Pale cream sherry is a form of cream sherry made from fino rather than oloroso.
Medium sherry is a sweetened amontillado, marketed as 'medium dry' and less sweet than cream sherries.
Cream sherry is a sweetened oloroso.
Cream SherryA style of Sherry made by sweeting an Oloroso with large amounts of Pedro Ximénez.
A top quality Cream Sherry from a producer such as Emilio Lustau will run about $12-$20.
Oloroso (oh lo ro-so)
a particular style of Sherry, used as a base for Cream Sherry
Orvieto (ahr vee-ay-toe)
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Sherry
A fortified wine from Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, made by a controlled oxidation method, produced in many different styles, from sweet Cream sherry to very dry Fino sherry.
Shiraz
The Australian name for Syrah, a red grape variety.
dessert wines
Sweet wines generally served after a meal, either by themselves or with a dessert. Examples of dessert wines include: Port, Cream Sherry and Muscatel.
A Sherry that has not been aged in the presence of "flor." Dry, like all Sherry when aging in a barrel, this is the Sherry that is often sweetened and sold as Cream Sherry.
Oporto (o-port-o) ...
Wines served as digestifs are often sweeter and higher in alcohol content than the wines consumed with the meal. Examples include port, madeira and cream sherry. They are generally served at room temperature.
From driest and lightest to sweetest and fullest, the styles of Sherry include manzanilla, fino, amontillado, palo cortado, oloroso, and cream Sherry.
white and rosé at 8º to 14º C; wooded white wine at 13º to 16º C; light red and nouveau wines at 10º to 14º C; full-bodied red wine at 16º to 18º C; dessert wine and white port at 8º to 10º C; dry sherry at 5º to 8º C; medium and full cream sherry at ...
 See also: Sweet, Dry, Wine, Aged, Sherry
  
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