WHY BUY ITALIAN WINES? 

Italian Wines are Better than Ever

In 2000, one study reported that wine sales in the U.S. market revealed that Italian imports were up 2.2 million cases, or 23%!

Sales are Booming!!

"WHY has Pinot grigio become so popular among British women?" Alessandro Botter wonders, has he holds a glass of the straw -coloured liquid up to the light at his state-of-the-art winery near Venice. "I wish I knew. Perhaps women like the light freshness of it, the perfume. Or perhaps it has just become fashionable - you know like Italian designer clothes." He grings. " All I know is, sales are booming".

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PINOT GRIGIO, THE NEW CHARDONNAY
From Richard Owen

Superior Wines from Northeast Italy

"The three northeastern regions, known collectively as the Tre Venezie or simply the Venezie, set the pace in Italy in the crafting of modern wines. Together they produce more classified wine than any other section of the country."

WHAT ELSE IS HERE?
Two of Italy's leading wine schools are here (at San Michele all'Adige in Trentino and Conegliano in the Veneto). The world's largest vine nursery is at Rauscedo in Friuli. The nation's most important wine fair, Vinitaly, is held each spring in Verona.

PINOT GRIGIO ... Appreciate its velvety touch and clean taste! 

2005: World wide sales of Pinot grigio have grown by 60 per cent this year, according to Wine Business Insider.

Company Name Casa Vinicola Botter Carlo
Vintage 2002
Format 750 ml
Color White
Category Still Wine
Country/Region Italy, Veneto
Type of Vine Pinot gris
Appellation Vini del Piave
Classification D.O.C.
Alcohol % 12 %
Sugar Rate 0-5 g/l

TASTING NOTES
This dry white wine is pale straw yellow in colour. The clean, intense aroma and dry flavour with pleasant citrine aftertaste make this Pinot a wine of character and versatility.

CULINARY SUGGESTIONS
Excellent as an aperitif, ideal accompainiment to seafood salads, fish-and shellfish-based pasta and rice courses. Perfect with white meats, boiled or grilled fish and with soufflè.

INTERESTED IN PURCHASING THIS PINTO GRIGIO? Contact Young-Min, DivinoWines@gmail.com

MERLOT 

Company Name Casa Vinicola Botter Carlo
Vintage 2002
Format 750 ml
Color Red
Category Still Wine
Country/Region Italy, Veneto
Type of Vine Merlot
Appellation Vini del Piave
Classification D.O.C.
Alcohol Percentage 12 %
Sugar Rate 0-5 g/l

TASTING NOTES
Ruby-red colour with an intense characteristic nose. It has a dry full flavour with slightly herbaceous undertones.

CULINARY SUGGESTIONS
A wine to drink with pasta dishes, seasoned sauces and meats. It is also ideal with fried chicken and livers.

INTERESTED IN PURCHASING THIS MERLOT?
Contact Young-Min, DivinoWines@gmail.com

ABOUT BOTTER 

Visit the BOTTER WINE web sites: STEP INTO OUR CELLAR and BOTTER WINES

Our vineyards are in the Piave doc area, just across the boundary line with Friuli, but we do not produce in Veneto only, we are expanding our confines with new products and that is why we have started a close cooperation with an important wine producer in Apulia.

We were not born yesterday. We've come a long, long way. All the way from 1928, in fact, when Carlo Botter, a wine merchant who traded in table wine for the Venetian patrician families decided to start his own business.

First a small winery, then a few more acres of land, until, over the years and with the help of his children and grandchildren, the Casa Vinicola Botter became the established wine producer it is today.

Perseverance and stubbornness were the first ingredient of our success. But the terroir has definitely had its own part.

Because the area of Italy where we are is a few kilometres from Venice and just this side of Friuli is a blessed area indeed. Or, rather, a land with a vocation, as those in the trade define it.

Today, the winery, managed by the third generation of Carlo Bottery's descendants, exports into 35 countries the world over. Our wines are in all the best wine shops as well as the large-scale retail trade.

COME VISIT BOTTER IN ITALY!! 

A Map of Where We are Located in Italy

STAY & STRAY IN ITALY
FROM BOTTER WINES: "You're very welcome to come and see us. You can visit our winery, taste our wines and get to know the wine making business from close up. Of course you might get distracted by the beauty of the surrounding area, with its art, history and civilisation. We'll take the risk. And you will also be able to enjoy the fabulous cuisine." Visit this site for some tips for those who want to stay and stray....

ABOUT OUR TOWN IN ITALY: Fossalta di Piave 

Fossalta di Piave is a modern residential centre, with all facilities equipped, as well as with elegant shops and comfortable houses. Fossalta di Piave

In this beautiful little town, Botter Wines has:
- Over 70 yrs of vineyard & production experience
- Introduced state-of-the-art technologies
- Stewardship of local environments
- Ongoing production and market development

19th century Villa Rossetto

ERNEST HEMINGWAY and BOTTER WINES 

Memorial to Hemingway
AS A VOLUNTARY WORKER FOR THE AMERICAN RED CROSS, HE WAS WOUNDED IN THE NIGHT OF JULY, 8TH 1918.

Perhaps you didn't know that Ernest Hemingway was one of winemaker Botter's first and best customers.

During the First World War, the eighteen year old Hemingway drove ambulances at Fossalta di Piave.

As you probably know, even as a young man, the future Nobel laureate loved "energetic" activities, such as hunting in the lagoon area, fist fighting and - of course - drinking.

Botter was just starting, and sold its wines to the local restaurants and through shops. One of their customers came "on behalf of an American soldier, great guy, a bit of a loudmouth, with a taste for good wine", particularly Pinot Grigio.

Hemingway stayed in Fossalta until he was injured and hospitalised in Milan.

After the war he came back to the Piave river area many times to go hunting and taste their Pinot Grigio. More on Botter

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway 

Buy this book and read the story inspired by Hemingways' experience in Fossalta di Piave.

THE REST OF THE STORY

After his recovery, Hemingway left the Red Cross and fought in the ranks of the Italian army till the armistice. From the war experience along the Piave river, he drew inspiration for the unforgettable pages of A Farewell to Arms (1st ed. 1929). After that experience, the writer often visited the lower Piave sites, as he was really fascinated by their beauty and also because he loved to hunt there.

A Farewell To Arms

by: Ernest Hemingway

Amazon Price: $10.20 (as of 12/02/2008)

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WINE EVENTS: HERE & THERE 

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