Dry Sherry

Fortified Spanish wine used in sauces and braises.

About Dry Sherry

Dry sherry is a fortified Spanish wine used as a cooking ingredient in sauces, soups, marinades, pan sauces, and braises. Dry styles range from light, crisp fino and manzanilla to fuller, more oxidative amontillado and oloroso, so the selected style affects the finished dish.

It has little residual sweetness compared with sweet sherry, with acidity, alcohol, and savoury wine aromas. Fino and manzanilla are typically light and briny, while amontillado and oloroso are richer, nuttier, and more deeply flavoured. Reducing it concentrates both its aroma and its wine character.

Dry sherry is a clear amber to golden liquid sold ready to pour. It may be added early so alcohol cooks off and the wine seasons a sauce, or used late for a brighter aroma. Heating reduces its volume and mellows its alcoholic edge while intensifying its remaining flavour.

Ingredient type: seasoning

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Dry Sherry nutrition & diet

Dry Sherry nutritional value

Reference: Wine, fortified, sherry, dry style (~1% sugars)

Per 100 g of the edible portion of the stated reference food.

Calories: 104kcal
Protein: 0.1g
Carbs: 1.2g
Fat: 0.0g

Reference example for the named food and preparation, per 100 g edible portion. This is not a universal value for every recipe or brand; packaged products should be compared with their own label. © Food Standards Australia New Zealand. AFCD Release 3, food F009567. Available carbohydrate excludes sugar alcohols; energy converted from kJ to kcal (÷4.184). Australian data may not be appropriate for use in other countries. There are limitations associated with food composition databases. Food composition data used in the database or databases may represent an average of the nutrient content of a particular sample of foods and ingredients, determined at a particular time. The nutrient composition of foods and ingredients can vary substantially between batches and brands because of a number of factors, including changes in season, processing practices and ingredient source, and methods of calculation. Data licensed under the FSANZ Data User Licence Agreement, based on CC BY-SA 3.0 AU: https://www.foodstandards.gov.au/science-data/monitoringnutrients/afcd/datauserlicenceagreement.

Portions & preparation

Match dry Sherry by style and use: a drinking pour, reduction, marinade, or sauce addition is not interchangeable. Cooking can reduce volume and alter alcohol and flavor, but the result depends on time, heat, vessel, and recipe. Include any sweeteners, salt, or commercial cooking-wine additives.

Compare the right form: Reference should match the specific dry fortified Spanish wine, style, alcohol treatment, and amount remaining after drinking or cooking.

Diet considerations

Dry Sherry is plant-derived wine made from grapes, but it contains alcohol unless fully removed by a verified process. Compatibility changes with cooking method and duration, and with added salt, sweeteners, flavorings, or animal-based sauce ingredients. Recipe portions and residual alcohol require context.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

Vegan
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Vegetarian
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Pescatarian
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Keto
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Paleo
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Low-carb
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Halal
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Kosher
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What these diet assessments mean

Vegan · Not established: The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Vegetarian · Not established: The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Pescatarian · Not established: The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Keto · Not established: A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Not established: The ingredient form and processing have not been assessed against this dietary pattern.
Low-carb · Not established: A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Halal · Not established: Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Not established: Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: Australian Food Composition Database, Release 3, 2025 — Wine, fortified, sherry, dry style (~1% sugars) ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

Last recorded verification: 26 September 2026.