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means A fortified wine made in southern Spain, ranging from bone-dry to syrupy sweet, traditionally sipped before or after a meal.

from Named after Jerez, the Andalusian town where it's made. English traders heard 'Xérès' (an old spelling of Jerez) and mistook the final 's' for a plural ending — so they lopped it off, turning 'sherris' into 'sherry,' as if one bottle were a single 'sherry' shorn from a whole case. A classic mishearing that became the permanent name.