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|type=Grappa

|manufacturer=Nonino

|origin=Friuli, Italy

|introduced= 19th century

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Nonino is a small Italian company that is a producer of grappa. Nonino is also the name of the family that owns and runs the brand Nonino Grappa. The first Nonino distillery was founded by Orazio Nonino in Ronchi di Percoto, Pavia di Udine, in the Friuli region in northeastern Italy, in 1897.{{cite web | title=Nonino: la storia della famiglia che ha rivoluzionato il mondo della grappa! | website=Grappa Nonino | date=3 January 2025 | url=https://www.grappanonino.it/storia-famiglia-nonino/ | language=it | access-date=11 January 2025}}

The company is led by Gianola Nonino, wife of Benito Nonino—the great-grandson of Orazio Nonino (the fourth generation), who led the company to achievements and made its Nonino Grappa famous among the celebrities of Italy.{{Cite web|url=https://www.marketwatchmag.com/grappas-true-artisan/|title=Grappa's True Artisan |website=Market Watch|date=20 November 2017 }}[https://www.grappanonino.it/app/uploads/2019/11/Wine-Enthusiast-articolo.pdf "Spirit Brand of the Year"] Nonino has won several prizes, and innovated in the field of grappa production. In 1973, Nonino became the first company to produce a commercial grappa from a single grape variety by creating a liquor using only the Picolit grape. In 1984, the company produced the first whole-grape distillate, which they marketed as Ue.

Nonino also founded the {{ill|International Nonino Prize|it|Premio Nonino}} literary prize. The prize was founded in 1975.{{Cite web|url=https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/news/michael-pollan-wins-the-nonino-prize-in-italy|title=Curtis Brown|website=www.curtisbrown.co.uk}}

Serving suggestions

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Grappa bottles should be stored upright.{{Cite web|url=https://www.diffordsguide.com/encyclopedia/982/bws/how-to-store-and-how-to-serve-grappa|title=How to store and how to serve grappa|website=www.diffordsguide.com}} Usually, Italian households serve grappa frozen, giving it an icy, crisp taste, while the Instituto Nazionale Grappa recommends serving young grappa at between 9 and 13 degrees Celsius, and riserva at around 17 degrees.{{cite web | title=Köstliche Grappa-Kreationen aus Norditalien | website=Banneke | date=28 June 2022 | url=https://www.banneke.com/blog/nonino-grappa-koestliche-grappa-kreationen-aus-norditalien/ | language=de | access-date=11 January 2025}}

Grappa is typically served in Italy as a "digestive" (after-dinner drink), to aid in the digestion of heavy meals.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/life/2015/04/21/why-not-sip-glass-grappa-after-dinner/31282469/|title=Vic Poulos: Why not sip a glass of grappa after dinner?|first=Vic|last=Poulos|website=El Paso Times}} It is often also used as a folk remedy in Italy for toothache, bronchitis, rheumatism, or indigestion.

International Nonino Prize

Nonino founded the {{ill|International Nonino Prize|it|Premio Nonino}}, originally designed to award and preserve Friulian traditions but which has developed into a prestigious literary prize.{{Cite web|url=https://tiranatimes.com/?p=135341|title=Ismail Kadare wins Nonino 2018 prize in Italy|date=12 January 2018}} The prize was founded in 1975.

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References

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External links

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  • {{Official website|https://www.grappanonino.it/en}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070310070725/http://www.italtrade.com/spotlight/nonino.htm Article on Nonino on Italtrade]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20100612210537/http://www.aspri.org/brand.php?brand=Nonino,_Grappa_Monovitigno,_IL_Merlot&key=VkZkd1ZtVm5QVDA9 "Grappa Monovitigno, IL Merlot"], at Aspri Spirits website
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20100710151331/http://www.sommelierindia.com/blog/2010/07/nonino_grappa_-_italys_elixir.html "Italy's elixir"], at Sommelier India website

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Category:Distilleries in Italy

Category:Companies based in Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Category:Italian companies established in 1897

Category:Grappa

Category:Pavia di Udine

Category:Food and drink companies established in 1897

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