Our company continues this more than 400-year tradition of Wallachian alcohol production. The first written evidence of a distillery is found in the urbarium of the Vizovice fief dating back to 1585.

Thanks to its climate, the Vizovice region is especially suitable for plums – that is why their production and processing have always been an important part of local farmers’ lives. The end of the 19th century saw a boom of local distilleries. Our distillers continue these traditions and their experience is deeply rooted in them.

We look back on our long history with pride and consider ourselves an inseparable part of Wallachia. Our slivovitz, pear brandy, and other fruit spirits are traditional regional products that have made Vizovice and this region famous far beyond the borders of this country.

Fruit and Orchards

Our philosophy is based on the careful selection of fruits and then processing them using traditional methods and modern equipment. The establishment of a plum orchard in 2003 and its gradual enlargement was therefore a natural course of action. Distilling our own fruit not only allows us greater control over our raw materials, it also returns the landscape to its natural state that it had at the beginning of the 20th century, when the slopes surrounding Vizovice were covered with over 70,000 fruit trees, mainly plums. Tree planting is also being done in Bulgaria and Chile by our subsidiaries.

Distilling Equipment

Modern double-walled pot stills made by Arnold Holstein and precise production processes proven over decades guarantee a consistent quality of our products.

Honest Craftsmanship and Experience

The best technologies in the world are useless without experienced workers and experts across all professions.

Export

We view popularising fruit spirits around the world as our mission – we are continuing the 1930s successful business ventures of Rudolf Jelínek who, in the 1934, first succeeded in exporting kosher spirits to the United States and began to make a name for the RUDOLF JELÍNEK brand in the world.
We are proud of our ability to continue and expand these export successes. Our affiliates assist us in building our brand name around the world, united in the R.JELINEK GROUP SE.

• 400+ - Years of tradition in the manufacture of fruit brandy
• 1894 - The founding of the RUDOLF JELÍNEK company
• 1934 - The beginning of exports to the US
• 2003 - The establishment of our own fruit orchards