Larsen is a cognac house founded in 1926 by Jens Rydar Larsen from Norway. It is a well-known cognac brand in the Nordic and Baltic countries, where its current owner, Altia Group, has a strong foothold. Larsen’s VSOP is a blend of distillates made from grapes grown in two different regions,…
Porto Cruz is one of the largest producers of port wines. Their products are sold in more than 50 countries. In the largest years, the company was maturing millions of liters of port wine. Every year, the company sells nearly 10 million bottles. Gran Cruz Winery was founded in 1887. Today…
Xanté is a well-known pear-cognac liqueur. Xanté cream liqueur is now a new product to the same family owned by Finnish company Altia. Gluten-free spirits, coconut cream, pear juice or essence and sugar have been used. In terms of its ingredients, it is therefore both gluten-free and vegan. The aroma is…
Larsen Cognac House was founded by Norwegian Jens Rydar Larsen in 1926. He moved to the French Cognac Province in 1919, married a Frenchwoman and bought Joseph Gautier’s Cognac Factory. In 2012, Larsen was first sold to Remy Cointreu, who sold it a year later to the Finnish Altia Group. Larsen's…
Jamskaja Mjagkaja is a Russian vodka produced by Rust Russia. It was founded in 2003 and has merged several different distilleries and alcohol producers from all over Russia. Rust Russia is part of the Rust Group, the world's second largest vodka producer. It has a market share of about 15% of…
Žolynų is a product serie manufactured by the Latvijas Balzams for the Lithuanian market. There are a variety of flavored and sweetened spirits in the series. In addition to various herbs and spices (including St. John's wort, Melissa, birch tube, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom), dried blueberries, apple and raspberry juice have been used.…
Bajorų and plenty of other vodka brands are produced Vilniaus Degtine, which is together with Stumbras the biggest alcohol producers in Lithuania. In addition to vodkas, Vilniaus Degtine produces a wide selection of different flavoured spirits and liqueurs. Slyvos (plum) is one of the Bajorų series product. It is made with…
Plantation rums are produced by the French cognac house Maison Ferrand. All Plantation rums are matured twice. First in Caribbian Island in tropical conditions, usually in ex-Bourbon oak barrels. The rums are then chartered to France, where they are post-matured in French oak ex-cognac barrels Grande Reserve has matured for 1-3…
Metsis is a product of Distillirium, which was one of the first craft distilleries in Estonia, established in 2017. Metsis is the big bird shown on the logo (capercaillie) living in the forest. Metsis Handcrafted Gin is their core range product. The base spirit is made from organic rye, grown and…
Grand Cavalier is a brandy produced by Latvijas Balzams in Riga, Latvia. It is comprehensively sold in grocery stores in the Baltic countries and one of the cheapest brands in the stores. Not much information is available about it, but according to some sources it is a mixture of grape distillates…