EPICUREAN LIFE | The Pride of Puglia - Altamura Distilleries – Separating the Wheat from the Chaff!

“Every cloud has a silver lining and while the Covid-19 pandemic was the final curtain for an untold number of businesses across the world it was the genesis for two American entrepreneurs to create a business that is truly worth toasting – Altamura Distilleries. On his 50th birthday Frank Grillo, weary of the American rat race, vowed to move to Italy within the next ten years and enjoy life in the land of his ancestors.

The pandemic accelerated his timeframe and within five years the passionate cook and Italophile had moved with both his husband, Justin Breland, and best friend, Steve Acuna to Puglia, Italy. Some of his earliest memories are of the afternoon-long Sunday suppers with family in his grandmother’s New York home.”

Originally published on Epicurean Life