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Handel

Company:
Franz von Durst
Address:
Schedlerstraße 1
Place:
6900 Bregenz
Country:
Austria
Products:
  • Spirituosen Wiederverkauf
Limomacher: Regionally produced – socially labelled

Limomacher is a young Bregenz enterprise, according to their own definition “excellent in graphics, design, customer service, lemonade production, social involvement and coffee drinking”. However, a look at the brief biographies of the four-person team reveals quite a bit about their wide-ranging qualifications. All lemonades are produced regionally in Vorarlberg according to their own recipes. Short pathways right up until labelling – also labels for private customers and companies on request – reinforce sustainability, along with filling exclusively in glass bottles. The labelling, as well as the whole warehousing, are handled by Lebenshilfe Vorarlberg, a support organisation for people with disabilities. This is an indication that social thinking has been of great importance from the beginning.

At the beginning of 2018, the ‘Franz von Durst’ brand started in Spar shops, followed by the start-up shelf at Metro. The company developed a gin along with a tonic water for this purpose, as the first manufacturer in retailing that offers both as a one-stop shop. The gin that is also regionally produced goes perfectly with the tonic water and its animating and aromatic concept offers an exceptionally fruity drinking experience. Aside from the juniper base, five further botanicals play a role: angelica root provides a slight tanginess and supports the homogenous taste; orange peel is characterised by a range of aromatic substances and a fine hint of citrus; liquorice provides a complex sweetness with a slightly earthy note; elderberry has an intensive and refreshing taste; and hops gives it a special something.

“We are delighted that the Vorarlberg locals have received our gin so well and that we can expand step by step also into other provinces,” say the two young entrepreneurs.

At the World Spirits Award, gold was achieved by Franz von Durst Gin, and silver by Franz von Durst Dry Gin Wild.
AwardsPointsSpiritEventDetail
Gold 91Franz von Durst - Gin2021Details
Silver 89Franz von Durst - Dry Gin Wild2021Details

Handel

Company:
BURSCHIK`S R. Nfg. Erste österr. Wermutwein-Kellerei
Address:
Zinckgasse 8
Place:
1150 Wien
Country:
Austria
Products:
  • Spirituosen Wiederverkauf
  • Destillerie


AwardsPointsSpiritEventDetail
Gold 92.3Burschik's Vermouth Klassik2021Details
Gold 92Burschik's Vermouth Oak2021Details
Gold 91.3Burschik's Vermouth Dry2021Details
Silver 88Burschik's Vermouth Red2021Details

Destillerie

Company:
Augustus Rex ® GmbH
Address:
An der Obermühle 5
Place:
02826 Görlitz
Country:
Germany
Products:
  • Korn
  • Obst-Brände
Erste Dresdner Spezialitätenbrennerei – Strong stuff from Saxony

A distillery was set up in the 13 metre long vaulted cellar of the former Dresden-Klotzsche vineyard in 2001. Today, it has six employees and is both a primary occupation and a calling for Swiss-born Georg Schenk. High-quality products form the focal point here: in addition to fine liqueurs, over 50 different types of brandy are produced as well. At the heart of the selection are the traditional aromatic varieties including Adersleber Calvill and Zuccalmaglio Renette apples. A visitor centre was established in autumn 2010 where tasting sessions bring the wide range of flavours to life.

‘Augustus Rex’, the company’s rather grand-sounding sobriquet, is reminiscent of Augustus the Strong who was omnipresent in Saxony: he had orchards planted to promote healthy nutrition of his people. The area around Dresden is a traditional fruit-growing region with a large number of old meadows with mixed fruit trees. Harvesting has to be carried out by hand, and the care of the large trees, some of which are more than 80 years old, is time-consuming and laborious. In any one meadow, there is only a small number of trees of the same variety, so the quantities are limited from the word go.

The list of customers of this Dresden-based specialist is impressive: from Berlin (Hotel Adlon, Hotel Bristol, KaDeWe) to Hamburg (Alsterhaus and The Private Business Club Hanse Lounge), Sylt and Munich (Feinkost Käfer, Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Kempinski).


The company added yet more awards to its collection of over 80 prizes at the World Spirits Award, including classification as a First Class Distillery 2013, gold medals for the Apfel Champagner Renette (apple), Freiberger Bockbierbrand (bock beer brandy) and Dresdner Gin and silver for the Zuccalmaglio Renette and Stanley Pflaume (plum).
AwardsPointsSpiritEventDetail
Gold 93.7Freiberger Bockbierbrand2013Details
Gold 93Dresdner Gin2013Details
Gold 92.3Apfel Champagner Renette2013Details
Silver 84Stanley Pflaume2013Details
Silver 80Zuccalmaglio Renette2013Details

Destillerie

Company:
Metaxa S. & E. & A.
Address:
6 A. Metaxa Street
Place:
14564 Kifissia, Athens
Country:
Greece
Products:
  • Liköre
  • Weinbrand
87 WOB-Punkte – Metaxa 7 * 7 - Silver
Metaxa S. & E. & A., GR-14564 Kifissia, Athens,
Fragrance: Intense wine and herb nose, fresh citrus fruit, orange, lime, wine yeast, muscatel perfume, a lot of raisin, dried fruit, honey, discreet herbal mixture, oregano, lovage, camomile. Taste: Rather subtle wine style, a lot of citric freshness, associations of candies, dried apricots, nutty notes, fresh herbs, mint, peppermint, sage, floral accents, strong honey sweetness, medicinal tartness, good length. Volume: 700 ml, Price: Auf Anfrage EUR

88 WOB-Punkte – Metaxa Grand Olympian Reserve 12 - Silver
Metaxa S. & E. & A., GR-14564 Kifissia, Athens,
Fragrance: Present brandy style, ripe aroma image, raisins, figs, dried fruit, grated hazelnuts, vanilla, delicate herbal notes, slightly vegetal touch. Taste: Intensely more vinous, delicate yeasty character, muscatel, raspberry and strawberry mixture, lemon, orange, dried prunes, caramel, pleasant candy sweetness, dried herb spiciness, broad, almost lush, somewhat astringent. Volume: 700 ml, Price: Auf Anfrage EUR



AwardsPointsSpiritEventDetail
Silver 88Metaxa Grand Olympian Reserve2013Details
Silver 87Metaxa 7 *2013Details
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