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03 May 2022
Grappa on the rocks… Heresy?
They often ask me: Jacopo, what is the ideal service temperature for Grappa? I reply: it depends on the Grappa type because there are young Grappas, served at cool temperature like a red wine, or aged Grappas in this case it is better to serve them at room temperature, so long as the room temperature is not too high. And then we have...
read04 February 2022
Milk, Grappa and honey: remedy against the cold?
As per an ancient popular tradition, milk with Grappa and honey is an effective remedy against cold and sneezing. But what is true in this tradition? It must be said that the Salerno Medical School already claimed that wool, bed and milk were the noblest remedy for cold and flu: the warmth given by the wool, staying in bed at rest and the...
read02 February 2022
Who invented Grappa?
Who invented Grappa? A population: The Italians! In fact, the Scuola Medica Salernitana was born in Italy; from the year 1000 onwards, it spread the distillation culture all along the peninsula. In 1532 this important book, “De arte conficendi aquam vitae”, was published by the medic from Padua Michele Savonarola, who explained how...
read05 January 2022
The first single-variety Grappa
“When was the first single-variety Grappa made?” First of all we must say that the practice of distilling single varietal grape marc plunges its roots into the history of Grappa. A proof of that is the big amount of bottles of Moscato, Malvasia, Prosecco Grappa kept in the Grappa collection at the Poli Grappa Museum in...
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