sherrify

verb

sherrify

verb

Etymology From sherry + -ify.

1

Beverages, Food, Lifestyle, Oenology, Wine To oxidize.

  • The other red sweet wines, however, have been unbalanced, very deficient in color, and apt to oxidize or sherrify at an early age.1944, Maynard Andrew Amerine, Albert Julius Winkler, Composition and Quality of Musts and Wines of California Grapes, page 640:
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