Hans Reisetbauer is a distiller, fruit-grower, farmer, forester, machine-builder and traveller. And this is the story of his brandies:
1990 |
Hans Reisetbauer plants an apple orchard of 1.5 hectares at Kirchdorfergut. He makes some 50 litres of schnapps a year for his private use. |
1991 |
On the south-facing slope below his farm, Reisetbauer plants a row plus ten 10 Williams pear-trees. |
1994 |
In the spring, Reisetbauer visits the Vinova Trade Fair in Vienna and becomes acquainted with distillates made by Karl Hubert Gasser of the Quinta Essentia Group. Reisetbauer has an idea. |
1994 |
On 16 September, Christian Carl of Göppingen, Germany, builds a still at Kirchdorfergut on plans by Hans Reisetbauer. |
1995 |
Hans Reisetbauer’s Williams Brandy and Dried Pear Brandy are chosen as “Schnapps of the Year” at the Destillata specialist trade fair.
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1998 |
The Reisetbauer distillery is named company of the year. |
2001 |
Hans Reisetbauer becomes a member of the Quinta Essentia Group. |
2003 |
For the second time, Hans Reisetbauer is named Master Distiller of 2004 by the Austrian gourmet guide A la Carte. |
2006 |
For the third time, Hans Reisetbauer is named Master Distiller of 2007 by the Austrian gourmet guide A la Carte. |
2006 |
Hans Reisetbauer is awarded the “Trophée Gourmet A la Carte” in the category “Gourmandise”. |
2006 |
Hans Reisetbauer and Markus Schenkenfelder market the first Austrian gin: BLUE GIN (www.bluegin.cc). |
2007 |
For the fourth time, Hans Reisetbauer is named Master Distiller of 2008 by the Austrian gourmet guide A la Carte.
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2007 |
Hans Reisetbauer plants his first rowanberry orchard in Upper Austria’s Mühlviertel district. |
2008 |
Hans Reisetbauer markets his first 12-year-old single malt whisky. |
2008 |
For the fifth time, Hans Reisetbauer is named Master Distiller of 2009 by the Austrian gourmet guide A la Carte. |
2009 |
Hans Reisetbauer’s brandies are available in 21 varieties and various special bottlings in 16 countries of the world. |
2010 |
Hans Reisetbauer's brandies and BLUE GIN are now also avaiable in Moscow - Russia. |
2010 |
Hans Reisetbauer is named as the best Austrian distiller and is the winner of the Falstaff Spirits Trophy Award. |
