Cocktail cherries Luxardo Maraschino Cherries 400gr. The first Luxardo Maraschino Cherries were produced at the Luxardo plant in Zara around  1905, likely to be the first of their kind in the world. The Luxardo Maraschino Cherries are cherries candied with Marasca syrup, a fruit cultivated and processed by Luxardo for distilling its renowned Maraschino, and for preparing, by infusion, the Cherry liqueur "Sangue Morlacco".