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Jo I answer here because since yesyerday I can't write on chatbox, I don't know why.
Well, you can find very good grappa in supermarkets too. However, usually before to drink grappa (after a lunch or a dinner, obviously) I eat a bit of dark chocolate as well. Same when you eat rhum, dark chocolate enhance the rhum's flavor. So, as a good Italian I recommend you to eat a bit of DARK chocolate before to drink grappa, even if you didn't drink a whiskey before
Personally I can accept milk chocolate only with coffee (even if also in this case I prefer the dark one). You can try a little piece of milk chocolate before to drink a coffee, it's pretty good. Let me know
PS: I have neved drunk the red Graves, so maybe milk chocolate is good with that one. Especially Lindt is a very good chocolate

I believe that there are also pretty good milk chocolates, and this one, Lindt Excellence with "Fleur de sel", which is the name here for the very pure sea salt, is really good for my taste, and i find it fits very well with some French red wines, including the Graves.

Also, it has a special taste to me because some years ago i used to meet a girl who was working in this chocolate plant in Oloron Sainte-Marie, making these Lindt products.


EDIT : Btw, Funzo, maybe you've heard and can confirm, or not, this legend saying that, in some parts of Italy, the Grappa is also nicknamed "fil di ferro" ? I've read something about that.

Nikita wrote: Btw, Funzo, maybe you've heard and can confirm, or not, this legend saying that, in some parts of Italy, the Grappa is also nicknamed "fil di ferro" ? I've read something about that.

Nik I didn't know it, lol: I just checked on Wikipedia and you're right. It's a very strong grappa from Sardinia and literally it means "wire" in English, or "fil de fer" in French language. Thanks for have let me know, Nik, now I wanna try it
I know the brand of the bottle you can see on the Wikipedia's page I just posted, because it makes also a very good liquor, even from Sardinia, called mirto . I love it. I just knew that also in France you make it, in Corsica. However, last April I planted a mirto tree in my garden...a friend of mine told me that the homemade one is another story. I planted it in the South side of my garden, protected by a wall on the north-west side. If it will survive to the winters of my area (a bit different from the Sardinia's winters) as soon as I get enough fruits I will make the liquor

It's funny, my story is different but both should be linked, i think.

Well, i read a long time ago and i don't even remember which book that, during WW2, because of the growing demand for metals in the arms industry, the guys of Mussolini requisitioned more and more in the farms, and the farmers who made grappa were caught their stills of precious metal, so they managed to hide them and had decided to nickname them "fil di ferro" for not to betray. So there was no stills in these farms, only "fil di ferro" ...

It was perhaps in this region of Sardinia and connected to this Grappa you talk about and they do over there...

I didn't know it, mate. You have a great culture, Nik I like these stories
I found this other story on internet. I don't know which is the real one, but both are nice
Filu 'e ferru .
This is the translation:
The "Filu 'e ferru", or even abbardente, is a grappa, or an acquavite made by marc. The curious name that it brings recalls the established practice of the late nineteenth century Sardinians distillers to hide the illegal distilling of liquor to the authorities of the kingdom, when the production of spirits was heavily taxed. To prevent the seizure, the bottles produced were buried and equipped with a wire that did emerge on the surface so that they can locate at a later time. The pomace used in the production of the product are selected and are usually from grapes Vermentino or Vernaccia. It has an adamant color, it has ethereal and penetrating, and strong flavor and equally intense. Its alcohol content is high, and it can exceed 40 percent alcohol.

Well, i've read it only once, at the corner of a page in a book i don't remember. As i said, it's maybe only a legend ...