The legend and culture of the Phoenicians intertwines in the surprising aroma of Emporia Gin. A story, which began in 1200 BC, during the Bronze Age, by a people of expert commanders, engaged in luxury goods trade.

Long distance Skilled sailors aboard small and fast vessels, bold and backed by the thirst for richness, every night, the Phoenicians, starting from the coast of Syria, circumnavigated the Mediterranean driven by the light of the polar star, of which they were deep connoisseurs , taking shelter from time to time, in corners far from the open sea. Shelters, where they settled business markets, handed down over time in form of EMPORI. Always looking for places similar to the abandoned ones, where to build their commercial bases, during one of their travels, they discovered Calabria, ending up in front of the “Taurianum Promontorium”, the current Capo Vaticano. It was there, that, fascinated by the wild nature on the coast and the numerous resources of the area, they decided to found a new settlement, giving that land traits of their intelligence and habits. In the midst of that pleasant flora, they planted small juniper shrubs.
Not a banal plant, but a tree with an age-old destiny, the thick crown and the presence of fruits similar to “purple red” color berries (phoinix red, hence the name of Phoenician), anciently used together with distilled sea water for the extraordinary healing effects.

A rare and particular botanical variety able to grow spontaneously from which the new EMPORIA GIN distillate is made today.
A qualitatively valuable gift, result of a long study conducted in our company’s research lab in collaboration with the Food Chemistry - Authentication - Safety and Sensoromic Laboratory (FOCUSS LAB) Department of Agriculture of the Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria, with a unique value and a much softer and more delicate flavor than common qualities.

An alcoholic formula born to suprise, made possible by the cultivation of Phoenician Juniper planted in Calabrian territories and cared for by the experience of the Master Distillers at Caffo.
The legacy of an ancient civilization, a concentrate of pure pleasure based on berries distilled in the finest neutral alcohol obtained 100% from wheat, bottled in an elegant bottle. A quality product capable of delight the senses and bringing back in time.

EMPORIA GIN is a precious kind of Gin, based on Phoenician Juniper, produced by Caffo Distillery, one of the first Italian companies to have started the production of Gin in South Italy from the 1950s, distilling itself Juniper berries and other natural ingredients.

The use of this rare variety of berries, present in Calabria in a purely wild form, then cultivated and planted specifically on the company’s land, gives it a more delicate taste than the common drink.

The particular infusion is the result of a large quantity of berries infused in very fine neutral alcohol obtained 100% by wheat and subsequently distilled in an ancient copper alambic (small batch), dating back to 1945, in bain-marie, so to separate the most aromatic part of the alcohol and eliminate the tails full of low soluble oils.

An extremely accurate process, led by the experience of our master Distillers, followed by the addition of citrus peel and aromatic plants, processed according to their seasonality.

A year after the first distillation, the addition of spices and water from the Tyrrhenian Sea (part of the Mediterranean sea that bathes Calabria) completes the production process. Once mixed, the base is transferred again to the copper still to be redistilled in order to blend the aromas of the botanicals with Phoenician juniper.