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Destillerie

Company:
Weingut Schloss Fels GmbH.
Address:
Kremserstraße 3
Place:
3481 Fels am Wagram
Country:
Austria
Products:
  • Liköre
  • Obst-Geiste & Spirituosen
  • Rum
  • Gin
Schloss Fels – Shelves of variety

For the last 30 years, Weingut Schloss Fels has been amongst the top vineyards and spirit producers. Today, nearly 90 hectares of own vineyards are cultivated in Fels and Rohrendorf near Krems, making this one of the largest winegrowing estates in Austria.

The vineyard’s home-grown wines are marketed under the brand name ‘Weingut Schloss Fels’. Grapes from contracted winegrowers are also processed and used in the company, but only where they meet the strict quality criteria.

Managing director Klaus Klein clearly defines the company’s standards: “Schloss Fels stands for regional products, traditional methods, the latest technology and uncompromising quality control.”

Apart from wine, spirits are also produced, which are sold under the brand names ‘Felser’ (clear schnapps, rum and speciality blends), TAIGA Wódka, Silver Crown Gin, Golden Dew Scotch Whisky, Barbossa light Rum and ‘Desirée’ (a mild brandy matured in oak casks). The motto is: high quality at entry-level prices. All products are available in Austria exclusively via the distribution channels of SPAR Österreichische Warenhandels AG: SPAR-Markt, EUROSPAR and INTERSPAR, and some are also available at METRO.

Classified as a First Class Distillery 2016, the business won a whole row of medals at the World Spirits Award: gold for Felser Williams schnapps, Felser hazelnut spirit, Felser raspberry spirit, Silver Crown Special Dry Gin, Felser herb bitter, Felser advocaat and Barbossa Superior Rum, silver for Felser Selection apricot brandy, Felser apricot schnapps, cranberry liqueur and Barbossa Spiced Gold, as well as bronze for Felser Selection Williams brandy.
AwardsPointsSpiritEventDetail
Gold 93.3Felser Eierlikör2016Details
Gold 92Felser Kräuterbitter2016Details
Gold 92Felser Himbeergeist2016Details
Gold 92Felser Haselnuss Spirituose2016Details
Gold 91.7Silver Crown Special Dry Gin2016Details
Gold 90Barbossa Superior Rum2016Details
Gold 90Felser Williamsschnaps2016Details
Silver 89Barbossa Spiced Gold2016Details
Silver 88Cranberry Likör2016Details
Silver 85Felser Marillenschnaps2016Details
Silver 84Felser Selection Marillen Edelbrand2016Details
Bronze 75Felser Selection Williams Edelbrand2016Details

Destillerie

Company:
Ironworks Distillery
Address:
2 Kempt Street, POB 734
Place:
Lunenburg B0J 2C0
Country:
Canada
Products:
  • Wodka
  • Obst-Brände
Ironworks Distillery – Handmade in Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is the second smallest province of Canada and is located on the Atlantic coast. In the historic port of Lunenburg – the home of the famous Bluenose schooner – Pierre Guevremont and Lynne MacKay founded their distillery in 2010. It is located in a small house dating from the 19th century, which previously housed a smithy, and because it has retained the character it carries the name ‘The Blacksmith’s Shop’. Where once ‘hardware’ was hammered for the Bluenose schooner, now vodka, gin, rum, brandy and liqueurs are produced in small batches. One speciality is Canada’s only vodka made from apples, but the bottled pears – 400 to 500 a year – also reflect commitment to the region.

Ironworks is a distillery with a clearly defined philosophy: ‘Made in Nova Scotia = Jobs in Nova Scotia’. The products are produced by hand from start to finish and personally monitored at every phase. Great value is attached to high quality ingredients from the region: apples, pears, berries, grapes or rhubarb, which come from their extensive partner network – and travel no more than 150 kilometres. The molasses for the rum is imported from Guatemala. The cellar has a capacity for 30,000 litres, and at the moment there are about 200 oak barrels stored there.

At the World Spirits Award, the handmade products were convincing: there was gold for Ironworks Apple Brandy and Ironworks Gin, silver for Ironworks Aged Pear, Ironworks Rum and Bluenose Rum.
AwardsPointsSpiritEventDetail
Gold 92Ironworks Gin2017Details
Gold 91.3Ironworks Apple Brandy2017Details
Silver 89Ironworks Rum2017Details
Silver 89Bluenose Rum2017Details
Silver 89Ironworks Aged Pear2017Details

Handel

Company:
Armin Breinl Handel
Address:
St. Peter Pfarrweg 26
Place:
8010 Graz
Country:
Austria
Products:
  • Spirituosen Wiederverkauf
  • Destillerie
2B Hemp Gin: Styrian gin experience

Two visionaries, Armin Breinl (doctor, drink creator, musician) and Wolfgang Thomann (gin maker), have created a completely new gin experience with real hemp powder: 2B HEMP GIN (inspired by AEIJST). On 17th November 2018, the two invited guests to the first tasting of 2B HEMP GIN in the AEIJST GIN distillery in St. Nikolai in the Sausal Valley.

Made from organic juniper berries, this innovative gin has an impressive, mild and fruity taste and a typical hemp note. Due to its unique aroma, it not only tastes good neat, but also creates a ‘wow’ effect in cocktails – as proven in the long drink Styrian Pale Gin AEIJST refined with 2B HEMP.

For thousands of years, hemp has been grown as a valuable plant, be it for rope, fabric, paper or as an active ingredient in ointments and tinctures. Hemp has always been highly valued for its medicinal properties, yet recently has been demonised as an addictive drug and has suffered under its ensuing prohibition, originating in the USA. These days hemp is regaining importance and is being used more as a luxury food as well as in medicine as a therapeutic agent.

The Lifestyle Trading company, run by Armin Breinl, is an innovative beverage producer, which is already known amongst trade professionals for its sugar-free ‘func- tional fruit drinks’. The drinks have a high fruit content (more than 50 per cent) and additional natural, vital substances and have an energising, relaxing and regenerative effect.

At the World Spirits Award, there was silver for 2B HEMP GIN.
AwardsPointsSpiritEventDetail
Silver 89.32B HEMP GIN2020Details

Handel

Company:
Kanonikus Xantener Dom Destillerie GmbH
Address:
Hubert-Underberg-Allee 1
Place:
47493 Rheinberg
Country:
Germany
Products:
  • Destillerie
  • Spirituosen Wiederverkauf
AwardsPointsSpiritEventDetail
Silver 86Kanonikus2012Details
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