Flor: Flor is the Spanish term for a cap of yeast that forms over Sherry wine as it ages in barrel, protecting the wine from oxidation. Floral (also Flowery): Literally, having the characteristic ...

Sherry, a fortified wine from Andalusia ... fortified with brandy up to 15% and aged under a layer of yeast called flor which protects the wine from oxygen. A manzanilla is a fino that comes ...

At Barra Santos, the acclaimed Portuguese restaurant in the Cypress Park neighborhood, wine director Evelyn Goreshnik believes sherry is having a moment. “It used to be if you were a sommelier ...