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Here are 10 things worth knowing about sherry:
1. Sherry is an undiscovered gem... and one of the best value deals on the wine list.
2. Sherry is a fortified wine and is only considered a sherry if it's from Jerez, in the Andulucía region of southern Spain.
3. Sherry is perfect with food. It pairs well with everything from olives and nuts, to foie gras, oysters, pork belly and ice cream.
4. Dry sherries are typically made using the solera system, mixing newer vintages with older ones, creating a blended history.
5. Finos and manzanillas are the lightest, palest and freshest sherries. Amontillados are darker and richer. Olorosos are dark, complex and can sometimes be sweet.
6. Cream sherries are what your grandmother used to sip, but they can make a sweet topping for ice cream.
7. Fino and manzanilla sherries are all about freshness. They have specific dates when they were bottled. Don't hang on to them for too long.
8. Once you open a bottle, try to drink it within a 1 to 4 day range. After 3 days, sherry gets all glycerol and rich. After a week, it's still really good, but over two to three weeks some of the fruit starts dropping out a little bit.
9. If you're trying sherry for the first time, try a manzanilla or fino and have it with some olives and almonds.
10. Looking to try sherry? Find out which sherries Spanish wine importer André Tamers (De Maison Selections) loves.
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