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 Sonat
Sonat is a Chicago native who spent over a decade living in the most exciting cities of Europe only to confirm that there is no place like the “Paris of the Prairie.” And after the ivory towers of London and Oxford, the salty licorice ice cream of Stockholm’s Gamlastan, games of makot on chof Bograshov, late nights at Vienna’s Café Hawalka, swing dancing at Ballhaus Mitte and all that there is in the world great and beautiful there is nothing more worthwhile than family (if one is lucky). And being so lucky, starting a family business has only brought hers closer together. It got her sister and brother in law to take stems off literally tons of pears, her brother to put down his computer and pick up a broom, her mother to write beautiful poems and create amazing labels, her father to drive to the far reaches of the city to pick up various items of need, and it has made it possible for a husband and wife to work together on something they take pride in while keeping their baby close at hand.
Robert
Robert is a native of Austria’s Salzkammergut, a region known for
having been a personal favorite of Kaiser Franz Joseph (a most
benevolent ruler), relaxing thermal pools, Café Zauner’s famous
pastries, and a host of distillers that turn local produce into a
variety of fine spirits. Robert’s grandparents have spent over 40 years
in the distilling and brewing business, producing award winning “most”
(a kind of pear beer) and prized distillates using the fruits of their
orchard and grains of their field. They thought that one of their
children would carry on the family tradition of distilling, but it
would have to wait a generation. Before deciding to distill, Robert
studied politics and economics in Austria and Morocco and served as the
Deputy Director of the Austrian Press and Information Service at the
Austrian Embassy in Washington DC. His decision to distill was born out
of his love of traditional crafts and the pride of a small family
business, both of which exemplify the real American dream.
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