nedelja, 11. november 2007

OSMICA - WHAT IS THAT?

Documents establishing the right to sell wine date back to the times of the German emperor Charles the Great (1519 - 1555). That right was preserved until the reign of the Austrian empress Maria Theresa (1717 - 1780) and the Austrian emperor Joseph the Second. In 1784, an act allowing wine producers to sell wine in an eight-day term, was published. After that act wine producers could sell wine overproceeds of the last year in a sort of their own wine-shop. The wine shop, where wine producers used to sell their tax-free wine, was called 'OSMICA'. They marked their homes entrances with a bunch of ivy, called 'FRASKA' to show visitors that 'the Osmica' was open. 'The Osmica' was the only source of money for wine producers because they didn't sell only wine but also home-grown food.
Nowadays Osmica is a sort a shop for the retail of non-botteled wine with geographic descent. The wine producer arranges 'The Osmica' at his own home in the place where the wine is conserved: on the courtyard or in the wine cellar. This method allows wine producers to sell their home-grown products to customers because the production of wine and food greatly exceeds the family consumption.
It's common practice that a wine cell organises 'The Osmica' for ten days twice a year until they sell out their food and drink resources.

What else can 'The Osmica' offer?
- other home-made alcoholic and non - alcoholic drinks
- home-made prosciutto, bacon and bread
- local specialities
- characteristic desserts
- home-made sausages with garnish
- pickled vegetables

For us 'The Osmica' is an antique and precious tradition of good and cheap eating that makes people gather and have good time.

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