Making Red Wine Vinegar – CRAFT Video Podcast
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Millissime Gegenbauer Quince Balsamic Vinegar $51.48 During antiquity alcoholic liquids commonly turned to vinegar after a period of storage. But the ancients drank the vinegar as well: we know that 4 000 years ago sour beer was consumed in Mesopotamia. Later the Romans enjoyed a sourtasting drink called posca a mixture of vinegar and water that was enjoyed until the 20th century as a thirstquencher and energizer. The Romans made vinegar of figs grapes and special cereals (vinegar can be made from any fruit grain or honey). Old writings mention that vinegar brewing was a secretive profession and today; many vinegar producers still keep their methods secret. Brauerei Gegenbauer was founded in 1929 largely producing sauerkraut gherkins and other vegetables preserved by vinegar. During the hard postwar years problems with vinegar deliveries led the company to produce its own vinegar. About 20 years ago Erwin M. Gegenbauer Jr. grandson of the founder and a wine connoisseur developed a passion for making fine fruit vinegars; that became an obsession to create the highestquality vinegars on earth. The vinegars are made like fine wine; pure allnatural fruit juice is pressed from the finest fruit and brought to alcoholic fermentation with cultured yeast. During the fermentation and maturing period the wine is constantly monitored for both temperature and oxygen supply to create optimal living conditions for the bacteria. After the fermentation the vinegar is stored in glass carboys (large bottles with short narrow necks usually encased in basketwork or a wooden box) until it is ready to be slowly matured in small oak barrels where the sediment is removed several times over a five year period. This meticulous artisan production results in the highest quality vinegars. The quinces are harvested when fully ripened at the Harmerestate in Stripfing (approx. 25 km northeast from Vienna) sorted pressed carefully and delivered to the Gegenbauer vinegar brewery. This vinegar has a strong acidity and is perfect for carpaccio over |
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Millissime Gegenbauer Zweigelt Wine Vinegar $33.28 The Wine with the predicate Spootlese (late harvest) comes from the wine estate Johanneshof Reinisch Tattendorf in the Thermenregion Lower Austria. Use Gegenbauer Zweigelt Wine Vinegar to marinate raw fish meats fruits and vegetables to pickle fruit and vegetables to refine goulash bean and legume dishes and atop leafy salads and vegetables like fennel radish tomatoes etc. |
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Millissime Huilerie Beaujolaise Raspberry Wine Vinegar $37.83 Vinegar produced with Raspberry Wine. Size: 8.5 fl oz. Choose from designs to match your taste and needs. Made from the finest materials. |
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