Three tiered educational formats at the Poli Schiavon distillery, from a one-hour grappa foundations tasting (EUR10) to a three-hour barrel masterclass (EUR35). The only school-format grappa education in Veneto available in five languages. Mon-Sat 9:00-18:00.
Tip: The Wood Experience is the definitive grappa education for serious spirits students - barrel-aged and single-varietal vertical tasting included.
Fourth-generation grappa family since 1898. Three tiered tour formats run from a one-hour glass tasting to a three-hour barrel session. The Schiavon Grappateca holds approximately 2,000 historic bottles from the 1930s to 1980s by 440 distilleries.
Tasting: Glass Experience ~1h EUR10; Copper Experience ~2h EUR20; Wood Experience ~3h EUR35. Mon-Sat 9:00-13:00 and 14:00-18:00; Sun by request. Tours in IT, EN, DE, ES, FR
Tip: The Wood Experience (3 h) includes aged single-varietal grappas unavailable in the retail shop.
The second Poli museum at the Schiavon distillery holds the world's most significant historic grappa archive: approximately 2,000 regular-size bottles from 440 different producers, spanning the 1930s to 1980s. Accessible only through distillery tour bookings. The archive chronicles the evolution of Italy's grappa industry.
Tip: The 1940s-era bottles show how wartime alcohol restrictions shaped regional grappa styles - a unique material record.
Poli Distillery's flagship Wood Experience visits the Schiavon distillery production facility, tours the historic Grappateca archive (2,000 bottles 1930s-1980s), and ends with a barrel-side tasting of aged single-varietal grappas unavailable in retail. The most educational grappa immersion in Veneto. Available Mon-Sat in five languages.
Tip: The Grappateca includes 1940s-era bottles showing the character of pomace from pre-DOCG grape varieties no longer planted - an unrepeatable archive.