Sherry is a fortified wine made from white grapes, chiefly the Palomino variety, grown around the town of Jerez de la Frontera in Andalusia, southern Spain, from which the drinks English name is an anglicization. It is fortified with grape spirit after fermentation and aged using a distinctive fractional blending system called the solera, in which younger wine is gradually blended into a graded series of older casks. Sherry ranges from very dry, pale fino and manzanilla styles, aged under a protective layer of yeast called flor, to darker, sweeter styles such as oloroso and Pedro Ximenez, giving it one of the widest style ranges of any fortified wine.
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Origin Period, From (Year)Wine-making in Jerez dates back to Phoenician settlement around 1100 BCE, but the fortified style now called sherry developed after the Moorish conquest of 711 CE introduced distillation to the region. Origin RegionJerez de la Frontera, Andalusia, Spain 1 Connections
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1. Sherry (Wikipedia)
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is a fortified wine produced from white grapes grown around the city of Jerez de la Frontera in Andalusia, Spain.
History subsection
The Moors conquered the region in 711 CE and introduced distillation, which led to the development of brandy and fortified wine.
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