[Sca-cooks] Verjus

[lilinah at earthlink.net]

Duriel wrote:
>Why would you say it's a Gew¸rztraminer when they
>clearly say it's a Chardonnay?

And Eibhlin responded:
>Because the one they currently have for sale on both
>their website and in their paper mailer advertise it
>as Gewurztraminer - and every bottle I have ever
>purchased has been such.  Follow this url:
>http://www.navarrowine.com/shop/
>
>You will see about halfway down under the
>Non-alcoholic section that they are offering both the
>Gewurztraminer and the Pinot Noir.

The bottle i bought at Beltane last year is a 
Chardonnay (haven't opened it yet). Maybe i can 
get a bottle of the Gewurztraminer this year (if 
they're not all sold out by the time i get there) 
and do a taste test.

As for the Middle Eastern someone else mentioned. 
The label says "sour grape juice" and i hesitate 
to say that it is anything other than a verjus 
substitute. I've tried two brands, and, wow! is 
that stuff harsh and sour. I use it in feasts 
because it's cheap, but it tastes quite different 
from every bottle of verjus i've bought. I did 
have a half-used bottle in the back of my fridge 
for a year, and it didn't spoil at all, and it 
mellowed considerably into something i'd call 
verjus.
-- 
Urtatim (that's err-tah-TEEM)
the persona formerly known as Anahita