Definition of "Jerez"

Jerez

proper noun
1. A city in the province of Cádiz, western Andalusia, Spain. Official name: Jerez de la Frontera.
2. A town in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. Official name: Jerez de los Caballeros.
noun
uncountable
1. (archaic) sherry
  Quotations
  Not being accustomed to drink any but watered wine, he was imprudent enough to take down at one swallow a glass of Jerez.
  1880, Edmondo De Amicis, Spain and the Spaniards, page 405
  He moved to the tantalus, poured her a glass of the sherry she preferred, and, holding his own as well, carried the glass of Jerez to her.
  2019, Stephanie Laurens, A Conquest Impossible to Resist