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David's Bottles

I have some unusual bottles from eleven different
counties for you this time. Roughly speaking we will
start in the south and work our way north.

The two Tequila SolAzul (silver and reposado) are
sample bottles used at a launch party for the large
SolAzul bottles several years ago.
Staying with North America,
Covington Gourmet Vodka is made in
the USA from sweep potatoes. It is
only sold in North Carolina.

The whiskey
in the leather
pouch is from
P. Koulas

and Son of
Cyprus, who
make a
range of
these bottles
in different
leather
pouches.

The set of
four bottles
on the right
are from Arak el Rif of Lebanon.
They are expensive at about
US$50 for the four but how often
do you see bottles from Lebanon?
Moving just a little further north, the Mutlu minaret bottle is a lovely old bottle from
Turkey. You don't see bottles like this on sale
any more.

Our next two countries were once one. On the
left is Double Cross vodka. This is a sample
bottle from Slovakia. Unfortunately the photo
does not do it justice. Another sample is the
Babicka wormwood vodka from the Czech
Republic.

France produces more minis than most countries
and produces some of the nicest bottles out
there. We have one nice liqueur, Pavan and a
whiskey in a very ordinary bottle. However, the
Uberach Single Malt Whisky is certainly unusual

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