{"id":21786,"date":"2026-10-19T16:59:54","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T14:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/mecanique\/non-classifiee\/jerez-the-art-and-tradition-of-spanish-wine-in-the-heart-of-the-1920s\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T17:00:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T15:00:21","slug":"jerez-the-art-and-tradition-of-spanish-wine-in-the-heart-of-the-1920s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/news\/jerez-the-art-and-tradition-of-spanish-wine-in-the-heart-of-the-1920s\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerez: The Art and Tradition of Spanish Wine in the Heart of the 1920s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"p-rc_f8b3369cc1cd8744-31\" data-path-to-node=\"3\"><span data-path-to-node=\"3,0\">Step into 1920s Spain with <b data-path-to-node=\"3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"27\">Jerez<\/b>, an engaging board game designed by Jes\u00fas Fuentes and H\u00e9ctor Carri\u00f3n Benavente (co-designer of <i data-path-to-node=\"3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"128\">Queen Alice<\/i>), illustrated by Jorge Tabanera Redondo, and published by Perro Loko Games<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"3,2\">. Aimed at 1 to 4 players for playtimes ranging from 60 to 120 minutes, players take on the role of winery owners aiming to age the finest wines in the region\u2014including Fino, Oloroso, and Pedro Xim\u00e9nez\u2014guided by age-old traditions and the passage of time<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"3,4\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"p-rc_f8b3369cc1cd8744-32\" data-path-to-node=\"4\"><span data-path-to-node=\"4,0\">Over four rounds, players build their production engine by combining action cards, dice, and upgrade tiles<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"4,2\">. Each round breaks down into three main phases: a Production Phase to draft resources and cards, an Action Phase to execute strategies or discard cards for alternative benefits, and a Prestige Phase rewarding the most influential winemakers<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"4,4\">. One of the game&#8217;s core mechanisms involves customizing four individual player tracks activated left-to-right based on dice values<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"4,6\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"p-rc_f8b3369cc1cd8744-33\" data-path-to-node=\"5\"><span data-path-to-node=\"5,0\">The strategic highlight of <b data-path-to-node=\"5,0\" data-index-in-node=\"27\">Jerez<\/b> lies in its faithful depiction of the traditional <i data-path-to-node=\"5,0\" data-index-in-node=\"83\">criaderas y solera<\/i> aging system<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"5,2\">. Players introduce grape must into barrels, pushing it down level by level as it matures until it can be bottled or sold straight from the final row<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"5,4\">. Combining engine-building, clever placement, and an immersive theme, <b data-path-to-node=\"5,4\" data-index-in-node=\"71\">Jerez<\/b> offers a rich and deep experience for fans of both winemaking and strategy games<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"5,6\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/480740\/jerez\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/480740\/jerez<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Step into 1920s Spain with Jerez, an engaging board game&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[347],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21786"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21787,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21786\/revisions\/21787"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}