Benito Nonino, the person who remodeled grappa has died

Benito Nonino, the person who remodeled grappa from a tavern liqueur right into a refined product, died final night time. He was 90 years outdated, and collectively along with his spouse, Giannola, he had remodeled the small household enterprise that produced ‘sgnapa’ right into a model recognized all through the world. Benito Nonino died in his firm residence in Percoto (Udine), the city the place he was born on February 6, 1934.

Benito and Giannola, an inseparable couple, have three daughters, Antonella, Cristina and Elisabetta who work within the firm, in addition to some granddaughters. Passionate in regards to the distillery since he was a baby, in 1973 he made the primary grappa “Monovitigno Picolit”. A shy however lively man, pressured to be in a wheelchair for a while, even yesterday afternoon he requested to be taken to the distillery.

Over time and with the expansion of the model nationally and internationally, Benito and Giannola created the eponymous Nonino Prize, which has a jury of excessive worldwide cultural stage and which through the years has awarded over 5 writers who would later obtain the Nobel Prize.