GE Massenez Distillery

Status: Operational

Established: 1870

Visitor Policy: Visitors welcome throughout the year

Tel: +33 (0)3 8885 6286

Address: Z.I. Dieffenbach-au-Val, Villé, 67 220 France

Established in the 1870s by Jean-Baptiste Massenez who started as a home distiller in Urbeis, in the Vallée de Villé. His descendants continue to make eaux-de-vie and liqueurs in the Villé region of Alsace.

They make

G. E. Massenez Poire Williams eau-de-vie

Part of Massenez’s VRP range, an abbreviation of “Vieille Réserve Personnelle Sélectionnée” (personally selected), this yellow plum eau-de-vie was developed by Eugene...

G. E. Massenez Kirsch Vieux eau-de-vie

A traditional kirsch eaux-de-vie (cherry brandy) presented in a Flûte Distillateur bottle.

G. E. Massenez Framboise Sauvage eau-de-vie

Part of Massenez’s VRP range, an abbreviation of “Vieille Réserve Personnelle Sélectionnée” (personally selected), this wild raspberry eau-de-vie was developed by Eugene...

G. E. Massenez Mirabelle eau-de-vie

Part of Massenez’s VRP range, an abbreviation of “Vieille Réserve Personnelle Sélectionnée” (personally selected), this yellow plum eau-de-vie was developed by Eugene...

See all

Articles

Botanical Spirits

All the botanical influences and low cost of entry distillation opportunities which gin offers, but without gin’s restrictive requirement to include

Crème de noyau liqueurs

Crème de Noyau (also spelt noyaux) are liqueurs made by infusing apricot, peach or cherry kernels (or a combination of these fruit stones) in neutral

Boker’s (Bogart’s) Bitters

A historic brand of bitters originally created by Johann Gottlieb Böker in 1828 and produced until the 1920s. However, the historic notoriety of these

Bitters – Daiquiri & Margarita Bitters

With the cocktail renaissance came bartenders rediscovery of aromatic bitters, their use driven by calls for drips and dashes in dusty old books. Back