I would love to know what perry is...the pear version of cider?? some sort of pear wine?? nothing to do with pears at all?? Perry is to pears, as cider is to apples. per.ry \'per-e-\ n [ME peirrie, fr. MF pere`, fr. (assumed) VL piratum, fr. L (Xpirum pear chiefly Brit : the expressed juice of pears often made alcoholic by fermentation Tibor