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What do Australians call sherry?

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What do Australians call sherry? Australians now call sherry apera due to EU naming rules, with Australia agreeing in 2010 to stop using European geographical name sherry for Australian fortified wine, renaming it apera, though some Australians still colloquially call it sherry, with official term now Australian apera. Sherry is fortified wine from Jerez Spain, with EU protected designation, so Australia agreed to rename its sherry-style fortified wine to apera to comply with trade agreement, effective 2010 with transition period, so Australian fortified wine previously called sherry is now called apera, similar to how Australian sparkling wine previously called champagne now called sparkling wine. So Australians call sherry apera officially, with term Australian apera used on labels, with styles like cream apera, dry apera, similar to sherry styles, with some older Australians still saying sherry out of habit, but official name is apera, with Wine Australia promoting apera term, with supermarkets labeling as apera, so Australians call sherry apera now due to geographical indication rules, though colloquially some still say sherry, with official term apera since 2010 agreement.
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