Noun

Singular fino

Plural finos

fino (plural finos)

1. The driest and palest type of traditional sherry.

Anagrams

• Alphagram: fino
• foin
• info
• ONFI

Esperanto

Noun

fino (plural finoj, accusative singular finon, accusative plural finojn)

1. end, ending

Ido

Noun

fino

1. end

Italian

Preposition

fino

1. till

Related terms

• fino a
• finora

Adjective

fino m (f fina, m plural fini, f plural fine)

1. thin, fine

Synonyms

• acuto
• fine

Anagrams

• Alphagram: fino
• foni
• info

Spanish

Fino ("fine" in Spanish) is the driest and palest of the traditional varieties of sherry. It is drunk comparatively young, and unlike the sweeter varieties should be drunk soon after the bottle is opened as exposure to air can cause them to lose their flavour within hours.

Flor

The defining component of Fino sherries is the strain of yeast known as flor that floats in a layer on top of sherry in the wine barrel. Until the mid-19th century most sherry winemakers did not understand what this yellowish foam that randomly appeared in some of their barrels was. They would mark these barrels as "sick" and relegate them to their lowest bottlings of wine. It turned out that this strain of Saccharomyces yeast thrived in air, and the more "head room" there was in the barrel the more likely it was to develop. Over time winemakers noticed that these wines were lighter and fresher than their other sherries, with the flor acting as a protective blanket over the wine that shielded it from excessive oxidation.