Tsipouro

Tsipouro ( Greek τσίπουρο ) is a traditional Greek pomace brandy from the Macedonia region . Tsipouro is distilled twice (sometimes three times) from the press residues (rake, Greek: ρακή) of various white grape varieties such as Roditis , Athiri and Assyrtiko . After the first distillation , anise is sometimes used for flavoring. On the Mediterranean island of Crete , this spirit is called tsikoudia or more commonly rakí . The area around Tyrnavos and Thessaly as a whole are important production sites .

A drink that is distilled similarly to rakí or tsipouro, but instead of anise with mastic , a tree resin, is sold as masticha - e.g. B. on the island of Chios . If the wine is missing , the schnapps is simply distilled from figs .

literature

• Konstantinos Lazarakis: The Wines of Greece . Mitchell Beazley, London 2005, ISBN 1-84000-897-0 .
• Jancis Robinson : The Oxford Wine Lexicon . Hallwag, Gräfe and Unzer, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-8338-0691-5 .