Jerez Sherry is a specialty of Andalusia, which even attracted the praise of the bard William Shakespeare.
Sherry is a sweet fortified wine produced from a white variety of grape grown in what is known as the Sherry triangle near to the town of Jerez in Andalusia. In Spain no other area can use the name Sherry and it is a designation of origin protection throughout Europe. Locally it is known as vino de Jerez.
Post fermentation the wine is supplemented by the addition of Brandy which transforms it into a fortified wine. Then there are various versions ranging from dry light sherries know as finos up to full bodied dark sherries known as Olorosos which require a Palomino type of grape. Initially it is dry although in some cases sweetness is added later to varieties made with the Moscatel or Pedro Ximenez variety of grape.
Production of wine in Jerez dates back to the Phoenicians over one thousand years before Christ, the moors conquest brought the knowledge for brandy production but it was really from the early thirteenth century that major exportation of sherry began.
Sherry was a great favourite with the post war generation in Britain and it still makes a regular appearance at Christmas but it is felt to be something of a sleeping treasure. Like anything it takes on whole new connotations when you drink it by the pool of your holiday villa in Andalusia, or wherever your villa in Spain may be, perhaps reading a little Shakespeare.
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