Italian Wine Podcast

Welcome to this special episode of the Italian Wine Podcast, Wine, Food & Travel With Marc Millon. Today, he is interviewing Giulia Castagner of Distilleria Castagner. More about today’s winery Master Distiller Roberto Castagner has been distilling Grappa since 1996. The family mission is to transform Italy’s traditional Grappa into a modern international spirit. Between Venice and the Dolomites, the distillery sits on the slopes of the Conegliano hills in the Province of Treviso, a strategically important area for the region's wine- growing. The Castagner family distillery is now one of the leading and most innovative distilleries in Italy. Giulia is Roberto Castagner's second daughter. With her siblings Silvia and Giovanni and her cousin Carlo she represents the second generation of the company. Before graduating in Marketing Management at Bocconi University in Milan, she moved to Boston MA where she worked as an intern for a wine and spirits importer/retailer. Meanwhile, she took the chance to write her gr