Antonio Alves Calem founded a winery of his own name in the city of Porto in 1859. Calem quickly grew fastly in focusing wine exports to Brazil, a new market in the world. Today, Calem is a big player, whose products can also be found extensively in supermarkets in the Baltic…
Riga Black Balsam is the pride of Latvians and one of the most famous alcoholic beverages in the Baltics. Just no tourist can avoid running into it when visiting Riga, so well it is displayed in grocery stores, souvenir shops and tax-free shops at the airport. The history of Black Balsam…
Akmeņlauzis (Stone Wall) is the pride of Latvia, a small craft distillery located in a 17th-century wine cellar in the Old Town of Riga. The company manufactures its products by scratch, using barley grown in eastern Latvia as a raw material. The basis for many of their flavored spirits is kandža…
The Georgian winery Askaneli already had operations in the late 19th century, but the actual production of wine and wine distillates began in 1998. Askaneli is one of the few Georgian wine producers who also own distillation facilities. Indeed, their distillates are the most widely available together with another producer, Sarajishvili,…
Fies Original is a trademark of Franz Fies GmbH. Their product range includes several different clear fruit distillates, liqueurs and fruit distillates matured for up to 10 years. The Fies factories are located in south-west Germany in the Schwarzhwaldhoff region, which is obviously a fertile area for this type of production,…
Fruit brandies are very popular in German-speaking countries. In Germany, there are several different fruit brandies in every Market, usually made from pears, cherries or plums. They are usually clear distillates; some may also have added a little juice to give color and aroma. The fruit is crushed and the juice…
Dewberries, which belong to the raspberry family, are grown naturally in Estonian forests. Its relative is blackberry, which can be grown in the garden. However, it thrives best in these latitudes in the greenhouse. Estonian Koch Distillery has done blackberry liqueur, using black berries grown in Estonia, extracting them in rectified…
Swedish Absolut is the second best-selling vodka in the world. It has been manufactured in Åhus, Sweden since 1879. Wheat grown near the factory is used as a raw material. Absolut Vanilla was developed in 2003, mainly because vanilla is simply one of the most beloved flavors in the world. According…
Bacardi Oakheart was launched in 2011. It is a flavored rum-like drink from Puerto Rican, one of the world’s largest rum producers. The release was preceded by a two-year canvass on the product name; eventually Oakheart was selected from 2,700 name proposals. Oakheart is a blend of rum distillates aged for…
Pineau is a special product from the Cognac region. It's a fortified wine or liqueur wine like sherry or port wine. Pineau (des Charentes is the river in Cognac region) is made from grape juice or must, with some cognac added to reach 17% ABV. Matured in oak casks for several…