AIR MILES
Business Traveller UK|September 2023
FRANK GRILLO is managing director of Altamura Distilleries, which produces vodka from wheat in Puglia.
AIR MILES

WHY SWAP ATLANTA FOR PUGLIA?

My whole family is of Italian American descent and I always wanted to live in Italy. It hit me one day that no one really cared where I was as long as I showed up on the Zoom work call. We settled on Puglia because it has good weather, great beaches, good airport access, and great financial incentives for non-EU citizens to move here.

WHAT INSPIRED THE CREATION OF ALTAMURA DISTILLERIES?

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