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A glass of Amontillado sherry with olives. Sherry (Spanish: jerez) is a fortified wine made from white grapes that are grown near the city of Jerez de la Frontera in Andalusia, Spain [citation needed].
Sherry is both a given name and surname derived from different sources. In some instances, the name was inspired by the wine . In others, it was likely inspired by the French chérie , meaning darling (from the past participle of the verb chérir , to cherish ). [ 1 ]
An Amontillado sherry begins as a fino, fortified to approximately 15.5% alcohol with a cap of flor yeast limiting its exposure to the air. A cask of fino is considered to be amontillado if the layer of flor fails to develop adequately, is intentionally killed by additional fortification, or is allowed to die off through non-replenishment.
Spelling variants of the name such as Cheri, Cherie, Cherry, Sharee, Shari, Sheree, Sherie, Sherrey, Sherrie, and Sherry were in vogue during the same time period. The name may refer to: Sherri Baier, former Canadian pairs figure skater; Sherri Coale (born 1965), current women's basketball coach for the University of Oklahoma Sooners
Cheri is a feminine given name inspired by the French chérie, meaning darling (from the past participle of the verb chérir, to cherish). [1] It has also been used as a diminutive of names starting with or containing the sound Cher-or Sher-such as Cherilyn, Cheryl, Sharon, or Sherilyn for females.
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"Sherry" (song), a 1962 song written by Bob Gaudio and performed by The Four Seasons; Sherry!, a 1967 musical by Laurence Rosenthal and James Lipton; The Sherrys, a 1960s American girl group "Oh Sherrie", a song by Steve Perry on the 1984 album Street Talk; Sherry Birkin, one of the main protagonists in the game Resident Evil 2, besides Claire ...
Sherry also had to compete with the new wave of "Sherry-like" wines being produced in South Africa, the United States, Australia, France and Germany. [1] Then came the almost inevitable attack of the phylloxera plague. At the turn of the 20th century, Sherry merchants worked to replant their devastated vineyards and reclaim lost ground in the ...