I have been away from this blog too long. I realise it is one I can only turn to in my hour of need. Or, when I read a story like this...
Could it be that grappa comes full circle? Remember the old brew they used to offer you with a rag in the top and watch your face for a reaction when you drank it? Well, apparently they want to make it legal.
The mind, quite rightly, boggles.
I can picture it now - Acquavita dal bagno di Ginkers, Grappa Cucina di Martino or even Spirito di Cencio! Heck, any fool would be looking to brew their own. Now where are those grapes the kids just threw away...
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Hello! I'm italian and I live in Florence. Sometimes I come here to read your Blog.
I agree with you about this news: there are a lot of dangerous problems in making grappa in home. The most important is the Methyl Alcohol!!! A lot of people are not able to distill and we'll have a lot of risks to find bad grappa. I hope, for the safety of drinkers, that this proposal will never become a Law.
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I am honoured to have a Florentine reader. Sono stato residente per un anno fuori Firenze - a Borgo San Lorenzo - ed anche li' ho imparato a studiare la grappa. Pero' devo ammettere che la storia della mia famiglia in garfagnana e' stata ancora piu' utile! Salutoni...
Con google ho trovato il tuo Blog e ogni tanto vengo a leggere. Bravo. Saluti
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