Originally Metaxas was called a cognac, when cognac became strictly defined Metaxa became a brandy. Later when Brandy was defined as distillate of wine Metaxa was reclassified as Greek spirit as it contains wine from the island of Samos.
Born in 1848 in Greece, Spyros Metaxa is a descendant of a family of silk merchants...In 1888 he creates METAXA, the Original Greek Spirit. Spyros Metaxa builts his first distillery in 1888 in Piraeus, the port of Athens. His unique one-of-a-kind amber spirit is soon being exported around the Mediterranean.
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