Blossa is a

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for glögg owned by

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(and previously by

Altia Altia Oyj was a Finnish state-owned corporation based in Helsinki, which produces, imports, exports and markets alcoholic beverages. It operates in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Estonia and Latvia. Altia has production plants in Koskenkorva ...

Finland tar över Explorer och Blossa
Dagens Nyheter 15 February 2010. and before that

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) which is the most sold glögg in

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accessed on 17 October 2010. There are 11 kinds of glögg in the selection, and also an annual seasonal glögg since 2003. In the early 1950s Vin & Spirit produced 750 thousand litres of glögg per year and in 2009 the company sold 4.1 million litres per year.

History

Johan Daniel Grönstedt founded the wine retail company J.D. Grönstedt & Co in

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in the middle 19th century until

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was made public in the early 20th century. The company's wine glöggs included many different wines flavoured with syrup,

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s, sweet

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cinnamon Cinnamon is a spice obtained from the inner bark of several tree species from the genus ''Cinnamomum''. Cinnamon is used mainly as an aromatic condiment and flavouring additive in a wide variety of cuisines, sweet and savoury dishes, breakfa ...

, cardamomum, dianthus and occasionally

vanilla Vanilla is a spice derived from orchids of the genus ''Vanilla (genus), Vanilla'', primarily obtained from pods of the Mexican species, flat-leaved vanilla (''Vanilla planifolia, V. planifolia''). Pollination is required to make the p ...

. The wines were made into glögg in the company's warehouse in the Gamla Stan. When the Vin- & Spritcentralen came about in 1917 a new wine warehouse was opened on Sankt Eriksgatan. Grönstedts worked here as a daughter company of Vin- & Spritcentralen in the 1920s. At Christmas time in 1994 the trademark became known for the TV advertisement "''Glöggen heter Blossa''" starring a group of Christmas elves. Similar advertisements were shown at Christmas time in 2007 and 2016.

Production

Blossa is produced by an original recipe from Grönstedts Vinhandel from the late 19th century. Until 2008 Blossa was produced by Vin- & Spritcentralen in

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. The spices are stored and prepared in a factory in Åhus where spiced glögg is produced by soaking the spices in alcohol over a month's time. The resulting mix is then sent to the factory in Sundsvall where the glögg is produced, by mixing the wine, syrup and spiced alcohol together. After the glögg has been cleared and filtered it is ready for bottling. On 18 June 2008 the Swedish Vin- & Spritcentralen stopped producing the glögg as its new owner

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closed down the factory in Sundsvall. After this, production moved to Svendborg in

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. In 2010 Blossa and many other Vin- & Spritcentralen trademarks were sold to the Finnish company

which in 2021 merged with

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to form

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, date=1 September 2021, access-date=7 December 2021

Products

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* White strong wine glögg * Red strong wine glögg * White mild glögg * Red mild glögg * Wine glögg * Strong wine glögg *** Cognac * Strong wine glögg *** Rum * Mild glögg with lingonberry * Mild glögg with orange * Mild glögg with

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* Alcohol-free glögg * Sparkling & Spices ( sparkling wine with glögg spices)

Annual seasonal glögg

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''Mynewsdesk''. Accessed on 14 December 2017. * 2003 bitter orange * 2004 winter apple * 2005

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& Armagnac * 2006 lingonberry & juniper berry * 2007 sea buckthorn &

* 2008

blueberry Blueberries are a widely distributed and widespread group of perennial flowering plants with blue or purple berries. They are classified in the section ''Cyanococcus'' within the genus ''Vaccinium''. ''Vaccinium'' also includes cranberries, bi ...

* 2009 clementine * 2010

saffron Saffron () is a spice derived from the flower of ''Crocus sativus'', commonly known as the "saffron crocus". The vivid crimson stigma and styles, called threads, are collected and dried for use mainly as a seasoning and colouring agent i ...

* 2011 Arabica * 2012

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ginger Ginger (''Zingiber officinale'') is a flowering plant whose rhizome, ginger root or ginger, is widely used as a spice A spice is a seed, fruit, root, bark, or other plant substance primarily used for flavoring or coloring food. Spices ...

* 2013 Dalecarlia ( rose hip and

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) * 2014 lavender * 2015 Earl Grey tea * 2016

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* 2017 Old Delhi (

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, rosemary, thyme and basil) * 2019 Aloha (

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, hibiscus) * 2020 Myntate (

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and

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) * 2021 Valencia ( orange)

Alcohol-free glögg

* 2016 blueberry & ginger * 2017 lingonberry & juniper berry * 2018 blackcurrant & star anise * 2019 apple & vanillaÅrets nyheter från BLOSSA
''folk o folk''. Accessed on 24 November 2019.

References

External links

Official site
Food and drink companies of Sweden