Stefan Becker and Thorsten Konrad are the two founders of ODE. They met as two designers from Berlin in search of the perfect drink. While the details of their methods are a trade secrets, the guys spent years researching and testing how to make this a reality. ODE has now been a product 4 years in the making and is in its first run of distribution in the US with Bliss!

Winemaker: Thorsten Conrad & Stefan Becker

Winery Stats

Vineyard Size: Various
Total Production: 100,000 bottles and growing
Farming: Organic Practices
Grapes Planted (White): Riesling

Winery Story

Stefan Becker and Thorsten Konrad are the two founders of ODE. They wanted to know what the taste of fruit, herb or wood is like in its original form. So, over the last few years, they have extracted natural essences from raw materials, combined them and, after countless series of experiments, created the perfect flavor architecture for novel, natural aperitifs. ODE is therefore their answer to too much artificial flavors in the wonderful world of aperitifs. In Berlin, ODE creates and produces natural aperitifs without compromise. Less sweet, but with more taste. ODE brings together high quality German wine with the best natural raw materials in the world - because good times deserve good taste.

Philosophy

The essences produced in ODE/LAB Berlin are the starting point for the special flavors. What makes ODE so special, in addition to the quality of the raw materials, is the specially developed process for extracting the essences. Each fruit, each wood and each botanical are harvested at their sweet spot until the full flavor comes to full fruition. When possible they use organic fruits, herbs and barks. The fruit is all organic. A few things, like china-bark is just not available in a organic way.

Something Random

The guys came up with this idea over a drink and continued to run with it having no prior beverage experience. Not bad huh!

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