Region: Friuli-Venezia Giulia
The Nonino Distilleries, unique in the world, consist of five artisanal distilleries, each with 12 exclusive batch steam stills for the production of the inimitable Nonino Distillates, respecting the tradition and the rhythms of true craftsmanship. The Nonino Family personally takes care of the purchase of the primary products and follows the various phases of distillation to guarantee the maximum quality of the distillate.
The Nonino Grappa, aged and Riserva, have always followed natural aging in barriques and small casks under seal and permanent surveillance by the Customs and Monopoly Agency in the 7 Grappa Ageing Warehouses of the Nonino Distilleries and are bottled without color additives. All ingoing and outgoing movements of Grappa, ÙE® and fruit Distillates subject to aging are traceable in the Nonino registers certified by the Customs and Monopoly Agency.
Today the 7 Grappa Nonino Ageing Warehouses (M.I.G.) contain 2455 barriques and small casks of Nevers, Limousin, Grésigne and ex–Sherry oak, and Acacia, wild Cherry, Ash and Pear wood, traditional toasting and Nonino artisanal protocol.
27 January 2020
In the night of 27 January 2020, at the prestigious Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, there was the gala evening for the awarding of the twentieth edition of the Wine Enthusiast Wine Star Awards, the most important international award of Wine&Spirits in the world in the sector of wine and spirits.
To make this ceremony special for Italy there was the presence of the Nonino Distillery from Percoto, the first Italian distillery and the first Grappa brand to be awarded in twenty years in the section “Spirit Brand / Distiller of the Year 2019”.