Tuesday, 9 November: International Final and Showroom

09:00 – 09:30 - Access and accreditation

09:30 – 10:00 - IX Edition Copa Jerez Opening Presentation

10:00 – 15:00 - International Final of the IX Copa Jerez 

12:30 – 13:30 - "The wines of the Final" 

Round-table talk

15.00 - End of morning session 

10.00 – 15.00 - Bodegas Showroom

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17:00 – 17:45 - "An atlas of flavours at Copa Jerez"

Workshop 

18:00 – 18:45 - "The sommelier's challenge at Copa Jerez"

Round table - Sommeliers finalists from Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, United States, The Netherlands, United Kingdom and Russia. 

16.30 – 19.00 - Bodegas Showroom

Wednesday, 10 November : Forum

09:00 – 09:30 - Acces to theatre​

09:30 – 10:00 - "The Sapiens Methodology applied to sherry: The sommelier as an essencial link, Part I"

​             Presented by Ferrán Centelles

10:05 – 10:35 - "From Typical Spanish to Marca España"

Round-table discussion with Quique Dacosta, María Naranjo, José Pizarro and Nicolás López

10:40 – 11:10 - “Wine guides. Going beyond rankings”

Round-table discussion and tasting with Luís Gutiérrez, Carlos González and Ferrán Centelles

11:15 – 11:45 -“The art of selling sherry wines”

​             Round-table discussion with Quim Vila, Juan Manuel Bellver and Ramón Coalla

11:50 – 12:20 - "Sherry Evolution: New norms for a new era, Part I ” 

Presentation and tasting with César Saldaña, Ramiro Ibáñez, Belén Puertas and Primitivo Collantes

12:25 – 12:55 - "Jerez seen from a Mediterranean vantage point"

Show-tasting with Quique Dacosta, José Carlos Navarrete and Josep Roca

13:00 – 13:30  - "The sommelier as an essential link, Part II"

Round-table discussion with Manuela Romeralo, Juan Ruiz Henestrosa, Robert Tetas and David Robledo

13:35 – 14:00 -  "Ricardo Sanz Wellington*: From Tokyo to Jerez with a Stopover in Madrid"

Presentation and food & wine tasting with Ricardo Sanz and Jorge Thuillier

14:00 -  End of morning session 

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16:30 – 17:00 - "How to make wine relevant in the digital era"

Round-table discussion with Chelsea Anthon, Madeline Puckette y Georgia Panagopoulou (@Winegini)

17:05 – 17:35 - "Sherry Evolution: New norms for a new era, Part II"           

Presentation and tasting with César Saldaña, Paola Medina, Willy Pérez and Armando Guerra

17:40 – 18:10  - "Homestyle cooking & sherry wines"

Presentation and food & wine tasting with Carlos Echapresto and Alberto Fernández Bombín

18:15 – 19:00 - "Creativity techniques applied to sherry wines: "Disfrutar**"

Presentation and tasting with Eduard Xatruch, Rodrigo Briseño and Evgeniya Shibaeva

19:00 -  End of the evening session 

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21:00 – 23:00 - Copa Jerez awards ceremony

Paired dinner and flamenco show