Also 7 Zerez. Name of a town in Andalusia, famous for its wine; in full, Xeres sack, wine = SHERRIS (sack), SHERRY sb.1 1.
a. 1661. Fuller, Worthies, Bristol (1662), III. 34. Bristol Milk.… This Metaphorical Milk, whereby Xeres or Sherry-Sack is intended.
1662. Merret, in Charleton, Myst. Vintners (1675), 233. Most of the Canary is made with Malago and Zerez Sack.
1841. Fraser’s Mag., XXIV. 26. The xeres and port Are of the right sort.
1869. Blackmore, Lorna D., l. Do you like the wine of Oporto, or the wine of Xeres?
1872. Ruskin, Fors Clav., II. xvi. 13. So many skins of Xeres wine.
