Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A pale, very dry sherry.
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- noun The driest and palest type of traditional
sherry .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It's darker, richer and nuttier than fino, which is ethereally light.
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More than 6 million people come the Real de la Feria to eat tapas, drink dry sherry called fino and dance the night away. "
Spain's Biggest Party Kicks Off With Fireworks, Flamenco 2010
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Iniziamo dicendo che nessuno oquasi gli ha mai dato il giusto peso, almeno non fino ad ora.
What do you want on a back label? | Dr Vino's wine blog 2010
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I love a nice fino with olives, hard cheese or small fried fish.
Is sherry’s retro image ripe for a makeover? On public radio’s Marketplace | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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Some of you have recommended a fino here in food pairings, such as gazpacho.
Gazpacho: an impossible food-wine pairing?!? | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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The sherries from Lustau are first class by any measure and the fino excellent, but probably the most subject to issues like storage and freshness of the bottling.
Is sherry’s retro image ripe for a makeover? On public radio’s Marketplace | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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Anyone who has sat by the sea at Sanlucar eating fresh prawns and drinking fresh fino will know what I mean.
Is sherry’s retro image ripe for a makeover? On public radio’s Marketplace | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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Some of you have recommended a fino here in food pairings, such as gazpacho.
Is sherry’s retro image ripe for a makeover? On public radio’s Marketplace | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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So, I agree with the fino or Manzanilla Sherry suggestion as well.
Cucumber soup: impossible food-wine pairing?!? | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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I brought several bottles of wine and threw in a bottle of Lustau fino that I had picked up at Astor Wine to try out on the guinea pigs – er, our friends.
Is sherry’s retro image ripe for a makeover? On public radio’s Marketplace | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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