in the early 17th century the grassls, a family of artists were given the legal rights to harvest gentian roots and distil brandy by the principality of berchtesgaden.
the book contains everything worth knowing about the brandy which has been distilled for centuries by this family.

a picture-book about the ancient distilleries in the terribly romantic vicinity of the legendary mount watzmann high above the königssee. 

published 1998