ViiniVerla has redesigned itself

We have had very positive feed-back about the taste and quality of the ViiniVerla liqueurs, the sparkling wines, table wines and not least the Verlados - the calvados type spirit. But the design of the labels was lacking. Now that problem has been fixed with a new and modern design on all labels. The labels are also flexible in that the back-label can always be printed separately for each order thereby enabling labeling in any language and meeting the requirements of national legislation.

The uniqueness of the ViiniVerla products is in the nordic superberries that are used in their production. The liqueurs - which are not overly sweet as many liqueurs are - are based on cloudberry, cranberry, billberry, lingonberry and sea buckthorn among others. They have a delicious flavour of the wild picked berries.

On the other hand the sparkling wines are produced respecting the traditional Champagne method. Therefore it takes 3 years to produce which makes planning not a little challenging. The sparklings are made of gooseberry and different varieties of currants.

Also the table wines make great company for dinner. These are probably some of the best berry and fruit wines around.

The Verlados is a special story. It is made of Finnish organic apples using the Calvados method. Of course the word Calvados shouldn't be used because this spirit is produced in Verla, not in France. But the product has received lots of praise from those who have tasted it. It is available as up to 8 years old.

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New year for Organic Food Finland

We are enjoying the last weeks of this summer and soon entering September. Again we have a few new companies joining Organic Food Finland. Let me present them shortly here - we will post more information later and of course update the www.organic-finland.com web-site.

Nordic Koivu in Eastern Finland produces a really unique product that is both refreshing and healthy: Birch Sap - which in many parts of the world is considered herbal medicine. The product is well known everywhere where the birch grows naturally, i.e. most of the temperate parts of the northern hemisphere. Usually birch sap is consumed fresh in the spring when it can be harvested from the birches. Birch sap is highly perishable and even in a refrigerator you can keep it only for a few days. Usually bottlers use preservatives or heat treatment but Nordic Koivu has developed a method for bottling the birch sap without any preservatives (nothing added) or heat treatment. So the product retains its full quality.



ViiniVerla is an other "one of it's kind": the only organic winery in Finland. There are about 25 wineries in Finland, i.e. farms that produce alcoholic drinks of berries and apple. Grapes don't grow in Finland - apart from some enthusiasts back yards in Southern Finland. In the Finnish wine competitions ViiniVerla has faired very well and personally I am a fan of the sparkling wines and the liqueurs, especially cranberry and cloudberry. This is certainly something you should taste!

Keskinen Mills' in Central Finland is a small mill specialised in gluten-free buckwheat. The buckwheat is grown in the region around the mill. The main products are flour for the gluten-free bakeries and organic buckwheat pasta. So this is something for both the organic and gluten-free market - which in some countries are somewhat merged. Keskinen Mills' guarnatees that no grain gets mixed with the buckwheat and therefor celiac patients can safely consume their products.