Metaxa is one of the most famous Greek alcohols. Metaxa was developed by the Greek silk merchant Spyros Metaxa at the end of the 19th century. Because of his work, Spyros traveled a lot and encountered different alcohols and wines. He thought that too many distillates were too strong and he…
The Monnet cognac house founded by has remained a rather unknown cognac brand despite its long age (established in 1897). The company has changed owners several times and is currently owned by the Guerrand-Hermès family. In addition to the traditional age-classes, Monnet has published special batches, which include Sunshine Selection. VS…
Lithuanian alcohol company Stumbras has at least two different vodka brands; own Stumbras and Lithuanian Vodka. With this brand, the company releases various flavored vodkas. Quince is a fruit that grows widely in the Baltics and is called the "Lithuanian lemon" because of its sour and bitter taste. Flavored vodka is…
Moe is Estonia's largest alcohol producer, due to the fact that the company itself also produces the rectified spirit used in the products. Liviko and other producers with larger quantities mainly use imported rectified spirit. Moe produces a large selection of different vodkas, flavored vodkas and schnapps. Handsa is a traditional…
Martell is the oldest of the big four cognac producers, which include Hennessy, Courvoisier and Remy Martin. The brand was founded in 1715. Today it is owned by the French beverage giant Pernod Ricard. Martell produces approximately 14 million liters of cognac annually and is the second largest producer after Hennessy.…
Apricot is a small beverage producer in central Estonia. The company's product portfolio consists mostly of vodkas with different labels, a gin, herbal liqueur, a few flavored spirits, and a plenty of different liqueurs. Apricot's products can be found in a few Estonian stores, usually on the lowest shelves there. The…
Fiero is Martini & Rossi's counterpart to the amazingly popular Aperol. Fiero is a white wine-based drink flavored with blood orange peel and juice, lemon peel and typical vermouth spices. Fiero does not fall into traditional vermouth categories and the manufacturer calls it orange vermouth. On Martini&Rossi's website, Fiero is recommended…
Nemiroff is a well-known Ukrainian vodka and has been featured several times on this blog. Delikat is 100% wheat base vodka. It has been distilled 9 times and a touch of ginger has been added at the end of the production to give it a spicy note. Nowadays Delikat is in…
Liberum is a trademark of Brest Distillery Company (Belalco) from Belarus. Today everything associated with Belarus has been dropped and the brand is managed exclusively by the Latvian distributor Belpisceprom. Liberum also produces vodka made from 100% wheat spirit. The same stuff is probably also the basis of the herbal liqueur.…
Renault cognac got its name from Jean Antonin Renault, who in 1835 founded his own brand in the city of Cognac. Renault was one of the first cognac houses to bottle cognac in a glass bottle. This is said to greatly affect the quality and smoothness of the spirit. Renault is…