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A Fortified wine originally made in and around the town of Jerez in the Andalusia region of southern Spain. It's now also made in the United States and other parts of the world such as Australia and South Africa.

 


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Sherry is a type of wine originally produced in and around the town of Jerez, Spain. The town's Persian name during the Rustamid period was Xerex (Shareesh, in Persian شريش), from which both sherry and Jerez are derived.

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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.

Sherry:
Sherry was originally exclusively made around the town of Jerez in Spain, but versions are now made in the U.S. and Australia. Sherries come in five styles.

Sherry: A fortified wine from a denominated region in southwest Spain; styles include fino, Manzanilla, oloroso and amontillado.
Shiraz: The Australian name for Syrah; also used in South Africa and sparingly in the U.S.

Sherry (share-ee)
A fortified wine made in the Sherry district in southern Spain around the city of Jerez de la Frontera. The wine is made primarily from the grape Palomino. The grapes are brought into the winery and pressed.

Sherry. The famous fortified wine from the Jerez region of southern Spain. Sherry is made by an extremely complex method of fractional blending called the solera system. The grape variety used is principally Palomino, though small amounts of ...

Sherry - A fortified wine that has been subjected to controlled oxidation to produce a distinctive flavor.
Shiraz - Shiraz or Syrah is a variety of grape used to make red wine.

Sherry: Fortified wine from a district in southern Spain, Jerez de la Frontera.
Simple: An uncomplicated, ordinary wine.
Skin: The grape skin.

Sherry
A fortified wine from Jerez, in southern Spain. It comes in many different styles, most of which are dry. Fino is fresh and tangy and needs drinking as soon as it is opened - and ideal match for tapas.

SHERRY
The famous fortified wine from the southern Spain. Sherry is made by an extremely complex method of fractional blending called the solera system.

Sherry
Sherry is a fortified (brandy-added) wine from the south of Spain. Because it's fortified, you can keep a bottle around for months after you open it, as long as you keep it sealed and cool. It usually has a rich, sweet flavor.

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Joven
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FLOR: Sherry yeast, under some conditions will form a wrinkled skin consisting of yeast on top of sherry causing it to develop strong sherry flavour and to become dry and pale.

Winy
Sherry-like flavor; can be caused by warm fermentation or oxidation in very old beer.

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Fino - A Sherry type that is dry with delicate aromas and flavors. It is usually served as a chilled aperitif. It should be consumed as young as possible because it will begin to oxidize within a year of bottling.

A dry style of Sherry, similar to Fino, made in a particular seaside village where the environment allegedly adds a saltwater tang to the wine.
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Palo Cortado
sherry wine that is neither Amontillado nor Oloroso, but character that lies between the two
Palomino
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Fino A type of Sherry on which Flor has bred freely.
Flor A film of yeast growing on the surface of certain wines, particularly fino Sherries and Montillas.

Manzanilla: A Sherry-like wine from Sanlucar de Barrameda, Spain, always bone dry.

Albariza is highly valued because it imbues Sherry with its most notable characteristics and also reflects sunlight back to the grape vines to help the grapes ripen.

Albariza - The famous sparkling white soils of Jerez Sherry country, characterized by its high limestone content.
Albariño - Fresh, crisp white wine from the Rias Baixas appellation of Galicia.

Sherrylike A term used to describe a non-Sherry wine that exhibits oxidized aromas that may have been caused by excessive amounts of acetaldehyde.

Examples include Madeira, Port, and Sherry. If the alcohol is added before fermentation completes, as with Port, the result is a sweet wine because some sugar will not ferment.

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Clear, very dark mahogany color, with ripe and full aromas of prunes, walnuts and brown sugar. Intensely sweet in flavor, "stone" fruit with a tart, lemony acidic "grip" to provide structure.

Sherries (which come from the Xerez region of Spain-anything not from Spain is not true Sherry) are the bargains of the dessert wine world. A top quality Cream Sherry from a producer such as Emilio Lustau will run about $12-$20.

Some maintain that yeasts in fino Sherry butts (casks) contribute to the yeasty flavor of these wines. Others see the yeasty character of Champagnes to be directly related to the long period of yeast contact that such wines have.

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PALOMINO: Red wine grape, mostly used for Sherry-type fortified wines, widely grown in Spain and South Africa. Identical to the Listan variety found in France.

Sherry, most notably, is made in a way that encourages oxidation, and thus oxidized wines are also described as "Sherried" as well. If you don't know what Sherry smells like, it tends to have a nutty aroma.

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Palomino Fino is a white grape that is easily sherry's predominant grape. It is also found in parts of the New World where it is principally important in making sherry copies.

Then, they discovered the Spanish city, Jerez, which was the home of Sherry, so they gradually replaced Port with Sherry. They found Sherry to be a lot more sophisticated, and a lot less associated with drunkenness.

Fortified wine - eg: Sherry - where alcohol is added in the form of Brandy or neutral spirits.
Sweet or very sweet wines of any alcohol level customarily drunk with dessert or by themselves and usually in small amounts.

Palomino: The grape of Sherry. Soft and rather neutral flavour.
Johannisberg Riesling: The soft yet strong nose of peaches, apricots, lemons, and honey. Fresh and delicious young but can develop beautifully with age.

" One of the two broad categories of Sherry, the other being Fino (above). Olorosos are typically dark and full-bodied, in contrast with the light Fino; most are made sweet, but dry Oloroso (like the Emilio Lustau Don Nuño) can be a revelation.

Oxidized-Flat, stale or sherrylike aroma and flavor; spoiled as the result of overexposure to air.
Petillant-A light sparkle.
Rich-Full, opulent flavor, body and aroma.

Solera
A system of fractional blending that gives Sherry its character. A complex process by which several vintages are blended together over many years in a building known as a Solera, before bottling.

Wine crystal glasses were frequently fabricated in sets of dozen during the nineteenth century, each set for burgundy and claret, port and sherry, liqueur glasses, and champagne glasses.

Nutty Describes the aroma and flavor frequently found in fortified wines such as Madeira and Sherry; the result of exotic fermentations or deliberate oxidation. Can be a negative character in wines not intended to be made in an oxidative style.

Antioxidant: Compound that retards oxidation and slows its effects in wine (browning, sherry-like aromas). Sulfur dioxide, SO2, is the most widely used winemaking antioxidant. It also serves as an antimicrobial agent.

Nutty
The nutlike aromas that develop in certain wines, such as sherry.
Oaky
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Oxidized: Wine changed by contact with air, usually producing undesirable browning and sherry-like flavors. Over-aged.
pH: The measure of acid strength: the lower the pH, the higher the acid strength.

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Nutty
Having a nutlike smell or taste; often said of sherry.
Peppery
A spicy nose and flavor in red wine.

Ampelographers have determined that the Vernaccia vine has many clonal varieties but is unrelated to some Italian vines known as "Vernaccia" such as the Sardinian varieties used in the Sherry-like wine Vernaccia di Oristano, ...

Fortified: Fortified wines are where spirit has been added to increase their natural strength. Brandy is added to sherry and Port.
Glycerol: A colourless, sweet-tasting substance which can add to the "impression" of body in a wine.

Setuval: Also known as Setubal. A fortified Muscat wine from Portugal. It is typically brown in color, like a sherry or tawny port.
Shrub: A drink made from fruit juice, sugar, and a liquor such as rum or brandy.

Palomino originated in Andalouscia where it is the major component in the production of sherry.
It is listed in Busby's 1832 collection as one of the grape varieties he collected from Malaga under the name of Temprana.
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Marsala: Italy's most famous fortified wine produced in Sicily. It usually contains 17-20% alcohol and often rivals sherry.
Maturity: The stage in the aging of wine that has developed all of its characteristic qualities to perfection.

NONVINTAGE: A wine blended from more than one vintage. Common is Champagnes, sparkling wines, sherry and posts such as nonvintage Ports, tawnies and rubies.
NOSE: The aroma or bouquet.

Hot: Noticeably alcoholic on the nose or palate. This characteristic is more acceptable in fortified wines like port and sherry than in table wines like cabernet and chardonnay.

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