Celebrity wines are commonplace nowadays, as are celebrity spirits.
Now we have a celebrity after-dinner digestif.
Australian cricket star Adam Zampa has joined Ambra Spirits as an investor/part-owner in its Limoncello-led business, and in backing the South Australian brand’s equity crowd-funding raise on OnMarket.
Zampa, who goes by the Instagram handle @Limoncello.Papi, has long been a fan of the iconic Italian liqueur, saying “I just love limoncello.”
Now his passion is becoming professional as he takes an ownership stake in Australia’s leading premium limoncello brand, made using South Australian lemons and Barossa wine spirit base.
South Australian-based Ambra has achieved 123% year-on-year revenue growth, and tripled revenue at its Thebarton Distillery Bar & Restaurant to $30,000 per week, it says.
Ambra products are now stocked in more than 1,200 venues nationally. The brand plans export expansion into New Zealand, China, Europe, and the US, and the launch of new products including Pink Limoncello and ready-to-serve spritzes.
"For me limoncello has always meant good times," spinner and 2023 World Cup champion Zampa says. "My wife and I travel to Italy often and aperitivo hour was never missed; we even had little bottles of limoncello as bonbonniere presents for each guest at our wedding.
"I’ve even got a bottle tattooed on my arm two years ago! So this isn’t just a drink to me, it’s part of my story.
“What excites me about Ambra is that it was the first limoncello ever made in Australia 27 years ago, and it’s still held to incredibly high standards today."
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