Ginger wine

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A glass of Stone’s ginger wine

Ginger Wine ( listen ? / I ) is a fortified wine , who as ginger wine [ ʤɪn.ʤer waɪn ] ( listen ? / I ) for the first time from the distillery Finsbury Distillery Company Ltd. Manufactured and sold in London in 1740 . It has a clear, light yellow to dark brown color and is flavored by adding fermented raisins , grated ginger , lemon zest and occasionally black pepper . By later "filling it up" with brandy , it reaches an alcohol content between 11.02 and 18.00% vol .; Because the criteria for dessert wines or sweet wines are not defined in German or European wine law , ginger wine is described in the literature as an artificial wine . Audio file / audio sample Audio file / audio sample

History and manufacturing process

The basic ingredients for making ginger wine: brandy, raisins, pepper, lemon zest and fresh ginger
Dry wine yeast granules

In 1740, ginger wine was developed by the Finsbury distillery in England, which was founded in the same year, produced for the first time and since then sold in light-protected green glass bottles , which is why the name Green Ginger Wine is also common, whereby the adjective green or in German often as a pair The term "green ginger wine" used only refers to the container and not the color of the liquid . Since the company Finsbury for distribution after the Sale of Spirits Act of 1750 one from 1751 sales license required because the new law to direct sales to end users prohibited from now, the can launch of ginger wine also clearly dated.

The basis of the product consists of a mixture of raisins, spices such as black pepper and grated fresh ginger root fermented by wine yeast , which is later added to Spanish brandy or French cognac . Because it is not traditional winemaking due to this production method by "Aufspritung" , contemporary criticism has already arisen:

“The so-called ginger wine has become fairly well known in recent years, but the expression or the name is a misnomer. The ginger wine is just a combination of water, alcohol, fruits and spices; for no liquid may be called wine that has not been properly poured; but in the presentation of this mixture, which is actually nothing more than a very strong, rich punch, fermentation is out of the question. "

- Beginning of chapter 322 "Ginger Wine" in The Preparation of Artificial Wines (1859)

During the epidemics of the 19th century, such as cholera in Great Britain (1832) and Germany (1892), it was widely believed that ginger would provide effective protection against it. In the course of this, ginger wine developed into a mass product that, then as now, can be produced in different ways at home.

The diverse medicinal effects of ginger have long been known. In Canada in the early 20th century, British ginger wine was used as a home remedy , mixed with hot water, for asthma or, mixed with molasses , as a syrup for cold symptoms .

Uses

Pastries with ginger wine as an ingredient: Ginger Sandies
British cuisine: salmon marinated in ginger wine with beetroot balls and pieces of ginger

The uses of ginger wine in food preparation are diverse and extend to baked goods , ice cream , drinks , main dishes and starters :

It is an ingredient in ginger bread, most ginger biscuits and occasionally in ginger ice cream. As a drink, ginger wine can be pure, mixed with soda water , chilled or drunk on ice and is the basis of some cocktails such as Ginger Cosmopolitan or Whiskey Mac or Whiskey McDonald . It can be used to enhance the taste of ginger ale or ginger beer , and black tea can also be flavored with ginger wine .

Especially in English cuisine , ginger wine is a component of various dishes such as ginger chicken , rosemary lamb with ginger wine sauce or roasted salmon marinated in ginger wine with boiled beetroot . An example of a starter would be tomato soup with diced beef and a dash of ginger wine.

Producers and variants

A glass of Spitz ginger wine

The traditional producer of ginger wine is Stone’s in London, whose ginger wine has an alcohol content of 13.5% vol. owns. According to the “Gin Act” of 1751, the Finsbury distillery entered into a sales cooperation with the then greengrocer Joseph Stone in the High Holborn district of London , and later the Stone company itself took over production to the present day. As a variant with a high alcohol content of 18.0% vol. Stone's Special Reserve is also offered by this today in a brown bottle with a red label.

The Scottish manufacturer John Crabbie & Co. has also been producing a ginger wine under the name Crabbie's Green Ginger Wine since 1801 . With Crabbie's Ginger Mac, Crabbie offers a bottled mix variant between ginger wine and scotch .

While the Crabbie's products in the UK coverage in Aldi - and Lidl are distributed branch stores, which offers supermarket chain Morrison Supermarkets PLC with Morrisons Fine Green Ginger Wine a ginger wine as private label to.

The Scottish microdistillery Demijohn produces a ginger wine with an alcohol content of 14.5% vol in the southern Devonian of England. which is sold in a clear ball bottle. Brandy often matures in spherical glass containers with a capacity of 5 to 54 liters, the shape of which is called dame-jeanne , which explains the name of the distillery as an anglicized corruption of the French term demijohn .

The British monument protection agency English Heritage sells a ginger wine with a slightly higher alcohol content of 14.5% vol. under the name English Heritage Ginger Wine via its own internet shop.

Co-op Scotland (today: Scotmid Food Cooperative) produces a ginger wine concentrate that is sold in 100 ml bottles under the trade name Yulade .

The British organic supermarket chain Holland & Barrett is selling a non-alcoholic variant of ginger wine in 725 ml bottles with the Rochester Ginger Drink product . A second non-alcoholic product is Kitty's Homemade Non Alcoholic Ginger Wine .

As a niche and trend food , the demand for ginger wine is increasing on the European mainland . The company Jungmichels - Garagenweingut und Honigmacher from Neuwied offers a ginger wine from German production with 11.02% vol. Alcohol content. The company Fruchtweine Spitz from Vettelschoss offers both a ginger wine (12% vol.) And a ginger liqueur in organic quality . Both companies are based in Rhineland-Palatinate .

Trivia

  • The then Islamic scholar and orientalist Moritz Wolf stated in his publication on eschatology , published in 1872 , that ginger wine will be available in Janna , the paradise in Islam: “They sit down on the couches and it becomes a ginger for them [from Allah himself] -Wine sent down, and they drink. ”And refers to the sura “ Al-Muttaffif ”, verses 17-18, in which“ ginger ”and“ wine ”are named by God himself.
  • In the crime novel On Death Row , which is set in Jamaica , the candidate wants a glass of ginger wine before the execution .
  • In the story collection Grüss, green cucumber, the Spreewald: peppered stories , ginger wine plays a role in a Muslim family in Great Britain and is - with the statement "Allah allowed it" - transported in the trunk in boxes.
  • In the short story collection The Streets of London , the section to the Victoria Line tells a story of how two sisters in Finsbury Park cheer each other up in difficult situations with bottles of ginger wine.
  • In the publication Of Offenders and Victims: Legal Mentality in Chinese Crime Tales between 1600 and 1900 , a collection of real crimes , a case of cannibalism is presented in which the subject of liver is preserved in ginger wine , the recipe for which was only disclosed under torture .
  • In a contemporary representation of Chinese culture at the end of the 19th century, it is stated that it was customary to present relatives and friends with duck eggs and jugs filled with ginger wine on the occasion of the birth of a new child .
  • In Salman Rushdie's novel The Satanic Verses one is pregnant the advice given to her to drink a glass of ginger wine, because that is good for the baby .

Related drinks

literature

  • Stephen Brook: Liquid Gold: Dessert Wines of the World . Constable, 1987, ISBN 978-0-09-466920-8 .
  • Philip Pery Carnell: A Treatise on Family Wine Making . Chapters 56-60: "The Ginger Wine". Sherwood, London, 1814. ( Digitized version available on the Internet.)
  • F. Paul Pacult: Kindred Spirits: The Spirit Journal Guide to the World's Distilled Spirits and Fortified Wines . Hyperion Books, 1997, ISBN 978-0-7868-8172-7 . (Digitized version available on the Internet.)
  • Pickersgills & Lightowler: Bromley's Ginger Wine Essence . Pickersgills & Lightowler, 1880.
  • William Henry Roberts: The British Wine-maker and Domestic Brewer . A. & C. Black, 1849.
  • Roger Voss: Pocket Guide to Fortified and Dessert Wines . Mitchel Beazley, 1989, ISBN 978-0-85533-698-1 .

Web links

Commons : Ginger wine  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Udo Pini : Das Gourmet-Handbuch , page 381, Könemann-Verlag, 2004. ISBN 9783829014434 .
  2. ↑ The London Excise Act on Stone’s website , accessed March 5, 2016.
  3. ^ Sale of Spirits Act of 1750 (Gin Act) as a digitized version by the British Department of Justice.
  4. ↑ Our product range: Original Green Ginger Wine on Stone's website, accessed March 5, 2016.
  5. ↑ Maumené, Edme Jules / L. Jaunay: The preparation of artificial wines (1859), page 237 (accessed on March 5, 2016).
  6. ^ How to make ginger wine, on The Guardian's website , accessed March 5, 2016.
  7. ↑ Instructions for private production on Fruchtweinkeller.de , accessed on March 5, 2016.
  8. ↑ Crellin, John K .: Home Medicine: The Newfoundland experience . McGill Queens University Press, 1984. ISBN 978-0-7735-1196-5 . Page 159.
  9. ↑ Pini, Udo: The Gourmet Handbook . Könemann-Verlag, 2004. Page 381.
  10. ^ Miller, Jan: Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book . Ginger biscuit recipe (page 250). Better Homes & Garden, 2006. ISBN 978-0-696-22565-9 .
  11. ↑ Pini, Udo: The Gourmet Handbook . Könemann-Verlag, 2004. Page 381.
  12. ^ Bowen, Carol: The Basic Basics Aga Handbook . Recipe for “Chicken breasts with ginger wine sauce” (page 97). Grub Street Publishers, London, 2005. ISBN 978-1-904943-24-2 .
  13. ↑ Brown, Amy Christine: Understanding Food: Principles and Preparation . Section: “Ginger / Ginger wine” (page 642). Cengage Learning, 2013. ISBN 978-1-133-60715-1 .
  14. ↑ Nigel Slater's ginger recipes on theguardian.com from January 12, 2014, accessed March 6, 2016.
  15. ↑ Recipes and Cocktails on Stone’s website , accessed March 5, 2016.
  16. ↑ Choose a serve on the website of John Crabbie & Co.
  17. ↑ Stone's Special Reserve on Stone’s website , accessed March 5, 2016.
  18. ↑ Crabbie's Green Ginger Wine on Crabbie’s website , accessed March 5, 2016.
  19. ↑ Crabbie's Ginger Mac on Crabbie’s website , accessed March 5, 2016.
  20. ↑ Morrisons Fine Green Ginger Wine on the Morrison Supermarkets PLC website , accessed March 5, 2016.
  21. ↑ Ginger Wine 14.5% ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from Demijohn's website , accessed March 5, 2016.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.demijohn.co.uk
  22. ↑ English Heritage Ginger Wine ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from the English Heritage website , accessed March 5, 2016.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.english-heritageshop.org.uk
  23. ^ History of Co-op Scotland, accessed March 5, 2016.
  24. ↑ Product Description Rochester Ginger Drink on Holland & Barrett's website , accessed March 5, 2016.
  25. ↑ Product description of Kitty's Homemade Non Alcoholic Ginger Wine on the Kitty's website , accessed on March 5, 2016.
  26. ↑ Product description of ginger wine on the Jungmichels website , accessed on March 6, 2016.
  27. ↑ Product description of ginger wine on the website of Fruchtweine Spitz (ingwerwein.de), accessed on March 6, 2016.
  28. ↑ Wolf, Moritz: Muhammedanische Eschatologie, Arabic and German. With notes by 'Abd al-Raḥîm ben Aḥmad Ḳâḍî. Leipzig and Dresden manuscript, 1872. Page 195 f. Available as reprints, ISBN 978-3-487-12629-6 and ISBN 978-1-249-76195-2 .
  29. ↑ Zahl, Peter-Paul: On Death Row . A Jamaica crime thriller. Fischer-Taschenbuch, 2005. ISBN 978-3-596-16462-2 . Page 207.
  30. ↑ Lentz, Georg: Greetings, green cucumber, the Spreewald: peppered stories . Ullstein-Hardcover-Verlag, 1989. Page 86. ISBN 978-3-550-06035-9 .
  31. ↑ Binchy, Maeve: The Streets of London . A short story collection. Droemer Knaur, 1999. ISBN 978-3-426-62029-8 .
  32. ↑ Storm, Carsten: Of perpetrators and victims: legal mentality in Chinese crime stories between 1600 and 1900 . Opera Sinologica No. 16. Harrassowitz, 2004. Page 170 (chapter “Craftsmen”). ISBN 978-3-447-05033-3 .
  33. ↑ Katscher, Leopold and John Henry Gray: Pictures from Chinese life. With special consideration for customs and traditions. CF Winter, 1881. page 48.
  34. ↑ Rushdie, Salman: The Satanic Verses. Novel. Deutscher Bücherbund, 1989. ISBN 978-3-9802315-0-3 .
  35. ↑ Domaine de Canton on mixology.eu (2010), accessed on March 5, 2016.