Grappavita

01/10/2019

Did you know the etymology of the word "Grappa"? 🤔

01/04/2019

Ciao Tutti
Nu vet ni vad ni gör på onsdag kväll !

08/01/2019

Piemonte Wine Day i Göteborg !
Save the Date
https://www.grappavita.se/evenemang

03/12/2018

In Buona Compagnia !, Stefano & Robert i gott sällskap med vår vän Bepi Tosolini...

18/11/2018

En inspirerande Söndagsfilm, snart kommer Vinmakaren Stefano Bernardis från Collio till Göteborg. Mer info snart...

15/11/2018

Snart får ni möjlighet att uppleva denna Vinmakare i Göteborg, boka in kvällen den 1 december, mer info innom kort....

These days, tocai cannot be called such because of a legal battle Italy lost to Hungary, who claims the rights to the origins of the name. The problem is, Italian tocai has no relationship whatsoever with the tokaji Aszú. These are made with furmint grapes, which are not tocai, nor are any of the other wines made in the tokaji Aszú area. Detailed analysis of the DNA have confirmed that the grapes from these vines are NOT IN ANY WAY related to our tocai friulano. The history of this wine, needless to say, dates back many centuries, to an interesting encounter when in the 1200s King Bela IV received Italians from the Fruili, who brought him cuttings of their vines which were, of course, duly planted in Hungarian soil. The grapevine took the name of a river not far from where it was first planted. The name of the river, as documented by maps from the era, was Toccai. The maps also tell us something even more important and intriguing. The vines the Fruilani gave to the King and planted by the Toccai river were called furmint. Exactly the same vine now known in Hungary as tocaji or tocai, but which has nothing in common with the Italian tocai, which is now called tocai fruilano. What we have here is a double error which seeks to identify tocai friulano as furmint, which aside from being a different grapevine, was actually brought to Hungary by the Fruilani themselves. It’s amazing how a friendly gesture can, centuries later, result in a resounding misjudgment. But the fact remains that they are two diverse vines and that tocai friulano is the original, which can now be found with the addition on the label of Friulano.

This is the Friulano grape of Norina Pez.....as you can see ready within a copple of weeks to pick.

30/10/2018

Passar perfekt till våra viner från Piemonte, eller som vi säger "Si Sposa Bene" det gifter sig väl !

31/05/2018

Verikalprovning av Barbaresco ackompanjerat av magisk fiskrätt med två tolkningar av Chardonnay, avslutas med Moscato och sommrig efterrätt. Helt rätt på Sjömagasinet i 32 gradig värme ! Vi tackar Ulf Wagner med personal och Fratelli Grasso för denna upplevelse.

30/05/2018

Bröderna Grasso på Project, kvällen började med en Mellerud i värmen och fortsatte med en fullsatt restaurang, vita och röda viner från Barbaresco som akompanjerade fantastiska matsmaker. Allt under ledning av systerdottern Elisa och hennes målande beskrivningar av vinerna och deras terroir.
Tack vännerna på Project !
I kväll är vi på Sjömagasinet för en ny upplevelse.