Strega (liqueur) is sometimes called "the witch" in the English-speaking world. The Premio Strega (Strega Prize), the most prestigious literary award in Italy today, was founded in 1947 by Guido Alberti, then owner of the company, together with his friends the writer Maria Bellonci and her husband Goffredo. The San Francisco World Spirits Competition, one of several international spirit ratings organizations, has evaluated Strega liqueur on three occasions since 2005. The ratings organization gave the spirit gold medals in 2005 and 2011 and a silver medal in 2008. Strega (liqueur) Liquore Strega is an Italian herbal liqueur produced since 1860 by the
Sambuca (instrument) Sambuca (instrument) The sambuca (also "sambute", "sambiut", "sambue", "sambuque", or "sambuke") was an ancient stringed instrument of Asiatic origin. However, many other instruments have also been called a "sambuca". The original sambuca is generally supposed to have been a small triangular harp of shrill tone., probably identical with the Phoenician and the Aramaic "sabbkā", the Greek form being or . The sambuca has been compared to the siege engine of the same name by some classical writers; Polybius likens it to a rope ladder; others describe it as boat-shaped. Among the musical instruments known, the Egyptian "nanga" best answers to