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.
Cognac is a brandy that is produced by double distilling white wines and is aged for 2 years. Vodka is made of potatoes. Maybe that was the cause of the major differences in flavors.n the other hand, Cognac is made from 3 types of grapes ugni blanche, folle blanche and colombard. The first grape is the most common in use and the most disease resistant. The last 2 are rare and used in limited amounts only.