the best alternative aperitif for sherry
Your best bet is to go to the wine and/or liquor store and get real sherry (wine fortified with brandy). Avoid the grocery store stuff labelled "cooking sherry".
Madeira or Port
Most sherry should be safe, as it is a wine made from grapes. However, being fortified with brandy, which often contains caramel color, it could conceivably contain gluten. It would be best to call and ask the manufacturer before serving sherry to a celiac.
In most recipes, sherry would be appropriate. Often sherry vinegar is used in place of sherry by those who want to avoid alcohol. The exception might be when preparing a salad where the greater acidity of the vinegar is important.
Dry sherries (Madeira, Sack, etc.) are very commonly used in cooking. I have never heard of cream sherry being used in cooking, though it would make sense for some types of dessert recipes.
Arceus. period. no questions asked. : ) ~Sherry
Sherry is a fortified wine, not a liquor, and the best way to describe its taste is "nutty" like hazelnuts, almonds, cashews even.
The best selling wine in the world is Charles Shaw. You may know it as "two-buck chuck". It is sold exclusivley at Trader Joe's. It's still sold in California for 2 dollars and from 2.79 to 3.79 around the rest of the country.
That was the night that everything went right. All the right people were there and Sherry fell in love all over again.
Rum, brandy, or sherry.
Yes you may be able to use rice wine instead of dry sherry,most recipes when asking for dry sherry state either or can be used.