High-quality wine vinegar in bulk

[Dianabanana]

Pickling season is upon us and I would really like to move beyond using cider vinegar and white vinegar, but I can only find good vinegar in teeny-tiny, expensive bottles. For instance, I use this Lucini pinot grigio vinegar in salads and quite like it, but it seems to come only in 8.5 oz bottles at $11 a pop.

I'm not feeding an army, and I'm not doing home preserving to save money, but rather to get a higher-quality product than I can buy, so I don't mind spending a little more--but it would be plain stupid to buy it this way. What's my alternative?

[Lisa Shock]

You could try making your own. That way, you'd only be limited by how large of a container you're willing to invest in to produce it.

Check out this eG thread for more info.

[Dianabanana]

Well, that was fun reading! As long as I'm in massive food preservation mode, seems like a good time to start a batch of vinegar, too.

BUT . . . my homemade vinegar is 4-6 months away. What can I buy in the meantime?

[AAQuesada]

Vilux comes in 5L Quantities for foodservice. I get it at Surfas in the Los Angeles area, but you should be able to find it online. Sparrow Lane makes excellent vinegar in gallon sizes for food service, Love their champagne vin. It's not listed on the website but you could call them. Sonoma Vinegar works is also really good, no website, mostly foodservice as well.

http://www.sparrowlane.com/

Sonoma Vinegar Works [splash page only]

5300 Mountain Home Ranch Road

Calistoga, CA 94515-9573

(707) 942-2740

http://www.sonomavinegar.com/

[AAQuesada]

You could also try:

http://www.classicwinevinegar.com/index.php?cPath=20

I don't know if they do large quantity like the others, but they are good.