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Bobby’s Gin: Dutch courage with Indonesian spirit

This family business is based in Schiedam in the south of the Netherlands, which is well known for its centuries-old tradition of distilling. The company was named after Jacobus ‘Bobby’ Alfons. He skilfully blended Dutch jenever with a Pinang Raci blend of spices that reminded him of his homeland of Naku on the Moluccan spice island of Ambon. His grandson Sebastiaan started his professional career in the drinks industry and felt it was time to create something new that came from the heart. With help from his family, he reconstructed this traditional recipe with its characteristic flavour. Following the market launch in February 2014, his brother David officially joined the company.

Bobby’s Schiedam Dry Gin spans a flavour-packed bridge between East and West, stands for Dutch courage, and is enriched with Indonesian spirit. It is a fresh and spicy combination of juniper, fennel seeds, coriander and rose hips as well as lemongrass, cloves, cinnamon and cubeb pepper. Bobby’s Jenever combines lemongrass, ginger, cardamom, cubeb pepper with juniper and malt brandy as a bready, nutty base. Pinang Raci celebrates the traditional flavours of Ambon in a modern Schiedam Dry Gin, characterised by daun salam, turmeric and galangal, supported by ginger, sweet orange, cloves, cinnamon, lemongrass, cubeb pepper, coriander and juniper.

At the World Spirits Award 2025, there was Gold for Bobby’s Schiedam Jenever, and Silver for Bobby’s Schiedam Dry Gin and Bobby’s Schiedam Gin Pinang Raci.

INDUSTRIAL EL ROSARIO: Traditional pisco from Chile

Bou Barroeta is located in Viña El Rosario in the heart of the Huasco Valley, known as the Garden of Atacama. Lush, colourful flora unfold in the middle of a desert landscape, where excellent pisco has been produced for generations. Pisco is based on handpicked muscatel grapes and distilled in traditional alembics. The wood for the barrels in which the pisco matures comes from the mountains near Lago Calafquén in the heart of the Mapuche region. For these indigenous people, the Coyan oak symbolises new life and the immortality of the soul. In this sense, the barrel storage is also a promise for the longevity of the distillate.

At the beginning of the 20th century, there was a large wave of immigration from the Spanish Balearic Islands to the areas of Coquimbo and Atacama in northern Chile. 19-year-old Francisco Bou Suñer, a master distiller, belonged to one of these first settler families of Majorcan origin. In 1903, his younger brother Antonio and his sisters joined him to settle in Vallenar, the capital of the province of Huasco. Antonio was one of the first pisco producers in Atacama to present his pisco at the Ibero-American Exhibition in Seville in 1930. In 1940, he married Celestina Barroeta Arrieta, and they had four children. After Antonio’s death in 1961, his son Francisco continued production and the pisco was registered as Bou Barroeta pisco in the 1980s. Today, his descendants are in charge of the El Rosario company.

At the World Spirits Award 2026, there was Silver for Bou Barroeta Marías, Cofradía de Bou Barroeta, Luxstelle de Bou Barroeta and Noor de Bou Barroeta.

Georg Hemmeter – XUXU, Escorial, SILLA EL FUERTE

Georg Hemmeter – strawberry drinks with exceptional flavour guaranteed

The name Georg Hemmeter – a company of the Underberg Group – stands for innovative spirits, in particular the XUXU range. The fresh and fruity strawberry drink contains 66 percent fruit plus crystal-clear vodka, rounded off with a dash of lime. The harmony between the sweetness of the fruit and just 15% alcohol by volume is created using a special production method. XUXU Ten, the little luxury in a 250 ml aluminium bottle with only 10% alcohol by volume, is dressed to party – it is still relatively new to the market, yet is already at home in all the world’s top party venues.
XUXU can be served in so many different ways: chilled, neat, on crushed ice, as a dessert topping, with sparkling wine or with other mixers – XUXU tastes heavenly and offers fresh and fruity pleasure. Welcome to Berrydise!

Initially the absolute top star in Greece, XUXU is now also number 1 in Russia, and extremely popular in Turkey and Italy too.


XUXU Strawberry & Vodka Drink and XUXU Ten won Gold at the World Spirits Award 2014.