tasting

A Heady Tasting of Homemade Liqueurs in Kraków

A Heady Tasting of Homemade Liqueurs in Kraków, Poland. Copyright © 2023 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

When local guide, Małgorzata Lubowicka, took us on a bespoke tour of Kraków, one of her favourite shops that she took us to was Szambelan, a charming place specializing in homemade liqueurs. As I come from a family with a history of home brewing (or rather distilling), I made a point of returning. A family-owned … Read more

Sipping on Slivovica – We do a Serbian Brandy Tasting in Kotor

Sipping on Slivovica – a Kotor Brandy Tasting, Kotor, Montenegro. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Slivovica is a Serbian grape brandy and it’s the drink of choice of the locals in Kotor, Montenegro, where we’re staying for two weeks. Despite having grown up drinking my Russian grandfather’s homemade vodka, which we called ‘tractor fuel’, nothing prepared me for the burning sensation in my throat from the first tasting of Slivovica. … Read more