Bonollo
Distilleries
With five plontssetout olong
the spineof the Apennines,
B o n o l l o D i s t i l l e r i e so r e
o m o n gt h e m o s ti m p o r l o n t
distilleries
in oenoEuropeon
produce
they
logicol field:
hectolì
obout200 thousond
qlcohol
tre obsoluleunils of
o n d o c q u o v ì t o ep e r y e o r ,
equivolentto 50 millionbotlevel.
ilesot consumer
Among the mosl importont
p r o d u c t i o n sw
, hi c h p l o c e
os world
BonolloDistìlleries
leoder,there is groppo, the
llolion ocquoviexclusively
t o e ; t h e n f o l l o w sb r on d y ,
which is sloredin ook vots
o n d b o r r e l sh o l d i n g1 8 0
(18 milthousond
hectoliters
lionlitres).
In orderlo preserveond refine olcoholond distilloles
the
c o m p o n yh o s o s l o r o g e
copocìtyof over 250 thou'
(75 million
sondhectolitres
litres)in steeltonks.
B e s i d e st h e p r o d u c t i o no f
olcoholicbeveroges,there
ore olsotortoricocid,which
i n o s h o r tt i m e p l o c e dt h e
c o m p o n yo m o n gt h ew o r l d
l e o d e r si n t h o t f i e l d ,o n d
h i g h - q u o l i tfye r t i l i s e rosn d
soilconditioners.
history
through
A couple
of steps
ponyo
, n d i n 1 9 7 ó ,B o n o l l o
The story of the Bonollo
sei fooi in Tuscony,
is notof copitolin
Distilleries
Distilleries
wherethe forriìo distillery,in
s e or c h o f o d v e n l u r e ,b u l
, os
l h e P r o v i n coel S ì e n ow
r o t h e ro f m e n ,o f o f " . i l y ,
b o u g h to n d r e s t y l e dA. f t e r
w h ì c hì s o l r e o d yì n ì t sf i f t h
borelyfour yeorshe slorled
genèrolion.
of o newplont
on thebuìlding
All of this stortedin Venelo
in Anogni,Podunioreo.This
holfof the
duringthe second
the fullymoture,
whenGiuseppe synthesizes
lostcentury,
of the
professionol
experience
ìhe oge old *odi
continued
ondthebelief
Bonollobrothers
tiono[ groppodistillìng.
thot quolifywill ploy o win
i, mon
I n 1 9 1 8 h, i ss o nL u i g o
Thisis
ningrolein thefuture.
with o bìg senseof enkepre
in
perhops*hy, stilìtodo, they
neurshìp,
setup o distillery
the mostodvonced
represenl
to work
Emilio,ot Formigìne,
with the frogrontLombrusco iechnologyin lhis sector,in
Itolyos well os obrood.Then
morc,
i n t h e n i n e t i etsh e r ew o s o
As theyeorswentb, thecomreturn10theposf:thebuilding
P O n yg r e w o n o o e c o m e
in Grevein
of o littledìstìllery
fomous
in thefìeldof liquors.
chiontiwhìchbrìngsbockto
Al the someìime the fomily
Melchiorre, t h e o r i g i n so f t h e B o n o l l o
grew:Giuseppe,
fomily,thonksto its techno, i t t o r i oo n d
A l b e r ì oL
, u i g iV
phì
logy,stillsond production
A b r o m o ,l h e p r e s e n td o y
rosopny.
owners of the Bonollo
wereborn.
Distilleries
in 1958,did whol
Giuseppe,
h ì s f o t h e rh o d d o n e f o r t y
yeorseorlier,ond builto new
d i s i ì l l e r yi n A n o g n i ,i n t h e
Fonlonooreo,wherehe could
develop'
counton iheconstont
menlof the centrol-southern
world.
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fotheros heod of lhe com
fhe stoter,entsin thè Pi.turc, the
oldert oneddtins bo.k to 1908,ore
the evidenceoÍ a hng loníly todi'
tionin g.opq disti ing,
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The six Bono o brcthere who hove
led their conpa\y to the prcsènt
dimension. Fron leh: ìÀèt<hiofte,
Abrono, Vittorìo, Alberto, Luigi and
in the <entu Aiuteppe Bonollo.
Bonollo
in Formigine
ln thisliitleEmilioniown,eight
kilometres owoy Irom
Modeno, the Bonollo
were founded,ond
Distìlleries
Heod
Offices
ore stillthere
the
lodoy.
plontcoverson
TheFormigine
metres
oreo of 29,000 sq,..rore
odministrotion,
ond comprises
wilh bor
ogeingworehouses
r e l so n d v o t s m o d e o f h i g h
quolìt'yook from Slovonioond
Fr o n c e ( t o l o l c o p o c i t y o f
neorly 100 ihousondhecblitres),stoinlesssteelbnks ftoto
copocil'yof 50 thousondhecond o liqueurproductolitres),
tion deportmentwilh bottling
plont.
,) Grapp, brandyand huit dquavt@
ore pockosed in hodi onol boíles
and valuedblownslasses.
Bonollo
inAnogni- Poduni
With o productive
copociiyo[
oround750 hectolitres
obso,
luteolcoholperdoy,thisis fie
biggestltolionplontproducing
groppo,ond oneof themoior
onesdistillingwine,fruitsond
cereols.
Thestorogecopocityreoches
neorly500 thousondhecùclit r e s( 5 0 m i l l i o nl i r r e s o
) nd
coverson oreo of I ó0,000
squoremeres.
Its buildingstortedin l98O
ftonksto the lotesttechnologi
col solulions
oimingto productionof quolityspiritsin 6.rll
sofetyboth for men ond the
environment.
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production
plont,hovingon
outputcopocityof 15 tonsper
doy, is thelirstin theworldto
opplyo technology
gronting
thecontinuous
ocidcrysiclliso,
tion.
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c o l c i u ms ul p h o t eo n d d r y
gropeskinscomplete
the productioncyclebecomingfe*ilizersondsoilconditioners.
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A production processíngs orc cor
rjed out uninteruptediy 24 houts o
Nohnol tcÌraú. ocid poduaíoa
denils. No nodÍÉcotionot the prinory che,nìr3,larucnrc occurs.fhe
tsw moutiol conez Èom gmpe
ond tonkt ro o higlh ttF/nda'dEdnobgf, tùe rcsvl È o tOCó purc
fltdu<r ated bi, ín dtahrîo.euri
.d ond M industry.
Agrkulturc Dìvision,having on our
put potentiolity ot 200 tons pel
doy, produ.èso widè rcngè oi pellet shoped Íertilizets, in.ludíns
Ìninèrc|-oryonic,oryonft ones and
'Fonlqno
inAnogni
Bonollo
in the
Firsfplontestoblished
Lotiumregion,recentlyreslor e d . l t ì n c l u d e so g e i n g
"ro.ehouses
holdingover 80
$ousondhectolitres
of brondy
i n o o k c o s k so n d s l o r o g e
with onotherI tO
worehouses
thousondhectosìn sloinless
steelshoretonks.
Ihe xqucvítoe disti ed by Boooo
Íínd in Fonrondthè best ageing
Iocotion:slovenion ook cosksond
wtl Freochak borrds and bani-
Bonollo
inTorrito
di Sieno
Situqted
in the oncìentheorl
of Tuscony,
it coverson oreo
of obout 40,000 squore
m e t r e so n d h o s o s t o r i n g
copocifyof oboutó0 thousond hectolitres.
Heremorc
wine
ond
ore distilledin both
continuous
ond discontinuous
in orderto obtoin
equipmenls
brondy,olcoholond groppo
ond, os by-products,
colcium
fortrofe,gropeseedsond dry
gropeskins.
A copperdiscontinuous
still
wos instolledin Torrito:it wos
designedond builton purposeto getselected
ocquovitoe.
Frcshhorvestedmsrc is obour b
entet the stìI. A hdgîont grcWo
will he drcwn out ol this.
Above: processinsroon with copper disconnnuous
stll.
cotunns ttèht ond done: nodern
and ancientlive tosethet in Toftitd
lo.tory .onfimiry the extrcodinory synthesis
oÍ tradit:renond innovotionot BonolloDistilleries.
Holdingin greotrespecllhe
ombitionsof Tusconvintners,
w h o e " e r d i s t ì l l e dg r o p p o
from their own grope morcs,
Bonollobuilto dislilleryon on
oreo of oboul 10,000squore
meontto
melres,especiolly
distillsmolllotsof ocquovitoe.
Following
the greotnineteenth
cènturytrodition,the stillsore
Thonkslo the
discontinuous.
six Combonisteomboilers,
whichconwork eitherwith or
w i t h o u tc o l u m n o, n d t o i t s
The dìsrtllanoo Ìoon with a Dflle
<ouldrons steon sti snd o boin'
boìn-moriestill providedwith
o vocuumdevice,Grevedistillerycon operotein sevendifferent woys to exploit the
peculiorrow-moterìols
own
feotures.
ln foctselected
brondiesond highquolitygrope
ore olso
ond fruit ocquovitoe
obtoined.
In ú,e heo o( Chiant o st of trc
geat groppo rodirion wos rcst*ed
Products
of theBonollo
Distilleries
Groppoondfruitocquovitae
t
Groppo, the noble exclusive
ltolion ocquoviloeis obtoined
by directdistiliotìon
o[ grope
skinscolledmorc.In order to
sotisfythe demondingcliente
le, BonolloDistiileries
usediffercntdistillotionmethodsot
ùe voriousplonts:in Anogni,
the conlinuousequipmeni,in
Greve,on eighteenth
century
siyledevice,whereosin Torrilo
they use both. fo iheseprod L J c lw
s e con odd the fruit
ocquovifoe,which reioin the
rich oromo profìleo[ theìrorig i n . A m o n g t h o s ed i s t i l i o t e s
the gropesocquovitoeexcells.
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Ihe renov/nedsrcppa, ftuit ond
wine o<quovitaeof the Bonollo
Disti eriet.
Alcohol
The high versotility
ond technologicolstondords
of Bonollo
Distilleries
moke it possibleto
extrocilorge quontitiesof row
neulrolond obsoluteolcohol
f rom differentolcohol-contoiningproducts.
Grope
seeds
Fromthetinyseedsheldin $e
g r o p e sp u l p , o n o i l w i i h
remorkoble
nutritiono/
volueis
exlrocted.ll oclsos o non choleslerologenic
ogent ond con,
toinso loi of vitomins.
Nofurol
turtoric
. l
ocro
Noturoltortoricocidproduced
by BonolloDistilleries
oddsto
on obsolutechemicolpurity
(occording
to the Rulesof Europeon Phormocopoeio,
of
UnitedStotesPhormocopoeio
ond Notionol Formuloryo[
FoodChemicolCodexond of
Oenologiques Internotionol
Codex)the ovoilobilityof o
wide choiceof groin ronges,
whichoptimisethe usein fine
chemistry
ond in phormoceuti
col preporotions.
Noturoltortoricocìd, integroted with specificonti-coking
ogenls,is used os retordonl
for plostersin the gypsumin
ousrry
Ferfilisers
Fertilisersproductioncloses
vineyordcyclebringingbock
to soillheprecioussubstonces
it hod givenoutto nourishthe
groPes.
Products
by Distillerie
Bonollo
ore beingmorketedunderthe
trodemork"Bonogrì".lt includes: biologicolfertilisers,
orgonic fertilisers
ond stondord
orgonic-minerol
fertilisers.
Quolitycontrol
Bornlrom precisecompony
philosophy
oimingto constont
cuslomer
sotisfoction,
quolity
controls
ore corriedout ihrough the mostupdotedonolyses
ot Bonolloloborotories.
As to
g r o p p o , b r o n d yo n d f r ui t
ocquoviloethe instrumentol
controlis completedby the
sensorìolone.
Controlof tortoricocid purity
i s c o r r i e do u t b y m e o n so f
spècificlob instrumentoltech
n i q u e sw h i c h c o m p l e t et h e
steodymonitoringin monufocfuíng process.
Fertilisersundergoo conslonl
p r o d u c t i o nc o n t r o l b e f o r e
occurotelob quolity onolyses
o n d c h e m i c o lp, h y s ì c ool n d
microbiologicol
teststoo.
TUIGI BONOTTO
G R A P P A
DOCUM EN T A T I O N
C E N T R E
A t t h e G r e v e d i s t i l l e r yi n
Chìontì,the first groppo infor
m o l i o n c e n l r ew o s s e l u p ,
offering reseorchers
ond ope
r o t o r s o n e x h ous t i v e d o l o
bonk for the hìstorìcol,
culturol, economicond contemporory ospectsof the notionol
o q u o v ì t o eT. h i s i m p o r l o n t
f o u n d o t i o ni s u n i q u eì n ì t s
kind ond beorsthe nome of
ìhe loundero{ the distilleries:
LuigiBonollo.