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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.

Radeberger Distillation & Liqueur Factory – Herbal spirits with tradition

In 1877, Wilhelm Richter founded the ‘Goldene Sonne steam distillation and liqueur factory’ and, according to old records, his ‘first class medicinal bitters’ landed in the Royal Saxon Court as a ‘gastric tonic’ in the late 19th century. The royal endorsement encouraged Wilhelm Richter to present his herbal liqueur at the large exhibitions at the turn of the century. Numerous gold medals confirmed this early quality marketing as well as letters of appreciation from many customers. The heirs of the company founder managed to run the small liqueur manufacture as a private company through the chaos of war and the Iron Curtain. Still in family hands, today the lovingly restored main building of Radeberg in the picturesque main street has plenty of historical charm.

At the World Spirits Award, there was gold for Original Radeberger Kräuterlikör (herb liqueur).

Seven Seals Distillery: Swiss Single Malt

Seven Seals Innovation AG is a young enterprise when it comes to the production and marketing of spirits, where the focus is on high-quality single malts, characterised by quality, innovation, ecology and natural ingredients. The patented Stockhausen method sets new standards in the refinement of spirits, combined with a time-efficient, ecological and economical improvement of production.

The inventor Dolf Stockhausen has turned barrel maturation for spirits on its head. His idea is based on a purely physical law that simulates maturation in a barrel. In 2017, a wood-based, sustainable procedure was developed. Today more surface is given to the distillate after a special treatment of the wood. The result is a shorter maturation process and a rounded taste profile. The manufacturing uses the Speedmaster, with which up to 2,000 litres of a distillate are refined purely physically – without using chemicals. Every batch reaches customers with the same quality, which cannot be ensured with traditional barrel maturation. It is guaranteed during the professional manufacturing that each whisky is matured for at least three years in the barrel as prescribed, before it can go through the process. Seven Seals has also proven that a wide variety of single malts can thereby be created, from classical (Classic Line) to innovative (Zodiac Line). The selection of aroma profiles has also impressed an international clientele.

At the World Spirits Award, gold was awarded to The Age of Virgo and The Age of Leo, and silver to Amarone Wood Finish, The Age of Pisces and The Age of Taurus.