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…
Casco Viejo tequila is produced by the Gran Dinastia distillery in the city of Aranda, Mexico. The brand, which already has a history of more than 80 years, has been established by the Camarena family (Casa Camarena). Tequila is made from 100% Blue Weber agave, which is 5-6 years old at…
Nipernaadi was a popular road movie in Estonia at the 80’s and it gave the name to this cranberry vodka made by Lithuanian alcohol company Stumbras. It’s made by rectified spirit, cranberry juice and a slight amount of sugar. A 20cl bottle costs 3.99€. Ethanol clearly comes through, of course there…
Bonino is produced by the German Condor GmbH, which has more than a hundred products in its portfolio, ranging from vodka to absinthe. Most of Condor's sales are in Germany, but they also export products abroad, mainly to Eastern Europe and the Far East. Condor's brands are quite unknown and they…
Over the past few years, Estonian leading alcohol producer Liviko has published several different flavor versions of legendary Vana Tallinn liqueur. The latest of them is flavored with cream toffee and it entered the market in 2021. Based on Jamaican rum, the liqueur is traditionally flavored with cinnamon, vanilla, star anise…