Sweet sherry

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Sweet sherry is a variety of sherry created by blending dry sherry with sweet wines such as Pedro Ximénez and Moscatel.

Sweet sherry is usually served at room temperature, and typically accompanies dessert, much like a port wine.

[edit] Varieties

• Pale cream sherry is a form of cream sherry made from fino rather than oloroso.
• Medium sherry is a sweetened amontillado, marketed as 'medium dry' and less sweet than cream sherries.
• Cream sherry is a sweetened oloroso.
• Amoroso is another style of sweetened oloroso.
• Brown sherry is another style of sweetened oloroso.
• East India sherry is an antiquated style of sweetened oloroso aged in a hot, humid cellar to approximate the effect of tropical weather on casks of sherry stored on board ships.