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A Serbian company with over 50 years of experience produces homemade spirits. The company offers a wide range of slivovitz (brandies) and rakias - from apricot, quince, pear, and plum. The company produces also brandies with juniper and mixtures containing 20 different medicinal herbs. The technological process is protected as intellectual property. All the products are produced by the traditional distillation method, with the geographical origin and entirely natural ingredients and without industrial alcohol and additives.

Their offer includes,
- 6 year old plum brandy („slivovitz“) with deep, layered flavours and a masterful finish,
- superb rakia is created through double distillation of the highest-quality plum varieties and with the addition of juniper berries (also as special edition aged for 5 years in barrels made out of Serbian oak),
- double distillation of strictly selected plums, among which the dominant variety is old sort of Serbian zwetschge plum and aged in inox tanks for 10 years,
- rakia produced by carefully choosing select plum varieties and through the process of double distillation, with the best distillates ageing for years in barrels made out of Serbian oak,
- rakia made from the Serbian quince varieties, through the use of double distillation, and by selecting only the distinguished distillates, with distinct aromas, fruity freshness, but with strong and a very long-lasting and aromatic aftertaste,
- rakia from apricot varieties plucked during a phase when they reached maximum sweetness and full maturity. The company's original recipe includes the addition of an exact amount of slightly overripe fruits,
- rakia made from selected Williams pears during the stage in which they are the richest with vitamins and minerals. After the harvest, the fruits mature for about ten more days in a slightly draughty place so that a full concentration of fermentable sugars is reached.
- herb rakia produced through the double distillation of the fruit rakia and slivovitz, and by adding carefully selected remedial herbs from National Park of Tara in West Serbia – yarrow, common centaury, peppermint, wormwood, sage wild thyme etc.

The design of the products is primarily aimed at the customers of bars and nightclubs, who are eager to offer their clients innovative and appealing flavours and fresh presentation of alcoholic beverages. The attractive and entertaining design aims also at other hospitality venues that wish to offer a new product to their customers, as well as stores and shopping malls that aspire to sell a souvenir.

In order to expand its client base and improve business, the company is looking for a reliable partner under distribution or commercial agency agreement.

Advantages & innovations

High-quality brandies come are bottled in modern, attractive and entertaining design bottles. The design aims at customers at bars and nightclubs eager to try new flavours. The companies product doesn't contain any added chemical substances. The company can execute fast international orders. High standards of production, each drop in every bottle has the same consistent taste. For all of the rakia, a strict selection of the best fruits from the regions of Western Serbia is performed, while juniper rakia and „slivovitz“ brandy are based exclusively on indigenous, regional plum varieties. All of the rakias are produced with double distillation in original copper cauldrons heated by firewood. In the cellar of the distillery, at all times, around 200.000 litres of rakia are ageing, half of which is in barrels made out of Serbian oak from the nearby Goč (Gotch) mountain, volumes ranging from 500 to 13.000 l. Herbal brandy is unique, produced from plums by adding 20 herbs from a specific area, Mount Tara, according to the original and unique recipe of the company's technologists.

Stage of development

Already on the market

Partner sought

The company is interested in the following types of cooperation: • A distribution services agreement with food and beverages retailers, shopping malls, hotels, restaurants, nightclubs, and other hospitality venues to sell the company’s products in their establishments, with the aim to increase the sales and make the brand internationally recognised. • A commercial agency agreement with partners interested in representing the company and its products, while promoting the company’s brand in other markets in order to increase the sales and establish the brand internationally.