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.
Vendages Tardives translates to âHarvest Lateâ and this wine is only produced with the 4 Noble grapes of Alsace (see above). The grapes for these wines may have a little bit of the honeyed characteristic that is from botrytis (aka âNoble Rotâ).