FENICIO @houseoffenicio

HOUSE OF FENICIO

Ancient passage.
Modern ritual.

A Mediterranean ritual house creating botanical evening expressions for the modern return.

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01 / THE RETURN

An evening drink can be more than consumption.

Fenicio begins with a simple proposition: the transition from day into night deserves intention.

We are building a ritual around liquid, vessel, ice, environment, occasion, and story—each element considered, none merely decorative.

Not an escape from the day.
A return to oneself.

02 / ORIGIN
A Fenicio bottle and crystal glass on a stone terrace above the Mediterranean at dusk, an olive tree and lantern beside them.
THRESHOLD OF EVENING

A WORD BEFORE A WORLD

Fenicio began with a name we did not yet understand.

The name arrived first.

Only later did we discover that fenicio means Phoenician in Italian.

That meaning opened a path into a wider inquiry—navigation, wine, plants, ritual, transformation, and the ancient Mediterranean world from which they emerged.

The question became not how to recreate antiquity, but what might be worth carrying forward.

Fenicio grew from that inquiry.

Ancient depth. Contemporary expression.

03 / THE LIQUID

THE FIRST EXPRESSION

A dark Mediterranean evening,
in liquid form.

The first Fenicio expression is being developed from a grape-derived botanical foundation—structured by bitter citrus, Mediterranean herbs, restrained sweetness, and a long warm finish.

It is designed for the threshold hour: when the day releases its hold and attention returns to what matters.

Amber Fenicio liquid in a crystal glass beside the bottle, laid over Phoenician purple cloth with a brass compass and an old chart.
FENICIO · FIRST EXPRESSION
  1. 01Vinous coreGrape, structure, depth.
  2. 02Bitter citrusBrightness with restraint.
  3. 03Mediterranean herbGreen, aromatic, familiar.
  4. 04Resin & spiceWarmth and quiet complexity.
  5. 05Controlled bitter turnStructure rather than aggression.
  6. 06Long botanical finishWarm, dry, persistent.
SEPARATIONREFINEMENTREUNION

The formulation and final beverage classification remain in development. The work begins with flavor, process, and integrity—not claims.

04 / THE RITUAL

THE RITUAL OF RETURN

Six elements.
One moment.

  1. 01LiquidThe expression.
  2. 02VesselCrystal in the hand.
  3. 03IceOne perfect sphere.
  4. 04EnvironmentWhere attention changes.
  5. 05OccasionThe threshold of evening.
  6. 06StoryMeaning carried forward.

The sphere is not simply presentation. As water enters the glass, the drink should open—citrus lifts, warmth softens, botanicals emerge. Fenicio should evolve with water, not merely weaken.

05 / THE HOUSE

A WORLD, NOT A CATEGORY

Voyage. Restoration.
Alchemy.

Fenicio is not being built as a beverage alone, but as a world shaped by passage, stewardship, and transformation.

Fenicio presentation in Phoenician purple with cream paper and gold detail, beside a crystal glass and a stone mortar.
Candlelit bench with a Fenicio bottle, glass decanters, dried botanicals, and a stone mortar.
I

Voyage

The sea, the stars, passage, and navigation. A reminder that movement can also be a way home.

II

Restoration

Care applied to what already holds value. Preservation over replacement. Beauty revealed through attention.

III

Alchemy

Separation, refinement, and reunion. The disciplined transformation of ingredients, materials, and experience.

Rigging and lantern light on the deck of a sailboat at dusk, a harbor town glowing across the water.

THE VESSEL / FENICIO

A 1982 Nantai 37 sailboat bearing the same name is being restored alongside the house—not as a prop, but as a lived study in stewardship, patience, and return.

Restoration rather than replacement.

NOW IN DEVELOPMENT

Fenicio is coming to life.

First bench formulations. A vessel returning to the water. A house taking shape one considered detail at a time.

We are documenting the work from the beginning.

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