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glossary (Pea - Pom)

Pears
They are fruits of the pear tree with a caracteristical fruity aroma. This pomaceous fruit can be easily bruised and does not last very long. It is often used as fruit juice, syrup and nectar, you can also get it stewed in a can. German Birne, French Poires.

Peppermint
Peppermint is wild mint with a spicy strong smell, burning hot in the beginning but turning to a cooling taste later on. Used like mint itself.

Pepper
It is the fruit of the pepper bush, growing in India. Black pepper is made of the green, unripe, unpeeled and dried fruits of the bush; white pepper is made of the red, ripe, peeled and dried fruits. Smell and taste are based on ethereal oils and on the (Alkaloid) piperin. Often used to spice up Pick-me-ups.

Pineapple
This is a fruit of the pineapple plant with a weight of around 0,5 till 4 kg. Originally it grew in Paraguay, but today it grows in many tropical and subtropical countries. The pulp is yellow, the flavour is slightly sour and aromatic, the fresh pineapple is used for decoration and juice, you can also get it stewed in cans, known products are: Riemerschmid Pineapple (fruit syrup), German Ananas, French Anannas, spanish Pina.

Pineau des Charentes
More than 300 years ago, when the distillation started in the region of Cognac, a wine grower filled up fresh pressed grape juice in an barrel, which he thought was empty. But there was a left over of cognac in the barrel, which stopped the fermentation of the cider. Instead it cleaned up the cider. When the wine grower opened the barrel after a few months, the content had changed surprisingly. 'The barrel now contained a fruity, fresh liqueur-wine, made from the merge of the taste of ripe grapes and the aroma of old cognac. By accident, he had produced a new drink, believing the story. The drink was called Pineau des Charentes. Pineau des Charentes is a liqueur-wine having the Appellation Controlee (controlled origin description) depending on the type of grapes used it is either White or Rosé. Therefore it has to be produced after strict prescriptions, like other French quality-wines. The prescriptions regulate the region of production, allowed types of vine, maximum harvest per hectare, minimum alcohol content and wine-production procedure. The first prescriptions for Pineau des Charentes were set in 1935, they have been changed for the last time in 1972, by regulating them even stricter. Pineau des Charentes is only allowed to be produced from fresh grape juice of certain types of vine coming from a Cognac-region prescribed by law and from Cognac and while the vine harvest is still going on. The use of preserved, concentrated, filtrated or sulphured cider is prohibited. The juice has to be pressed from well-ripened grapes. Furthermore the juice should have a natural sugar content of at least 170 grams per litre and a potential alcohol content of at least 10 %. The grapes are only pressed slightly, the pressed amount should not be above 40 hectolitres per hectare using white grapes or above 50 hectolitres per hectare using red grapes. The fermentation of the cider is stopped by adding cognac, which is at least 16 up to 20 % the most for the liqueur wine. Cognac and cider have to come from the same wine grower or same society. Often the mixture is stirred shortly in the first week and mainly while winter time, to make sure that grape juice and cognac merge. All of this takes place in the oak barrels, where the wine has to be stored for at least 12 months. Before Pineau des Charentes is sold on the market, it has to be analysed in a laboratory and a taste-controlling takes place.

Pint
Short: pt. US-American and English measurement
1 US-Pint=0,473 litre
1 English-Pint =0,568 litre

Pome granate apple
It is growing in Mediterranean Countries and Little Asia. It is of the size of an apple with a leathery skin, surrounding the seed grains, in colours like yellow, orange, red and brown. It is used fresh for decoration and syrup and it is also known as Grenadine on the trade market, especially it is used to mix drinks.

Pomélo
It is another word for Grapefruit.

Pomeranzen
These are Bitter-Oranges, that are not eatable because of their bitter taste. Oil is won out of the bark that will be used to produceCuracao and Pomeranzenwater.

Pommery
The House Pommery was founded in Reims in 1836 and is one of the most important Champagne producer. The cellars of Pommery belong to the most beautiful of the Champagne: 18 kilometres long floors connect 120 pyramid -shaped, chalk cellars, situated 30 metres underneath the soil, where about 15 million bottles are stored. The castle of the owners, which was built in 1905, was named after the "Crayéres". It is not the main castle of the today's Pommery owner, the Polignacs. The Polignac-Family belongs to the oldest families of the country, its ancestors date back to 860 in the documents. Madame Veuve Pommery, who founded the company in 1836, has been the great grandmother of the today's company president Prince Guy de Polignac. The gourmets in the world have to thank her the Brut-Champagne. More than a hundred years ago, she had the idea at first to produce a very dry Champagne. She named it "Nature". The first Vintage Pommery Nature was produced in 1874. It was very successful on the English market. Originally the company was situated in Rue Vauthier-le-Noir, very close to the cathedral of Reims. But then, Veuve Pommery bought the today's company's place, after her partner Greno retired from the company's business in 1860. She built new buildings, which were copies of different English and Scottish castles in the elisabethanian style. Today Pommery & Greno owns more than 300 hectares of vineyards. Having vine-quality average of 99,1 % (out of 100 possible) in the official rate, Pommery is top of the ranking list. Pommery is the only Champagne with an additional description saying "Prestige de la France". Exported Pommery products are: Drapeau Sec - a clear, fresh champagne with a wonderful flowery bouquet; Brut Royal - fragant, elegant and very dry, with all merits of a big Brut-Champagne; Brut 1975 - a champagne, which follows the "dry" tradition of the House; Brut Rosé Monaco - an elegant and fine Rosé - Cuvée, dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the reign of Prince Rainer III of Monaco in 1974; Arize Brut Blanc de Blancs - a noble champagne, which is only available in small amounts. The reason is, that the east hillside in the south of Epernay is the kingdom of Chardonnay-grapes. There are also the Aviz-vine areas situated. Because of the special soil conditions and the perfect situation, these vineyards became regulated as highest quality category, which means 100 % out of 100. The Pommery-House owns a considerable part of these vine-areas and reserves the best, carefully harvested grapes of it to produce "Avize". Besides the Champagnes, Pommery also offers a Marc de Champagne. It is a powerful aromatic spirit speciality, which is only coming from the 100 % - quality classified Pommery vintages. This Marc is not distilled industrial but handcraftly on the Pommery-vineyard. It ripens more than 10 years in thin walled oak barrels. Alcohol content: 42 %.