Workshops Programme - Distillo/Spirits Events


                                                                                                                                                    

3rd Edition of Distillo

Workshops Programme - Distillo/Spirtis Events - Hall. 3

 

 

Tuesday 12 November

12:00 – 12:50

Grappa and Bitters, Italian Excellences

Speaker:
Sebastiano Caffo, president of the National Grappa Consortium, owner of the Fratelli Caffo Distillery and Vecchio Amaro del Capo 

 

13.00 – 13.50

How a producer can approach the market and distribution

Speaker:
Marco Callegari, Sales Area Manager Velier

 

14:00 – 14:50

Fermentation management for the production of distillates

Speaker:
Elena Fossati, New Product Development Manager, R&D tLallemand Biofuels & Distilled Spirits Montreal  (Canada)


15:00 – 15:50

Distillation and the numbers: 10 - 0 - 5 - 40 -50 -160. The advantages of the rotary vacuum distiller not only in low temperature distillations? How flavours change by "changing the numbers"

Speaker:
Simone Maci, Bartender, Clab Culture Distillery


16:00 – 16:50

Past, present and future of Italian Brandy: the parable of Italian brandy since the late 1800s and the opportunities for Italian artisanal brandy

Speaker:
Guido Fini Zarri, founder Brandy Villa Zarri

 

Wednesday 13 November

 10:00 – 10:50

Determination of alcohol content in spirit drinks on an as-is basis, without distillation

Speaker:
Mauro Bondesan, sales manager Anton Paar

Organised by  Anton Paar


11:00 – 11:50

The future of labelling: Artificial Intelligence arrives at the distillery

Speakers:
Emanuele Piva, Global Sales Director P.E. Labellers
Filippo Ghelfi, CTO 40Factory

Organised by P.E.Labellers



12:00 – 12:50

Planning, building and creating a solid craft association of distillers: working together to craft success for a new industry. Is the virtuous example in the US applicable to Europe and Italy?

Speakers:
Margie Lehrman, CEO American Craft Spirits Association (USA)
Paul Hlesko, founder of FEW Spirits and American Craft Spirits Association (USA)

 

13:00 – 13:50

Italian Gin round table

What are the strengths of Italian producers? Is it possible to build an Italian Gin brand or geographical indication?

With the participation of:
Eugenio Belli, Eugin
Matteo Biagini, Manifattura Italiana Spiriti 
Bruno Pilzer, Distilleria Pilzer
Francesco Bonazzi, Tripstillery
Stefano Arsuffi, Distilleria Orobica Autonoma
Stefano Cicalese, Fermenthinks

Moderator: Davide Terziotti, Craft Distilling Italy

 

14:00 – 14:50

Creating a brand in connection with consumers. The spirits market is very competitive and making a good product is not enough to be successful. How to create a direct connection with the consumer

Speaker:
Paul Hlesko, founder of FEW Spirits and American Craft Spirits Association (USA)

 

15:00 – 15:50

Producing gins and spirits on behalf of third parties

Speaker:
Stefano Cicalese, Fermenthinks

 

16:00 – 16:50

Venture capitals in the world of spirits.
How do you finance a project in the world of spirits? How can I attract capital and investors?


Speaker:
Paolo Dalla Mora, entrepreneur and founder Engine


17.00 – 17.50

Conscious design and a new approach for packaging materials.
Bloom by Talis, caps for 100% biobased spirits, features and state of the art

Speaker:
António Cesar Silva Ferreira , PhD, Innovation & Product Development Director Harv81 Group

organised by Cork Supply

 

Thursday 14 November

10:00 – 10:50

From the selection to the application of a specific yeast for Rhum, the success story in Guadeloupe. 
What is the process for selecting a yeast for a specific application?

Speakers:
Mattia Vairetti, product manager Enartis
Paolo Antoniali, Italian director Biotecnologie
Anna Ostrovskyj,  Rhum Consultant

Organised by Enartis

11:00 – 11:50

Building a Japanese whisky distillery "From farm to bottle". 
The genesis of the Kiyokawa distillery

Speakers:
Filippo Cannoni, BU Leader Spirits Omnia Technologies
Simone Martini, Global Area Sales Frilli
David Troiano, managing director Kiyokawa

organised by Omnia Technologies


12:00 – 12:50

How to internationalise a distillate from local, rural origins

Speaker:
Christian Drouin, Calvados Drouin (France)

 

13:00 – 13:50

Italian Whisky Round Table.
Is there an Italian way for whisky? What characterises an Italian whisky and differentiates it from the historical producer countries? The producers' point of view

Speakers:
Stefano Zanetto, Strada Ferrata
Mauro Dolzan, Villa de Varda
Enrico Chioccioli, Winestillery
Diego Assandri, Mulino Sassello
Werner Psenner, Distilleria Psenner
Sanzio Evangelisti, Mazzetti D'Altavilla

Moderators:
Eugenia Torelli, journalist Linkiesta Gastronomika, Corriere della Sera and VinoNews24
Claudio Riva, Whisky Club Italia

 

14:00 – 14:50

A success story, French whisky

Speaker:
Matthieu Acar, author of the book "Une histoire du whisky français"

 

16:00 – 16:50

Overview of the Italian and international market on spirits

Speaker:
Davide Terziotti, Craft Distilling Italy

 

Friday 15 November

12:00 – 12:50

Communicating spirits through packaging and design

Speaker:
Stefano Torregrossa (O,Nice! Studio) 


13:00 – 13:50

Italian Vermouth, a long history and a successful present

Speakers:
Valerio Bigano, author of "Once upon a time Vermouth"