Chartreuse (liqueur) Titanic in 1912, one of the proposed dishes for First class was a Chartreuse based dessert. Sales at the French company were very poor, and by 1929, it faced bankruptcy. A group of local businessmen in Voiron bought all the shares at a low price and sent them as a gift to the monks in Tarragona. After regaining possession of the distillery, the Carthusian brothers returned to the monastery with the tacit approval of the French government and began to produce Chartreuse once again. Despite the eviction law, when a mudslide destroyed the distillery in 1935, the French government assigned
Braulio (liqueur) Braulio (liqueur) Braulio is a type of Valtelline herbal amaro. It is a digestif typically served cold or at room temperature, though it is also occasionally served as an aperitif with sparkling white wine. The original recipe dates to 1826, conceived by Francesco Peroni, a pharmacist and botanist of Bormio who studied the beneficial properties of various local herbs. Production of Braulio began in 1875. Since 1999, the amaro has been a property of Casoni Liquori S.p.A., a company based in Finale Emilia (Modena), although production continues at the Peroni family farms in Bormio. The trademark is held by Fratelli