Bermet Wine
Bermet is an elegant dessert wine, produced on the basis of secret recipes held by a handful of families in the town of Sremski Karlovci in Vojvodina, Serbia. The wine is sweet, usually between 16 and 18% alcohol, with a nice mixture of spices and herbs. Every family has it’s own different touch, so you won’t find two identical kinds.
Bermet is usually served as a dessert wine, with coffee and cookies, but can also be served as an aperitif.
In the old days, bermet was very popular among the aristocracy of the Austro-Hungarian empire. It is known that the court in Vienna was buying this wine in large quantities and giving them as gifts. A few varieties of bermet were found on the exclusive Titanic menu on it’s unfortunate journey.
As a very special and original wine from Serbia, I will be trying different kinds of bermet and posting my impressions.
If you are in Serbia and looking for a place to try this extraordinary wine, your best option is to visit Sremski Karlovci, a picturesque little town close to Novi Sad. If you don’t have time for the trip, check one of the wine shops in Belgrade.
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December 14th, 2007 at 7:35 pm
[…] Dulka is one of the most famous wine producing families in the town of Sremski Karlovci, near Novi Sad in Vojvodina. They produce wine since 1920 and have won a handful of awards at the Novi Sad agricultural fair throughout the years. Apart from producing wine, this familiy also produces bermet and brandies of highest qualities. […]
June 9th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
Yarden Wines…
While I have opted to fill my barrels up all the way with potting soil, other gardeners might not want that expense. (I fill mine up to keep the wood in the barrel moist. When barrel wood dries out, the wood shrinks and the barrels can fall apart.) To …
November 4th, 2009 at 11:01 pm
Taste like hansel n gretel x
December 7th, 2009 at 2:45 am
I thought Bermet was from Samobor, Croatia? What’s this about Serbia?
February 2nd, 2010 at 7:43 am
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March 2nd, 2010 at 3:13 pm
As far as i know, Bermet wine is originally developed by cistercians in panonian region of Habsburg Monarchy. Nowadays, we have only two “original” Bermets, one in Sremski Karlovci, Serbia, and another in Samobor, Croatia. I never had a chance, so far, to drink Croatian variety. Small winemakers from Karlovci produce very fine dessert wine named Bermet. Main difference between them is not only mixture of herbs, but even more wine basis, which is sometimes very much different. Some producers use Merlot, other Frankovka, there is also Portugizer… I think that in some good Bermets we have significant percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon.
If you have chance, visit Sremski Karlovci. Wines, are very good, not only Bermet, but also Riesling and Chardonnay, and suprisingly good Cabernet.
May 10th, 2010 at 9:29 pm
[…] Bermet ~ is made in the barrels puts grapes herbs grapes herbs… to the top, then last year wine pours over all […]