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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.<\/p>\n
Relocation to Italy<\/strong><\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n [\/hot_content_detail_body][hot_manifesto manifesto_title_primary=”Luxardo” manifesto_title_secondary=”seventh generation family-owned” manifesto_body=”Established in 1821 by Girolamo Luxardo and still entirely owned by the same founding family, Luxardo is one of the oldest European firms producing liqueurs and spirits. Transferred from Zara to Torreglia (Padova) in 1947 due to the consequences of the Second World War, Luxardo is a place where centuries old traditions meet cutting edge production methods. Today, three generations work together to continue Girolamo’s legacy.” manifesto_image_left=”https:\/\/www.hotalingandco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Luxardo-Cherries-Lead-Shot-3-Kentucky-Flyer.jpg” manifesto_image_right=”https:\/\/www.hotalingandco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/luxardo_header.jpg” _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default”][\/hot_manifesto][hot_anchor_link_grid_products anchor_link_title=”PRODUCTS BY LIQUOR” anchor_link_grid_title_top=”Luxardo” anchor_link_grid_title_bottom=”Products” _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][\/hot_anchor_link_grid_products][hot_awards awards_title_top=”Raise” awards_title_bottom=”a glass” award_a=”@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9saW5rX3VybF9hd2FyZHMiLCJzZXR0aW5ncyI6eyJwb3N0X2lkIjoiMTA0MjcifX0=@” award_b=”@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9saW5rX3VybF9hd2FyZHMiLCJzZXR0aW5ncyI6eyJwb3N0X2lkIjoiMTA0MjQifX0=@” _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _dynamic_attributes=”award_a,award_b” _module_preset=”default”][\/hot_awards][hot_media_gallery _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default”][hot_media_gallery_slide title=”Luxardo” description=”The distillation of Luxardo Maraschino
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