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Brandy and wine have always shared equally in popularity among fans of good spirits in Serbia. Brandy, a strong alcoholic drink, stands side by side with wine at the end of the 19th century. century, when vineyards destroyed by phylloxera were replaced by orchards.

The abandonment of these areas by all conquerors was celebrated with brandy, so it became a symbol of victory and freedom. With it, you went to battle, you were brave, you attacked, you could see the wounds… In times of peace, brandy was used to improve the mood, celebrate and grieve.

It is most often made from plums, but natural brandies from quince, pear, apricot, apple, grape are gaining more and more popularity.

Table and chairs made of brandy barrels

Coppersmith Milan T. Jovanović from Novi Sad became known throughout Serbia in 1921 . when he protected his original invention in the patent office.

Old crafts are slowly dying out. The skillful hands of artisans/artists are being replaced by modern soulless machines. Although good old wooden barrels and casks lag behind in the race with modern wine vessels, without them the final stage of care and storage of wine and brandy is still unthinkable.

A new era in Serbian wine-gastronomy began when Radomir Veličković, the great master of hospitality, put his ingenious idea into action. On the Kopaonik mountain (or Kopanik, as he traditionally calls it), on the roof of the world, he opened the ethno-restaurant “Suri”.

BRANDY OF LOVE

for those who know what they want!

A real brandy of Serbian nature, left to God in the 1950s in a 600-liter barrel made of three types of wood from birth, in the wind-swept Balkans, to be opened when some future young groom gets married.

Conclusion of the agreement on joint investment and license between the “Prokupac” and the American “Mc Donald’s” in 1984 . marked the peak of the golden era of this Industry from Toplica.