The Nonino family can trace their involvement in the production of Grappa to 1897. The key date, however, is 1st December 1973, when Benito and Giannola Nonino revolutionised the method of producing and marketing Grappa by creating for the first time a single varietal style, known as Monovitigno Nonino, distilling the pomace of the Picolit grape on its own –flying in the face of generations of mass production. Overnight success followed both in Italy and overseas and spawned many imitators in Italy but none able to match the quality of product that Nonino offer. Other single varieties followed and we list several.
More innovation followed in 1984 when in the pursuit of the finest fruit spirit – having been inspired by a trip to the Black Forest in Germany – the Nonino family produced the first whole grape distillate UÈ, we are listing the Muller Thurgau Cru. The Nonino family continue only to use the artisinal batch distillation stills created by Benito, which produce small quantities of outstanding quality distillate, a million miles away in aroma and flavour from those Grappa’s produced by the industrial, continuous method.
