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While born in Italy, the habit of having aperitivo with friends to unwind after a day at work, or as a fun preamble to a good dinner in company, has become a worldwide custom. Similarly, what we Italians like to have during an aperitivo – the spritz and the Negroni, the prosecco and the Bellini, all the way to that collection of delicious cured mea...

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We all have those quarantine foods—the ones you rely on so heavily that you may never want to taste them again once we’re on the other side of this. It’s all too easy to fall into rote eating habits when we are tethered to our fridges, which is why when we do taste something surprising and good, it’s that much more special. A new flavor that shook...

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Its bitter reputation is not only well-deserved but evergreen. Amaro (whose name is indeed the Italian for the adjective bitter) is Italy’s signature liqueur, a spirit that offers much more than its intense taste and syrupy texture. It’s a proper end to every Italian meal, an after-coffee combination of creativity, affability, and tradition. The Be...

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It is universally true that Italy is the country of good food, but also of good drinking. In fact, Italy can boast a vast production of liqueurs that is famous all over the world. The tradition of liquor in Italy has deep roots that go back to the Middle-Age, when mixtures of herbs, fruit, alcohol and sugar were used as medicines. There is not prec...

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I want to start 2021 on a sweet note. I need something to warm my soul. And who could say no to something sweet? A little Punch Abruzzo will be the perfect way to usher in 2021.  Punch Abruzzo is an Italian liquor that originated in 1907 in Borello, Italy. It was something the town’s mayor, Antonio Evangelista, concocted to keep warm during cold wi...

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Any resemblance between Campari and the ruby red Aperitivo in the chef Patrick Miller’s new line of Faccia Brutto Italian-style spirits stops at the color. Faccia Brutto’s Aperitivo flowers with citric and herbal complexity, while the popular global brand has almost no aroma and is too sweet. The Fernet Pianta, a bitter take on Fernet-Branca, is st...

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If we were to find a good Cinderella story in the world of spirits (of the liquid sort), grappa might just be the one the slipper fits. Thought of for centuries as the poor man’s drink, the 20th century has seen grappa elevated to connoisseur worthy heights as a distinguished distillate…and the fairy tale continues.  If Italian digestives, those af...

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While Italians have longed appreciated Fernet-Branca, some people have shied away from its distinctive flavor. Although the 27 herbs, roots and spices create this special secretive fernet formula, the iconic Italian liqueur can reveal itself. In just three sips, an adventurous flavor journey is revealed. For some people, they have long stared a dar...

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If you go to an Italian restaurant – a good one, anyway – you’ll notice at the end of the menu, near the coffee and desserts, a selection of after-dinner drinks. Often, the heading is amari, from the Italian word for ‘bitter’… but there might be any number of sweet things – like limoncello or sambuca – or fiery things – like grappa. All of these ar...

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 Disaronno International has announced that Colangelo & Partners, a fine wine, spirits and food-focused integrated communications agency, will be its agency of record in the United States for the company's imported portfolio from Sicily: the Duca di Salaparuta Group (Corvo, Duca di Salaparuta and Florio Marsala), to develop and execute a comprehens...

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