In 1867, Giovanni Ponti, farmer and wine and vinegar producer, began business in Sizzano, in the Novara area. In 1911, son Antonio received the diploma of honour for wines and vinegars at the Paris international fair. In 1939 the company...

At age 25 Luigi Lavazza left Monferrato and moved to Turin, never imagining that his name would one day be famous. In 1895 he took over a grocery shop and soon decided to focus on coffee, creating his own blend....

Giovanni Rana began working as a child in his family bakery but in 1961 he began his own production of tortellini, in a small production facility in San Giovanni Lupatoto, near Verona. At the beginning they were only made to...

Ezechiello Levoni founded his empire in 1911, after a long apprenticeship with Francesco Peck of Prague, one of the most prestigious pork butchers of all time. Levoni won the gold medal at the London International Exhibition in 1913 for his...

The story began in Asti, in 1939, when Secondo "Pinin" Ercole had a brilliant idea, and decided to use surplus seasonal vegetable crops to make preserves to be consumed during the rest of the year. He and his wife founded...

In 1945 Angelo Molinari launched Sambuca Extra Molinari on the market, beginning with just a few bottles. By 1959 the first semi-industrial plant opened the way for others. The boom of Sambuca Molinari came between the 1950s and 1960s in...

Lurisia has historical ties to the mineral waters of the Santa Barbara and Pini springs, liquid gold in glass bottles whose striking design is recognized worldwide. The company's mission for the quality of its water and attention to the environment...

This company's history begins far away in Zara, Dalmatia, and continues in Italy at Torreglia (Padua) where the family still produce their famous maraschino and other liqueurs like Sangue Morlacco, cherry brandy from marasca cherries and Sambuca. In 1821 Girolamo...

Four traders set up the Distilleria Nazionale di Spirito di Vino all'uso di Francia in 1847, in Turin. In 1879 the company name became Martini & Rossi, owned by Alessandro Martini (one of the founders) and Luigi Rossi, a liqueur...

Cismon del Grappa, late 1800s, the Maschio family cultivates the land and distills grappa on their alembic cart. It is a time of terrible poverty, so the family emigrates. Then, in the early 1900s, grandson Bonaventura develops the distillation into...