plural sherries
: a Spanish fortified wine with a distinctive nutty flavor
also
: a similar wine produced elsewhere
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Ex-bourbon barrels are the maturation backbone of single malt scotch, but this type of whisky is also frequently aged in sherry casks, and has been for decades.
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Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 30 Nov. 2025
In a medium saucepan, stir together onions, broth, sherry, bay leaf, and thyme.
—Amanda Stanfield, Southern Living, 18 Nov. 2025
Their beverage program is epic—in particular the cocktails of head bartender Jose Castillo (order his pimento sherry martini)—and the food from new executive chef James Huffman shows verve and promise.
—Jordan Michelman, Wired News, 4 Nov. 2025
Stir in a splash of sherry vinegar, cook for another minute, then slowly stir in chicken broth, scraping up any pan drippings that have gathered along the surface of the skillet.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Nov. 2025
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Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 30 Nov. 2025
In a medium saucepan, stir together onions, broth, sherry, bay leaf, and thyme.
—Amanda Stanfield, Southern Living, 18 Nov. 2025
Their beverage program is epic—in particular the cocktails of head bartender Jose Castillo (order his pimento sherry martini)—and the food from new executive chef James Huffman shows verve and promise.
—Jordan Michelman, Wired News, 4 Nov. 2025
Stir in a splash of sherry vinegar, cook for another minute, then slowly stir in chicken broth, scraping up any pan drippings that have gathered along the surface of the skillet.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Nov. 2025
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“Sherry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sherry. Accessed 10 Dec. 2025.
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Etymology
named for Xeres (now spelled Jerez), a city in Spain where the wine was originally made
Word Origin
It is common to name wines after the part of a country where they are made. The wine called sherry today was first made in a town originally called, in Spanish, Xeres. The English approximation of the Spanish pronunciation was \ˈsher-ēz\, spelled sherris. After a time, people thought that sherris was a plural and so made a singular form, sherry, by cutting off the supposed plural ending. The \sh\ sound symbolized by x in Spanish (later by j) changed to a \ḵ\ or \h\, so that the modern Spanish pronunciation of Jerez is even less like English sherry.
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