Luxardo Liqueur

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17 products

The Beginning of Maraschino

Luxardo is a family-owned company founded in Zara, a port city on the Dalmatian coast of what is now Croatia. Girolamo Luxardo, a Genovese businessman, and his wife, Maria Canevari, moved to Zara in 1817. It was Maria who began perfecting “rosolio maraschino,” a liqueur produced in Dalmatian convents since medieval times from special maraschino cherries. Canevari’s liqueur was of such high quality that it gained the attention of connoisseurs, and her husband founded the Luxardo Distillery in 1821 to produce her original Maraschino. Not long afterwards, the Emperor of Austria awarded the Luxardo liqueur the highest honor “Privilegiata Fabbrica Maraschino Excelsior.” The distillery remained under the family’s control and prospered by exporting the liqueur to aficionados around the world. The Maraschino liqueur became an essential cocktail ingredient internationally, and is found in classics such as the Last Word, Martinez and Hemingway cocktails of the late 19th and early 20th century. The distillery also expanded to create other fruit-based and herbal liqueurs such as Bitter, Limoncello and Amaro Abano.

Relocation to Italy

In 1913, Michelangelo Luxardo built the most modern and massive distillery in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. This building survived World War I; but was ultimately destroyed in World War II by Anglo-American bombings. Only one member of the fourth generation, Giorgio Luxardo, survived the World War II invasion and fled to Italy. Escaping with only a cherry sapling, Giorgio crossed the Adriatic Sea to the Veneto region of northeast Italy and reconnected with a colleague who had saved the Luxardo recipe book. Armed with the surviving tools and a desire to reestablish his family’s legacy, Giorgio chose the small Veneto city of Torreglia to rebuild the distillery in 1946. At this new home, Luxardo restored its extensive product line of Italian liqueurs and continued to export the products to markets around the world. Luxardo continues to produce Maraschino to Maria Canevari’s original recipe, as it was written down in 1821. Today, Luxardo is operated by Franco Luxardo of the family’s fifth generation, along with members of the sixth and seventh generations.

Buffalo Trace Old Fashioned Cocktail Kit Cocktail Buffalo Trace
Buffalo Trace Old Fashioned Cocktail Kit
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Luxardo Limoncello Liqueur, Cordials & Schnapps Luxardo
Luxardo Limoncello
Luxardo
$34.99
Luxardo Maraschino Liqueur Liqueur Luxardo
Luxardo Maraschino Liqueur
Luxardo
$39.99
Luxardo Maraschino Cherries 400g Jar liqueur, cordials & schnapps Luxardo
Luxardo Maraschino Cherries 400g Jar
Luxardo
$26.99
Luxardo Cherry Liqueur Liqueur, Cordials & Schnapps Luxardo
Luxardo Cherry Sangue Morlacoo Liqueur
Luxardo
$29.99
Luxardo Bitter Bianco Liqueur Luxardo
Luxardo Bitter Bianco
Luxardo
$27.99
Luxardo Apricot Liqueur Liqueur, Cordials & Schnapps Luxardo
Luxardo Apricot Liqueur
Luxardo
$29.99
Luxardo Triplum Triple Sec Orange Liqueur Liqueur's, Cordials, & Schnapps Luxardo
Luxardo Triplum Triple Sec Orange Liqueur
Luxardo
$29.99
Luxardo Espresso Liqueur Luxardo
Luxardo Espresso
Luxardo
$24.99
Luxardo Sambuca De Cesari Liqueur, Cordials & Schnapps Luxardo
Luxardo Sambuca De Cesari
Luxardo
$35.99
Luxardo Amaretto Amaretto Luxardo
Luxardo Amaretto
Luxardo
$32.99
Luxardo Sour Cherry Gin Gin Luxardo
Luxardo Sour Cherry Gin
Luxardo
$34.99
Luxardo Bitter Rosso Liqueur Luxardo
Luxardo Bitter Rosso
Luxardo
$27.99
Luxardo Fernet Liqueur, Cordials & Schnapps Luxardo
Luxardo Fernet
Luxardo
$29.99
Luxardo Aperitivo Liqueur Luxardo
Luxardo Aperitivo
Luxardo
$22.99
Luxardo London Dry Gin Gin Luxardo
Luxardo London Dry Gin
Luxardo
$34.99
Luxardo Amaro Abano Liqueur, Cordials & Schnapps Luxardo
Luxardo Amaro Abano
Luxardo
$29.99
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