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Hungarian gin products in the making!
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Danubiana Kft., a wine production and export company based in Bonyhád, is starting to develop new grape-based, aroma-free gin products in cooperation with the University of Pécs (PTE), the Baranya county-based higher education institution told MTI.
The consortium of the institution and the company won 430 million HUF from the Economic Development and Innovation Operational Programme (Ginop) plus, 168.hu reports. The experts will be the first in Hungary to develop three grape-based gin products with a unique character using innovative technologies for grape processing, which will reach marketable quality by the end of the project.
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According to the information available, the development would promote the use of the existing high-value Hungarian grape resource and respond to the declining wine consumption in Hungary. The development is investigating the combined effect of two technologies that use physical, rather than enzymatic or chemical, methods to destroy the skins and extract the aromatic compounds from the grapes immediately and completely, 168.hu writes.
In parallel with the identification of the optimal wine and distillation technology, potential gin spices are also being investigated, but of particular importance to the project are the other parts of the grape: flowers, leaves, berries and seeds. Extensive research is also planned to explore the aromas and potential of different innovative and traditional grape varieties.