Made in Sorrento, Italy · The Pèpe Family
PèpeCello
& Pèpero
Our family’s limoncello and aperitivo.
Sold online through the Doc Pèpe’s Lab shop.
PèpeCello Limoncello di Sorrento I.G.P.
Grain alcohol, sugar, water and 100% I.G.P. certified organic Sorrento lemons. No artificial flavorings, additives or colorings. Gluten-free.
Sorrento lemons have thick skins full of lemon oil. Cold process, in small batches in Sorrento. Serve it ice cold, straight, after dinner, or in cocktails. Our toast: Cent’Anni, a hundred years.
PèpeCello Spritz
- 1 ozPèpeCelloThis bottle
- 4 ozProsecco
- 3mint leaves
- 3basil leaves
Stir in an ice-filled wine glass. Tuck a lemon wheel behind the ice.
Pèpero Aperitivo di Sorrento
Orange, strawberry, herbs and spices, built for the spritz. Orange and rose in the glass; bittersweet, with a touch of strawberry.
Christian Pèpe worked out the flavors at Doc Pèpe’s Lab in Marina, CA. Made in Sorrento, Italy, alongside PèpeCello.
“a play on Aperol that bends the rules just a little.”
Pèpero Spritz
- 2 ozPèperoThis bottle
- 3 ozProsecco
- 1 ozsoda water (optional)
Build in that order in an ice-filled wine glass and stir. Garnish with an orange slice, a strawberry and a rosemary sprig.
Four more drinks
PèpeCello Drop
With citron vodka and raspberry liqueur
- 1 ozPèpeCello
- 1 1/2 ozcitron vodka
- 3/4 ozlemon juice
- 3/4 ozraspberry liqueur
Sugar the rim. Shake with ice, strain, finish with a lemon twist.
PèpeCello Julep
With bourbon, mint and lemon-lime soda
- 1 ozPèpeCello
- 2 ozbourbon
- 1 ozlemon juice
- 6 to 8mint leaves
- Toplemon-lime soda
Shake all but the soda. Strain into an ice-filled tall glass and top with soda.
PèpeCello Margarita
With reposado tequila and basil
- 1 ozPèpeCello
- 2 ozreposado tequila
- 3/4 ozlemon juice
- 3basil leaves
Shake, strain into a salt-rimmed, ice-filled glass. Lemon wheel and basil.
Pèpero Sling
With pineapple, lemon and bitters
- 2 ozPèpero
- 3 ozpineapple juice
- 1/2 ozlemon juice
- DashAngostura bitters
- Splashgin (optional)
Shake hard with ice to froth, strain over ice. Pineapple or lime slice and a cherry.
Have the spritz in Carmel-by-the-Sea
Vesuvio 543 6th Ave
The Pèpero Spritz leads the cocktail list. Vesuvio won Best Cocktails in the Carmel Pine Cone’s Golden Pine Cones. Rooftop bar: The Starlight Lounge at Vesuvio.
Reserve Vesuvio
Little Napoli 696 Dolores St, at 7th
The PèpeCello Spritz leads the Spritz Bar list. Bar Napoli is our wine and cocktail bar. Its seats are held for walk-ins.
Reserve Little NapoliBottles to go
Both bottles are sold at Bar Napoli and Vesuvio, and online. A bottle is an easy gift.
The PèpeCello poster
Vintage-inspired, floating black frame, made to order in Germany.
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