A note about Grappa

Grappa is hugely popular in the Veneto. It’s a very strong, clear spirit made from the pomace: grape skins, seeds and stalks that are left over after the winemaking process. These are put through a distillation process, which extracts all the remaining flavours before the waste is discarded. It can either be made from a mixture of pomaces from different wine-making sources, or from one grape variety, and can be aged in oak casks to turn it into a pale-yellow or tawny-coloured grappa known as Grappa Riserva. It is an extraordinarily effective digestif, served at the end of a meal, or added to a cup of espresso for a warming caffè corretto.