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
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
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
Speaker:
Paul Hlesko, founder of FEW Spirits and American Craft Spirits Association (USA)
15:00 – 15:50
Producing gins and spiritson 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
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"
