DNA Distillery
| Private[1] | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Spirits and distilled beverages |
| Founded 📆 | 2020 |
| Founders 👔 | James Projcevski, Monique Sutevski |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | Bankstown, Australia[2] |
Area served 🗺️ | |
| Products 📟 | rakia |
| Members | |
Number of employees | |
| 🌐 Website | www |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
DNA Distillery is a privately owned Australian alcohol company based in Bankstown, NSW, Australia.[3][4][5] The distillery produces and distributes rakia (also known as rakija), a variety of fruit brandy popular in the Balkans.[6][7][8]
Overview
The distillery was opened in 2020 by first generation Macedonian Australians – James Projcevski and Monique Sutevski, whose family emigrated to Australia from North Macedonia (then a part of Yugoslavia).[3] The distillery name is related to the family roots from the Balkans, where the beverage had been cultivated for several generations.[4] The project was launched in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.[9] The founders began with replicating traditional family recipes[10][11] while distilling wine from the local Australian Shiraz grapes.[5][4] DNA Distillery is located near Sydney in Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia.[2]
Technology and products
The distillery specializes in producing a Macedonian rakija with the most common types of gold and white grape beverage wherein the percentage of alcohol in it is at 40% ABV.[4] As SBS notes: "In Macedonian, rakija is usually made from grapes. To make a similar drop, the co-founders of DNA Distillery decided to use organic, Shiraz grapes sourced from a winery in the hilltops region of Southern New South Wales."[4][12][3]DNA Distillery rakija is double distilled in small batches using a Polish still.[4] DNA Distillery flavour variants include Classic Rakija, Gold Rakija and Pear Rakija.[13][10]
Industry recognition
- San Francisco World Spirits Competition in San Francisco, USA (2022) in category Gold Rakia[7][6][14]
- International Wines and Spirits Competition (IWSC) in London, UK (2022) in categories IWSC Bronze and IWSC Silver[2]
See also
- Alcohol in Australia
- Rakia
- Fruit brandy
References
- ↑ "Current details for ABN 36 646 791 451". Australia Business Registration.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Dna Distillery". International Wines and Spirits Competition.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Panagopoulos, Joanna (2021-09-25). "DNA Distillery: Sydney's first rakija distillery set to launch". Daily Telegraph.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Noone, Yasmin (2022-03-13). "A rakija family story: Balkan spirits in the making". SBS.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Chanthadavong, Aimee (2022-01-27). "Five Generations of Rakija-Making and Two Millennial Cousins Are Behind Sydney's New DNA Distillery". BroadSheet.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 V Micallef, Joseph (2022-04-21). "The World's Best Brandies 2022 San Francisco World Spirits Competition". Forbes.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 May, Seamus (2022-04-13). "Aussies win big at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition". The Shout.
- ↑ "The New Kid On The Block: Rakia By DNA Distillery". The Shire Scout.
- ↑ "A rakija family story: Balkan spirits in the making". The British Serb Magazine.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Gauci, Jess (2022-02-24). "Move Over Gin, Rakija Is Having A Moment… Say Hello To DNA Distillery". EatDrinkPlay.
- ↑ Rosa, Natalia (2020-03-29). "Where to sample rakija liquor, the infamous tipple, in Macedonia". Trafalgar.
- ↑ Cheok, Matt (2022-02-21). "Pace Yourselves, Sydney's First Rakija Distillery has Officially Opened". Man of Many.
- ↑ McDonald, Elizabeth (2022-02-18). "Sydney has just scored its very first organic rakija distillery". Time Out.
- ↑ "DNA Distillery Doing The Shire Proud". The Shire Scout.
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