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Acetaia Malpighi: five generations of Balsamic Vinegar since 1850.

In Modena, the Malpighi family has aged Traditional Balsamic Vinegar in wooden barrels for five generations. It's the same producer behind every bottle we bring to your table.

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From our lands to your table

In 1850, Pietro Malpighi wrote down his recipe for real, honest vinegar and handed it to his son, hoping his descendants would one day taste the same balm he'd spent a lifetime perfecting.

1850, Modena

It began with a recipe, passed down in a letter.

In 1850, Pietro Malpighi entrusted his son Augusto with the family's most valuable inheritance: the recipe for real, genuine Traditional Balsamic Vinegar of Modena. That same recipe has passed from hand to hand for five generations since.

Augusto Malpighi, second generation of the family business

Grandmother Maria & Ermes Malpighi

The tradition becomes an institution.

Grandmother Maria, then Ermes Malpighi, one of the founders of the Balsamic Vinegar Consortium and an official Master Taster, carried the family's craft forward and helped shape the standards the whole region follows today.

Ermes Malpighi, third generation of the family business

Today

Massimo Malpighi, the fifth generation.

Since 1997, Massimo Malpighi has led the family business, growing it into one of the world's most awarded vinegar houses while exporting to more than 70 countries.

Massimo Malpighi, fifth generation and current president of Acetaia Malpighi

Since 1989

The most awarded vinegar house in the world.

Over 30 prestigious international awards, from New York to Paris, London to Tokyo. A few of the highlights:

2026

Gran Oro, Vinavin International Quality Vinegar Competition

Traditional Balsamic Vinegar of Modena PDO Extravecchio awarded the Gold Medal and the "Gran Oro" distinction, the competition's highest honor.

2026

2 Gold Stars, Great Taste Awards

Balsamic Vinegar of Modena PGI Bordeaux recognized by the Guild of Fine Food among the world's finest food and beverage excellences.

2024

Chosen as a G7 institutional gift

Featured among 23 Italian corporate success stories in a volume presented to the G7 as a testimony to Italian entrepreneurship.

2021

Best Luxury Balsamic Vinegar in the World

Saporoso received the Luxury Lifestyle Award in its category.

2015

Massimo Malpighi named a Knight of the Republic

Recognized with the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic for his work carrying the family tradition forward.

2000

1st place, Le Salon Saveur, Paris

Traditional Balsamic Vinegar of Modena DOP ranked best product on display, the same year it also won top honors at Cambridge, USA.

1989

1st Teaspoon d'Oro, Palio di San Giovanni

The family's first major award, and the start of a decades-long streak of international recognition.

The barrels

"More than 3,500 wooden barrels rest above the Malpighi family's acetaia, each one shaping the vinegar's character over years, sometimes decades, of patient aging."
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From must to barrel

A journey through wood, one barrel at a time.

Traditional Balsamic Vinegar of Modena is never rushed. It moves slowly through a battery of wooden barrels, each smaller than the last, over years or even decades.

01

Grapes are harvested and pressed for their must

02

The must is slow-cooked over an open flame

03

Poured into the largest barrel of the battery, traditionally oak

04

Aged for years, concentrating naturally as it evaporates

05

Topped up each year, moving barrel to barrel

06

Rested in progressively smaller woods: chestnut, cherry, mulberry, juniper

07

Tasted, blended, and bottled only when ready, sometimes decades later

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250mL Bottle of Acetaia Malpighi Platinum Balsamic Vinegar Of Modena IGP

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Platinum Balsamic Vinegar of Modena IGP, 250 mL

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Gold Balsamic Vinegar of Modena IGP, 250 mL

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Silver Balsamic Vinegar of Modena IGP, 250 mL

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Bronze Balsamic Vinegar of Modena IGP, 250 mL

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