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How is sherry produced? |
The solera system |
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What is the solera system? |
Blends younger and older wines as they age |
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What are the styles of Sherry |
Fino Amontillado Oloroso Cream PX |
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What is a Fino sherry? |
15% abv Dry Medium body Pale Uses solera aging |
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What is a Cream Sherry? |
Sweetened |
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What is Oloroso sherry? |
18% Fortified Deep brown Full body High alcohol Dry If sweetened, labeled as Cream |
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What is Amontillado sherry? |
Fino + more spirit Amber color Dry If sweetened labeled Medium |
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What is Pedro Ximénez? |
Super sweet sherry From PX grapes Full body Syrupy |
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What are the styles of Port? |
Ruby Reserve Ruby Late Bottled Vintage (LBV) Vintage Port Port Tawny Reserve Tawny Tawny with indication of age |
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What are the ages of Tawny ports? |
10 20 30 40 |
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What are LBV ports? |
Late bottle vintage From a single years harvest |
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What grape is used in sherry? |
Palomino grape |
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How is Port made? |
Blend of black grapes Ferment (short) Grape spirit added to partly fermented juice Aged in oak Blended Bottled |
