Altamura 意大利调酒赛落幕：佛罗伦萨调酒师 Collovigh 以咸鲜版 Satan's Whiskers 夺冠
Altamura Distilleries Crowns Michael Collovigh Champion
Altamura Distilleries 调酒赛 2026 意大利赛区冠军出炉：佛罗伦萨 Gucci Giardino 的调酒师 Michael Collovigh 凭作品 The Devil's Trencadís 夺冠。决赛 10 月 9 日在佛罗伦萨 Locale Firenze 决出，他击败另外四名决赛选手，奖品是 2027 年全年代表品牌出席国际酒吧活动。这款酒是经典 Satan's Whiskers 的咸鲜变奏：以 Altamura 伏特加配干味美思、鲜橙汁与菊苣基底的 Les Conspiracions 糖浆（经两种酶处理以提升风味萃取、去除苦味），再以甜菜根提取物、味噌水与酱油推向咸鲜；可直饮（Nick & Nora 杯）或加冰，无装饰。酒名借加泰罗尼亚 trencadís 碎瓷拼贴技法喻意重组经典。该赛事今年第二届，先在意大利举行四场半决赛；评委包括巴塞罗那 Paradiso 的 Giacomo Giannotti、悉尼 Maybe Group 的 Stefano Catino、纽约 Employees Only 的 Frank Maldonado、广州 Hope & Sesame 的 Tommy Wong 与 2025 年冠军 Giorgia Fornaciari。Altamura 伏特加以普利亚 Altamura 硬粒小麦蒸馏、三次蒸馏、43% 酒精度装瓶。
Michael Collovigh of Gucci Giardino in Florence has won the Altamura Distilleries Competition 2026: Italian Edition with The Devil’s Trencadís, a savory twist on the Satan’s Whiskers cocktail. The victory, decided on 9 October at Locale Firenze, earns him a year representing the brand at international bar events throughout 2027.
Collovigh beat four fellow finalists to claim the title.
His winning serve pairs Altamura Distilleries Vodka with dry vermouth, fresh orange juice and a radicchio-based Les Conspiracions cordial, treated with two enzymes to boost flavor extraction and strip out bitterness. Beetroot extract, miso water and soy sauce then push the drink into savory territory.
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“Michael’s drink is exactly what this competition exists for,” said Lorenzo Di Cola, international head of brand at Altamura Distilleries. “Beetroot, miso and soy have no business sitting this comfortably alongside vodka, but the savoury, peppery character of our durum wheat ties them perfectly together.”
The name nods to trencadís, the Catalan mosaic technique made famous by Gaudí, in which broken fragments are rearranged into new compositions.
In keeping with the original from The Savoy Cocktail Book, the drink can be served two ways: straight up in a Nick & Nora glass, or curled, on the rocks. True to form, there is no garnish.
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Now in its second year, the competition ran four semi-finals across Italy before the final.
The judging panel was drawn from several of the world’s most celebrated bars. It featured Giacomo Giannotti of Paradiso in Barcelona, Stefano Catino of Sydney’s Maybe Group, Frank Maldonado of Employees Only in New York, Tommy Wong of Hope & Sesame in Guangzhou, and 2025 champion Giorgia Fornaciari of the Stravinskij Bar in Rome.
Di Cola added: “Italy is producing some of the most exciting bartenders in the world, and we can’t wait to put Michael in front of an international audience in 2027.”
Collovigh said he approached the serve like a chef. “I wanted to build a drink the way a chef builds a dish, layer by layer, and Altamura gave me the perfect canvas,” he said.
“To win in front of a panel like this, made up of bartenders I’ve looked up to for years, is incredible,” he added.
Altamura Distilleries Vodka is distilled entirely from Altamura durum wheat grown in Puglia, the grain behind the PDO-protected Pane di Altamura. Triple distilled and bottled at 43% ABV, it carries official tasting notes from the brand of aniseed, cracked pepper and lemon zest. The brand is Official Vodka Partner of The World’s 50 Best Hotels.
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