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Jerez

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Je·rez  (h-rs, -rth) also Jerez de la Fron·te·ra (d lä frn-trä, )
A city of southwest Spain northeast of Cádiz. It was held by the Moors from 711 to 1264. Population: 203,000.

Jerez (Spanish) [xeˈrɛθ]
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(Placename) a town in SW Spain: famous for the making of sherry. Pop.: 181 602 (1998 est.) Official name Jerez de la Frontera [xeˈrɛð ðe la frɔnˈtera] Former name Xeres
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Noun1.Jerez - a city in southwestern Spain that is famous for making sherryJerez - a city in southwestern Spain that is famous for making sherry
Espana, Kingdom of Spain, Spain - a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power


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The Poeta Laureada de Gran Breta[+ or -]a, as Carol Ann is known in Spain, arrived in Jerez de la Frontera on Wednesday with daughter Ella, 14, and artist Stephen Raw.
It is also hoping to offer travel packages to leisure destinations in Southern Spain such as Malaga, Jerez de la Frontera, Ibiza and Mallorca in tandem with travel agents here.
There is in the soil of the 15,000 acres of vineyards of the Jerez country, lime, clay and sand, but in widely varying proportions, mixed quite differently, and ''peppered'' in an erratic manner with small quantities of various minerals, the importance of which, as regards the quality of the grapes and of the wine made from them, is considerable.
 
 
 
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