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Literally "cooked wine" but also called mosto cotto (cooked must, i.e. juice) which is more accurate. Vino Cotto is not a wine but a syrup used in cooking. The idea was given to us by two of our grape pickers, Carmine (Charlie) and Antonina, originally from southern Italy. Each year Charlie makes wine, and each year Antonina runs off some off his juice at the beginning of ferment and boils it down to make Vino Cotto.
For several years, our vino cotto has been made in partnership with Jan Gundlach, at Flavours Culinary Academy. This year, we asked Charlie to make it for us here on site, in very traditional fashion! Vino Cotto is very sweet, but has considerable balancing acidity. Its main feature is a very intense flavour, grapey yet also malty and rich. It has many uses in baking, making sauces, roasting vegetables, salad dressings, and desserts.
Vino Cotto Information Sheet. Cellar Door only: $16.50 (250 mL).
Recipe 1: Vino Cotto Glazed Pork Belly
Recipe 2: Pannacotta with Vino Cotto Marinated Strawberries