230px, Ottavio Ottavi.
Ottavio Ottavi (15 August 1849 – 12 January 1893) was an Italian
oenologist
Oenology (also enology; ) is the science and study of wine and winemaking. Oenology is distinct from viticulture, which is the science of the growing, cultivation, and harvesting of grapes. The English word oenology derives from the Greek word ' ...
.
Biography
Ottavi was born in
Sandigliano
Sandigliano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southwest of Biella.
Sandigliano borders the following municipalities: Borriana, Cerrione, Gagliani ...
. His father Giuseppe Antonio Ottavio was an
agronomist
An agriculturist, agriculturalist, agrologist, or agronomist (abbreviated as agr.), is a professional in the science, practice, and management of agriculture and agribusiness. It is a regulated profession in Canada, India, the Philippines, the ...
, and his brother Edoardo, editor of the journal ''Il Coltivatore'', was also seen as a significant figure in the development of nineteenth-century Italian viticulture.
[Coulet, pp. 509 and 714.]
He was the author of various treatises and monographs, including ''Enologia teorico-pratica'' (1898), and was the founder of the ''Giornale vinicolo italiano''. His ''Inno ai Krumiri'' (1886) is a "hymn" to the
krumiro, a type of biscuit created in
Casale Monferrato, the town where he largely lived and where he died in 1893.
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Photograph and detailsof his commemorative plaque, sculpted by
Leonardo Bistolfi
Leonardo Bistolfi (14 March 1859 – 2 September 1933) was an Italian sculptor and an important exponent of Italian Symbolism.
Biography
Bistolfi was born in Casale Monferrato in Piedmont, north-west Italy, to Giovanni Bistolfi, a sculptor in ...
, in Casale Monferrato.
People from the Province of Biella
People from Casale Monferrato
Oenologists
Italian male writers
1849 births
1893 deaths
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