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Thank you, I think it's mostly due to religious restrictions. In Islam, drinking any kind of alcohol is forbidden, and wine and other type of alcoholic production was never formalized, codified, industrialized, or scientific, so we werr never able to represent our products and lost global branding.LWTCS wrote: ↑Fri Feb 14, 2025 9:48 am Welcome Saeed,
I hope we can also learn a thing or two from you.
I am so curious as to why an ancient culture that knows so much about wine, grapes and alchemy since the beginning of recorded time has not had a more prominent roll on the modern global stage?
I don't want to get political, but what forces have placed France and Italy as the standard for grapes?
Is it all marketing?
Maybe a topic best discussed on a dedicated thread?
Thank you all for your welcome. I hope to share with you the process of making raisin brandy according to an old recipe as soon as possible, and it will make you happy.
Welcome to HD, Saeed. I'm really curious about your raisin recipe too, probably something I'd like to try.Roger1 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 14, 2025 11:09 am Thank you, I think it's mostly due to religious restrictions. In Islam, drinking any kind of alcohol is forbidden, and wine and other type of alcoholic production was never formalized, codified, industrialized, or scientific, so we werr never able to represent our products and lost global branding.
Thank you, officially, the production of all kinds of wine and alcoholic distilled products is illegal and punishable, but in the context of society and in practice, the government and the police do not conduct inspections and investigations to detect crimes unless someone appears drunk in public places or attempts to buy and sell. We have stores here that freely sell only raisins and dates and by-products for fermentation, or industrial manufacturers who make traditional and modern distillation devices, and all this is done in front of the government and there is no confrontation at this level. Be prepared about making a raisin brandy and look for sellers of raisins around your place that have been dried naturally, that is, in the sun or in the shade. We do not use raisins that have been converted from fresh grapes into raisins with sulfur compounds. This is our red line.Rusty Ole Bucket wrote: ↑Fri Feb 14, 2025 12:57 pmWelcome to HD, Saeed. I'm really curious about your raisin recipe too, probably something I'd like to try.Roger1 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 14, 2025 11:09 am Thank you, I think it's mostly due to religious restrictions. In Islam, drinking any kind of alcohol is forbidden, and wine and other type of alcoholic production was never formalized, codified, industrialized, or scientific, so we werr never able to represent our products and lost global branding.
What are the laws like in Iran about distilling? I'd also love to see your still.
Rusty
That sounds very similar to what we have going on here, out of sight, out of mind, don't sell, don't tell and you'll probably be alright.Roger1 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 14, 2025 1:44 pm Thank you, officially, the production of all kinds of wine and alcoholic distilled products is illegal and punishable, but in the context of society and in practice, the government and the police do not conduct inspections and investigations to detect crimes unless someone appears drunk in public places or attempts to buy and sell. We have stores here that freely sell only raisins and dates and by-products for fermentation, or industrial manufacturers who make traditional and modern distillation devices, and all this is done in front of the government and there is no confrontation at this level. Be prepared about making a raisin brandy and look for sellers of raisins around your place that have been dried naturally, that is, in the sun or in the shade. We do not use raisins that have been converted from fresh grapes into raisins with sulfur compounds. This is our red line.
Welcome to the forum Saeed, I think you will like it here.
Roger1 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 14, 2025 1:44 pm
Be prepared about making a raisin brandy and look for sellers of raisins around your place that have been dried naturally, that is, in the sun or in the shade. We do not use raisins that have been converted from fresh grapes into raisins with sulfur compounds. This is our red line.
LWTCS wrote: ↑Sat Feb 15, 2025 5:39 am I read on here years ago, the men will accompany the women to the market place where ordinary grocery items are sold.
Fruits, flour, etc.
The poster continued to explain how some of the men would wait / linger in the background sort of eyeballing the items that could be fermented. He went on to explain how no discussion really took place but felt that the men seemed to give each other a "knowing " look as they would appear to be "unenthusiastically" evaluating the potential fermentation quality of any given ingredient.
Basically trying to not draw attention to their underlying enthusiasm about potential yeild or the like. Kind of like the swan on the pond looking calm and graceful above the water line. But kicking vigorously below the waterline where no one can see.
His post was amusing.
Do people in your area shop for fermentatble goods with this kind of clandestine approach since alcohol is forbidden?
