WOB Destillerie Wolfram Ortner: Transition to new times
High-quality, handcrafted products are made at Wolfram Ortner’s distillery and coffee company in the Carinthian Nock-Land region. The products are available in the WOB shop there or online (www.wob.at). The ‘World Spirits’ brand has also been making waves, contributing to the improvement of international spirit culture.
It all started in 1989 with the aim of producing perfect distillates, setting trends and leaving a recognisable WOB mark through innovation. Distillates, medicinals, coffee and cigar distillates, essences, ‘parfum de vie’ and Café dö WOB: Ortner’s mark is evident in every product. The rum boom started in 2016 with a white and a blond light rum; in the first year, six different barrels were produced and primarily stored in barriques made of Limousin oak. On 25 November 2019, there was an explosion at the distillery, which set the course for the future even before the 60th birthday of the passionate distiller, Wolfram Ortner. The large site with the fermentation tanks suffered total destruction; a small copper still is now displayed in the distillation room in memory of better times. At the beginning of 2000, there was a switch to smoked and not toasted Limousin oak barrels, following the bourbon model. The result of the longer storage are special creations. The ‘exit scenario’ is defined: existing products sha
ll be stored, bottled and sold until 2028. Some new products will be added, including ripened apple vintages. More time will be invested in art and also in the project IWS.tv with the Inside World Spirits shots.
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