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Distilleria Gualco - Liqueurs
Distilleria gualco - liqueurs
Amaro Soldatini
PRODUCT DETAILS
Alc/Vol - 30%
Bottle - 50cl
Origin - Silvano d'Orba, Italy
Grandpa Marcello Soldatini, who worked as a distiller in Genoa, used to prepare numerous traditional liqueurs, including this amaro made using 12 medicinal plants, spices, and citrus fruits. Today, Giorgio has reinvented this recipe with a modern twist, by adding more sought-after ingredients, such as nearby Ligurian-grown basil and Chinotto di Savona oranges.
Distilleria gualco - liqueurs
Vinum Absinthiatum
PRODUCT DETAILS
Alc/Vol - 19%
Bottle - 75cl
Origin - Silvano d'Orba, Italy
Vermouth was first produced in 1786 by the distiller Antonio Benedetto Carpano in Turin, in the region of Piedmont. Wormwood (Artemisia Absinthium) is the main plant used in all vermouth recipes, which include wine, sugar, and alcoholic infusions of herbs and spices. Our vermouth takes its inspiration from the Piedmontese tradition; its evocative name is inspired by antiquity, but naturally, the distillery’s recipe books have contributed a lot to it.
The History....
The history of the Distilleria Gualco begins way back in 1870, when Paolo Gualco, formerly a cooper, founded the Distilleria Gualco. His son Paolo II, ex Garabaldino and longstanding mayor of the village, continued his father’s work, while the other son Matteo II, having built up a thriving silkworm farm, set up the Distilleria Gualco Matteo on his own. Duilio, son of Gualco Paolo II, returning to his fatherland from Argentina in 1932, followed in his father and grandfather’s footsteps. Bartolomeo, Matteo I’s son, also returned from Argentina, and joining forces with his uncle Paolo together they founded the Distilleria Gualco Bartolomeo in 1934.
Despite being small, it fast became the best known grappa distillery in the area, on account of the high quality of the grappa as well as the charisma of the distiller (not without good reason known as the “wizard of the grappa”).
Bartolomeo, who had no children, chose Susanna, Duilio’s daughter, of all his nieces and nephews, as the best suited to continue the family tradition. Thus Susanna found herself in the position to unify her father and uncle’s expertise and businesses and carry forward their wonderful ancient traditions. Later her cousin Benito Gualco (son of Matteo II) also ceased to distill and gave his custom to Susanna, who thus became the only remaining producer of the three Gualco distilleries. Susanna passed on her vast experience to her son Alessandro Soldatini and grandchildren Giorgio and Marcella, the current deedholders of the Gualco distillery.