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BOUTIQUE WINES YOUR CRAFT PURVEYOR OF SPIRITS EXCLUSIVE BEER ITALIAN ARTISAN PRODUCTS ESSENTIAL OILS TRADE JOURNAL 2 0 2 0 CONTACTS Tel/WhatsApp: +852 5219 6457 Email: [email protected] 5 IN THIS JOURNAL 07 WINE Your guide to the best of Italy's regional uncharted wines 59 MARSALA & DESSERT WINE Unparalleled "pre-British" Marsala wines, flavoured and dessert wines 71 GRAPPA The largest selection of Grappa and grape distillates you will ever find in Hong Kong 105 SPIRITS & LIQUEURS The artisan and most trendy liquors that will help make your cocktails the talk of the town 157 ESSENTIAL OILS Unique food-grade organic essential oils to finish cocktails and food in style 165 CRAFT BEER Tons of character in beers that keep a close eye on tradition LIQUEURS? THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT KINDS, WITH SO MANY FLAVORS; SUCH INFINITE VARIETY CHAIM DAUERMANN 105 S P I R I T S & LIQUEURS This section was the most difficult to compile because of the many products on the market that certainly deserve to be on the pages of this catalogue which begins with a category we strongly believe in: the Italian Amaro. Amaro (Italian for "bitter") is an herbal liqueur that is commonly consumed as either an aperitif or an after-dinner digestif. It usually has a bitter-sweet flavuor, sometimes is syrupy and has an alcohol content between 16% and 40%. Amari (plural tense of Amaro) are created by macerating herbs, flowers, aromatic bark, citrus peel and spices into neutral spirits or grape distillates. They can be aged in cask and are increasingly used in cocktail recipes of the best bars of London and the US. Our list is THE selection the Hong Kong growing number of amaro-crazed mixologists and sommeliers ought to turn to to scout the finest products catering to their taste. Bitters and vermouth follow to naturally complement our selection of spiced digestive liqueurs which reproduce the most authentic origins of the Italian tradition, on the one hand, and are innovative for adapting flavours and discovering new applications, on the other. The products that follow are a mix of known and unprecedented zests, carefully selected to offer unique, valid and versatile products to an attentive public seeking new olfactory and gustatory experiences. SPIRITS & LIQUEURS AMARO There are 17 amari in this section. Together they provide both a large range of flavours as well as different experiences in terms of the terroir they identify with and the ingredients they use. Traditionally, the amari in Northern Italy tend to present more markedly bitter aromas and flavours, while the amari from the South can be sweeter and more malleable. In this section, the amari from the most important Italian distilleries are presented first. They are followed by a small selection of innovative liqueurs crafted to satisfy the peculiar needs of the bartenders who capably brought them into being. The most famous amaro VECCHIO in Italy is produced with AMARO DEL herbs from the South Italian region of Calabria. CAPO It is the result of an ancient recipe reworked by the Caffo family over 4 Caffo, generations of master Amaro distillers. Among the 29 herbs that compose it there are bitter orange, sweet orange, licorice, mandarin, chamomile and juniper. It is gentle and aromatic on the palate, to enjoy icy cold. Alcohol content: 35% Service temperature: -20 C 107 ELISIR SAN MARZANO SANTA MARIA AL BORSCI MONTE Caffo, Caffo, Amaro Amaro Amaro that dates back to 1840, Amaro that has been prepared when Giuseppe Borsci, for centuries according to the inspired by an ancient recipe ancient original formula of the inherited from his ancestors, Convent of S. Maria al Monte. It produces this elixir in the town takes over 1.5 years to make it: of San Marzano, in Puglia. The 2 months are needed to recipe is reminiscent of the prepare the various herbs, flavours of Central Asia, where flowers, roots, seeds, resins and the Borsci ancestors originated leaves that compose it; 8 and from where they escaped months are needed for the in ancient times. Versatile infusion to mature, after which liqueur, delicious as a alcohol and sugar are added; 6 digestive, in summer with ice months are finally needed to and soda, or in cocktails. obtain a liqueur, full and Perfect on ice cream, coffee, round. To enjoy straight, with yogurt and in pastries. ice or in cocktails. Alcohol content: 38% Alcohol content: 40% Service temperature: 12/15 C Service temperature: 12/15 C SPIRITS & LIQUEURS AMARO LUCANO ANNIVERSARIO Lucano, Amaro Lucano, Amaro Made from more than 30 herbs and spices, including angelica Special edition that celebrates root, bitter aloe, bitter orange, the 120th anniversary of the blessed thistle, clary sage, founding of the distillery. Made elderberry, gentian and with over 30 herbs including woodworm. The recipe is the musk yarrow, aloe, wormwood same as it was in 1894 when and clary sage. It has a dark this amaro was first created by amber hue with a soft, sweet Pasquale Vena. Rich and herbal nose. It is smooth and syrupy with balancing dense with gentle herbs and bitterness, enlivening spices complex flavours on the and superb herbal complexity. palate. Alcohol content: 28% Alcohol content: 34% Service temperature: 12/15 C Service temperature: 12/15 C 109 AMARO TOSOLINI AMARO MARZADRO Bepi Tosolini, Distilleria Marzadro, Amaro Amaro A refined herbal liqueur Plants and herbs used to make prepared according to the this liqueur are handpicked at founder's recipe with the over 2000 meters above sea original blend of 15 varieties of level. Alpine rhubarb, great Mediterranean herbs yellow gentian, white bryony, macerated in ash vats with chamomile, fennel, St. Acquavite MOST and distilled Benedict's thistle, goat's rue in botanical stills. It contains and different varieties of salicornia, limonium, marine yarrow then undergo cold fennel and marine wormwood, maceration for 20 to 30 days. which is handpicked in the Its unique red colour is caused Venetian lagoon. Pure water by the rhubarb, which gives from the Friuli Alps is used to the liqueur an inviting flavour enrich this clean medium- that is bitter and cool at the bodied bittersweet liqueur. same time. Alcohol content: 30% Alcohol content: 30% Service temperature: 12/15 C Service temperature: 12/15 C SPIRITS & LIQUEURS RUCONCELLO VECCHIO AMARO PIEMONTESE Antica Distilleria Petrone, Amaro Antica Distilleria Quaglia, Amaro Obtained from the infusion in alcohol of wild rocket Excellent liqueur with a handpicked on the hills of pleasant full yet soft taste. It is Campania Felix which confer a produced by infusing herbs, unique flavour that is well roots and spices in neutral accepted by customers who alcohol for a period of over 30 are less accustomed to a more days. Excellent as a giveaway bitter taste. Rocket is known to after-meal digestif as it can be contain beneficial properties tasted straight, with ice or at for the human body and fridge temperature. facilitates digestion. Alcohol content: 25% Alcohol content: 28% Service temperature: 12/15 C Service temperature: 9/15 C 111 AMARO LEON AMARO BRETHIUM Castagner, Amaro Calabro, Amaro Made from 45 aromatic herbs and spices handpicked in the A unique liqueur composed of vast area that goes from the 15 bitter essences selected Venice Lagoon to the Alps. from the herbs that grow wild Intense in flavour, with a in Calabria, including gentian, strong character. The chicory, bergamot and bitter botanicals are infused in a orange. They give this product mixture of pure alcohol and a sure fragrance and Prosecco Grappa aged in pleasantness and yet positions barrique, which gives a fruity it far from the current fashion note that expands the of rather sweet amari. A aromatic body of an decidedly bitter taste with exceptional liqueur that can strong digestive properties and be served as a digestif or used a freshness that is thirst- in surprising cocktails. quenching. Alcohol content: 33% Alcohol content: 30% Service temperature: 12/15 C Service temperature: 12/15 C SPIRITS & LIQUEURS AMARO DEL CICLISTA AMARO PUGLIESE Casoni, Amaro Fiume, Herbal liqueur of 15 aromatic Amaro herbs that are macerated for a 30-day period. The liquid is Amaro that communicates the then rested for one month sense of identity of the before being filtered. It then territory where it is made. rests for an additional 30 days. Cinchona, rhubarb, absinthe, Recommend for use in mint and aloe are just some of cocktails especially. It is a the 40 aromatic herbs that tribute to the grandfather of compose it. Bittersweet with a the actual master distiller, who modern taste that is every week used to run 120 km appreciated by everyone for its by bicycle to visit his girlfriend, Mediterranean bouquet that who would offer him an amaro contains all the aromas and upon arrival. flavours of Puglia. Alcohol content: 26% Alcohol content: 30% Service temperature: 12/15 C Service temperature: 9/15 C 113 AMARO & MIXOLOGY Traditionally, the Amaro has been always an after-meal drink appreciated for its digestive properties. Yet the richness of flavours and aromas that characterizes these products, given by the skillful mix of botanicals as base of their recipes, makes these products extremely versatile and open to many uses. Amari in mixology is a new trend that developed in the US and has recently started to take hold in Italy and London. Amari are ideal to give character to pre and after dinner drinks, as their bitter aroma goes perfectly with vermouth, bitters and other liqueurs. This is probably not a simple trend, but a real new way of mixing products that seeks simplicity and complexity in the same glass.