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WHAT IS A GRAPPINO?

Our GRAPPINO is a Grappa, made in Myanmar from Muscat or Shiraz Grapes

Distillation ApparatusIn a nutshell: It is a delicate Myanmar Grappa, as you will quickly find out when you taste it. You can chose a GRAPPINO from Muscat grapes or from Shiraz grapes. Both come in special 0,35 liter or 0,7 liter bottles and cost 9.00 USD or 15.00 USD respectively.

To find out more about the unique taste of our delicate GRAPPINO’s , please visit us at our office or at the vineyard for tasting session. You will find out as one of our loyal fans had written into our guest-book:

“They taste like the finest Grappa I have ever tried”.

They are made in the best Alpine tradition of producing the best distillates from selected grape varieties. Its purity and fine taste is the result of using a 3-step Steam-distillation process with the help of a genuine “Holstein Distillation Column”. It guarantees a special clean and tasty product.

AND WHAT IS GRAPPA?

Grappa is an alcoholic drink identified commonly as pomace brandy, spirit or distillate. Journalist Daniel Wakin defines grappa simply as "distillation of the sediment left after pressing grapes to make wine."1 The National Grappa Institute in Brescia, Italy, denominates grappa as

The spirit produced from grape marc (i.e. from the skins of the grapes after they have been separated from the must or the wine) possibly with a percentage of wine lees. Raw materials must be obtained from grapes produced and processed in Italy, distilled in plants located in Italy and complying with well-defined requirements, as set forth by the regulations in force.2

EU Regulation 1576/89 describes grape marc spirit, grape marc or grappa (all three terms are virtually interchangeable) as a spirit drink

* produced from grape marc fermented and distilled either directly by water vapour, or after water has been added; a percentage of lees that is to be determined in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 15 may be added to the marc, the distillation being carried out in the presence of the marc itself at less than 86 % vol. Redistillation at the same alcoholic strength is authorized,

* containing a quantity of volatile substances equal to or exceeding 140 grams per hectolitre of 100 % vol alcohol and having a maximum methyl alcohol content of 1000 grams per hectolitre of 100 % vol alcohol. 3

Having originally emerged as a poor man's drink, grappa has recently attained status equivalent to that of Scotch whisky or exquisite cognacs. Italians sip it for breakfast, its is added into coffee and also used as a digestive after meals or an ingredient in cooking (e.g., in cakes, cookies and homemade sausages).
In its most recent incarnation it is called GRAPPINO (see above).