Straw wine
As straw wine (French. Vin de paille , ital. Passito ) is called a wine whose grapes after reading are dried on straw mats or wooden frames, so that its sugar content due to the evaporation of water increases. Only after this treatment are the grapes pressed. Because of the high sugar content, the subsequent vinification usually results in a very heavy, long-lasting wine with an alcohol content of 14% or more.
Straw wines are produced in Italy (among the most famous is the Amarone della Valpolicella and the Recioto from the Valpolicella area ), but also in France (here in the Jura , among others ), Spain , Austria (e.g. Burgenland ) and Cyprus ( Commandaria ).
In Germany, the production of straw wines was prohibited by the Wine Act since 1971 . Since the new EU wine market regulation came into force on August 1, 2009, the production of straw wine has been permitted again in Germany. Since "straw wine" is a protected term (by Austria and Italy), it may not be called that. Ulrich Stein from Bullay on the Moselle fought significantly for straw wine and therefore calls his straw wine "Striehween" in Moselle Franconia.
In Austria , straw wine is also known as reed wine.
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literature
- Jancis Robinson : The Oxford Wine Lexicon . 3rd completely revised edition. Hallwag, Gräfe and Unzer, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-8338-0691-9 .