The Castellari family explains how Mieleaceto Countess Elixir IGP came to be: “Mieleaceto begins in our family… Mieleaceto or the Countess’ Elixir was symonymous with celebration in our family and not any “celebration”, but a celebration par excellence that would make family history. It was a highly secret recipe that was handed down only from the women in the family and only to the women in the family: nothing was written, amounts and proportions of ingredients were told verbally and the preparation was done away from indescreet gazes. The birth of the product derives from the mixture of two elements,...

Every year the time seems to fly by faster, and here we are in December once again!  It’s Christmas time, and in Italy markets are opening, cities are lighting their trees, and the spirit of Christmas warms the chilled air. If you are still thinking through your Christmas list this year, we have put together a guide to help give you some ideas for the special people in your life.  Please enjoy, and we wish you all, Buon Natale!  Merry Christmas!  

Have you ever tasted something and had to pause for a moment?  A taste so deep, it takes a few moments to comprehend.  Mia Emilia’s Mieleaceto Countess Elixir IGP will give you that sensation.  My favorite thing about true, authentic, Italian products is that you can feel the history inside them.  When a recipe has been passed down generation after generation, it’s love you taste as much as anything else.  The secret ingredient that can come from nowhere but the heart.  Mieleaceto is the gorgeous combination of two of the great prides from Italy’s Modena Province in the region of...