Your purchase includes one wedge of very prolific and robust white "mother of vinegar," shipped with a small amount of white wine vinegar.  Plenty to start your own batch of white wine vinegar.

This "mother" has been reproducing for over 70 years.

This is a living product and should be used promptly.

Taken from an active batch of white wine vinegar and shipped immediately.  Buyer accepts all responsibility for proper storage and use.


Unfortunately, a recent interaction makes the following acknowledgement necessary.  Consider it similar to the curious warning - "Coffee Is Hot." 

Each mother of vinegar ("MOV") is a gelatinous, fibrous colony of beneficial acetic acid bacteria. Vinegar is the by-product of the MOV's interaction with wine. Each MOV purchased here is shipped with approximately one teaspoon of vinegar to keep it moist in transit. Each MOV purchased here is triple-packaged by hand to withstand normal shipping conditions at the most affordable USPS shipping rates. Please see all the feedback praising our superior packaging.

Very occasionally, USPS may mishandle the MOV package and, or, crush it, causing the interior packaging to burst and the small amount of shipping vinegar to leak internally. Of course, we regret any inconvenience this may cause, but we have no control over USPS handling of the MOV, once we release it to them. 

While perhaps a little messy, leaking shipping vinegar DOES NOT AFFECT the MOV in any way.  The product you are purchasing is the MOV -- not the vinegar it ships in.  This MOV is sold with the understanding and acceptance of the possibility that the shipping vinegar "COULD" leak if excessive pressure is applied by USPS. Therefore, you agree that leaking vinegar is not considered a cause for negative feedback for this purchase. Of course, we always stand behind the quality and condition of the MOV itself.