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| feral trade grappa |
| from Pula Rakija Lab Pula, Croatia | | A kitchen style rakija (Croatian for grappa) sourced direct from its infusion lab in the home of Mrs Danica Kuzmanovic, Pula, Croatia. The clear grape spirit is made by friends who own local vineyards. The late Mr Nika Kuzmanovic, a physicist of Serbian origin, had difficulty finding work in Pula during the war in the 90's and started bartering his programming skills for sustenance products such as bread, meat and grappa. After Nika's death in 2007, Danica took over the production of infusions. Infused grappa is a way to preserve the herbs and fruit from the rich Istrian landscape. Seasonal flavours incude Jujube, Blackhorn, Walnut, Fig, Carob, Travarica, Sage and Honey, Fennel, Lemongrass, Limoncello, Misteltoe, Quince and Cornelian Cherry Dogwood flavoured.
http://feraltrade.org/grappa.
ferally traded since: 24/10/06.
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| | FER-1578 | | Tyneside Cinema Newcastle, UK to Castlefield Gallery Manchester, UK | | dispatched 16/03/10 delivered 04/10/10 |
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COURIER:
 maja kuzmanovic
nik gaffney
tom higham
kate rich
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| TOTAL ROUTE:
Pula Rakija Lab-Pula airport-Brussels airport-FoAM-Berlin Schönefeld airport-transmediale-Liverpool airport-Tyneside Cinema-Tyneside Cinema-Newcastle Station-Bristol Temple Meads station-Feral Trade-Manchester Picadilly Station--Castlefield Gallery |
| grappa Tyneside Cinema to Castlefield Gallery
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| Shipping Facts |
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| FER-1530 import purchase & freight
| | 5 x grappa bottle | gross | per bottle |
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| Shipping Report FER-1578 |
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| onward transit of FER-1530 from Pula Rakija Lab arrived Tyneside Cinema 2010-02-08 |
maja kuzmanovic Several bottles brought from Pula to Brussels by my brother Goran in December 2009. The rest I packaged and transported to Brussels in January 2010, during my first visit to Pula after more than a year. Both trips were with Croatian Airlines Pula-Zagreb-Brussels. The bottles were the last remaining bottles of walnut grappa from the harvest in 2010. A small sample of the new sour cherry grappa was included, in a small heart shaped bottle. Nothing eventful to report. Pula airport is even more deserted in January, it's quite cold and miserable and the buckets are still there to gather the drops from the leaking roof.
nik gaffney Maja & I carried the bottles in a check-in suitcase from Brussels to Berlin in February 2010 with Brussels airlines, taxi and a bus. We took them with us to Transmediale at HKW on foot, across a very slippery park. We delivered them to Kate & had several lovely cups of tea and coffee cooked on her iron. Orange blossom was particularly tasty.
tom higham Picked the grappa up from Kate at Transmediale - along with the hot chocolate, tea towels, some tea, the sugar, and some interpretation materials. I took a suitcase over to Berlin, so that I'd have space to bring back everything. What I hadn't realised, was the weight of the goods, along with the film I had to pick up from Arsenals - Ten Skies by James Benning. It's a gorgeous 16mm film, and the only copy in existence... It screens at Star & Shadow in Newcastle during the festival, and I'd highly recommend it.
Back to the transport, I JUST managed to cram everything into my bag, but it then felt about 30kg (it was 24, I'd only brought over 11kg!). Luckily I seemed to have a friendly check-in person who let me through without charging anything extra. On the way to the airport I had a small wager with a travelling companion about the weight of my luggage, she won guessing 24kg, so I owe her a wurst and a beer next time we're in Berlin.
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grappa transit: Pula Rakija Lab to Tyneside Cinema
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| freight and handling grappa to Castlefield Gallery sponsored by |
| | FERALTRADE products passed by hand. The word 'feral' describes a process that is deliberately wild, as in pigeon, as opposed to nature wild (wolf). Feral Trade freight operates largely outside commercial channels, using the surplus potential of social, cultural and data networks for the distribution of goods. contact kate@feraltrade.org |
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