The General Wine Company is a family-owned and operated wine merchant in Liphook, Hampshire, England.

It is then cut with water from deep natural aquifer under the farm which has the perfect pH acidity and is totally unpolluted. The Abelha Organic Cachaca is unaged, and so was bottled immediately after distillation from the freshly cut sugar cane. Theres A Growing School Of Thought That Says Organic Wines And Spirits Give Less Severe Hangovers As There Are Less Odd Chemicals In Them. Aside From The Huge Choking Clouds Of Smoke And Ash Burning Cane Fields Also Releases Various Nitrogen Compoundsinto The Air Which Create Ozone. Resting the cachaça for a few months in open steel tanks allows some of the less desirable compounds to evaporate or oxidise into phenols, which give the cachaça its characteristic bouquet.We are passionate about producing a 100% pure organic cachaça using the finest sugar cane and distilled in traditional 800 Litre alambique (copper pot) stills. Their small-batch distillation process uses a traditional copper pot still, which ensure that they retain as much flavour as possible. Additionally Workers Who Cut Sugar Cane Under Organic Conditions Are Paid A Much Higher Rate And Hence Cut Less Cane (Still 3 To 6 Tonnes Per Day) Than Those Who Cut Burnt Fields. Abelha Cachaca Silver is a premium hand-crafted white, or rested (descansada) cachaca, from the Bahia region of Brazil. Cachaca is a distilled spirit made from freshly fermented sugar cane juice and it is only made in Brazil.

We invite you to explore the world of Abelha –artisanal, delectable and sustainable cachaça, made with care for the land and with respect for the farmers who look after it. We now supply restaurants and pubs as well as weddings, corporate events and, of course, individuals.From Here We Distill The Cachaa In Small Batches In Traditional Copper Stills And Keep Only A Small Fraction (The Heart Orcoraao) To Be Rested Or Aged. After distillation, Abelha Cachaça Silver is rested for a few months and has an intense fruity/aromatic nose, a fresh sugar cane and stone fruits taste, and a smooth dry finish; perfect for caipirinhas. Abelha Organic Cachaça Gold 75cl Abv is aged for 3 years in small 250 litre casks made from garapeira, a Brazilian Ash. Abelha Cachaa Gold is aged for 3 years in small 250L garapeira wooden barrels, during which time some undesirable elements can evaporate away, and the wood imparts a beautiful mellow tone to the cachaca. The other important differnce is that rum is usually aged in sherry or bourbon casks and Cachaca is often aged in native Brazilian wooden barrels.