All you need to know about Italian grappa: best Italian grappa brands, facts and grappa serving etiquette to impress your guests
Grappa (in Italian: grappa) is a typical Italian liquor with high alcoholic content (usually 35 degrees+).
It is usually served after dinner as a digestif and is best presented in special grappa glasses with a small stem (tulip glasses), perfect for liquor tasting and slow sipping.
Grappa is produced using the skins of grapes used for wine making (pomace) and it typical especially of the North of Italy.
The regions of Piedmont, Veneto, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Lombardy and Trentino Alto Adige in particular, among the most important wine regions in Italy, have a long gappa-making history and produce some of the best in the country, also now exported abroad.
The world of grappa is a vast and interesting: today we only tap into this world, sharing essential info about Italian Grappa, demystifying labeling with a quick grappa glossary and giving quick tips for serving Italian grappa at home.
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