Alcohol

Family gatherings back home often opened with a bottle of Vranac poured for everyone at the table. Plantaže makes this Crnogorski Vranac, a Montene...

Assenovgrad Mavrud Reserve 2019 — Bulgaria's flagship indigenous red, grown on the Thracian Plain around the town that gave the grape its modern ho...

Stobi Vranec Classic — North Macedonia's flagship indigenous red, made from the Vranec grape that gives Balkan tables their everyday dark wine. Vib...

A bottle of rakija always sat on the shelf back home, poured out the moment a guest walked through the door. Crnogorski Prvijenac is a fine grape b...

A shot of tequila poured at a backyard party is a newer tradition a lot of families picked up living here in California. This is Honorable Tequila ...

Every proper celebration back home had a sweet bottle opened for the toasts, glasses filled and passed hand to hand around the table. This bottle i...

Chmielne was the beer workers reached for after a shift back in People's Poland, a name that still carries that old PRL nostalgia. This bottle is b...

Vila Vina Prokupac 2017 — a dry Serbian red from the country's most distinctive indigenous grape, Prokupac. Earthy mineral character with red-fruit...

Prokupac was the old family grape, poured whenever someone wanted to remind you Serbia had its own reds long before Merlot showed up. Rubin's 2021 ...

Muscat Ottonel was the sweet-edged white that showed up whenever there was cause for a toast. Rubin's 2023 Muscat Ottonel is a dry white wine from ...

This was the crisp white poured at name-day lunches when the table called for something light before the meat course. Rubin's 2022 Sauvignon Blanc ...

The label always came out for name days and slava, poured slow while the table filled with food. Rubin's 2021 Pinot Noir is a quality dry red wine ...

Sunday lunch back home always had a bottle open before the ćevapi hit the table, this Rubin Merlot poured the same way for family and guests alike....

Car Lazar on the table means a Serbian Sunday dinner is underway. Rubin AD bottles this semi-dry red as Car Lazar, a Serbian wine, in a 750ml (25.4...

Rubin Carica Milica — a Serbian semi-dry red named for Empress Milica, wife of Prince Lazar who fell at the Battle of Kosovo in 1389. Delicate swee...

This was the white wine chilling in the fridge for whenever the family table needed something to toast with. Rubin's 2022 Chardonnay is a quality d...

Takovo Apricot Brandy (Kajsijevača) — a Serbian apricot rakija from central Šumadija orchards. Distinctively perfumed, lightly sweet on the nose, a...

Takovo Original Dunja — a Serbian quince rakija from central Šumadija orchards. Distinctively perfumed, faintly honeyed, and unmistakably quince; t...

Vršacko Vinogorje Muskatna Lozova Rakija — a Serbian grape rakija distilled from Muscat-family grapes in the Vršac wine region. Aromatic, floral, a...

Rubin Vinjak VS — Serbia's iconic grape brandy from Rubin AD, distilled from wine and aged at least two years in oak. Amber spirit with vanilla and...

Every Serbian household seems to have someone who swears their family's rakija is the real one, and this small-batch plum brandy is built for that ...

Šljivovica is the plum brandy kept in the back of the cabinet for toasts and unexpected guests, the smell alone bringing back family gatherings bac...

The small bottle of Koketa comes out at the end of a family dinner, poured just before the coffee. Destilerija Zarić of Kosjerić, Serbia, has been ...

Baraba Heirloom Plum Rakija — a Serbian plum brandy distilled from heirloom plum varieties, bottled at the Baraba distillery. Concentrated, traditi...