Alcohol

Gendarmerie forces on April 10 raided a wedding hall that included an underground bootleg alcohol plant in Istanbul's Başakşehir district, detaining five suspects, Doğan News Agency has reported.  
 
Thousands of liters of bootleg alcohol stored in industrial bottles and ready for delivery across Turkey was seized during the raid. 

The biggest Greek wine exhibition “Oenorama 2017”, which was established in 1994, is a point of reference for wine enthusiasts in Greece. This year the world famous event will take place from March 11th to 13th at the Zappeion Exhibition Hall in Athens.

Tsipouro and raki producers risk losing their favorable tax status if Greece loses its battle at the European Court of Justice, following a referral on Wednesday by the European Commission.

Bulgaria's customs agency has reported finding 2,356 litres of alcohol without labels signifing paid excise duty in two monasteries.

Mobile inspection teams found the larger amount of illegal "rakija", or fruit brandy, namely 1,500 litres kept in plastic bottles and canisters, in a cellar of the Troyan monastery in northern Bulgaria.

BELGRADE - The 10th Rakija Fest, under the title of "Balkan Urban Experience", will be held at Belgrade's Mixer House on December 3.

Visitors will get warmed by rakija, many Serbian delicacies, as well as specialty sweets, the Tourism Organization of Belgrade said in a statement.

The 10th Rakija Fest will be held at Belgrade's Mikser House venue on December 3, under the title, "Balkan Urban Experience."

The Tourism Organization of Belgrade said that visitors will "get warmed" by rakija (Serbian for fruit, most commonly plum brandy) as well as "many Serbian delicacies, and specialty sweets."

All the lovers of Rum across Greece get your glasses ready! The first “Athens Rum Festival” is scheduled to takes place on November 6 and 7 at the emblematic bar “Baba Au Rum”, voted among the World’s best Bars in 2013 & 2016. The 2-day happening will be co-organised by Conf Expo Ltd with vast experience in putting together similar events all over the world.

Jennifer Le Nechet from Café Moderne in Paris has been crowned the world’s best bartender at the climax of the global World Class competition in Miami. After starting the week as one of 56 national winners from around the world, she impressed the judges in the last round which challenged six remaining finalists to create a pop-up bar in 24 hours. She came up with a bar concept inspired by Steam

Vino Ljubljana is one of 12 major competitions in the world under the VINOFED - the World Federation of Major International Wine and Spirits competitions. At the 58.

A 20-year-old British tourist, identified as Hannah Powell, was being treated in a hospital in Patra, in western Greece, after consuming spiked drinks that caused her blindness and kidney failure, according to reports.

Powell remained in intensive care a week since her collapse after partying with friends in the Laganas resort on the Ioanian island of Zakinthos, reports said.