SPIRITS

It is no accident that one of the world’s best vodka brands bears the name of Chopin. The romantic master of the piano, of fine nuances and fiery rhythms, just had to give his name to one of the outstanding export products of his country, which is rivalled only by very few others – U’Luvka for example and Belvedere, which also come from Poland and are therefore not to be overlooked.

Genuine enjoyment is of course not a matter of quantity: It brands itself on the memory through its specific characteristics, comes back to the mind and is eager for other colourings: why not try an unusual liqueur or fruit brandy sometime, why not a “Bündner Röteli” or even a “Zirbenzapfen” schnapps from Kärnten, where the growers gather the rarest fruits ...