8-590: An osteria ( Italian: [osteˈriːa] ; pl. : osterie ) in Italy was originally a place serving wine and simple food. Lately, the emphasis has shifted to the food, but menus tend to be short, with the emphasis on local specialities such as pasta and grilled meat or fish, often served at shared tables. Osterie tend to be cheap, and they also focus on after work and evening refreshment. Osterie vary greatly in practice: some only serve drinks and clients are allowed to bring in their own food, others have retained
16-653: A predominantly male clientele, while still others have reached out to students and young professionals. Some provide music and other entertainment. Similar to osterie are bottiglierie , where customers can take a bottle or flask to be re-filled from a barrel, and enoteche , which generally pride themselves on the range and quality of their wine. In Emilia-Romagna are located three of the oldest Italian osterie : "Osteria del Sole" and " Osteria del Cappello " in Bologna , and "Osteria al Brindisi" in Ferrara , established between
24-491: A special type of local or regional wine shop that originated in Italy. The concept of an enoteca has also spread to some other countries. A genuine enoteca is primarily directed at giving visitors or tourists the possibility to taste these wines at a reasonable price and possibly to buy them. An enoteca is often run in collaboration with growers or growers' or tourism organisations in the village or region. The reason such establishments were named to connote "wine libraries"
32-561: Is most often called enoteca in Italian now. In the past bottiglieria was commonly used, but is now falling into disuse and doesn't have the same connotation of quality. Since some enoteche serve snacks with the wine, enoteca has also been used as the name of some wine bars or restaurants , especially bistro -style restaurants with Italian food . Enoteca, Vinothek or œnothèque (the corresponding French term) may also be used to denote "wine libraries" in two additional meanings of
40-465: The 14th and 15th centuries. This Italy-based restaurant or restaurant chain article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Enoteca Enoteca ( pl. : enoteche ) is an Italian word that is derived from the Greek word Οινοθήκη, which literally means 'wine repository' (from Oeno/Eno- , Οινός, ' wine ', and teca , Θήκη, 'receptacle, case, box'), but it is used to describe
48-526: The producer will not have to keep an outlet open in his winery just in case someone passes by to purchase a few bottles. On the other hand, having many wines are available side-by-side for tasting, comparison and competition, will be better for well-performing wineries. Because of the popularity of the enoteca concept in some locations, "regular high-end" wine shops sometimes also call themselves enoteca or Vinothek , without focusing on local wines or catering to visitor's information need. A quality wine shop
56-703: The wines. A long-standing tradition that precedes the new coinage, is the wine shop in Palazzo Antinori , Florence, where Antinori wines have been available by the glass for more than a century. Enoteche have spread north of the Alps , to Austria, under the German name Vinothek , and from Austria to Germany. Being associated with an enoteca is likely more beneficial to smaller, not too well-known producers than to large or well-established ones. Casual visitors will have an easier time discovering an enoteca , and
64-462: Was that they were intended as a hands-on source of information on local wines rather than as regular outlets for larger quantities of each wine, or primarily intended for established customers. Often, an enoteca stocks rather small amounts of each wine, and customers who wish to purchase large quantities after tasting are referred directly to the producers. In some cases, an enoteca will also sell other local foodstuff and/or serve small snacks to go with
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