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Handel

Company:
Luding Group
Address:
Ryabinovaya Str. 55, Building 1
Place:
121471 Москва 471
Country:
Russian Federation
Products:
  • Spirituosen Wiederverkauf
Luding Group: Vodka Tchaikovsky as a high-spirited homage to the famous composer

At the beginning of the 1990s, the modern distillery ‘Fortuna’ was launched in a green field in the south of Russia – in the Krasnodar region, a strip of land with spa resorts and health centres. The distillery has specialised in unusual products, in a region with a particularly green fingerprint. The vodka created in honour of the great Russian composer Tchaikovsky is special. The concept for this exceptional product is comparable with one of his musical scores: the work ‘Swan Lake’ served as an inspiration. Art enthusiasts can thus immerse themselves in the history of Russian estate life in the 19th century. The traditional white and blue colours underline the purity of this vodka.

The technical particularities span a wide quality-orientated spectrum: from the selected wheat, their own well water and the special treatment of the distillate with skimmed milk powder to the crystal-clear filtration with active birch coal. With so much perfectionism and monitoring of the individual production steps, the result is an especially gentle, animating and very typical vodka based on wheat. After the diluting of alcohol and pure distillate, the production process is continued with maturation in steel tanks. The aim is to ‘wed’ both ‘waters’, resulting in an especially harmonious vodka.

At the World Spirits Award 2022, Vodka Tchaikovsky was awarded double gold and honoured as the best vodka with the title ‘Spirit of the Year’.
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Double-Gold 95.3TCHAIKOVSKY2022Details

Handel

Company:
Camus International Limited
Address:
Room 5004-5005 Hong Kong New World Tower, 300 Huai Hai middle Road
Place:
200021 Shanghai
Country:
China
Products:
  • Spirituosen Wiederverkauf
Kweichow Moutai: China’s ‘national schnapps’ on the rise

Baijiu is the most popular alcoholic drink in China and Moutai the most famous brand, with a similar status to vodka in Russia or tequila in Mexico. Its origins go back over 2,000 years to the time of Emperor Wu of Han. These days, the national drink is frequently served at official state banquets and is used as the official state gift. Its protected source is the village of Maotai in the Guizhou province on the banks of the Chishui, the Red River. These days, more than 30,000 tons of the 53 percent alcohol Moutai are produced. In cooperation with Camus, a limited edition was launched as an homage to the greatest poets: after Li Bai in 2013, Du Fu followed in 2018. The elegant bottle showing a painting of a poem is made from the finest porcelain.

Traditional methods are used for the distillation of regional raw materials: organic sorghum and wheat and the best water. Fermentation takes place at high temperatures. During the production process, which takes a year, fresh grain is added twice to the boilers, then several boiling and fermentation processes take place. Every batch of the distillate is separated according to age, production cycle and aroma. It then matures slowly in terracotta containers and, during the storage period of at least five years, develops a fine soya aroma. Master blenders make sure that the characteristic, full flavour is preserved. The secret lies in the humid climate, the water from the Chishui, as well as in the distillation technique and maturing period.

At the World Spirits Award, there was double gold for Kweichou Moutai Du Fu Edition.
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Double-Gold 95.3Kweichow Moutai "Legendary China Collection" (Du Fu Edition)2021Details

Destillerie

Company:
Matheus Pálinkaház Kft.
Address:
Külterület hrsz 0136
Place:
4755 Ököritófülpös
Country:
Hungary
Products:
  • Obst-Brände
Matheus Pálinka – Fruit brandies based on ancient Hungarian traditions

Matheus is a model sophisticated Hungarian company and its products bear the “Hungaricum” title of honour. Only fruits grown, harvested and distilled in Hungary are used in the distillates. “Pálinka” – the colloquial term for schnapps – has a long-standing tradition in Hungary as the climatic conditions produce very flavoursome ripe fruit.

The history of Matheus Pálinka began with a booklet which emerged at an auction. And what secrets did it contain? As long ago as the 16th century, Franciscan monks in the northernmost corner of Hungary (now the Szatmár-Bereg administrative district) were producing high-percentage fruit brandies which they refined to create healing essences using herbs and spices. The production of the modern Pálinka products is based on these old recipes which form part of the country’s culture and authentic Hungarian gastronomy.

The brandies in the ranges “Matheus Spirit” (60% vol.) and “Matheus Classic” (50% vol.) are left to mature in mulberry wood casks for at least three months, which emphasises the silky flavour and the aroma of the fruit. The “Matheus Fruits” (44% vol.) are unfiltered distillates matured on a bed of dried fruits, combining modern technology with old traditions. The wide range of products includes apple, apricot, elderberry, cherry, plum, quince, sour cherry, blackthorn, blackcurrant and Williams pear.

For the 15 samples submitted, Matheus received four golds and eleven silvers at the World-Spirits Award – ranking 13th in the fruit brandy category as a Master-Class Distillery.
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Gold 93.3Black currant wood aged2011Details
Gold 93Black Currant wood aged2011Details
Gold 92Quince wood aged2011Details
Gold 91Apricot wood aged2011Details
Silver 89Black Elderberry wood aged2011Details
Silver 88Cherry2011Details
Silver 88Apricot2011Details
Silver 87Apple2011Details
Silver 87Apricot wood aged2011Details
Silver 87Plum wood aged2011Details
Silver 86Cherry Spirit wood aged2011Details
Silver 86Plum2011Details
Silver 86Williams pear wood aged2011Details
Silver 85Apple wood aged2011Details
Silver 85Williams pear wood aged2011Details

Destillerie

Company:
Bienenhof Pausch GmbH
Address:
Unterschnatterbach 3
Place:
85298 Scheyern
Country:
Germany
Products:
  • Obst-Brände
Bienenhof Pausch: Uncompromisingly fanatic enjoyment freaks

Beekeeper Helga Pausch and fine brandy sommelier Albrecht Pausch are a likeable and skilled pair. Since 1996 their bee farm has followed ecological guidelines, with about 230 bee colonies, a distillery, a winery and a vinegar factory. 150 quince trees, 500 wild fruit trees, some old wild cherry trees and a young plantation with 800 fruit trees complete the ensemble. Fruit brandies and rare fine brandies from special honeys are produced in the distillery.

The basis for the distillates are various types of honey or ecologically cultivated fruit. Fine aromatic honeys are used for honey wines and liqueurs without any additives. The Pausches are also purists when it comes to their fine brandies and spirits – no added sugar, no flavourings, only 100% pure distillate. In the fermenting cellar with temperature-controlled fermentation tanks, they don’t use sulphuric acid in the fermentation of the fruit mash, which strictly follows guidelines from Bioland, the largest organic food association in Germany.

“We have dedicated ourselves to fine nuances, rather than the bold and robust. We offer fine spirits with delicate fruity components.” They are made using a traditional double distilling procedure and the finished spirits mature in a vaulted cellar until they are reduced to drinking strength. Some are also offered unfiltered, which means more typical aromas, tastes, and complexities.

The Master Class Distillery 2021 was awarded double gold for Vogelbeerbrand (rowanberry) obtained through maceration and distillation (World Spirits Award 2021), gold for Edelbrand Sauerkirsche (sour cherry), Edelbrand Wahlsche Schnapsbirne (pear), Edelbrand Löhrpflaume (plum) and Brombeerbrand (blackberry) obtained through maceration and distillation. It was awarded silver for Himbeerbrand (raspberry) obtained through maceration and distillation, Schwarze Johannisbeere (black currant), Edelbrand Rote Williams (pear) and Shyravalli Honigbrand (honey brandy matured in a barrel).
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Double-Gold 96Vogelbeerbrand gewonnen durch Mazeration und Destillation2021Details
Gold 92Edelbrand Sauerkirsche2021Details
Gold 92Edelbrand Löhrpflaume2021Details
Gold 90Wahlsche Schnapsbirnenbrand2021Details
Gold 90Brombeerbrand gewonnen durch Mazeration und Destillation2021Details
Silver 88Shyravalli Honigbrand fassgereift2021Details
Silver 86Himbeerbrand gewonnen durch Mazeration & Destillation2021Details
Silver 86Edelbrand Rote Williams2021Details
Silver 82Schwarze Johannisbeerbrand2021Details
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