Editing Sherry (section)

==Trademark protection ==
[[Image:Sherry Regulate Council - pic 2.jpg|thumb|Jerez Wine Regulatory Council]]
[[Image:Etiqueta DO Jerez.jpg|thumb|DO sherry]]
Spanish producers have registered the three names ''Jerez'' / ''Xérès'' / ''sherry'', and so may prosecute producers of similar fortified wines from other places using any of the same names. In 1933, Article 34 of the Spanish ''Estatuto del Vino'' (Wine Law) established the boundaries of sherry production as the first [[Spanish wine]] ''denominación''. Today, sherry's official status is further recognized by wider [[QWPSR|EU legislation]], under which "sherry" sold within the EU must come from the triangular area of the province of [[Cádiz (province)|Cádiz]] between [[Jerez de la Frontera]], [[Sanlúcar de Barrameda]], and [[El Puerto de Santa María]]. In the US, the name "sherry" is used as a [[semi-generic]], and it must be labeled with a region of origin such as American sherry or California sherry; such wines cannot be legally exported to the EU.

Both Canadian and [[Australian wine]]makers now use the term '''Apera''' instead of sherry,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fairfax Regional Media |date=19 January 2009 |title=Apera it is as sun sets on sherry |url=http://www.bordermail.com.au/story/42870/apera-it-is-as-sun-sets-on-sherry/ |access-date=10 January 2015 |website=The Border Mail}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Where did the term 'Apera', which has replaced the term for 'Sherry' made in Canada, come from? |work= Wine Spectator |date= 21 January 2015 |url=https://www.winespectator.com/articles/where-did-the-term-apera-which-has-replaced-the-term-for-sherry-made-in-canada-come-from-51122}}</ref> while consumers still use the term sherry.