Ararat is an Armenian brandy produced by the Yerevan Brandy Company since 1887. It is made from white grapes grown in Armenia, using traditional methods. The grapes are pressed by the same methods as in the production of sparkling wine. The wine used is distilled twice on copper pot distillation and…
Liviko pepper schnapps from Estonia is an original product that has been on sale for decades. Today, there are several similar products for it that have been brazenly copied by other manufacturers down to the name and label. Pepper schnapps have traditionally been used in Estonia as a medicine for gripes…
Flor De Cana’s story began in 1875 when a young Italian adventurer, Alfredo Francisco Pellas Cane, decided to risk everything. He left his family and safe life, and moved to exotic Nicaragua. After various attempts, 15 years later, he set up a distillery near the San Cristóbal volcano. There he found…
Gautier Cognac is amongst the oldest Cognac houses. Gautier is based in Aigre on the Osme river, and ages in an 18th century water mill. It remained in the possession of the Gautier family for ten generations until Marie Brizard bought the house in 1995. Ten years later it was bought…
Estonian Liviko Distillery have among wide spirit selection also few liqueurs and raspberry liqueur is one of them. Due to the producer website it is made by raspberry juice and raspberry flavouring. It is bottled on a 50cl plastic bottle, which price in Estonia is around 6€. Like Liviko’s wild strawberry…
Nordic alcohol gigant Altia has subsidiaries in all Baltic countries. Their Latvian unit has produced a series of berry liqueurs. These can be found in the bottom shelfs in some Latvian alcohol or food stores. The product looks just like it was made by a small village grandmothers association for the…
Russian Standard is a rather new vodka brand. It was established in 1998 by Roustam Tariko, who is also owner of Russian Standard Bank. After the launch it is rapidly grown for one of the major brands from Russia. In three years, it was already on sale in over 80 countries…
Old Pascas is a rum owned by German company Borco International. It is a blend of Jamaican and Barbados rums. The producer in Barbados is The West Indies Rum Distillery Ltd, established in 1893 by two brothers from Germany. It was meant to produce cheap rum to German market. It is…
Galliano is a sweet herbal liqueur. It was invented by Italian brandy manufacturer Arturo Vaccari in 1896 in Livorno, Italy. It was named after the Italian war hero Giuseppe Galliano.Galliano is made from 30 different herbs and spices, which are at least star anis, juniper, lavender, yarrow, peppermint and cinnamon. It…
Galliano is a sweet herbal liqueur. It was invented by Italian brandy manufacturer Arturo Vaccari in 1896 in Livorno, Italy. It was named after the Italian war hero Giuseppe Galliano. The vanilla version of the original Galliano is made in the same way, but there have been added vanilla flavouring and…