{"title":"Vinegar","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"agro-di-mosto-3-yr-balsamic-vinegar-organic-italy-mini-bottle","title":"Balsamic 3 yr \"Agro di Mosto\" Vinegar Organic (Italy) - Bottle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSan Giacomo's youngest Balsamic, obtained by oxidation in oak barrels for a minimum of 2 years, sometimes as much as 3 years.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe bitter part gives freshness, it is not aggressive because it is softened by the sweet component of cooked must.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAgro di Mosto has notes of cooked fruit, fresh and ideal with fatty meats, salads, cooked with meats and fish.  \u003c\/span\u003eA rich sour flavor, softened by the flavor of the cooked must.  For salads, vinaigrettes and for the last states of cooking roasts or vegetables.  Cooked and aged a minimum of 2 years. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Ingredients:  100% grape must.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAcidity approximately 4.5% (+\/- 0.5%).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight:  100 ml | 3.57 fl oz, 250 ml | 8.45 fl oz and 750 ml | 25.36 fl oz\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"San Giacomo","offers":[{"title":"100 ml","offer_id":37672615542933,"sku":"VIN04","price":18.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"250 ml","offer_id":37672615575701,"sku":"VIN13","price":29.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"750 ml","offer_id":40396514689173,"sku":"VIN23","price":81.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0489\/4097\/4229\/files\/sgagro250new.png?v=1725426886"},{"product_id":"saba-vinegar-organic-italy-mini-bottle","title":"Saba Vinegar Organic (Italy) - 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five times the minimum amount required by law.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-open-accessibility-text-original=\"16px\"\u003eIngredients: water, rice\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-open-accessibility-text-original=\"16px\"\u003eWeight:  500 ml\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-open-accessibility-text-original=\"16px\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-open-accessibility-text-original=\"16px\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Producer\u003c\/strong\u003e - Iio Jozo is a 123 yr old vinegar brewery located just outside the seaside town of Miyazu that makes what is arguably the highest-quality rice vinegar in Japan. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-open-accessibility-text-original=\"16px\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=U8RGDA8BKn8\"\u003eHANDRED　飯尾醸造（米酢）　「手でする仕事の美味しさ、美しさを伝え続ける」 - YouTube\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-open-accessibility-text-original=\"16px\"\u003eThey’ve reached this position by using the best ingredients and by utilizing time-tested traditional methods.  They control the process from start to finish, even growing some of their own rice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-open-accessibility-text-original=\"16px\"\u003eFifty years ago, the 3rd generation Iio-san noticed that the pesticides used by the local rice farmers would kill every living thing in their paddies.  Realizing that this couldn’t be healthy, Iio-san convinced some of the local farmers to grow their rice without using pesticides.  To this day Iio Jozo uses only 100% new-harvest pesticide-free rice to make their vinegar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-open-accessibility-text-original=\"16px\"\u003eIio Jozo produces amazing vinegar by controlling and perfecting every step in the process of making vinegar.  To make rice vinegar you have to ferment sake.  Since sake is an incredibly important ingredient, Iio-san makes his own using the same traditional methods employed by the best sake breweries.  It’s a labor-intensive process.  At the beginning of the process when they inoculate the rice with the koji mold, they have to tend to the rice every 3-4 hours for three days straight.  When it’s time to squeeze the sake out of the fermented rice, Iio Jozo uses a hand-powered wooden press.  Finally, after 45 days the sake is ready and then they can move on to making vinegar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-open-accessibility-text-original=\"16px\"\u003eTo make rice vinegar Iio Jozo uses approximately equal parts sake, water and vinegar mother.  It takes about 100 days on average for the living “good\" bacteria in the vinegar mother to ferment the sake into vinegar.  But it still isn’t ready at that point.  Iio-san then ages this vinegar for 8 months in order for it to have a more rounded, appealing flavor.  \u003cstrong\u003eIn total it takes about a year for Iio Jozo to make rice vinegar.  For comparison purposes, it takes the huge vinegar companies one day to produce a batch of their rice vinegar.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-open-accessibility-text-original=\"16px\" styl=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eAnother way that Iio Jozo makes their rice vinegar superior to others is the amount of rice they use in their vinegar.  According to Japanese law, to call your product ‘rice vinegar’ you have to use at least 40 grams of rice to produce 1 liter of vinegar (that’s 1.4 ounces of rice for about a quart of vinegar).  Iio-san will tell you that it really takes at least 120 grams\/liter of rice to make decent rice vinegar.  At Iio Jozo, however, they use 200 grams\/liter for their ‘standard’ rice vinegar and 320 grams\/liter for their ‘premium’ product.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Lio Jozo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41749901738133,"sku":"VIN24","price":26.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0489\/4097\/4229\/products\/jpricevinegarIio_Jozo_Pure_Rice_Vinegar_-_Retail_Front_2048x_29012d59-7f19-45ef-9fc5-31f78f71d30e.jpg?v=1641524341"},{"product_id":"garnacha-red-wine-vinegar-spain-bottle","title":"Aged Grenache Red Wine Vinegar (Spain) - 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the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\"\u003eacetobacteria biofilm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e, which grows only in controlled, undisturbed environments.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\"\u003eSan Giacomo consciously chose \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\"\u003enot to follow the traditional Eastern saccharification method\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\"\u003e using fungi such as Koji or Qu, which, in addition to transforming starches, also degrade proteins, releasing \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\"\u003eamino acids\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\"\u003e —including glutamate—and creating precursors of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\"\u003eumami\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\"\u003e flavor.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\"\u003eThis choice would have led to a very savory profile, typical of Eastern vinegars.  Instead, they preferred a different approach: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\"\u003efocusing only on starches\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\"\u003e , hydrolyzed by the enzyme amylase, to obtain a fermentable syrup that generates \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\"\u003efruitier, toasted, and cleaner aromatic notes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\"\u003e A rounder acidity, less umami, more recognizable and distinctive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\"\u003eKuriso is made from\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\"\u003ewhole Italian black rice from the province of Vercelli, produced by Gli Aironi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 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