Lazaris Distillery & Artisan Sweets

Η Corfu Lazaris Distillery “Lazaris Distillery & Artisan Sweets” is a company that renewed the emblematic, traditional drinks and sweets of Corfu.

With the rise of the tourist wave since the 1970s a lot traditional drinks and sweets took the road of tourist souvenir. Driven by the tourist demand that year after year demanded lower prices, the producers turned the gastronomic souvenirs into decorative souvenirs. The traditional liqueur of Corfu, the kumquat, became almost a color in a bottle depicting her in the shape Corfu, suitable to decorate the bar or some corner of the living room.

Ο Costas Lazaris from a family that traded and distributed beverages since 1924, decided 15 years ago to follow its path and renew not only the content of the product, adapting it to new taste habits, emphasizing quality, flavors and healthy nutrition but took care to create very modern and attractive wrappers and packaging. Essentially, it presented a new series of innovative products that, firmly in the tradition, reveal the modern taste image of Corfu.

The most important product of Lazaris distillery is Kumquat liqueur, since it is the only one in Corfu that holds the Certification of Protected Geographical Indication. At the same time the company produces Lemoncello liqueur which in recent competitions (2020) won awards for taste and packaging, the classic Corfiot ouzo, while also produced Kumquat liqueur cream and Lemoncello cream liqueur created by adding milk at the final stage of the production process, great for giving their taste to cocktails.

Apart from the distillery, the company Lazaris produces handmade sweets reviving flavors and aromas of the past, such as jams, figs, nougat, nougat in the typical and more renewed flavors.

Η Corfu Distillery Lazaris was transferred three years ago to a state-of-the-art, privately owned building of 4.500 sq.m. where the production, the exhibition, the beautiful tasting places and the administration spaces are together. The feeling of well-designed spacious showrooms with products in design packaging gives you the feeling that you are entering an Italian store, say in Eataly!

Lazaris products are characterized by:

1. They are handmade and made in small quantities.

2. They are based on traditional Ionian recipes.

3. They are healthy, as they do not contain chemical preservatives.

4. They do not contain fats, as fruits, alcohol & sugar are used for their preparation.

5. They represent the Corfiot tradition in its most modern and creative form.

In summary, at Lazaris Distillery & Artisan Sweets the past has spoken highly of the present and envisioned the future.