institution
Yeliseyev Brothers
Yeliseyevs
also: братья Елисеевы, Yeliseyev
The foremost Russian grocers and wine merchants of the era, famous for their lavish emporiums in Moscow and St. Petersburg; a byword for prestige goods (here jokingly adulterated).
Reading notes
- Woman from a Drunkard's Point of View §28 Yeliseyev brothers
The Yeliseyev Brothers were the foremost Russian grocers and wine merchants of the era, famous for their lavish emporiums in Moscow and St. Petersburg; "Kakhetian" is a Georgian red wine, and the joke turns on their goods being adulterated cheap stuff sold at a premium under a famous name.