 Finalists Announced In World's First Grappa Mixology CompetitionTop Florida bartenders will showcase their talent at Beaker & Gray for a chance to compete at the national level to win trip to Italy with Distillerie Bonollo Umberto
By: Gra'it Grappa MIAMI - Dec. 8, 2016 - PRLog -- The ten finalists have been announced for the Miami round of The Gra'it Challenge, a five-city competition that will award seven national winners a 10-day trip to Italy. Gra'it, co-created by Distillerie Bonollo Umberto and Luca Fabris, CEO of DBU USA Inc., Bonollo's U.S. subsidiary, is the world's first grappa specifically created for use in cocktails and the world's first grappa brand to organize a mixology competition for grappa.
A panel of nationally recognized judges, including Camper English, Julie Reiner and Vincenzo Marianella, selected the ten winning cocktail recipes from nearly 50 submissions. The chosen bartender finalists are: 1. Hector Acevedo 2. Marc Volpicelli 3. Nicholas Notarpole 4. Philip Khanderish 5. Joshua LaBrada 6. David Grossman 7. Gregory Goldstein 8. Giorgia Crea 9. Josue Romero 10. Estafania Fernandez They will prepare their Gra'it cocktails live, with a narrative explaining their alchemy, in front of Miami's regional judges Julio Cabrera, Cesar E. Diaz and Jamie Evans. EVENT INFORMATION LOCATION: Beaker & Gray, 2637 N Miami Ave, Miami, FL 33127 TIME: 1 PM till 5 PM PRODUCER: Gra'it Grappa/Distillerie Bonollo Umberto, USA NOTE: Media are invited to attend, but asked to contact Jenifer Mangione Vogt at 561.961.9136 to arrange interviews and photo/video. Fabris said, "With so many talented bartenders in the Spirits industry who've elevated the profession to a form of art, we're enthusiastic to see how they creatively interpret Gra'it using our unique code of alchemy." Ben Potts, co-owner of Beaker & Gray and a nationally recognized bartender, said, "The Gra'it Challenge attracted Florida's best and brightest in the industry with something which is truly new, essentially a new ingredient — because this is not your traditional Italian grandfather's grappa — and it lends itself to many creative expressions." After the Miami Challenge, The Gra'it Challenge will continue in New York, Los Angeles, Austin and Chicago. Skilled bartenders and mixologists in the U.S. can submit a recipe for a unique cocktail that uses Gra'it as its base ingredient at http://www.grait.it/ Frequent updates about The Gra'it Challenge can be found at http://www.grait.it and by following The Gra'it Challenge on social media @GraitChallenge and by using #GraitChallenge. About Gra'it Gra'it was co-created by Distillerie Bonollo Umberto and Luca Fabris, CEO and partner of DBU U.S.A., Bonollo's U.S. subsidiary. It's a straw-colored, smooth, modern grappa with light aromas of fresh and dried fruits distilled from the pomaces of the seven finest Italian grapes, including Brunello (Sangiovese) End
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