VENICE, 1931

The origins of Harry's Bar

At the end of the 1920s, Giuseppe Cipriani was a barman at the Hotel Europa in Venice. It was here that a young American, Harry Pickering, was staying with an aunt in Italy to cure his alcoholism. Following a quarrel, Harry finds himself alone in Venice, penniless. It was Giuseppe Cipriani who helped him get home by lending him money. A few years later, Pickering returned to Venice and repaid his debt: "Giuseppe, thank you, here's the money. In fact, to show my gratitude, I'll also add these: how much do you need to open a bar in the company", at which point Giuseppe decided: "We'll call it Harry's Bar".

Cipriani Drinks was created to bring the Harry's Bar experience everywhere, a place destined to redefine the concept of hospitality forever. A space designed to welcome, where one rule applies: to serve is to love.