Guido Fini Zarri

Coming Up

In Castel Maggiore, Italian brandy became the defining material of Guido Fini Zarri’s work. That narrow focus matters: it set the terms for the company he built and fixed his name to a single category rather than a broad portfolio. Villa Zarri marks the shift from family business to a brand founded in 1989 on a more exacting idea of what Italian brandy could be. The estate and the spirit are now read together, because the brand was built that way.

Where They Are Now

The line from family business to founder is direct. Guido Fini Zarri started in the family business in the late 1970s, and that early position grounded his approach in the practical realities of the trade before Villa Zarri took form as a separate brand identity. From there, the work stayed concentrated: one craft category, one estate, one stated standard. Natural production and high quality sit at the center of Villa Zarri’s philosophy, giving the brand a structure that favors definition over spread.

Signature

Villa Zarri Brandy 10 Years Old Villa Zarri, and Brandy 18 Years Villa Zarri 1998 Tuscan Tobacco are the named signatures tied to Guido Fini Zarri. The core bottling sits beside older expressions that signal age and time in the name itself, while Brandy 18 Years Villa Zarri 1998 Tuscan Tobacco adds a more specific reference point. Taken together, the range shows a brand built to present brandy through naming, age, and distinction rather than breadth.

In Their Words “*I came up with the idea of creating a new brandy of the highest quality, inspired by French Cognac.*” “*I started working in the family business in the late 1970s.*”