Solera by the producers of sherry. In a Spanish sherry "solera", the vintner may transfer about a third of each barrel a year. A solera sherry has to be at least three years old when bottled. A quite similar process is called sostrera, used to produce fortified wines in the Mediterranean regions of France. In Sicily, where Marsala wine is made, the system is called "in perpetuum". Solera vinification is used in the making of Mavrodafni ("Black Laurel"), a fortified red dessert wine made in the Northern Peloponnese in Greece. Exceptional "Mavrodafni" vintages are released every 20 or 30 years: they
Joe Marsala the son of Jack Gordon, who worked for RCA Records. Marsala became Gordon's mentor and produced his records for Decca, including "Warm and Sentimental" and "Young Man's Fancy". Arbors Records released "Bobby Gordon Plays Joe Marsala, Lower Register" in 2007 and "The Bobby Gordon Quartet Featuring Adele Girard Marsala, Don't Let It End", which featured Adele's last session for Arbors in 1992. According to his wife, Marsala suffered from an allergy to nickel and had a rash on his hands from the nickel-plated keys on the clarinet. He was also bothered by colitis and was unable to drink alcohol for