The Casino Jerezano S.C., a non-profit entity and an important part of Jerez society since it was founded in 1850, a somewhat late date compared to the roots that this type of company already had in Spain.
This delay, according to scholars on the subject, is not an impediment for it to immediately become the main benchmark for formal sociability in Jerez, assuming from the beginning the representation and defense of the interests of the city.