Dry Sherry is typically enjoyed as a beverage and has a high alcohol content. It has a dry taste and can range from light and ...
If a recipe calls for ‘Chinese cooking wine or dry sherry’, fino or manzanilla are good substitutes; sweet sherry is not.
What does sherry taste like? Dry styles like fino and manzanilla have a taste of fresh apples combined with almond, yeasty Marmite and bready notes. Not unlike a champagne of white burgundy.
If a recipe calls for ‘Chinese cooking wine or dry sherry’, fino or manzanilla are good substitutes; sweet sherry is not.