Jerez de la Frontera [heh-RETH day lah frawn-TEH-rah]
A city in southwestern Spain’s Andulusia region, just inland from the Atlantic Ocean. Jerez de la Frontera (once known as Xérès) is the central city in and birthplace of Spain’s sherry country. See also Jerez-Xérès-Sherry y Manzanilla de Sanlúcar de Barrameda DO.
The New Wine Lovers Companion, 2nd Edition, by Ron Herbst and Sharon Tyler Herbst. Copyright © (1) 2003, 1995 by Ron Herbst and Sharon Tyler Herbst. Reprinted by arrangement with Barron's Educational Series, Inc.