FORTIFIED WINES: SHERRY

SHERRYFormally known as Scheris, sherry takes its name from the town of jerez (de al frontera), and is made in and around the region surrounding the town of jerez de la frontera in south western spain. Within the region there are three main centres of production. Jerez de la Frontera Puerto de Santa Maria Sanlucar de barrameda GRAPSE VARIETIES FOR SHERRYGrown on the white coloured soil called albariza, the grapes used for Sherry are the: Palomino Bianco Pedro Ximenez Moscatel Fino Among...

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Information about fortified wines

FORTIFIED WINES Fortified wines are that wines which ahave been strengthened (fortified) with the addition  of a spirit during its production. While most still table wines have strength of 8 to 15% alcohol by volume, fortified wines contain alcoholic strength between 16 to 21% alchol by volume. The added spirit  is usually a local brandy made from wine or from mare. The brandy has an affinity with the wines, and is also cheaper to use since surplus wine is always available in for...

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WINES OF ITALY

The ancient Greeks used to refer to Italy as Enotria – the land of wines. Truly, the tremendous and very varied range, styles and sheer number of wines produced in italy boggles the mind. Today, there are an estimated 2000 types of wine, though most of them are ordinary wines for everyday drinking, there are an increasing number of world classed wines now being produced by moderm viticulture and vinification methods. Italian producer have moved so rapidely that they have created wines of undeniable...

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