1954 Practical Bar Management by Eddie Clarke

USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW

V. is the abbreviation for Very S. O.

Special or Superior Old Pale Especial or Extra Fine Mellow Extra

P. E. F. M. X.

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SHERRY TYPES Fino Dry but not bitter, very pale with a delicate bouquet. Amontillado Is not quite so dry, or so pale as Fino. Manzanilla Dry wine and pale, has a taste entirely of its own. Montilla Little drier and paler than Amontillado, does not come from the real Sherry districts, but will pass just the same. Vino de Pasto More of a medium dry wine, little darker in colour, beautiful bouquet. Golden Medium sweet and, as the name denotes, golden in colour. Oloroso Also sweet and soft, a little darker in colour. Amoroso Sweeter than the Golden and Oloroso,full bodied and darker. Brown The"Brown"family are dessert Sherries. In name— Rich Brown, Full Brown, Golden and, needless to say. Old Brown(also called East India-Sherry). Very rich and sweet. Solera Rich and sweet,is not really a type ofSherry,but a blend. PORTS (Shipped from Oporto) Vintage Port The wine is shipped over to this country in pipes, when about a year and a halfold. Atthe ripe old age oftwo it is bottled and allowed to mature. These wines are sold under the year of their origin, that year and the maker's name is stamped on the cork. The bottle is not labelled and the cork is sealed with wax. The wine throws off a thick natural deposit in the bottle, so it must be handled very carefully and decanted very gently before serving. Late Vintage Port This wine is subjected to the same treat ment,except that it is bottled later—some time after its third

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