Lorenzo is such a lovely man. He knows his products like the back of his hand and talks about how they are made in detail. A former artist, he decided to open his shop with liquors from Sangallo. It is clear that he is excited about his products and finds true joy in what he does. Not only did he allow us to taste whatever we liked, he encouraged it. He knows what so many other businesses seem not to or a fact that they ignore- when you engage your customers and let them sample your product, you do better. We had NO intention of buying anything when we went into this shop, but within minutes, I had already decided to get a few things because we were able to sample them. Then, Lorenzo started talking to us. That's when the frenzy started. We ended up with a backpack FULL of items and left our new friend with €84.
What did we get? We bought a delicious Extra Virgin Olive Oil (€10), crazy good raspberry liquor called Viagra (€8), limoncino (€15-made with the lemon, sugar, peel at same time), locally produced, sweet wine, Sciacchtra (€30), cioccolatto liquor (€8) and 2 chocolates filled with limoncino. Our liquor cabinet is looking good after this visit!
If you're in Cinque Terre, definitely, absolutely go out of your way to get to this shop. Know that you will not leave empty handed. read more