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Article: Traditional balsamic vinegar is more like a wine
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
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- March 20, 2002
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Traditional balsamic vinegar is more like a wine
By MARLENE PARRISH
Wednesday, March 20, 2002
True balsamic vinegar is the ultimate niche product. The process
that produces it is unique to a small geographic area of Italy. The
vinegar is sky-high expensive because the producers don't watch the
clock, they watch the calendar. It takes at least 12 years to produce
in a process that is labor intensive and requires great skill and
patience. You could call balsamic vinegar the ultimate slow food.
Fine balsamic vinegar has been described in terms usually reserved
for wine: extraordinary, complex, rich in fragrance and harmony
between sweet and acidic, densely structured, suave and persistent.
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