sherry

n. variety of very dry to sweet wine that is pale amber to brown in tint and originally from Jerez in Spain

Sherry is a fortified wine, made in and around the town of Jerez, Spain and hence in Spanish it is called "Vino de Jerez". According to some people, however, the city of Shiraz in midsouthern Iran was the birthplace of sherry. Spanish producers have registered the names Jerez / Xérès / Sherry and will prosecute producers of similar fortified wines from other places using the same name. According to Spanish law, Sherry must come from the triangular area of the province of Cádiz between Jerez, Sanlúcar de Barrameda, and El Puerto de Santa María. However the name 'Sherry' is used as a semi-generic in the United States where it must be labeled with a region of origin such as American Sherry or California Sherry. In earlier times sherry was known as sack (a rendering of the Spanish saca, meaning a removal [from the solera]).
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Sherry! is a musical with a book and lyrics by James Lipton and music by Laurence Rosenthal.Based on the George S. Kaufman-Moss Hart play The Man Who Came to Dinner, it focuses on Sheridan Whiteside, an egregiously pompous and self-centered radio personality who terrorizes the family of Ernest W. Stanley of Mesalia, Ohio when a slip on their icy front steps forces him to recuperate in their home at Christmas time. The highly critical and extremely egotistical wheelchair-bound Whiteside commandeers the household and staff and disrupts the lives of everyone who comes within his orbit, including his private secretary Maggie Cutler, journalist-playwright Bert Jefferson, Broadway diva Lorraine Sheldon, antic Harpo Marx-like comedian Banjo, bon vivant Beverly Carlton, and absent-minded physician and aspiring memoirist Dr. Bradley.
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Noun
1. dry to sweet amber wine from the Jerez region of southern Spain or similar wines produced elsewhere; usually drunk as an aperitif
(hypernym) fortified wine
(hyponym) Manzanilla

n. sherry, variety of wine fortified with brandy (first produced in southern Spain)

n. sherry, variety of wine which has been mixed with brandy