What is sherry?

Sherry is a fortified wine from a small area of ​​Spain, made of Muscat, Palomino and Pedro Ximenez. In the United States and in some other countries, some producers are selling sherry-i-li-li-style wines when technically, such as the use of champagne for sparkling white wines, the call of such sherry is incorrect.

This wine is produced in early stages, like most other types. However, as soon as it is fermented, brandy is fortified. At this point, some sherry has added more yeasts and others do not. In some respects, it is similar to other fortified wines, such as the harbor - compared to the port, but Sherry is slightly less alcoholic. Oloroso is a type that has around 17.5% alcohol - too high the alcohol content to allow any yeast - which is extremely dark and full of taste. Ashontillado usually spread 15% alcohol and after initial fermentation added yeast from Flor. Ashontillado is lighter wine than Oloroso. Fino is the type that mA relatively dry texture, and the lightest of all varieties. Sweet Sherry is one of these dry sherry wines with sweet wine, such as Muscat, to him.

This beverage has a long and prestigious history - competing with most wines, which still to this day. The first record of grapes in what is now Jerez's region of Spain, where Sherry comes from, is the 1st century B.C. The rivers that speaks that there will be a vine at 1100 ° C. There is enough archaeological evidence that the Romans enjoyed wine from this area of ​​Spain.

The grapes of Jerez were difficult during the Moorish period of Spain, when the Islamic rules resulted in the exploitation of many vineyards. However, it survived a lot, and as soon as Moors left Spain in the 13th century, the vines were planted by an incredible passion. Since then, Jerez's wine has been popular throughout Europe, especially in England, where it became known as Sherry.

Magellan is well known to spend inSherry money for his long journey around the world, and Columbus is said to have brought enough supplies on his journey to the New World. Sherry fortifications, like the port, allows it to survive the harsh sea paths much better than more sensitive wines, helping to explain its popularity on long journeys. In the 19th century, wine captured its place as one of the truly great alcohols in the world, which was exported in large quantities to England and the United States, as well as the rest of the world. This was this era that saw the improvement of the production process and began to allow longer wines before the release, resulting in richer and fuller wine.