Horvath’s Spezereyen Kontor
Austrian craft
Austria, then Shanghai, then the glass.
Founded
1996
Gerhard and Ulrike Horvath. Kartoff was created by Andreas Horvath.
Place
Deutsch-Wagram
Gutenbergstrasse 7, 2232, Lower Austria.
What they do
Finish and bottle
They do not distil. Partner distilleries supply potato spirit, mainly Hermes potatoes.
Phantom
Barrique
Kartoff vodka rested in K+K Kirnbauer ‘Das Phantom’ red-wine barriques.
1873 Vienna
China’s first world’s fair, via the Maritime Customs: a tea pavilion and port catalogues.
The Lloyd line
From 1881, Trieste to Shanghai. An express line followed in 1912.
Little Vienna
From 1938, Austrian cafés opened around today’s Zhoushan Road.