This recipe is for the double dish slow cooker, which requires water to be placed in the cooking vessel while cooking in the insert pan (like a double boiler). When making in the cooking vessel, no water is needed.
Straw wine. Straw wine, or raisin wine, is a wine made from grapes that have been dried to concentrate their juice. The result is similar to that of the ice wine process, but suitable for warmer climates.
, amateur chef, but love great cooking! 1  Authentic balsamic vinegar is made from a mixture of barrel-aged wine must and wine vinegar. The wine must is made from reducing the juices of Trebbiano grapes under heat shortly after harvesting and then aged in open wooden barrels for long periods of time.