Bottega… A Boutique Bottle!

Bottega Gold… Does that ring a bell?

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It should. They were celebrating 15 years yesterday at Vinitaly. Stunning packaging to match the bottle contents – award-winning Prosecco DOC Spumante!

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Anna Pesenti (right), mastermind of packaging and promotion, with Claudia Gambin, Export Manager

Anna Pesenti is a mover and shaker and one of the Donne del Vino (Women of Wine). She loves shiny things, and was proud to show off the Bottega signature bottles.

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Yours truly in the golden stand of Bottega
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A smiling (and who wouldn’t be?) Stefano Bottega (the one without the hat!!!)

My favorite, with 3000 crystals:

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Doesn’t that just scream bubbly? Prosecco is such a party wine…

Thank you, Bottega, and… Happy Anniversary!

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Suzanne Branciforte

has one foot firmly planted on either continent
is New York born and Harvard educated
is Italian and American and Italian-American
has resided on the Italian Riviera for the past 15 years
has a Masters degree and a Ph.D. from UCLA
is a writer, translator and interpreter
interpreted for the President of the Bundesbank and Nobel Prize winning economists and authors
is the author of the international best-selling textbook Parliamo italiano!
has lived extensively in California, France and Italy
knows that good wine doesn’t grow in ugly places
is convinced that living is your greatest work of art