Slivovitz becomes Serbia’s first brand

Hooray!! *Hic* Just keep it pure and don't add chemicals!

Slivovitz is used for everything in the Serbian culture: weddings, funerals, engagements, baptisms, celebrations, welcomes, thank you(s), done deals, religious ceremonies, medicine, drowning your sorrows, and for great happiness!

Congratulations on the branding! I'll drink to that!

So nobody else can use the term "serbian slivovitz"??!!! How stupid. Who else would use that name for their plum brandy apart from Serbia. Nice one....not.

Incompetents at work again.

France holds the right on the name "cognac", not "French Cognac" and no one is allowed to market their brandy as cognac.


Likewise, Serbia should secure the original name "sljivovica" and let everybody else sell sliwovitz, plum moonshine or whatever.

"Serbian Sliwovitz" is a nonsense. It is neither a brand nor secures the controlled origin of Sljivovica.

Perhaps it is not too late to work on this. There are precedents. Parmiggiano cheese and ouzo can be called by that name only if made in Parma and in Greece.

"Spirits
The Regulation laying down general rules on the definition, description and presentation of spirit drinks (No 1576/89)[3] provides for a double system of protection of spirit descriptions. Spirits are divided into 21 categories, which each have rules for fabrication and minimum strength. Within these categories, certain names are reserved for drinks from particular countries, for example ouzo, which is aniseed-flavoured spirit drink which must have been produced exclusively in Greece or Cyprus, or grappa, which is a grape marc spirit produced in Italy. The Regulation also defines a number of geographical designations, which are reserved for drinks which "acquired their character and definitive qualities" in the area denominated. The exact delimitation of the areas and any other regulations are left to the Member States concerned. By way of derogation, the designations Königsberger Bärenfang and Ostpreußischer Bärenfang are permitted for certain German drinks even though they refer to Königsberg (Kaliningrad) and East Prussia which are no longer part of Germany.

See also: List of geographical designations for spirit drinks in the European Union"

I love that stuff! :)

I'll drink to that Kate! It's the impure stuff that gives one horrendous hangovers.

Ziveli all internet friends!
I drink a glass of Manastirka direct after my breakfast!

Is there any official, publicly available statement from the European Commission (europa.eu) that actually confirms what Slobodan Milosavljević says? Because I couldn't find any mention of any PDO, PGI, PGS or TSG for Serbian Slivovitz.

So nobody else can use the term "serbian slivovitz"??!!! How stupid. Who else would use that name for their plum brandy apart from Serbia. Nice one....not.

Hooray!! *Hic* Just keep it pure and don't add chemicals!

Slivovitz is used for everything in the Serbian culture: weddings, funerals, engagements, baptisms, celebrations, welcomes, thank you(s), done deals, religious ceremonies, medicine, drowning your sorrows, and for great happiness!

Congratulations on the branding! I'll drink to that!

I love that stuff! :)

Incompetents at work again.

France holds the right on the name "cognac", not "French Cognac" and no one is allowed to market their brandy as cognac.


Likewise, Serbia should secure the original name "sljivovica" and let everybody else sell sliwovitz, plum moonshine or whatever.

"Serbian Sliwovitz" is a nonsense. It is neither a brand nor secures the controlled origin of Sljivovica.

Perhaps it is not too late to work on this. There are precedents. Parmiggiano cheese and ouzo can be called by that name only if made in Parma and in Greece.

"Spirits
The Regulation laying down general rules on the definition, description and presentation of spirit drinks (No 1576/89)[3] provides for a double system of protection of spirit descriptions. Spirits are divided into 21 categories, which each have rules for fabrication and minimum strength. Within these categories, certain names are reserved for drinks from particular countries, for example ouzo, which is aniseed-flavoured spirit drink which must have been produced exclusively in Greece or Cyprus, or grappa, which is a grape marc spirit produced in Italy. The Regulation also defines a number of geographical designations, which are reserved for drinks which "acquired their character and definitive qualities" in the area denominated. The exact delimitation of the areas and any other regulations are left to the Member States concerned. By way of derogation, the designations Königsberger Bärenfang and Ostpreußischer Bärenfang are permitted for certain German drinks even though they refer to Königsberg (Kaliningrad) and East Prussia which are no longer part of Germany.

See also: List of geographical designations for spirit drinks in the European Union"

I'll drink to that Kate! It's the impure stuff that gives one horrendous hangovers.

Ziveli all internet friends!
I drink a glass of Manastirka direct after my breakfast!

Is there any official, publicly available statement from the European Commission (europa.eu) that actually confirms what Slobodan Milosavljević says? Because I couldn't find any mention of any PDO, PGI, PGS or TSG for Serbian Slivovitz.