The hottest new spirit in Chicago this winter? Plum brandy, which two Chicago distilleries released this week. At Fat Rice’s holiday market last Sunday, the Macanese restaurant was selling bottles of ...

ROZANCI, Serbia -- Forget whiskey or cognac. For Serbs, nothing beats homemade sljivovica, a plum brandy they hope will win U.N. recognition soon as an example of an important cultural tradition.

The plum brandy sljivovica has been handcrafted and consumed in Serbia for centuries, a custom carried from generation to generation. The drink has become part of the national identity. It's now been ...

ROZANCI, Serbia (AP) — Forget whiskey or cognac. For Serbs, nothing beats homemade sljivovica, a plum brandy they hope will win U.N. recognition soon as an example of an important cultural tradition.