Yesterday to today
Trading wine bottled at the property has long been our specialty, but we have always wanted to go further. What we really wanted to do was to produce special liqueurs and aperitifs. But we did not want to get down to business before holding all the cards.
We finally found these cards in 1977 when we bought the old ‘Dendal’ liquor-factory in La Louvière, Belgium. These cards turned out to be old collections of recipes dating back to 1903 and 1927. We immediately understood that we had discovered a real treasure.
Since then, we have specialized in manufacturing old style aperitifs and liqueurs according to two basic principles: we only use the best products and we always respect the tradition. Of course, we had to harmonize some preparations in order to match the actual consumer tastes. But, in general, we are proud to say that we have reproduced the best things in the best traditional way.
Our Philosophy
- Gervin is a family business listening to the customers’ demands and expectations.
- One of our main concerns is to maintain the continuity of our products, to make sure that our customers still taste our know-how after more than 30 years
- Gervin’s goal is to become an important actor in distillation in the coming years without loosing its family spirit and its traditional methods.
- For a better understanding of our work, we began to elaborate a new distillery and a new orchard two years ago. Indeed, it is best for a distiller to use its own fruits. Our new distillery will be open to the public soon. Our customers will be able to discover our work process and the Gervin products in details.
These 4 points are the keys of Gervin’s evolution and services for the happiness of its customers.