Andrea Giraldo

27 mag 2025
Tempo di lettura: 3 min

Aggiornamento: 27 mag

Andrea Giraldo: Sun, Craft and a New Vision of Italian Mixology

There are bartenders who mix drinks. And then there are those who tell stories through them. Andrea Giraldo belongs firmly in the second category.

Originally from Pisa, Andrea's obsession with the bar world began before he even understood what it meant — a child transfixed by the colourful bottles lining supermarket shelves, already drawn to something he couldn't yet name. Years later, after a detour through the commercial world, a chance encounter with mixology — helping out a close friend — changed everything.

The path led him to Milan. First as Head Bartender at The Doping Club, where he spent three formative years sharpening his technique and developing his voice. Then, a new chapter: the opening of Casa Tobago, where he continues to lead the bar with the same infectious energy that defines everything he does.

When Amaro Today and Distilleria Valverde came knocking, Andrea said yes without hesitation — and delivered three original cocktails that celebrate Amaro di Langa and Servan Dry Gin with the kind of precision and personality that only comes from someone who truly loves what they do.

Welcoming, contemporary and full of character. Just like him.

Casa Tobago

Steps from where the legendary Plastic once stood, Casa Tobago is a restaurant and cocktail bar that quietly redefines what a night out in Milan can feel like. No industrial excess, no performative cool — just warmth, quality and a space that makes you want to stay.

Across 450 square metres, including 200 of open-air terrace, the venue was designed by Alessandro Cesario and Christian Brigliadoro — a deliberate blend of colonial references, British rock energy and exotic touches that feels entirely its own. The bar, led by Alberto Corvi, serves cocktails built on artisanal ingredients and house-made preparations. The kitchen, under chef Tommaso Croci, celebrates the grill — selected meats, chorizo, skewers and fresh fish, cooked with honesty and care.

Quality, atmosphere, conviviality. Casa Tobago delivers all three.

Servan Dry Gin

Named after the Servan — the mischievous folk spirits of Langa legend, said to wander the hills awakening dreams and desires — Gin Servan is a product that wears its origins with pride.

Its most distinctive ingredient: the Piedmont IGP Hazelnut, grown in Cortemilia, the very land where the distillery was born. Warm, enveloping and unmistakably Italian, the hazelnut brings a quiet complexity that balances the other botanicals with effortless elegance.

Because isn't distillation, when you think about it, just another form of magic?

Distilleria Valverde

Some stories don't need embellishment. The story of Distilleria Valverde is one of them.

It began in 1973, when a young oenologist named Carlo decided to stop dreaming and start building — founding a small company dedicated to liqueurs and grappas in the heart of the Langhe. Decades later, the business has grown alongside his family, but the spirit has never changed: tradition as foundation, innovation as direction.

The Valverde philosophy is rooted in what the Italians call saper fare — the art of knowing how. Every product is a quiet act of craft: balance between taste and aroma, precision in technique, recipes guarded with the kind of care that only comes from genuine pride.

Amaro di Langa and Gin Servan are its two defining expressions — genuine, refined and inseparable from the territory that produced them.