Editing Sherry (section)

==Storing and drinking==
Once bottled, sherry does not generally benefit from further aging and may be consumed immediately, though the sherries that have been aged oxidatively may be stored for years without noticeable loss in flavour. Bottles should be stored upright to minimize the wine's exposed surface area. As with other wines, sherry should be stored in a cool, dark place. The best fino sherries, aged for longer than normal before bottling, such as Manzanilla Pasada, will continue to develop in the bottle for some years.

Fino and Manzanilla are the most fragile types of sherry and should usually be drunk soon after opening, in the same way as unfortified wines. In Spain, Finos are often sold in half bottles, with any remaining wine being thrown out if it is not drunk the same day it is opened.<ref name="MacNeil pg 447">K. MacNeil ''The Wine Bible'' pg 447 Workman Publishing 2001. {{ISBN|978-1-56305-434-1}}</ref> Amontillados and Olorosos will keep for longer, while sweeter versions such as PX, and blended cream sherries, are able to last several weeks or even months after opening since the sugar content acts as a preservative.

[[File:Venenciadora serving Sherry.jpg|thumb|A ''venenciadora'' pours sherry drawn from a cask (or "butt") into a ''catavino'' (2007)]]

[[File:El arte de venenciar.ogg|thumb|The art of ''venenciar'']]

Sherry is traditionally drunk from a ''[[Sherry glass|copita]]'' (also referred to as a ''catavino''), a special tulip-shaped sherry glass. Sampling wine directly from a sherry butt may be performed with a characteristic flourish by a ''venenciador'', named after the special cup (the ''[[venencia]]'') traditionally made of silver and fastened to a long whale whisker handle. The cup, narrow enough to pass through the [[bung hole]], withdraws a measure of sherry which is then ceremoniously poured from a head height into a ''copita'' held in the other hand.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Julyan |first=Brian K. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3EH_dVAApBMC&dq=venenciador+taste&pg=PA214 |title=Sales and Service for the Wine Professional |date=26 December 2008 |publisher=Cengage Learning |isbn=9781844807895 |via=Google Books}}</ref>

Various types are often mixed with lemonade (and usually ice). This [[long drink]] is now called [[Rebujito]]. A similar drink in the [[Victorian era]] was the [[sherry cobbler]], shaken and served over shaved ice.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Time for a Drink: Sherry Cobbler |url=http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2009/08/sherry-cobbler-cocktail-recipe.html |access-date=10 January 2015}}</ref>