Balsamic Vinegar Legend
In 1602 in Modena, two brothers of the Vinegar clan, Balsa and Mick, due to a
piddling insult, dueled to their deaths. Their grieving mother, Violetta Vinegar,
who was pressing a new grape from their vineyard, named it in their memory—
Balsa-Mick Vinegar.
(From the Paul Newman Balsamic Vinaigrette label)