Brandy with horchata, or Golden Kisses.

The drink came from a heart attack.

When, after suffering two heart attacks, Doctors restricted to a glass of red wine daily alcohol intake of his wife, English entrepreneur Peter Smith was raised a serious problem, especially since she asked him to seek "more interesting" to satisfy your taste buds, without risking your health.

Initially the employer changed the wine glass by a shot of brandy de Jerez, one of the most loved drinks to British palates, but even this gave satisfaction to the insistent requests of his wife, I was looking for something really different.

Then he wanted the chance that in those days a friend send to this British couple, based in Granada, a bottle of concentrate Horchata, Valencian drink par excellence, and it was then that Peter will be turned on a light in his brain good amateur: Why not mix the brandy and horchata in the same cocktail?.

She put hands to work and the result could not be more satisfying. Not content to leave its discovery in the field of privacy of the couple, Peter Smith met with officials of Garvey, they saw that the new drink was future, and last 15 January the first bottles made their appearance on the market, thanks to the contribution of the brand New Horchatas.

The product, Gold christened Kisses, It has been one of the novelties presented at the Salon de Gourmets and, according to Smith, It is working very well in the market, because they have exhausted the first two consignments 3.000 bottles each and are about to launch other 6.000 bottles.

creamy, thick, without the heaviness that can give lactose to similar products, Golden kisses, sold to 12,95 euros and has 18 degrees of alcohol, It is an attractive drink, in which the chufa brings softness and a unique shades while the brandy does not cease to be present at any time.

Surely that is a product that will have extensive backgrounds in the market, although it may be early to meet one of the aspirations of Peter Smith: stand up to the real sector dominator, which it is none other than the famous Baileys cream.