{"id":122420,"date":"2023-06-15T11:00:04","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T11:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altamuradistilleries.com\/diary\/the-drink-business-altamura-distilleries-goes-with-the-grain-to-make-pugliese-vodka\/"},"modified":"2023-06-15T11:04:07","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T11:04:07","slug":"the-drink-business-altamura-distilleries-goes-with-the-grain-to-make-pugliese-vodka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altamuradistilleries.com\/en\/in-the-news-en\/the-drink-business-altamura-distilleries-goes-with-the-grain-to-make-pugliese-vodka\/","title":{"rendered":"The Drink Business | Altamura Distilleries goes with the grain to make Pugliese Vodka"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; back_color=&#8221;color-xsdn&#8221; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;189548&#8243; back_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221; row_height_pixel=&#8221;650px&#8221;][vc_column column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; position_vertical=&#8221;middle&#8221; align_horizontal=&#8221;align_center&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;2&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;113031&#8243;][uncode_info_box items=&#8221;Date&#8221; el_class=&#8221;press-date&#8221;][vc_separator sep_color=&#8221;color-lxmt&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;134666&#8243; sep_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221; el_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; el_height=&#8221;1px&#8221;][vc_custom_heading auto_text=&#8221;yes&#8221; heading_semantic=&#8221;h1&#8243; text_size=&#8221;&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;132993&#8243; el_class=&#8221;press-new&#8221;]This is a custom heading element.[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_row_inner row_inner_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;934638&#8243;][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; position_horizontal=&#8221;left&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;118182&#8243;][vc_single_image media=&#8221;122409&#8243; media_width_percent=&#8221;75&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;995277&#8243;][vc_button button_color=&#8221;accent&#8221; size=&#8221;btn-sm&#8221; wide=&#8221;yes&#8221; outline=&#8221;yes&#8221; border_width=&#8221;0&#8243; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedrinksbusiness.com%2F2023%2F06%2Faltamura-distilleries-goes-with-the-grain-to-make-pugliese-vodka%2F|target:_blank|&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;842389&#8243; button_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221;]Original Post[\/vc_button][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; align_mobile=&#8221;align_center_mobile&#8221; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;103269&#8243;][vc_column_text text_lead=&#8221;yes&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;260313&#8243; el_class=&#8221;article-extra&#8221;]<strong><em>db<\/em>\u00a0speaks to Altamura Distilleries managing director Frank Grillo to discover how the brand is utilising Puglia\u2019s ancient wheat varieties to create vodka, Italian style.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Despite his Sicilian heritage and sharing a surname with one of the island\u2019s best-known grape varieties, US-born Grillo is blazing a trail for spirits, rather than wine, in Puglia, rather than Sicily. 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