#Sherry Wine Producers Illinois Vineyards
Sherry Wine Producers Illinois Vineyards
Sherry Jerez is a matured wine
First of all, you should know that Sherry and Sherry mean the same thing
sherry "comes from the Arabic" sherrisch "which is used in France and in the Anglo-Saxon countries.
A Sherry cask can contain between 480 and 520 liters of spirits compared to 180 liters for a Bourbon cask.
Jerez are wines that are mutated or vinified by adding grape brandy with an alcohol content of 95 °. Mutage takes place at the end of alcoholic fermentation.
One of the first peculiarities of some Jerez is therefore that they are dry wines, because all the sugars in the berries have been transformed into alcohol.
The grape varieties: Palomino, Fino, Moscatel, Pedro Ximenez, these last two are mainly used in blending, but sometimes alone also, in sweet wines.
After harvesting, the bunches are left to dry for one or two days in a place called "almiar".
Some wines will then be aged for many years according to the solera system which slowly oxidizes the wine. A method that is also found in the Jura for yellow wine or even for certain champagnes ...
Sherry-Wine Alto Vineyards
8515 State Route 127 Alto Pass IL 62905 Illinois
Phone 0016188934898
Sherry-Wine Massbach Ridge Winery
8844 S. Massbach Road Elizabeth IL 61028 Illinois
Phone 0018152916700
Sherry-Wine Spirit Knob Winery
2211 E 640th Place Ursa IL 62376 Illinois
Phone 0012179642678
Sherry-Wine Vahling Vineyards
R.R. 1, Box 51 Stewardson IL 62463 Illinois
Phone 0012176825409
Sherry-Wine Waterman Winery
11582 Waterman Road Waterman IL 60556 Illinois
Phone 0018152643268
Sherry-Wine Willett's Winery
105 East Market Street Manito IL 61546 Illinois
Phone 0013099687070 Phone 0013092649000 Fax 0013099687360