Ottavio Ottavi
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Ottavio Ottavi was an Italian
Italy
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 oenologist born in Sandigliano
Sandigliano
Sandigliano is a comune in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km northeast of Turin and about 8 km southwest of Biella...

. His father Giuseppe Antonio Ottavio was a noted agronomist
Agronomist
An agronomist is a scientist who specializes in agronomy, which is the science of utilizing plants for food, fuel, feed, and fiber. An agronomist is an expert in agricultural and allied sciences, with the exception veterinary sciences.Agronomists deal with interactions between plants, soils, and...

, 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.

He was the author of various tracts 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
Casale Monferrato
Casale Monferrato, population 36,058, is a town and comune in the Piedmont region of north-west Italy, part of the province of Alessandria. It is situated about 60 km east of Turin on the right bank of the Po, where the river runs at the foot of the Montferrato hills. Beyond the river lies the...

, the town where he largely lived and where he died.

Sources

The original version of this article included text translated from its counterpart in the Italian Wikipedia.

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  • Photograph and details of his commemorative plaque, sculpted by Leonardo Bistolfi
    Leonardo Bistolfi
    Leonardo Bistolfi was an Italian sculptor, an important exponent of Italian Symbolism.Bistolfi was born in Casale Monferrato in Piedmont, north-west Italy, to Giovanni Bistolfi, a sculptor in wood, and to Angela Amisano....

    , in Casale Monferrato.
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