"throughout the Italian peninsula. ""Nastro Azzurro"" is a 5.1% alcohol by volume pale lager. Launched in 1963, it is the Peroni Brewery's premium lager brand. The name means ""Blue Ribbon"" in Italian, in honor of the Blue Riband won by Italian ocean liner SS ""Rex"" in 1933. Nastro Azzurro has also sponsored teams in Grand Prix motorcycle racing. In 1997 they sponsored a 125cc Aprilia team with rider Valentino Rossi, who won the championship in that season. In 2000 and 2001 they sponsored a 500cc Honda team, again with Rossi as the rider. Peroni Brewery Peroni Brewery is a brewing"
"a 90 in the same tasting. Castello Mio Sambuca Castello Mio is a brand of Sambuca liqueur owned and produced by Castle Brands Inc. Described as “super premium,” Castello Mio is distilled in Veneto, Italy by a family company that has been in business since the 1800s. It has an ABV of 38%. Castello Mio Classico is available in the traditional Sambuca flavor of anise, herbs and spices. The brand also produces an Espresso flavor, which combines Sambuca with espresso made from real Italian roast coffee beans. Castello Mio Classico received a rating of 86 from the Beverage Tasting Institute"
"1846. The company was moved to Rome by Giovanni Peroni in 1864, six years prior to Rome becoming the Italian capital in 1870. Throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the company became one of the most prominent brewing companies in the newly unified Italian nation. By the 1990s, both the Peroni brand name and product line were distributed and known worldwide. The London-based brewing giant SABMiller bought the company in 2003, making it one of the few international brands in its portfolio. Peroni was bought from SABMiller by the Japanese brewing giant Asahi in February 2016. Beers under"
"himself in a billboard and this discovery would also have resulted in a legal dispute. Over the years, the Moustache was played by various actors; the most familiar face was that of the famous actor and voice actor Marcello Tusco, replaced after his sudden death, by Orso Maria Guerrini. There are six beers under the Birra Moretti brand. ""Birra Moretti"" is the main brand, a 4.6% abv pale lager launched in 1859; followed by ""La Rossa,"" a 7.2% strong dark lager or doppelbock. Other brands include: From 1997 to 2008, the Birra Moretti sponsored Birra Moretti Trophy, an invitational summer"
"the Italian race car driver Alex Zanardi. Barilla Group Barilla S.p.A. (""Barilla G. e R. Fratelli Società per Azioni"") is an Italian food company. The company was founded in 1877 as a bakery shop in Parma, Italy by Pietro Barilla. The company is privately held, and remains in the fourth generation of Barilla family ownership and control through three brothers, chairman Guido Barilla, and vice chairmen Luca Barilla and Paolo Barilla. Barilla group controls Barilla (multinational pasta maker), Mulino Bianco, Pavesi, Voiello, Alixir and Academia Barilla (Italy), Wasabröd (Sweden), Misko (Greece), Filiz (Turkey), Yemina and Vesta (Mexico) trademarks. The group"
"Castello Mio Sambuca Castello Mio is a brand of Sambuca liqueur owned and produced by Castle Brands Inc. Described as “super premium,” Castello Mio is distilled in Veneto, Italy by a family company that has been in business since the 1800s. It has an ABV of 38%. Castello Mio Classico is available in the traditional Sambuca flavor of anise, herbs and spices. The brand also produces an Espresso flavor, which combines Sambuca with espresso made from real Italian roast coffee beans. Castello Mio Classico received a rating of 86 from the Beverage Tasting Institute in 2013. Castello Mio Espresso received"
"and Arano. The current logo is the figure of Gambrinus, who is the legendary creator of beer, since 1926. Before it was the original cross in the field. Cruzcampo is the sponsor of the Spanish national football team. Beers also made: The De Ridder brewery in Maastricht was taken over by Heineken and closed in 2002. ""Wieckse Witte"", a 5% abv white beer, was introduced in 1988. The Princely Fürstenberg Brewery (Fürstlich Fürstenbergische Brauerei KG) was founded in Donaueschingen, Germany in 1283 by the Princely House of Fürstenberg. Heineken acquired the brewery in October 2004 through their Brau Holding International"
"Campari Group Davide Campari-Milano S.p.A., trading as Gruppo Campari, is an Italian company active since 1860 in the branded beverage industry. It produces spirits, wines, and soft drinks. From its signature product, Campari Bitter, its portfolio has been extended to include over 50 brands, including Aperol, Appleton, Campari, Dreher, Cinzano, SKYY Vodka, Espolón, Wild Turkey and Forty Creek Whiskey. Founded in Milan by Gaspare Campari and currently headquartered in Sesto San Giovanni, the Group is now a global company (sixth-largest player worldwide), marketing and distributing its products in over 190 countries around the world. Production is concentrated in fourteen manufacturing"
"in Italy. A percentage of the sales went to Green Cross Italy. Napapijri Napapijri is an Italian premium casual-wear brand owned by VF Corporation. Originally a producer of alpine travel bags, Napapijri now markets upscale apparel for men, women and children, as well as accessories, footwear and bags. The Napapijri brand is most widely associated with its Skidoo jacket. The company’s products are targeted at customers at the higher end of the retail apparel market. The business has developed from a single store in the Aosta Valley to a presence in 175 branded shops and more than 2,000 retail locations"
"to be included in the exclusive Association of Historical Places of Italy. In 2004 the Nardini family celebrate its 225th year by unveiling the architectural work Bolle, which was commissioned three years earlier from the architect Massimiliano Fuksas. The distillery is part of Les Hénokiens, an international club made up of family companies that are at least 200 years old. At the present time the company is managed by Giuseppe, Cristina, Angelo, Antonio and Leonardo Nardini. Nardini (grappa) B.lo Nardini is an Italian ""grappa"" that has been produced and bottled in Bassano del Grappa, in the northeastern part of Italy,"
"Following the finding by the Italian Antitrust Authority that Heineken occupied a dominant position in the Italian market, the company was forced to sell the brewery in San Giorgio di Nogaro in 1997. It was subsequently bought by a new brewing consortium called the Birra Castello group, which now owns the property. Production of Birra Moretti beers was then moved to various other plants around Italy controlled by the Heineken group, such as those at Assemini, Comun Nuovo, Massafra, and Pollein. In 2015, Heineken launched six new Birra Moretti products: two new Radler, Birra Moretti Radler Gazzosa, and Chinotto as"
"Granarolo completed further acquisitions: Centrale del Latte di Milano, Vogliazzi Specialità Gastronomiche of Vercelli, Centrale del Latte di Viterbo ""Alto Lazio"", half the capital in Centrale del Latte di Calabria S.p.A. and Latte Bianchi in Mogliano Veneto (Treviso). Also, in 2004 it acquired the Yomo Group to save it from bankruptcy, and with it came the Yomo, Torre in Pietra (excluding milk), Mandriot, Pettinicchio and Merlo brands, and the factories in Pasturago (Yomo), Sermoneta (Pettinicchio) and Acqui Terme (Merlo). The ex Yomo Group also included the CSL - Centro Sperimentale del Latte [Milk Experimentation Centre], tasked with producing probiotics for"
"in the G8 summit. Heineken's Italian operation began in 1974 with the acquisition of the Dreher brewery. In 1996 it added the Moretti brewery. Heineken Italy has six brewing plants producing over 575 million litres of beer, and employs over 1,000 people. Its plants are: Pollein (AO), Massafra (TA), Messina, Comun Nuovo (BG), Assemini (CA). Birra Dreher was founded in Trieste in 1896. It was bought by Heineken in 1974. Heineken also purchased Birra Ichnusa, a brewery founded in 1912 in Assemini, a town near the Sardinian capital Cagliari. It is named after the Latinized ancient name Sardinia, ""Hyknusa"". Birra"
"drinks, through a subsidiary named ""Kaiserwasser"". Forst (brewery) Forst is an Italian brewing company, based in Forst (Italian: ""Foresta""), a ""frazione"" (municipal subdivision) of Algund (Italian: ""Lagundo""), South Tyrol. The brewery was founded in 1857 by two entrepreneurs, Johann Wallnöfer and Franz Tappeiner, from Meran (Italian: ""Merano""). Later in 1863, the company passed to the entrepreneur Josef Fuchs, who enlarged the plant in Forst. Forst has an annual production of 700,000 hl, serving primarily the domestic market. In 1991 it additionally acquired the Brewery Menabrea in Biella, Piedmont and also maintains a bottling plant in Palermo, Sicily. The company produces"
"sparkling wines are all from northern Italy, and are sold under the Martini & Rossi brand: Martini & Rossi Martini & Rossi is an Italian multinational alcoholic beverage company primarily associated with the Martini brand of vermouth and also with sparkling wine (for example, Asti). It also produces the French vermouth, Noilly Prat. The company started in the mid-19th century, as a vermouth bottling plant in Pessione — the Distilleria Nazionale di Spirito di Vino. Three men came to dominate the company, businessman Alessandro Martini, winemaker Luigi Rossi and accountant Teofilo Sola, and in 1863 they changed the name to"
"Moretti was founded in Udine in 1859 by Luigi Moretti. Heineken acquired the company in 1996, selling the brewing plant to the new Castello beer company. There are eight beers under the Birra Moretti brand. ""Birra Moretti"" is the main brand, a 4.6% abv pale lager launched in 1859; followed by ""La Rossa"" is a 7.2% strong dark lager or dunkel. Other brands include ""Doppio Malto"", ""Baffo d'Oro"", and ""Sans Souci"". A number of bottled beers named after regions of Italy, have also been introduced, such as ""Piemontese"", a 5.5%ABV fruit beer. The Op-Ale brewery in Opwijk, Belgium was licensed"
"brands: ""Zagorka"" (, 5% abv), named after the brewery's home city of Stara Zagora; and ""Stolichno"" (a 6.5% abv strong dark lager or bock) and ""Ariana"" (a 4.5% pale lager), both originally produced in Sofia by the Ariana Brewery. Zlatý Bažant brewery was founded in 1969 in Slovakia, then bought by Heineken in 1995. There are several brands, among them ""Zlatý Bažant 12°"" (""Golden Pheasant""), a 5% abv (12 degrees Plato) pale lager, and ""Kelt 12°"", another 5% pale lager. Żywiec Brewery was founded in 1852 by the Habsburg family in Żywiec in Silesia, Poland. It was nationalised after the"
"glass of the drink over herself. Cinzano Cinzano is an Italian brand of vermouth, a brand owned since 1999 by Gruppo Campari. It comes in four versions: Cinzano vermouths date back to 1757 and the Turin herbal shop of two brothers, Giovanni Giacomo and Carlo Stefano Cinzano, who created a new ""vermouth rosso"" (red vermouth) using ""aromatic plants from the Italian Alps in a [still-secret] recipe combining 35 ingredients (including marjoram, thyme, and yarrow)"". What became known as the ""vermouth of Turin"" proved popular with the bourgeoisie of Turin and, later, Casanova. Cinzano Bianco followed, based on a different combination"
"Forst (brewery) Forst is an Italian brewing company, based in Forst (Italian: ""Foresta""), a ""frazione"" (municipal subdivision) of Algund (Italian: ""Lagundo""), South Tyrol. The brewery was founded in 1857 by two entrepreneurs, Johann Wallnöfer and Franz Tappeiner, from Meran (Italian: ""Merano""). Later in 1863, the company passed to the entrepreneur Josef Fuchs, who enlarged the plant in Forst. Forst has an annual production of 700,000 hl, serving primarily the domestic market. In 1991 it additionally acquired the Brewery Menabrea in Biella, Piedmont and also maintains a bottling plant in Palermo, Sicily. The company produces also mineral water and other non-alcoholic"
"Nasco (grape) Nasco is a white Italian wine grape variety that is grown primarily in Sardinia around the city of Cagliari. The grape has a long history on the island and is described by wine expert Jancis Robinson as ""ancient"". There is a special ""Denominazione di origine controllata"" (DOC) designation, ""Nasco di Cagliari"", for varietal wines that are 95–100% Nasco. While the grape was once widely planted throughout Sardinia, vineyards were devastated by the phylloxera epidemic of the 19th century and Nasco's numbers have been slow to rebound. Today there are less than 40 hectares (100 acres) of the vine"
"Aurum (liqueur) Aurum is a sweet Italian liqueur produced in Pescara since 1925. It is 40% alcohol by volume and it is made from brandy and citrus fruit infusion. It goes well with sweets, especially with ""parrozzo"", another specialty of Pescara. Other than as a drink, it is often used as a cake ingredient or as an addition to ice-cream. The name of this liqueur was chosen by Amedeo Pomilio, the founder of the Aurum factory, upon suggestion by the poet and writer Gabriele D'Annunzio, with a reference to the ancient Roman origins of the recipe. The name derives from"
"Fulgor FULGOR (pronounced ""Full-goar"") is a registered trade mark of Meneghetti S.p.a., an Italian manufacturer of premium major appliances and ceramic glass grills. Fulgor's global headquarters are located in Gallarate, Italy; roughly 25 miles north of Milan in the heart of Italy's Lombardy Region. The company's products compete with those made by companies Bosch, Dacor, Miele, Viking Range, Asko , or Smeg. Fulgor was founded by Mr. Piero Puricelli in 1949 shortly after he began working on a coal-powered cooker he hoped to develop. Piero chose the name Fulgor for his budding company because of its Latin meaning; ""to shine""."
"contributions to the technology used in espresso machines include the cappuccinatore (introduced in 1996) as well as the automatic brewing pressure adaption ""SBS"" (1999) and most recently, the announcement of the bluetooth-enabled GranBaristo Avanti (2013). The Saeco brand belongs to the Dutch electronics company Philips since July 2009. Saeco Philips Saeco S.p.A., or short Saeco, is an Italian manufacturer of manual, super-automatic and capsule espresso machines and other electrical goods with headquarters and factories in Bologna. The company was founded by Sergio Zappella and Arthur Schmed in 1981 as Sergio, Arthur e Compagnia. In 1985 they launched the first completely"
"considered the industrial capital of Italy. The metallurgy and the production of machine tools and firearms are of particular economic significance, along with mechanical and automotive engineering. The major companies based in the city are utility company A2A, steel producer Lucchini, firearms manufacturer Beretta, shotgun producer Perazzi, machine tools manufacturer Camozzi and gas equipment manufacturer Cavagna Group. Nicknamed ""Leonessa d'Italia"" (""The Lioness of Italy""), Brescia is the home of Italian caviar, and is known for being the original production area of the Franciacorta sparkling wine as well as the prestigious Mille Miglia classic car race that starts and ends in"
"the H/L Automatica. The company followed new technological trends towards continuous deliver brewing introduced by Faema in 1961. In the 1965, Rancilio commissioned design work from industrial designer Marco Zanuso, beginning with the Rancilio Z8, and continuing with the Z9 in 1974. Rancilio continued with several Z-series machines, with the Z11 being the last. The S-series machine would become popular in the 1990s, and become well known in the North American marketplace. In 2001, Rancilio revamped their lineup, introducing the basic Epoca, and the Classe series. In 2011, they introduced a new advanced brewing system for the Classe 9 called"
"LLC became the distributor for the whole Campari portfolio in the USA as part of the deal. Later in 1998 the Group gained the Italian distribution rights of Lipton Ice Tea, from Unilever Group. In 1999, expansion continued with the acquisition of Ouzo 12, the anise-based Greek spirit. In 1999 the Group also acquired Cinzano, producing vermouth and sparkling wines and one of the most internationally known Italian brands. In July 2001, the Group completed its IPO on Piazza Affari, in Italy's biggest IPO of the year. The shares were priced at the lower end of the indicative price range"
"its own brand ""Segafredo Zanetti"", opening it to international markets, diversifying it with the creation of a worldwide network, making it in a few years one of the top coffee producers in the world. The holding company, Massimo Zanetti Beverage Group (MZB), coordinates the group's activities and invests about 1,200 million dollars. The Segafredo headquarter is based in Pianoro, in the Bologn hinterland. In the 1994 general election he was elected Senator for Forza Italia, the liberal conservative party founded by the media magnate Silvio Berlusconi. The legislature ended in 1996, after the fall of Berlusconi's government in 1995 and"
"the Perrier and Vittel bottled water brands. In Italy, S.Pellegrino is available in 1.5 L bottles for about one euro, the same for their Aranciata in most stores. Competitive orange drinks can cost even less. If artificial sweeteners are used, the price is about half that of the sugared varieties. Paolo Luni, who joined the company as a consultant, then became General Manager and eventually CEO, left the company in 1999 after having inaugurated the Sanpellegrino Centennial celebrations, which took place in Teatro La Scala in Milan. The company now became the complete property of Nestlé Group. In May 2014,"
"Marzadro Distillery The Marzadro Distillery is an Italian family run company created at the end of World War II. Its birth and evolution follows closely the economic transformation of Italy and the modernization of its means of production, in particular in the Northern part of the country. The company is located in the historical region for the production of grappa. Together with other distilleries in the regions of Trentino, Veneto, Friuli, Piemonte and Lombardia has made important contributions that have changed the character of this liquor from an ""ammazzacaffè"" to a liquor worthy of international recognition. Initially, the distillery operated"
"the New York World Wine and Spirits Competition, the Amaretto di Saschira won double gold and best liqueur in show and the Triplum Triple Sec Orange won double gold and best fruit liqueur in show. Girolamo Luxardo Girolamo Luxardo S.p.A is an Italian liqueur factory. Founded in Zara, Dalmatia (now Zadar), it moved to Torreglia near Padua after 1945. The company's current products include a variety of liqueurs and similar products (""Maraschino"", ""Sangue Morlacco"", ""Sambuca"", ""Amaretto"", ""Grappa"", ""Passione Nera"", ""Slivovitz"" etc.) as well as other baking related products, such as liqueur concentrates, fruit syrups, and jams. Luxardo products are sold"
"Ožujsko Ožujsko (fully '; lit. March Beer), also known and marketed as , is a Croatian brand of lager beer (5%). It is the flagship brand produced by Zagrebačka pivovara, the biggest brewery in the country which is a part of Molson Coors Brewing Company since 2013. It is made from natural ingredients – barley, yeast, hops and water. Ožujsko has a golden color. It was named after the month of March (), when traditionally the best beer is made. With developments in production this seasonality is no longer important for the quality of Ožujsko pivo and now it can"
"Martini (vermouth) Martini is a brand of Italian vermouth, named after the Martini & Rossi Distilleria Nazionale di Spirito di Vino, in Turin. Clemente Michel, Carlo Re, Carlo Agnelli and Eligio Baudino started the company in 1847, as a vermouth bottling plant in Pessione. A few years later Alessandro Martini joined the team, becoming the director in 1863 along with Teofilo Sola and Luigi Rossi (who was the inventor of a vermouth). In 1863 they changed the company name to Martini, Sola & Cia. They started exporting bottles of vermouth around the world. New York city was given its first"
"Birra Moretti Birra Moretti is an Italian brewing company, founded in Udine in 1859 by Luigi Moretti, with the name of ""Beer Factory and Ice"". In 1996 the company was acquired by Heineken International. The brewing plant in Udine was sold to the newly formed Birra Castello S.p.A.; Moretti is now a brand of Heineken. Birra Moretti was founded in 1859 by the great Luigi Moretti in Udine, which at that time was still part of the Austrian Empire, and its first name was the ""Beer and Ice Factory"". The first bottles went on sale in 1860. In those years,"