Veronique Van Acker - Beittel

From her teenage years, Véronique Van Acker - Beittel, born and raised in East-Flanders, Belgium, has had a passion for her country's traditional spirit, genever. After college, Véronique relocated to the U.S. in 2002, starting a career in Trade and Marketing with Fortune 500 companies. Unable to find her beloved spirit in the U.S., Véronique quit her job in 2010 to found Flemish Lion LLC, America's first importing company of Belgian genever.

Genever is near and dear to Véronique, more than just a drink, it truly is the spirit of Belgium and it is one worth sharing with friends and family. When she realized there was little to no information on Genever available in the US she wrote the book "Genever: 500 Years of History in a Bottle" and created www.BelgianGenever.com, an educational website on Belgian Genever to share her passion, not to mention all the knowledge she's required, in hope that others will come to appreciate genever as she has.

Véronique lives in Vermont with her husband Matthew, where they enjoy the simple things in life while drinking genever, one sip at the time.