Tony Soprano’s wife.
Batman’s most trusted confidant.
Argentina’s favorite golfer.
Those are just a few notable characters who have acquired the taste for fernet, that ever-mysterious digestif known for its medicinal properties, secret recipes and uncanny ability to improve that time after dinner and before bed.
Because interesting people don’t do ordinary. They do the opposite of that. Which, in this case, means requesting Fernet-Branca. Now, let’s meet the five most interesting people who drink the stuff.
Feel free to pencil yourself in at the bottom.
James Hamilton-Paterson
The British literary exile wrote a Man Booker Prize–nominated novel called Cooking with Fernet-Branca. So, yes, he probably enjoys the stuff. And, no, he’s not the same James Patterson you know from every airport bookstall ever.
Alfred Pennyworth
Batman’s faithful butler professed to drinking Fernet-Branca day after day at Florentine cafés, just waiting to catch a glimpse of his boss as a well-adjusted non-superhero. It’s a sad tale. Minus the drinking fernet part.
Carmela Soprano
Apparently, TV’s most famous gun moll had a habit of drinking Fernet-Branca to “settle her stomach.” We understand, Carmela. We understand.
Maria Callas
Callas was one of the most influential opera singers of the 20th century. She also drank a glass of Fernet-Branca with mint syrup before each performance. We’re inspired to adopt the same habit before singing in the shower.
Angel Cabrera
Cabrera is the first Argentine golfer to win both the US Open and the Masters. Meaning: he’s also probably the only golfer to celebrate those victories with a fernet con cola—a ubiquitous Argentine libation comprised of... Fernet-Branca and cola.
Batman’s most trusted confidant.
Argentina’s favorite golfer.
Those are just a few notable characters who have acquired the taste for fernet, that ever-mysterious digestif known for its medicinal properties, secret recipes and uncanny ability to improve that time after dinner and before bed.
Because interesting people don’t do ordinary. They do the opposite of that. Which, in this case, means requesting Fernet-Branca. Now, let’s meet the five most interesting people who drink the stuff.
Feel free to pencil yourself in at the bottom.
James Hamilton-Paterson
The British literary exile wrote a Man Booker Prize–nominated novel called Cooking with Fernet-Branca. So, yes, he probably enjoys the stuff. And, no, he’s not the same James Patterson you know from every airport bookstall ever.
Alfred Pennyworth
Batman’s faithful butler professed to drinking Fernet-Branca day after day at Florentine cafés, just waiting to catch a glimpse of his boss as a well-adjusted non-superhero. It’s a sad tale. Minus the drinking fernet part.
Carmela Soprano
Apparently, TV’s most famous gun moll had a habit of drinking Fernet-Branca to “settle her stomach.” We understand, Carmela. We understand.
Maria Callas
Callas was one of the most influential opera singers of the 20th century. She also drank a glass of Fernet-Branca with mint syrup before each performance. We’re inspired to adopt the same habit before singing in the shower.
Angel Cabrera
Cabrera is the first Argentine golfer to win both the US Open and the Masters. Meaning: he’s also probably the only golfer to celebrate those victories with a fernet con cola—a ubiquitous Argentine libation comprised of... Fernet-Branca and cola.
