whats the difference between dry sherry and cream sherry?

Answer 1

There are several varietals of Sherry :

• Fino ('fine' in Spanish) is the driest and palest of the traditional varieties of sherry.
• Manzanilla is a variety of fino sherry made around the port of Sanlúcar de Barrameda.
• Amontillado is a variety of sherry that has been aged first under a cap of flor yeast, and then is exposed to oxygen, which produces a result darker than fino but lighter than oloroso.
• Oloroso ('scented' in Spanish) is a variety of sherry aged in the air for a longer time than a fino or amontillado, producing a darker and richer wine.
• Palo Cortado is a rare variety of sherry that is fortified and aged without flor like an oloroso, but develops a character similar to amontillado, with some of the richness of oloroso and some of the crispness of amontillado.



Sweet Sherry (Jerez Dulce in Spanish) is created when one of the preceding varieties of dry sherry is sweetened with Pedro Ximénez or Moscatel wine. Cream sherry is a common variety of sweet sherry, with other varieties including pale cream sherry, medium sherry (also labeled medium dry), amoroso, brown sherry, and East India sherry.
Like French wines such as Bordeaux form the Bordeaux region of France, Sherry is essentally a trade name which is defined as coming from the triangular area of the province of Cádiz between Jerez, Sanlúcar de Barrameda, and El Puerto de Santa María. The name 'Sherry' is used as a semi-generic in the United States where it must be labeled with a region of origin such as American Sherry or California Sherry. In earlier times sherry was known as sack (a rendering of sec, 'dry').Fino ('fine' in Spanish) is the driest and palest of the traditional varieties of sherry.

Answer 2

Cream Sherry

Answer 3

Cream sherry is sweet, dry sherry is dry (not sweet).

Dry sherry is used more for cooking than cream sherry as it adds the sherry flavor but no additional sweetness.

Answer 4

Cream sherry is a sweet sherry.

Answer 5

ONE IS DRY AND ONE IS CREAM