The Nonino distillery bottles exclusively Grappa and distillates made from fresh raw materials which have been distilled using the artisanal method in their own batch steam stills at Ronchi di Percoto. The Nonino aged Grappa and distillates are bottled after a natural aging process in barrels, without the addition of flavours and/or caramel. I should say at once that making money has never been our primary motivation, even in an age when profit appears to be the universal measure of success. Our overriding goal is constant improvement as we strive relentlessly after quality and innovate to make the best grappa in the world, in full respect of the territory and its culture: a grappa so fragrant with the aromas of its grape that it seduces even the most discriminating consumers. My story is one of a life lived with rabid passion, determination and the sheer joy of being alive. It tells of a succession of interlinked, closely interdependent events that in the end enabled us to achieve what in the early 1960s looked impossible: the transformation of Grappa from a Cinderella into the Queen of Spirits!