Made in Sorrento, Italy · The Pèpe Family

PèpeCello
& Pèpero

Our family’s limoncello and aperitivo.

A bottle of PèpeCello beside a small poured glass of limoncello on a red napkin

Limoncello, served ice cold

Buy PèpeCello$32.99 · 750 ml
A Pèpero Spritz with an orange slice and rosemary beside a bottle of Pèpero on the Vesuvio bar

Aperitivo, built for the spritz

Buy Pèpero$29.99 · 750 ml

Sold online through the Doc Pèpe’s Lab shop.

The two spritzes  ·  Have one in Carmel

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. 1 ozPèpeCelloThis bottle
  2. 4 ozProsecco
  3. 3mint leaves
  4. 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.”
Monterey County Weekly, December 2023

Pèpero Spritz

  1. 2 ozPèperoThis bottle
  2. 3 ozProsecco
  3. 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. 1 ozPèpeCello
  2. 1 1/2 ozcitron vodka
  3. 3/4 ozlemon juice
  4. 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. 1 ozPèpeCello
  2. 2 ozbourbon
  3. 1 ozlemon juice
  4. 6 to 8mint leaves
  5. 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. 1 ozPèpeCello
  2. 2 ozreposado tequila
  3. 3/4 ozlemon juice
  4. 3basil leaves

Shake, strain into a salt-rimmed, ice-filled glass. Lemon wheel and basil.

Pèpero Sling

With pineapple, lemon and bitters
  1. 2 ozPèpero
  2. 3 ozpineapple juice
  3. 1/2 ozlemon juice
  4. DashAngostura bitters
  5. 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

A Pèpero Spritz with orange, strawberry and rosemary set down on the bar at Vesuvio

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
A PèpeCello Spritz with lemon, mint and basil in front of the Spritz Bar board at Bar Napoli

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 Napoli

Bottles to go

Both bottles are sold at Bar Napoli and Vesuvio, and online. A bottle is an easy gift.

Shop both bottles
The PèpeCello Limoncello fine art print in a black frame

The PèpeCello poster

Vintage-inspired, floating black frame, made to order in Germany.