Awards & Certifications

ISW - Internationaler Spirituosen Wettbewerb

IWSC - International Wine & Spirit Competition

Bibenda - 5 Grappoli

Authorized Economic Operator

Distilleria G. Bertagnolli was recognized as an AEO, that means Authorized Economic Operator. The growth of global trade and increasing security threats to the international movement of goods have forced Customs administrations to shift their focus more and more to securing the international trade flow and away from the traditional task of collecting customs duties. An AEO is defined as: “a party involved in the international movement of goods in whatever function that has been approved by or on behalf of a national Customs administration as complying with WCO or equivalent supply chain security standards. Authorised Economic Operators include inter alia manufacturers, importers, exporters, brokers, carriers, consolidators, intermediaries, ports, airports, terminal operators, integrated operators, warehouses and distributors ” Another guarantee for our clients of Bertagnolli 's quality and passion, enclosed in each bottle.

Istituto Tutela Grappa del Trentino

The official institute for the certification of origin and distinction of this product, brands Bertagnolli Grappa “TrentinoGrappa”. This confirms that Bertagnolli Grappa is the result of steady improvements in the distillation system, in order to reach only the best aromatic compounds and sensory characteristics of the distilled spirits. This certification also confirms that “TrentinoGrappa” is produced with pomace only coming from the region of Trentino with a perfect distilling process that has been verified from both chemical and organoleptic point of view and therefore being a natural and safe product.

Customs Credibility

January 9 th 2008 the Distillery G. Bertagnolli has been honored in Bolzano by the Custom Agency with the certificate of reliability released following a customs audit. Just 16 are the firms in Trentino Alto Adige region that have faced and old with success the customs audit, among which Bertagnolli represents the only certified distillery. This community certification is applied to the economic operators and their commercial partners, qualifing in comparison to the other operators, in how much held reliable and sure in the chain of production and supply. Particularly, community reliability is recognized following special check of the agency of the Customs to whom proves the respect of the customs obligations, the respect of the anticipated criterions for the bookkeeping system and the financial solvency. Another guarantee for the consumers of Grappa Bertagnolli.

CSQA ‘IFS Food’ mark

Innovation within tradition, and commitment to improving quality standards are the mainstay of the company philosophy of the award-winning G Bertagnolli Distillery. Their numerous efforts made in this regard have been rewarded with the receipt of the IFS Food certification issued by CSQA, with the highest rating: Higher Level version 6, of April 2014.

This certification, recognised both Europe-wide and globally, is a standard relating to food security that aims to strengthen and promote food security throughout the whole supply chain.

Its main elements are:

• adoption of good practice adoption of the HACCP system
• adoption of a well-documented quality management system
• standard monitoring of: working environment; products; production processes and employee well-being
• existence of appropriate specifications for:
  • raw materials (including packaging materials)
  • end products
  • intermediate/part-processed products (where requested)
  • supplier monitoring
  • site position
  • generation, collection and disposal of waste
  • hygiene standards and provision of hygiene facilities for employees
  • process inspections

Welcoming Certificate

Distillery Bertagnolli has been certified with the five gold leaves from the Wine Tourism Movement. In these times where more and more the Wine Tourism is increasing, a similar certificate guarantees a further assistant value to recognized the business receptive ability. How many more grapevine leaves are released to the firm, so more remarkable and meaningful it is the offered service.

The Firms are classified in 4 levels:

• First level, three leaves of grapevine green color
• Secondo I level, four leaves of grapevine green color
• Third level, five leaves of grapevine green color
• Super Level, five leaves of grapevine gold color

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