Don Giovanni

Don Giovanni is a Melbourne maker of small batch Italian style liqueurs and gin. It started with a family friend named Teresa, whose home made Limoncello was so good that Umberto’s son set out to make a version worth sharing beyond the kitchen table. The range now runs to Limoncello, Mandarino, Blood Orange and a Classic Gin, and the trophy shelf keeps filling up, including Australia Limoncello of the Year 2024.

Together we built the Italian Convict, a bright Australian spin on the Scofflaw that lands right between sweet and tart. Don Giovanni’s citrus liqueur does the heavy lifting and a dash of our bitters ties it off. It is the kind of drink you make on a warm afternoon and then make again.

What we love here is the obsession. Countless trips to Southern Italy to get one Limoncello right is our kind of stubborn. Good company for a bottle of bitters.