A few years ago with the help of some local grape grower friends, who share our passion for traditional and authentic foods, we ventured out to make wine vinegar in the centuries-old Orleans Method, first perfected in France. Most vinegar today is produced by a system that takes just hours, but removes most of the taste and the nutrients. In contrast, authentic wine vinegar is converted slowly over many months and gently from quality wines with the starter (called the mother) in oak barrels. This is the way we do it in our Suisun Valley Vinegar House, and the result is a startlingly rich elixir with fine balance and subtle complexity.
We continue to be fascinated with the idea of marrying the sweetness and complexity of wine grapes that have been left on the vine to concentrate the natural sugars, with the bright and crisp acidity of authentic Orleans Method wine vinegar. After years in the making, we proudly present our proprietary KATZ Carriage House AgroDolce Vinegar Gift Box including one bottle each of our Late Harvest Zinfandel AgroDolce Vinegar, our Late Harvest Sauvignon Blanc Vinegar, and our Katz Gravenstein Apple Cider Vinegar. Full, complex flavor and ample residual sugar are links that tie these three "sour/sweet" vinegars together, and of course, the way they all take to enhancing good ingredients.
Katz traditional Orleans Method vinegars are proudly recognized on the Slow Food ARK OF TASTE - Helping to save cherished Slow Foods one product at a time.
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