Owner/MD Sandro Bottega of the Italian winery and distillery bearing her family name attended the official inaugural event of the Bottega Lounge in Seoul’s Gangnam-Gu.

Opened in collaboration with a local partner, the lounge offers Italian Prosecco, Amarone della Valpolicella, Brunello di Montalcino, grappa and liqueurs.

The lounge also allows Seoul people to become familiar with Italian food, as well as other Asian, American and French cuisines.

Bottega is a family-owned company in Bibano, Treviso, (45km north of Venice) that has been producing premium Italian wines, grappa, spirits and food products since 1977. Bottega is a third-generation business, today led by Barbara, Sandro and Stefano Bottega. Its headquarters are in a renovated 19th-century farmhouse surrounded by 10ha of vineyards. The group also runs a winery in Valpolicella and one in Montalcino.

Bottega products are distributed to more than 120 countries.