Word for Wednesday: Sherry

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December’s Word for Wednesday theme is festive food and drink. 

So far we’ve looked at mulled wine, mince pies, eggnog, and Brussels sprouts.  Our final festive drink of the month is sherry. 

Sherry is a dry to sweet amber wine from the Jerez region of southern Spain. It is usually drunk as an aperitif.

The word dates to around 1600 when it was used as a mistaken singular form of the word 'sherris' (which dates to the 1530s). 'Sherris' comes from the Spanish ‘vino de Xeres’ meaning ‘wine from Xeres’. Today, this Andalusian town where sherry is made is known as Jerez. 

You can learn about another wine that’s named for the region it’s made in here.


30 Dec 2020
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One of the students has put in a huge amount of effort in completing Spellzone at least 3 times a week since his arrival with us in January. Looking at his scores after the latest GL testing, his standardised score has risen from 99 to 131. This is a truly phenomenal result. I just wanted to share the best result I have ever seen.

Terrie Penrose-Toms, Casterton College

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