By clothing-bag, 19/08/2022

Wine skin: one of the oldest storage methods wine

Odre or wine skin was already in ancient times a very widespread container for wine transport.In ancient Greece, even ascolias holidays (in Greek, Askos means odre), in which a game or contest was held that consisted of remaining in balance as long as possible on an odre full of oil and wine.

The Bible also mentions wine odes in the Gospel of St. Matthew, in the parable of old and new odes.In Spain, Cervantes himself tells a famous passage from Don Quixote in which the wine wins are protagonists.But do you know what an odre is and what is it used for?

What is the wine skin and what was used for

Although in ancient times the wins were used as a container for different products (wine, milk, honey, oil, water, cereals and even mercury), even some wineries used it for the conservation and raising of wine.

Normally these leather containers for wine are handmade with tanned skin, a hermetic sewing and its vegetable interior fish.

The leather odre for the wine also incorporates a spite for the dosage of the fluid outlet and a filling broccal.

Types of materials used for a wine odre

The skin most used in the manufacture of wine skin is that of goat, due to its superior resistance, that it provides an indispensable flexibility when using it and facilitates the work of the artisan in its preparation and preparation.

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Other types of skins used in the elaboration of a leather odre for wine are sheep, and also ox when it comes to large odres.

As for the sizes and shapes of the skin, they are quite variable, each one being a unique piece.Its dimensions depend on the size of the skin and its capacity can range between 30 and 40 liters.

How to make an ODRE OR WINE PILEJO

Traditionally the manufacture of a wine skin required different phases.

Skin extraction

Skin extraction was of two types: closed and open.

Closed extraction begins with the death of the animal, and should occur so that the skin remains as whole as possible, without suffering knife cuts.

For this reason it is important that skin mischief is done with the fist, using the minimum knife.All the desolate must be done with the animal hung upside down by one of its hind legs and pulling the skin from them to the head.

The open extraction is done with a knife opening from top to bottom the skin until it is stretched and open.Desollado is also done to fist.At present this form is the most used.

Stark and cleaning

The cleaning of carnazas and fats is done with blades by scraping (without cutting).The way to do this work depends on whether the skin is closed or open.

Tanned

The vegetable tan.The bark is ground and stays like a kind of flour.The trees used are different: zumaques, holm oaks, pines or pampering trees, the most used today.

The main mission of the tanning is to prevent the skin from rotting and giving it body, leaving it with more fluffy pores.

Utido with fish or olive oils on the inside of the skin provides greater protection and flexibility that facilitates its preparation and provides greater durability.

The fish

The fish is a kind of resin extracted from trees, especially juniper or pine.It is made at high temperatures to turn it into the waterproof interior of wine and booger skin in general.

Threads and braids

The most used threads today are linen, while the braids for sewing are usually cotton.Until the 70s the main sewing material was hemp.

The advantages of wine in a wine hat

Wine skin, although in disuse, presented numerous advantages, such as their greatest ease of transport and the optimal temperature at which the liquid keeps.

On the other hand, they are very versatile containers, their inner fish allows the wine to conserve wine and many other types of drinks, from the water to the cognac.

Wine odres or skin have been serving as leather containers for this drink for thousands of years.The fact that it remains without fashion, despite all the technological advances that our society has, gives us a clear idea of the functionality of this artisanal product.Without a doubt, the Greeks knew what they did.

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