The Philosophy of Bouquet: the elegant passion.

Deep-from-the-woods juniper whispers mysteriously with roasted sweet red paprika. Creating an effect of mild wet earth and a touch of smoke…

The Recipe for Taste: the wonderful sweetness and nano-heat of black peppercorns, along with the playful grin of cherry pepper (pimento) – all kissed by the salty seaside wind. This here is truly a DIFFERENT gin, creating the ever pleasant an intrigue. Please: with a serious tonic, along with the zest of fresh lemon and just a couple of fresh jalapeño pepper “wheels”...

Gourmets Will Understand: sensational new friend to all dishes GRILL. Especially with red meat; wonderful with correctly prepared paella; sings a creative song with good, honest and serious tapas. (And THIS ONE, darlings, should be only ever revealed to the closest of the kin: with an HONEST burger (!)

As Uncle Val Would Put It Himself: “An empty stomach has no ears.”

What’s there to add… Unless: a full stomach has a big heart?

Packaging:

0,7 L coloured glass bottle

The slightly smashing discovery of taste:

A DIFFERENT kind of cocktail: “BLOODY VALERY”

Essentially, it is all like with the good ol’ “b.l.d.d.y. m.r.y .” (only just that tiny bit more interesting):

On ice cubes, into the shaker: shaker’į:

60 ml Uncle Val’s Peppered gin

½ slice of thin, uncompromisingly fresh wedge of lime

6-8 generous dashes of Tabasco (the “green” one – jalapeño – works best) jalapeño)

1 spoonfull of great quality Worchestershire sauce

2 dashes of excellent soy sauce (if preferred) – we rather administer

A tiny pinch of smoked paprika (powdered)

A pinch of salt

A pinch of black pepper

120 ml good tomato juice

All to be nimbly, quickly and vigorously shaken (if possible, with a smile); then strained into a high, heavy-duty glass or the beer goblet (for that matter).

Yours truly decorate it with fresh celery and some fresh coriander leaves (if preferred) – we rather administer

Mamma mia!

Once upon a time in Italy there lived some such Uncle Val (1922-2013). Because it is jolly not easy to live not once. His dwelling was in Tuscany’s wonderful town of Lucca (where, of all the places, great Italian composer genius Giacomo Puccini also counted his smart days out from the get-go). Uncle Val was an excellent practicing doctor, a conscientious gardener, a great gourmet, a merry thinker and a jolly good fellow on all accounts.

In his honour and bright remembrance, uncle’s Italian ancestors in America have created a gin – the tastes and aromas of which enshrine and represent Uncle Valerio’s ability to live a tasty life so beautifully

The Philosophy of Bouquet: alert calmness.

Significantly pronounced yet elegant juniper intertwines with the notes of Tuscan herbs (especially sage), fresh cucumber and happy citrus. The nose is tingled by the subtlety of lavender…

The Recipe for Taste: a very balanced yet expressive gin. With a whirlwind of Tuscan herbs and citrus freshness in the mouth, rounded off with the luxury and nobility of lavender. The cleanliness of aftertaste begs to not be overpowered. Thus this gin chimes really well with even the most usual, sweetish of tonics, with a zest of fresh lemon and – if you are rather resourceful – with just one leaf of fresh sage…

Gourmets Will Understand: accompanies a well-prepared rissoto like a fairytale (with prawns and saffron OR with boletus mushroom and sage); with light meat in white sauces; with Thai or Indian cuisine (you will be pleasantly surprised)

As Uncle Val Would Put It Himself: “Give slow answers to fast questions

Patience is rewarded at most times. Whilst tasting, cooking, growing, living.

Packaging:

0,7 L coloured glass bottle

The Philosophy of Bouquet: modest flashiness.

Dignifyingly fresh cucumber, the sweetness of rose petals and that juniper berry: OVER HERE, though, playing the accompanying fiddle…  

The Recipe for Taste: an evident compliment to all the gin lovers who can afford the luxury of being modest. The concoction of sweetish rose petals and the freshness of cucumber guarantees the fragrant aroma’s punch. A touch of coriander invites a bit of an intrigue. Plays wonderfully with a serious, not overly sweet tonic. Along with freshly cut cucumber slices and – if you are rather resourceful – with a couple of fresh lemon balm leaves…

Gourmets Will Understand: a fairytale aperitif

As Uncle Val Would Put It Himself: “Beautiful words don’t feed the cats”.

The tasty food needs to be prepared, however. You can’t persuade it into being.

Packaging:

0,7 L coloured glass bottle