[2] Vana Tallinn is typically served on the rocks but may also be used for cocktails, food, coffee or mulled wine.

[citation needed] The recipe for Vana Tallinn (45% vol) was invented in 1960 by the master distiller Ilse Maar, the bottling manager Bernhard Jürno and the distillery specialist Jaan Siimo.

More than 115 million bottles of Vana Tallinn liqueur have been sold since the production began in 1960.

[2] In 2018 Liviko announced they started to export Vana Tallinn to Spain,[3][4] and in 2019 to India.

[11] Finalists of the competition undertake a series of skill tests including blind tasting, decanting, serving wine, food matching and correcting mistakes on a wine list.