grapes Archive

  • Distilling the grape pomace brandy (komova rakia)

    Distilling the grape pomace brandy (komova rakia)

    About a month ago I’ve written about a grape harvest and grape crushing. In the meantime wine was filtered out of crushed grapes and the whole mash (grape pomace) was left to ferment in order to be distilled into pomace brandy (komova rakia, or komovica). Well, today’s the day, it’s distilling time. grape pomace, raw [...]

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  • Grape harvest 2009

    Grape harvest 2009

    It was grape harvesting day at my grandfather’s vineyard today. Vineyard is not big, but there’s still a lot of work to be done. There were seven of us – mostly cousins – and we were picking grapes for about 4 hours. Although it gets painful after an hour or so, because vines are low [...]

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