Overview:
Walter and Donna Nicolau purchased the Classic Wine Vinegar Company 13 years ago as a weekend hobby, and along with sons Walter "Sonny" III, (also a fledgling farmstead goat cheese maker), and Tim, bottle vinegars under 45 different labels. We manufacture wine vinegars, using the oak barrel-aged process called the "Orleans method." The technique, considered the premium vinegar-making style in the world, is based on a method developed in Orleans, France, during the Middle Ages. We are one of the few Orleans artisans left in California. Our annual production now reaches 45,000-50,000 gallons. Classic Wine Vinegar Company occasionally presses its own grapes and has expanded into the more moderately flavored fruit vinegars. We also bottle virgin olive oils and flavored dipping oils. In the past few years, wine vinegar has become a prized specialty item. With an increase in the popularity of the Food Network, where Classic Wine Vinegar was recently featured, knowledge of food has led to... |
