Where can I buy mirto bianco in the USA?
March 30, 2009 11:39 AM Subscribe
Where can I buy a Corsican Liqueur, mirto bianco, in the USA?
When I was an exchange student in France many years ago, my host family took me on a trip to Corsica. While there, my host father bought a bottle of "Myrthe", a clear liqueur made from the leaves and/or berries of the myrtle plant, which had an amazing minty-herbal flavor and was wonderful as a digestif when splashed in a glass with some ice.
On-and-off research over the past few years has revealed that "Myrthe" is more typically called "Mirto", is popular both on Corsica and Sardinia, and comes in two varieties, red and white. White Mirto must be what I was drinking, and I would very much like to find it again.
Online, I've found bottles of a brand called Argiolas Tremontis, which is the red variety, but I fear it will leave my nostalgic craving unsatisfied. Both red and white Mirto is also produced/distributed by a company called Zedda Piras, a subsidiary of Campari, but is not, to my knowledge, sold in the United States. I've found it on an Italian website (http://en.yndella.com/), but when I tried to order it, I got the message "Impossible to send the product to this address for Local Customs resctrictions [sic]."
I feel I've exhausted all the likely routes. Does anyone else know where in the US I can order a bottle of white Mirto?
When I was an exchange student in France many years ago, my host family took me on a trip to Corsica. While there, my host father bought a bottle of "Myrthe", a clear liqueur made from the leaves and/or berries of the myrtle plant, which had an amazing minty-herbal flavor and was wonderful as a digestif when splashed in a glass with some ice.
On-and-off research over the past few years has revealed that "Myrthe" is more typically called "Mirto", is popular both on Corsica and Sardinia, and comes in two varieties, red and white. White Mirto must be what I was drinking, and I would very much like to find it again.
Online, I've found bottles of a brand called Argiolas Tremontis, which is the red variety, but I fear it will leave my nostalgic craving unsatisfied. Both red and white Mirto is also produced/distributed by a company called Zedda Piras, a subsidiary of Campari, but is not, to my knowledge, sold in the United States. I've found it on an Italian website (http://en.yndella.com/), but when I tried to order it, I got the message "Impossible to send the product to this address for Local Customs resctrictions [sic]."
I feel I've exhausted all the likely routes. Does anyone else know where in the US I can order a bottle of white Mirto?
Response by poster: Good find. I just wrote them and asked them as nicely as I could for the name of their distributor. Cross your fingers for me!
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