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Nardini Raises The Bar For Grappa

Nardini, Italy’s oldest distillery, is launching an ultra-premium grappa range aimed at setting a new quality threshold for the country’s national spirit. Called ‘Selezione Bortolo Nardini’ in honour of the distiller who founded the family-owned brand in 1779, the new line includes an elegant ‘Bianca Extrafina’ and ‘Le Ramate’ – three extraordinary barrel-aged Riserva products.Continue reading “Nardini Raises The Bar For Grappa”

The Bassano Bar @ PizzaExpress Launches ‘Bassano Aperitivo Season’

Pop-up innovators Bassano Events and their Manchester venue, The Bassano Bar @ PizzaExpress located on First Street, are launching a tasting calendar of Italian aperitivo over the next two months. Focusing on Distilleria Nardini, the namesake of the bar name Bassano with its origins from Bassano del Grappa in Northern Italy, guests will enjoy oneContinue reading “The Bassano Bar @ PizzaExpress Launches ‘Bassano Aperitivo Season’”

The Bassano Bar and PizzaExpress To Partner Up in Manchester This Summer

The nation’s favourite restaurant chain PizzaExpress and pop-up innovators Bassano Events have joined together to bring ‘The Bassano Bar @ PizzaExpress’ to Manchester. Opening June 21st at PizzaExpress’s First Street restaurant, the modern Italian cocktail bar concept will be a first for the North of England after it follows last summer’s successful debut for TheContinue reading “The Bassano Bar and PizzaExpress To Partner Up in Manchester This Summer”

For The Love of Italy: Giuseppe, Simone, Davide.

Just received this from the ever popular London Sessions, and one of my brands will be in attendance with Guiseppe Gallo in Nardini Rabarbaro and Amaro, so if you’re a bartender, what more of an excuse do you need to go?! Introducing For the Love of Italy, an ode to all things Italian with three ofContinue reading “For The Love of Italy: Giuseppe, Simone, Davide.”

Guiseppe Gallo And Bar Termini Present: Cafe Italia

London Cocktail Week Hub at Spitalfields Market Thursday 8 October – Saturday 10 October 2015 Open from 12 midday to 9.30pm everyday The authority on Italian spirits Giuseppe Gallo has joined forces with Bar Termini, London’s most authentic Italian coffee and cocktail bar co-founded by pioneering drinks creator Tony Conigliaro, to create Café Italia, theContinue reading “Guiseppe Gallo And Bar Termini Present: Cafe Italia”

This year I’ve dabbled a little into the low ABV scale of the drinks world, due mainly in part to Mal Spence, owner of the Kelvingrove Cafe in Glasgow. He partnered with Emporia Brands, a UK distribution company, to promote their range of Italian products, primarily from the Nardini family, to bartenders and have themContinue reading “Nardini”