St. Agrestis
Sam Willhalm is a skilled sales specialist currently employed at St. Agrestis since January 2024. Previously, Sam served as a brand development and sales executive at Agua Mágica Mezcal from August 2022 to January 2024. Sam has extensive experience in the hospitality industry, holding bartender positions at notable establishments such as The William Vale and Eleven Madison Park, as well as serving as head bartender at Ennismore. Prior roles include bar lead at PALEY HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT, INC., and inventory generalist at Powell's Books. Sam's academic background includes a master's degree in Writing from Portland State University and a bachelor's degree in Writing from the University of Redlands.
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St. Agrestis
The St. Agrestis story starts well before our first bottle was produced. As the sons of an Italian immigrant father and first-generation Italian-American mother from Brooklyn, brothers Louis & Matt Catizone’s lives have always been consumed by fine Italian food, beverage and family. Growing up in North New Jersey, their school lunches didn’t have a peanut butter and jelly sandwich with the crust cut off and a can of cola, but instead soppressatta on Nonnina’s freshly baked pane with a small bitter Italian soda. Their first sip of amaro was from the Sunday dinner table, well before the digestivo gained the popularity it has today and at least a decade before they were of age to do so. It’s these influences that drove the brothers to team up alongside long-time friend and spirits industry leader Steven DeAngelo to bring St. Agrestis to Greenpoint, Brooklyn. From being the first to produce Amaro in New York City to developing the globally renowned non-alcoholic Phony Negroni®, St. Agrestis is a team of passion-driven disruptors reinventing ancient drinks through innovation.