Poire Williams

Pear liqueur prepared by steeping williams pears in pear brandy (eau de vie prepared by distillation of perry). Traditionally a bottle is placed over the developing fruit bud on the tree; when the fruit has ripened it is then steeped in pear brandy in the bottle in which it has grown.

[pwahr WEEL-yahms (VEEL-yahms)] A crystal clear, pear-flavored EAU-DE-VIE made in Switzerland and France. Premier brands are distinguished by a whole pear inside the bottle, a feat accomplished by placing a bottle over the budding fruit and allowing it to grow inside. After the pear is picked and the bottle removed from the branch, the bottle is filled with a brandy made from the Williams pear.