Giass Gin
Giass was born in an abandoned railway station by the name of Porta Romana. The collaboration of five individuals with experience in food and spirits in the region, what started as some fun in a shed with a three-litre alembic still is now Milan’s first ever London Dry Gin, and a very layered and complex […]
Three Minds
Three Minds is a tribute to the friendship of three migrants from Toscana, Puglia and Abruzzo, stirred up with decades of immersion in Australian culture and companionship in the wine industry. Carlo, Fred and Mario came from the golden triangle of Italy’s food and wine areas, and their love of a good red is one […]
Cielo e Terra
Founded in the Veneto region and today operating as a partnership between the Cielo family and the growers of Cantine dei Colli Berici, Cielo e Terra combines more than a century of family winemaking heritage with one of north-east Italy’s most established grower networks. For the wines represented by Alepat Taylor—Bericanto Pinot Noir, De’ Conti […]
Echidna
Echidna wines offer exceptional value for money and have gained overwhelming popularity in Australia and overseas. The grapes are chosen from quality vineyards throughout South Eastern Australia, where the emphasis is placed on producing quality, ripe fruit, bursting with flavour. Echidna wines are well balanced and feature dominant fruit flavours. They are soft, medium-bodied wines […]
Barbaresso Oyzo
Barbaresso’s history begins in Smyrna, with ‘Special Vlassis’, a liquor distilled from local grape must and flavoured with currants, fennel and other aromatics. Produced by the Vlassis family, Greeks living and trading within the Ottoman empire, life was not always peaceful. As it happens, in 1828, while the seas churned with warfare, they called upon […]
Kettmeir
Kettmeir is a historic winery in Alto Adige that has recently celebrated its centenary. Nestled in the imposing Dolomite Mountains (a UNESCO World Heritage site), the friendly and unhurried pace of life surrounds the farmsteads here known in Italian as ‘masi’. These typical local habitations include a farmhouse and a small plot of land, rarely […]
Ciprani Drinks
Giuseppe Cipriani opened Harry’s Bar in 1931. Later to become a declared national landmark and the centre point of the eponymous Cipriani’s hotel, the bar gained fame immediately due to its post war glamour, San Marco location and exceptional bartenders. A key to its success was the warm atmosphere and lack of imposition – it […]
Chopin Vodka
Chopin is one of the few major vodka brands that remains fully independent and controls production from raw ingredient to bottle. Produced at the family-owned distillery in Krzesk, Chopin was by established by Tad Dorda in 1993 to challenge the notion that vodka should be neutral, instead demonstrating how pristine raw materials can shape aroma, […]
Amaro Lucano
Amaro Lucano is one of Italy’s most iconic family-owned spirits brands, remaining under the stewardship of the Vena family more than 130 years after its creation. Founded in 1894 by Pasquale Vena in the town of Pisticci, Basilicata, Amaro Lucano was created from a secret recipe of more than 30 herbs that continues to be […]
Howard Park
Howard Park is a pioneering, family-owned Western Australian winery, established in 1986 and recognised as a leader in multi-regional winemaking. Working across Margaret River, the Great Southern and Pemberton, the Burch family has spent nearly four decades refining an intimate understanding of site, clone and terroir. With eight estate vineyards across these regions, Howard Park […]