Alexander “maple Leaf” Grappa: Air Canada’s Tribute To Olympics

Jan. 31, 2010 - PRLog -- Bibano, Treviso –Italy (January 31, 2010). Air Canada, Canada’s largest full-service airline, pays tribute to the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics with an elegant gift bottle designed by Sandro Bottega and made of mouth-blown glass by Venetian craftsmen.

Especially created to commemorate the upcoming Games, the 200 ml bottle features the symbol of Canada, a maple leaf, and contains Alexander Grappa, the best Italian distillate obtained from the Prosecco grapeskins.

The bottle is a collector’s original, designed exclusively by Bottega for Air Canada. It can be displayed in a crystal showcase and enjoyed in a wine glass sip by sip, on the rocks, in mixed cocktails or as an after dinner. Alexander Grappa has a Smooth tasting with a complex herbal, fruity aftertaste

The Alexander Maple Leaf bottle joins the collection of Alexander blown glass bottles. Sandro Bottega, president of Distilleria Bottega, began creating the first highly artistic blown glass bottles for the Alexander brand back in the 80s. Never trivial, they have now become collectors’ items, containing the best selection of grappas, transmitting certain messages through their forms. From the best seller “Grappolo” to remind us that grappa is made from grapes, to “Discovery” to pay tribute to man’s courage and the discovery of America. The Alexander grappa bottles have been showcased in a travelling exhibition entitled “Art in grappa” in New York, Montreal, Cologne, Barcelona, Madrid and Toronto.

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About Distilleria Bottega. Based in Bibano, in the Prosecco area, 25 miles north of Venice, Distilleria Bottega has been producing award-winning grappas, wines and liquors since the 1970s. Distilleria Bottega works in full respect with the tradition, the territory and the environment. The winemaking and the distillation process of the company is absolutely eco-friendly. Distilleria Bottega sells its products in 110 countries and produces 6 millions bottles per year. Its hand-blown Murano glass bottles, made according to the Venetian glass-blowing tradition and part of the Alexander line, are sold all over the world and have won many design awards.