Type of fruit brandy made from pear
A prisonnière Poire Williams
Poire Williams is the name for eau de vie (colorless, unsweetened fruit brandy ) made from the Williams pear (also known as Williams' bon chrétien and as the Bartlett pear in the United States, Canada and Australia) in France and Switzerland.[ 1] It is generally served chilled as an after-dinner drink. Some producers of Poire Williams include an entire pear inside each bottle, called prisonnière .[ 1] This is achieved by attaching the bottle to a budding pear tree so that the pear will grow inside it.[ 2] [ 1]
Since 2001, Eau-de-vie de poire du Valais produced in the Canton of Valais , Switzerland has been protected as an Appellation d'origine protégée .[ 3]
References
^ a b c Robertiello, Jack (21 October 2021), Wondrich, David (ed.), "Poire Williams" (PDF) , The Oxford Companion to Spirits and Cocktails , Oxford University Press, doi :10.1093/acref/9780199311132.001.0001 , ISBN 978-0-19-931113-2 , retrieved 3 April 2022
^ Herbst, Sharon Taylor; Herbst, Ron (1998). The Ultimate A-To-Z Bar Guide . New York: Broadway Books. p. 276.
^ "Eau-de-vie de poire du Valais AOP" . Swiss PDO-PGI Association . Retrieved 3 January 2023 .
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