711 AD.
ʻOiai ua pāpāʻia ka Moors e ko lākou hoʻomanaʻana mai ka inuʻona lama, ua hoʻohana lākou i ka waiʻona paila no ka hanaʻana i nā meaʻala, a me nā kumu lāʻau lāʻau. Ma ka makahiki 16, ua hanaʻia nā mīkini ma nā mea nui ma ka'āinaʻo Jerez, a ma ka haʻina o ke kenekulia i kauʻia ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa.
I kēia lā, 95% o ka brandy i huaʻia ma Sepaniaʻo Brandy de Jerez , (ʻo Brandy mai Jerez) a ua mālamaʻia e kekahi DO (Denomination of Origin). Aia wale ia ma ka mokuʻo Ierezʻo Sepania; heʻona momona kona waiwai, a heʻona lama i waena o 36 a me 40 mau. ʻO Jerez ,ʻo ia hoʻi ka mea i unuhiʻia i ka'ōlelo Beretania e like me "Sherry,"ʻo ia ka inoa o ka'āina a me ka waina i loaʻa i laila.
ʻO Brandy de Jerez ka hua o ka waina i hanaʻia mai ka'oina Airen a me Palomino. Uaʻelemakuleʻo ia i loko o nā kīkoki sherry, i kapaʻiaʻo botas , i hanaʻia me nā lāʻauʻokaʻAmelika . Ua hoʻohanaʻia kēia mau kīʻahi no ka makahiki he 3 mau makahiki ma mua o ka hoʻohanaʻiaʻana i ka makahiki.
ʻO keʻano o ka sherry i mālamaʻia i ka cask, e hoʻokō i ka lae a me ka meaʻala. Eia kekahi laʻana,ʻo kahi pahu i hoʻohanaʻia no ka hanaʻana i ka pahu fino , e hua mai i kahi momona paler ma mua o ka pahu i hoʻohanaʻia no ka hanaʻana i kahi Amontillado a Oloroso paha. Heʻelemakule wale nō ia ma nā kūlanakauhaleʻo Jerez de la Frontera, El Puerto de Santa María, a me Sanlúcar de Barrameda.
Wahi a ke Kumukulawai o Brandy de Jerez (Ka hooponoponoʻana i ka'aha'ōlelo), no ka loaʻaʻana o hoʻokahi lita o ka brandi, he pono ia e hoʻopiha iʻehā mau waina.
Criaderas y Soleras System
ʻO ka pūnaehana i hoʻohanaʻia no ka hanaʻana i nā sherries a me nā brandies ma Sepania, ua kapaʻiaʻo Criaderas y Soleras a hana like e like me kēia; ʻO ka hapa o ka waimaka e laweʻia mai nā ukana ma keʻano mau, a kapaʻia kēia mau hua'ōlelo he sac . Laweʻia ka mīkini i ka hoʻopiha i nā pahu hana'ē aʻe, aʻo ka hana hoʻopihaʻia e kapaʻia he rocios . Hoʻokumu pinepineʻia ka sacas a me ka'ōkuhi . Ma muli o ka mea hana, hiki ke hana i kēia hana i kēlā me kēia 4 a 5 mahina, aiʻole 1 a 2 mau makahiki.
ʻO ka maʻamau,ʻo ka hana Criaderas a Soleras he mau hana like:
- Hoʻopiliʻia nā pahu iʻekolu kiʻekiʻe. Mai ka lalani lalo, i kapaʻiaʻo Solera , ua laweʻia kahi hapaha o nā mea e inu ai.
- Ua hoʻokuʻuʻia kahi nui likeʻole mai nā pahu i ka lālaniʻelua, i kapaʻiaʻo 1st Criadera , a nininiʻia i loko o nā pahu i lalo ma lalo.
- Mai ka lalani luna, i kapaʻiaʻo Criadera , ua hoʻokuʻuʻia ka nui like a nininiʻia i ka lālaniʻelua. Hoʻopihaʻia nā pahu i ka lālani i luna i ka waina hou.
ʻO kēiaʻano maʻalahi o ka huiʻana i nā mea kahiko a me nā mea hou e hana i nā hua likeʻole a likeʻole. 'Ōlelo nā poʻe Sepania,ʻo ka waina kahiko,ʻo ka waina maikaʻi a me ka brandy "ke aʻo" i ka'ōpio, i ka waina hou a i ka brandy.
Nāʻano o Spanish Brandy
- ʻO Brandy de Jerez Solera -ʻO ka wili muli loa, uaʻelemakuleʻo ia i ka makahiki 1 a heʻono.
- Brandy de Jerez Solera Reserva - Uaʻelemakule kēia makahiki no kahi o 3 mau makahiki.
- ʻO Brandy de Jerez Solera Gran Reserva -ʻO ia ka inoa mua loa o ka wili, no kaʻumi o 10 mau makahiki.
Nā brand Bradans
Aia ma kahi o 30 mea hana ma Brandy de Jerez ma Sepania, a ua maʻa mua ka poʻe heluhelu i kekahi o nā brands, aiʻole ia ma ka hōʻailona o ka pahu; kaʻeleʻeleʻeleʻele. ʻO kēlā mau bipiʻeleʻele nui i piha i ka'āina Sepania no nā makahiki he mau makahiki ia i hoʻolaha muaʻia no ka Veterano pinepine , i hanaʻia e Osborne. Hoʻomau ka bipi i hōʻailona o ka mea Osborne a ua liloʻo ia i hōʻailona moʻomeheu Spanish.
Nui ka nui o nā waimaka e kākauʻia maʻaneʻi, akā,ʻo kekahi o nā polina nui e loaʻa ana i loko a ma waho o Sepania:
- ʻO Alvaro Domecq ka huahelu a me ka Duque de Veragua
- ʻO Osborne ka huahana 14 he nui,ʻo Carlos I, Carlos I Imperial, Carlos III, Magno, Toro
- Honaʻo Gonzalez Byass i nāʻano likeʻole ma lalo o ka lepili Lepanto, a me nā mana'ē aʻe
- ʻO Williams a me Humbert e loaʻa i nā mele heʻelima, e like me Duque de Alba