Our approach

The concept of recycling also influences our choices in packaging for which we use environmentally friendly materials.
The dark bottles we use are made from 85 percent to 95 percent recycled glass. In fact, glass can be recycled without affecting its quality.

The paint used for our metallic bottles is water-based, which means we do not use chemical solvents.

In addition, Bottega uses only FSC Mix certified cardboard. This level, indicates that the wood or paper in the certified product comes from: FSC certified material, recycled material and/or controlled wood. The latter is a separate category: although not FSC certified, controlled wood cannot be harvested illegally, in violation of traditional rights and indigenous peoples.

The design of our products also makes them reusable objects. The blown Alexander are unique pieces of furniture, and the Vapore brandy bottles can be used at home as carafe for water or other beverages.

Peace is absolutely the most precious good for humanity. From Hiroshima, the capital of peace that has suffered the devastating effects of the demon of war on its own skin, a message of brotherhood to the whole world departs.

Bottega picked it up and, in 2015 (the 70th anniversary of the Japanese city’s nuclear tragedy), wanted to show its support for the ongoing work to promote peace and nuclear disarmament in the world.

From this awareness was born “Peace for Hiroshima,” a blown-glass bottle of schnapps that reproduces a white dove inside, a symbol of peace. One million yen, proceeds from the sales of this product, was donated by Sandro Bottega to the city of Hiroshima to fund peace initiatives.

A year later, “Hiroshima for World Peace” was created, a package that contains, in addition to the grappa described above, a bottle of sparkling Venezia Doc, named “Peace for the World.”
The project further evolved into the “Spirit of Peace” exhibition: a display of blown-glass bottles and objects created ad hoc to convey a message of peace. A white dove was chosen as the exhibition’s symbol and logo because it ideally unites Hiroshima with the world, in homage to the Japanese tradition of releasing dozens of these birds into the air on August 6 each year.

The “Spirit of Peace” project was carried out in partnership with the Hiroshima City Municipality and with the full support of Mayor Kazumi Matsui. It was first exhibited in 2017 at three prestigious Japanese venues: MOCA Museum (Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art), Hiroshima Museum of Art, Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum.

Each year Bottega provides various charity events with financial support and this especially applies to the Charity Balls of Hong Kong and Toronto to help respectively the children from the Po Leung Kuk Institute and the elderly of Italian extraction helped by the Villa Charity association.

The Company is highly aware of the importance of research into breast cancer. For some years, it donated 1 euro for each bottle of the Vino dei Poeti Rosé sold on the duty-free channel to the Breast-Health International association. This international no-profit foundation works with top experts from all over the world to find a cure for breast cancer. Thanks to the Fund-for-Living, BHI is able to offer all women suffering from breast cancer the tools they need to enjoy the best possible quality of life.

In order to offer its employees concrete support in the area of prevention, Bottega has initiated a collaboration with the Villa Salus Hospital in Mestre. Employees will have the possibility of free screening for the prevention of breast cancer and prostate cancer.

In addition, a doctor will be available at the company for check-ups and ECGs.

In 2011 Bottega lent its support to the charity initiative of the employees of the Shangri-La hotel chain to help the victims of the earthquake and tsunami which struck Japan that same year. To commemorate the occasion, a completely white bottle of sparkling wine was created which bore the logo WISH for Japan as well as a red dot in reference to the Japanese flag.

Various research projects led to the launch of an education campaign in the 90s which ran under the slogan “Drinking properly is good for you”. In 2007 Bottega started to distribute alcohol tests amongst its customer in order to raise awareness of the dangers of drinking too much.

In partnership with the Italian Union for the Blind, Bottega has produced its first brochures and labels in Braille – a trailblazing step in the wine and alcohol sector.

Set up in conjunction with the International Center for Peace amongst People at Assisi, this project used the sale of bottles of grappa to help finance the sponsorship of African children.

John and Melody Di Gregorio, a Western couple living in Singapore, regularly organize fund-raising initiatives. Bottega gives them a helping hand with financial support, buying up clothing stocks for distribution to the needy in the most impoverished Asian nations, such as the Philippines, Indonesia and Myanmar.

L’azienda Bottega ha conseguito il premio Ocean Sea Foundation. Si tratta di un prestigioso riconoscimento internazionale per aziende, enti pubblici e privati che hanno dato un contributo innovativo a processi, sistemi, partnership, tecnologie e prodotti nell’ottica dello sviluppo sostenibile, del rispetto ambientale e della responsabilità sociale e che sono allineati al “Protocollo di Taormina” N.01/OE. voluto e firmato dalla Fondazione Ocean Sea e dalla Fondazione Luigi Einaudi. Bottega sostiene inoltre l’attività della fondazione che con una propria nave, alimentata da motore ibrido idrogenoelettrico, nel 2022 effettuerà una spedizione fino al mare Artico per campionare la presenza di microplastiche e nanoplastiche.

Bottega bore the costs of the restoration of the church of San Cristoforo which stands next to the premises in Bibano di Godega. When the work came to an end, a thanksgiving mass was held in summer 2018.