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What about this one? "The first shipment to
England of what would become Spain's most famous wine was labelled "Vino de Jerez, Seco." In London, "Jerez" was Anglicized to "sherry," and "seco" became "Sack." By Shakespeare's time, "sack" was a synonym for "sherry." Williams & Humbert have the sole
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I come from the UK, know lots of Sherry lovers, and have NEVER heard dry Sherry referred to as sack (apart from in
Shakespeare plays!). Dry Sack is, however, a well-known brand of Sherry. But for a reason I do not understand it is also applied to Sherries that are not dry. The reference was actually
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its word root. On p. 94 Francis Drakes 1587 raid is mentioned. But please notice that the word "sack" (p. 93, just as already stated in this article) in
English goes back to around 1530, so it predates the raid by several decades. So the booty from the raid seems to have added to the popularity of
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provides good advise if needed. You have obviously read the OCW article though (which only mentions OED but not the other dictionaries you mention), so you clearly have seen that OCW and wine historians disbelieve the proposal put forward by the dictionary writers of OED who somewhat inexplicably
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Regardless, the fields of oenology and philology are rather distinct: being able to appreciate sack is an entirely different skill to knowing where its name comes from. Knowledge should therefore defer to a philological rather than oenological source when it comes to a wine's etymology, and your
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Spanish sweet wine to the French word for dry. I attach more weight to OCW, for the simple reason that this article is written in full knowledge of the OED entry (the reverse doesn't hold true), and by people who understand the subject matter.
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I disagree that preference must be given to OED in comparison to a specialised subject matter source. There is no logical connection between the style of Sack and "dry" as commonly applied to wine; that would more be the style of "thin potations".
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A reference to what? The OED? Insert one if you like, but it doesn't really need one. Second edition - the third hasn't been prepared for that entry yet. I appreciate it's behind a paywall, and I can send you a copy of the relevant page if you'd
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The derivation from "sake" is almost certainly nonsense, and the 1911 EB's entry on "Sake" directly contradicts its one on "Sack". Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, and a 99-year-old encyclopaedia doesn't cut it.
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with the widest coverage of wine-related material including history. It is very strange that you use the term "original research" and while not providing any inline references to your claims - which edition, which page and so on?
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derivation to one particular person, Julian Jeffs, implying that even they think he's out on a limb. By all means mention his theory, but don't pretend that his is seen as the most likely. See
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Well, I added a sentence to that effect; I've also seen it on some bottles as part of a name. An important point, though, is that historically, sack was not just sherry.
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