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With the wide spectrum of Sherry styles, there is sure to be a Sherry that fits every mood and personality. So which Sherry are you? Is your personality sultry and sweet or dark and mysterious? Take our quiz below to find out!

Are you a smart, dry-witted, urban sophisticate who enjoys dry white wines?
Your Sherry personality might be Fino or Manzanilla.


Fino is pale, dry and delicate, great with seafood and soups or can be enjoyed alone as an aperitif. Fino matures beneath a protective layer of Flor.

Manzanilla is made in a seaside town called Sanlucar de Barrameda where flor grows thicker. The result is a very dry Sherry that has a unique, almost briny flavor.

Pairings for Fino and Manzanilla: appetizers, canapés, spring rolls, dumplings, Serrano ham, tapas, chorizo, goat or sheep’s milk cheese, ceviche, sushi, sashimi, oysters, calamari, marinated or smoked fish, shellfish (i.e. shrimp or lobster).

Are you the type who enjoys a hike through the woods on a crisp fall day?
Your Sherry personality might be Amontillado
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Amontillado is amber in color, dry and robust in taste, possessing a slightly nutty smell. Great as an aperitif, with poultry, meat or after dinner.

Pairings for Amontillado: Everything you would pair with a Fino would also work with an Amontillado, but also consider light meat soups like consommé, rich seafoods like scallops, sardines or herring, grilled fish, poultry, game birds, meat terrines, and ripe, pungent cheeses.

Do you enjoy adventure and mystery? Do your friends describe you as bold and worldly?
Your Sherry personality might be Oloroso.


Oloroso is dark, full and exotic. While maturing, this wine is subject to little or no growth of flor. Direct contact with the air makes them nutty and fragrant in character.

Pairings for Oloroso: cheeses, foie gras, game meat, red meats, smolked meats, rich foods, and after dinner with cheese, nuts, savory desserts and dried fruits.

Do you have a love of travel and adventure but prefer a plaid shirt over formal wear?
Palo Cortado might be your Sherry personality
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Palo Cortado is a rare style of Sherry with the nose of an amontillado and the flavor of an Oloroso.

Pairings for Palo Cortado: rich foods, cheeses, game meat, smoked meat, pork chops, and after dinner with cheese, nuts, savory desserts and dried fruits.

Do you eat your dinner for the main purpose of getting to dessert?
You could have a Moscatel or Pedro
Ximénez Sherry personality.

Moscatel is a very sweet, very soft, dessert-style wine.

Pairings for Moscatel: foie gras, chocolate, cheese, sip as dessert.

Pedro Ximénez is a rich, dark, raisin-sweet dessert-style wine.

Pairings for Pedro Ximenez: foie gras, cheese, sip as dessert, pour over ice cream
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