SPIRITS
Mar 03, 2020
3 minutes
–Kara Newman
The category of anise spirits is broad reaching. It encompasses a number of spirits types that deserve attention, but don’t always receive it.
For starters, sambuca and anisette are two spirits that seem interchangeable, yet are not. Since Italian producer Meletti makes both, we asked producer Matteo Meletti to briefly outline the differences, which basically boils down to production and regulation.
“When a company produces sambuca, it has to follow some strict rules, while anisette is more open recipe.”—Matteo Meletti
Sambuca is regulated by the European Union, while anisette
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