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
Katya Sambuca the Rolling Stones, who told her to take up modelling instead of cooking and invited her to come to North America with him. When Katya was 15 she became the model for a girls' doll, "Bobby", manufactured in London. Katya was given her nickname "Sambuca" by Bob Jack (real name Sergei Mikhailov), whom she married at the age of 16. The couple have a daughter Zvana, named after the hotel in Volkhov where Mikhailov "became a man". In 2011 Katya and her husband left for a massive tour, during which she performed an erotic show accompanied by her own house