A Visit to the Fernet-Branca Distillery

Plus, a Coda to the Hugo R. Ensslin Story.

The famous logo of Fernet Branca.

I don’t take distillery tours much anymore. In the early years of my career as a spirits and cocktail scribbler, such visits were sought after as a wellspring of knowledge. I was learning about my subject. But, after fifty or so excursions, it grows old. Let’s just say that, broadly speaking, when you’ve seen one still, …