I haven't tried it yet but it's hard to miss the ads for Fragoli,a strawberry liqueur. The bottle is stuffed with small dark red strawberries suspended in the liqueur. The company promises that each pour, from first to last, will release an equivalent amount of little strawberries into each glass. The recommended drink is Fragoli and Prosecco in proportions similar to that of a Kir Royale. It sells for $35.99 in a package with a pair of Champagne flutes.

The maker of Italy's popular aperitif Campari has linked up with Italian coffee company Illy on a new coffee liqueur product called Illyquore. Guaranteed to give the Starbucks coffee liqueur and Kahlua a run for their money, the liqueur is to be launched in Italy in July and in the rest of the world in 2009. The new liqueur has adopted Illy's Arabica coffee taste without any additives. Illy will retain the brand rights and Campari will distribute.

Liqueurs from LOFT Liqueurs appear to have it going on from all angles: they come in decadent and unique flavors (i.e. Lavender, Lemongrass, and Spicy Ginger), they're handcrafted in small batches, and they're the first liqueurs in the country to be 100% certified organic.

Just two years ago LOFT Liqueurs was started by two women, Lisa Averbuch and Sabrina Moreno-Dolan, and was originally born through Lisa's experimentation with a random limoncello recipe. Besides the 3 standard flavors LOFT is looking to expand, starting with seasonal flavors like Tangerine and Blueberry. Look for LOFT Liqueurs in restaurants in California and you can buy them online here for $29.99/bottle.

Via Mighty Foods

These days biscotti come in many flavors but the traditional Italian biscotti often have a nut and anise flavor. Faretti Biscotti Famosi liqueur has a recipe based on nuts, fennel, citrus and caramel. The multilayered flavors mean that it can be paired with a wide variety of desserts or used in cream-based cocktails. The base of the liqueur is vodka and it is sweetened with beet sugar. The sweet treat sells for around $30 a bottle.

Combier Liqueur d'Orange, the clear and all-natural orange liqueur initially created in 1834, has finally made it to the States. Combier's artisinal crafted orange liqueur is made from fresh orange peels from the West Indies, sugar beets from the fields of Normandy and the family's secret ingredients from the Loire Valley. Combier uses a triple-distillation process distilling the ingredients in the same century-old copper stills first used by the Combier family itself. The liqueur sells for around $40.

There are as many different kinds of Valentines as there are ways to celebrate. While candy is dandy, we all know that liquor is quicker, and if you are creative, it can be pretty romantic. The act of mixing a cocktail, the measuring and shaking and combining,pouring it into the perfect glass and garnishing with just the right touch can show more care than just picking up a bouquet or a box of candy.

Everyone has their favorite tastes and so knowing what your Valentine, even if it's just a friend you are celebrating with, enjoys is key. Just as red roses are not everyone's favorite flower, not everyone swoons for a chocolate martini. And yet showing up with the same old bottle is no fun either. Showing up with something new gives you a chance to play and experiment. And it's easier than trying to bake something. It can even be lower calorie. For example, one ounce of the tempting new Cafe Boheme, a creme liqueur made with coffee French vodka with creme and vanilla has 75 calories. The liqueur, which is sweet without being cloying and doesn't have that oddly chalky taste I've noticed in some other creme liqueurs, can be used to make an espresso martini with vodka, a dollop of whipped cream and a garnish of chocolate covered coffee beans.

For wine pairing ideas for Valentine's Day check out the picks from Natalie MacLean here.

The gallery below includes ideas of liquors to choose for all kinds of evenings for the sweet and romantic, to the girls night in to the hot and spicy and even the right drink to bring your Gothic valentine.

The latest tequila-based import from Mexico is Espanta Suegras, a liqueur with herbal flavors that can serve as an aperitif or an after-dinner drink. The drink is based on an old family recipe that came to Mexico via Barcelona, Spain. Each bottle of Espanta Suegras comes with a blow out party favor which in Mexico are colloquially called "espanta suegras," literally meaning "the one for scaring off mothers-in-law." The new liqueur is currently available in Arizona, California, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, and Wisconsin, and will be available in additional states soon. It sells for around $30.

Put together Irish whiskey, French cognac, a bit of honey and you get Celtic Crossing liqueur, a honey-flavored liqueur from Ireland. The liqueur can be used in coffee or combined with soda. It's from Castle Brands, the same folks behind Boru Vodka and they have a new campaign called Get Connected which allows people to go on the website and share stories of how they discovered Celtic Crossing. The liqueur sells for around $20.

Elderflower liqueur sounds like something old and fusty but St. Germain Elderflower Liqueur is a French artisanal drink with a light taste. The flower and fruit notes and the mild sweetness make it an excellent summer quaff. Our friend Jonathan over at Slashfood tested it out a few months ago and listed some excellent recipes for cocktails using St. Germain. It's natural companion is a light white wine (sparkling or not) to which it adds a very refreshing tang. This and Prosecco would make a great apertif on a warm night. The bottle design makes it pretty appealing too. It can be found online for $27.99.

A few months ago, Danny DeVito appeared on The View in an inebriated state. At the time he blamed it on too many Limocellos with George Clooney. In what should be an April Fool's joke but is actually real, De Vito is coming out with his own line of the lemon-flavored Italian liqueur. Danny DeVito's Premium Limoncello is produced and bottled on an estate of lemon trees on Italy's Sorrento peninsula. His Limoncello is made from the zest of the lemon to create a 60-proof liqueur best served very cold or over ice. The Limoncello is bottled in a black bottle with a transparent lemon on the front and a 750ml bottle will be $23.99.

Are you ready for Zwack? Zwack is a Hungarian liqueur which is now being rolled out in the states courtesy of Diego North America. The liqueur was test marketed in Buffalo, New York and will be distributed in Ohio starting March 1. Zwack is known as Unicum in Hungary and has been made since the 1790s. It contains more than 40 herbs and is aged in oak casks aged for at least six months. It has a dark amber color and smells of herbs and citrus. It can be served as an appertif or a digestif and according to Internet Wines, which is selling it for $34 a bottle, the Hungarians steep prunes in it and serve the prunes with it. I'm guessing it probably tastes like a spicier version of Chartreuse. Anyone out there tasted Zwack yet?

I've sung the praises of various forms of the Macallan since Luxist began but apparently as a woman, I may be in the minority of women who find the single malt appealing. In order to appeal to female drinkers in the U.S. the Macallan has created Amber, a liqueur with maple and pecan flavors. The Scotsman reports that Amber is being tested in Washington, Denver and Seattle after small-scale trials in Boston. It may have met with resistance from some purists but one of my favorite experts, Kevin Erskine of The Scotch Blog seems to be a fan saying that it is "s sweet without being cloying at all." Amber can be found for between $30 to $35 at various outlets.

The story of Alizé says that the drink was created when a brandy maker fell in love with a jam maker and the two came together into a drink. More likely, this combination would have produced some boozy dessert a la Nigella Lawson, but that is neither here nor there. The drink claims to be the " original drink of love" and in honor of Valentine's Day, Alizé has commissioned a limited run of bottles that are completely covered in sparkling Swarovski crystals. Each bottle is £1000 (almost $2,000) and is filled with Rose Alizé, which is a blend of French Vodka, Cognac, passion fruit, strawberry, lychee and rose.