The Caffo group wins the Save the brand 2020 award “for having done so much in enhancing the Italian liqueur heritage”. The renowned distillery, which is based in Limbadi in the province of Vibo Valentia, has been recognized as an excellence of Made in Italy. Specifically, the Calabrian company stood out in the section “Strategic operations”By Save the brand that celebrates Italian excellence in food & beverage.
The event, in fact, aims to recognize the merit of Italian entrepreneurs in the agri-food sector. For the 2020 edition, 35 companies were awarded, the best companies in Italy that have distinguished themselves "for the value they have managed to build over the years". Realities that impose themselves with their brands that are synonymous with high quality.
Caffo 1915, excellence of the liquor heritage
For the promoters of Save the brand, the Caffo company has the great merit of having brought back “historical national and international brands, contributing to the enhancement of the Italian liquor heritage”. The very famous Petrus e Iron China Bisleri are the last two products acquired by the group which in the past has already incorporated other prestigious brands such asElixir Borsci San Marzano, on the market for 180 years. In practice the most ancient southern liqueur on the market for almost two centuries.
Caffo Distillery, a hundred-year history
The first distillery of the Caffo family was born around the end of the nineteenth century when Joseph Caffo, master distiller, born in 1865, begins distilling marc at the foot of Etna. After years of hard work, in 1915 he created an old distillery in Santa Venerina, also in Sicily. The business grows and takes root in Calabria and precisely in Limbadi, in the province of Vibo Valentia. Wild Orange Srl was born in 2001 and manages the many activities of the group. The products created over time are many and all well known as well as in great demand on the market. The production of two grape varieties has been successfully started in the same company, Sangiovese di Calabria and Gaglioppo: native vines from which an excellent red wine is obtained.
The latest company of the Caffo group is Typical Srl which aims to promote Caffo products on the German market. In 2019 atAnnual Berlin International Spirits Competition, the Caffo Brothers distillery has been proclaimed as the best in Italy.
The Vecchio Amaro del Capo
Il Old Amaro del Capo it is one of Caffo's most famous liqueurs, one of the best-selling bitters in the large-scale distribution circuit. Fruit of an ancient recipe, the well-known liqueur is the distillate of an infusion of 29 officinal herbs of which it retains the active ingredients. The ideal is to serve it chilled in its characteristic glasses.
It has a delicate taste that appeals to refined palates and who do not like too bitter digestive. In 2010 the Vecchio Amaro del Capo was the only Italian amaro to conquer the gold medal at the world competition in Brussels. Many other prestigious awards have come in recent years to enrich the coat of arms of a liqueur and a historic distillery which is an excellence of the Belpaese.
