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The
Art of Wine Making
Crminca is a cult name in Montenegrin wine-making: a cradle
of autochthonous sorts of vine – Vranac and Krstac
and a place with a long tradition of top level wine and
brandy making. Not far from the Skadar lake, on the Cemovsko
plane, at 2000 hectares, there is a huge plantage vineyard
from whose grapes best quality wines of controlled origin
and quality, Vranac and Krstac are made.
Vranac is a high quality dry red wine, of dark ruby colour
with nuances of violet, of pleasant fruity smell, rich,
temperamental and pleasant, with a 12% alcohol content.
Krstac is the highest quality white wine of controlled
origin, extremely rich, of harmonious bouquet and of light
yellow colour.
Beer
Nikšicko beer is the favourite and unique national
lager beer produced since 1896. It is made from barley,
hard mountain water and bitter and aromatic hop. They
serve it cooled at temperature of 5ºC. It is of highest
quality, specific taste and pleasant bitterness which
make it drinkable and fit for quenching thirst. It has
a 11,8 % extract and 5 % alcohol content.
Mead – a pledge of Old Slavs
Mead is the national drink of Old Slavs. Their supreme
pagan God Perun is shown with a horn overflowing with
mead. It is obtained through alcohol fermentation of a
solution of natural honey, and the procedure is the same
as that for the production of wine. It can be produced
as alcoholic and non-alcoholic drink. They serve it in
the coffee-house "Kod Pera na Bukovicu" in Njeguši
and in the restaurant “Konak” near Cetinje. |
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