Luxist Guide To Beluga Caviar Alternatives

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4-12-2006 @ 12:41PM

R.J. Hall said...

You did not mention Calvisius Caviar from Agroittica Lombarda in Italy. This caviar is also from a white sturgeon ( Acipenser Transmontanous ). The brood stock were actually acquired from California. The difference in taste firmness and quality is by far the closest to beluga caviar available today. Many companies are also calling caviar from the white sturgeon "osetra". I think that a white sturgeon is much closer to a beluga in size. Currently, Browne Trading Company is the only company in the United States that this caviar can be aquired from. It simply must be compared to what is available from the California farms to be appreciated.
Browne Trading is also selling farm raised Osetra caviar. This is real osetra ( acipenser gueldenstaedti). This is the same species that is harvested in the wild from the Caspian Sea. It is farmed in Fulda, Germany and is currently the only farmed osetra available in the world.
Just thought your readers would be interested.

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