La Bottega dei Sapori

What La Bottega dei Sapori does

La Bottega dei Sapori is a sole proprietorship owned by Giovanni Testa, operating an Italian fine-foods retail business from a single boutique at Dorstener Str. 425 in Bochum, Germany. The company sells a curated assortment of authentic Italian regional specialties across fourteen product categories — wines, spirits, pasta, pesto and sauces, antipasti, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, coffee, savory snacks, sweets, jams and honey, spices, and gift items — sourced from named producers and regions including Sicily, Apulia, Piedmont, Calabria, Tuscany, and Veneto (brands include Rummo, Lorenzo il Magnifico, Val Paradiso, Pepé Mas, Venchi, Bialetti). It also offers a regional catering service for events. Distribution runs through a physical storefront (Mon–Sat 10:00–19:00) and a German-language e-commerce site at bottegadeisapori.de.

The underlying technology is a Shopware-based e-commerce storefront with standard retail features (customer accounts, wishlists, shopping cart), Google Analytics traffic tracking, and Facebook Social Plugins for limited social engagement. Payment is collected upfront via Vorkasse (bank transfer) or PayPal, with no subscription, marketplace, or programmatic channel integrations. Shipping is a flat EUR 7.95 within Germany and EUR 19.90 to six neighboring EU countries (France, Luxembourg, Austria, Netherlands, Belgium, Poland), with delivery typically 3–4 business days; no free-ship threshold is offered. Product prices include 19% German VAT and range from approximately EUR 2.60 (basic dry pasta) to EUR 67.70 (premium gift sets).

Revenue is generated entirely through one-time retail sales — both in-store and online — with no recurring, subscription, or advertising streams and no external investor or institutional funding. The go-to-market is direct-to-consumer with a single primary persona: German-speaking consumers seeking authentic, provenance-verified Italian specialty products that are difficult to find in mainstream German supermarkets. Marketing relies primarily on organic search and category-level catalog depth, with no documented paid acquisition, influencer programs, or content marketing initiatives. The sole management figure is owner Giovanni Testa; no other leadership, awards, patents, partnerships, or M&A activity are disclosed.

Name

La Bottega dei Sapori

Legal name

La Bottega dei Sapori

Website

https://bottegadeisapori.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

La Bottega dei Sapori is a sole proprietorship in Bochum, Germany that sells authentic Italian specialty foods — wines, pasta, olive oils, balsamic, antipasti, sweets, and gift items — through a physical boutique and a Shopware-based e-commerce storefront shipping within Germany and to six neighboring EU countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Specialty Italian Food Retail

akta.pro primary industry

Ethnic Convenience & Bodega-Style Stores (CRAHAFAN)

Keywords

• Italian fine foods
• Specialty food retail
• Italian wines and spirits
• Catering services
• Gift baskets

Headquarters

HQ city

Bochum

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Product Sales (Retail): Revenue is generated entirely through one-time retail sales of Italian fine food products. No subscription or recurring revenue model. Customers purchase individual items at listed prices; total order value plus shipping is charged at checkout. Payment is collected upfront via Vorkasse or PayPal before shipment.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

La Bottega dei Sapori is a specialty Italian food retailer based in Bochum, Germany, operating both a brick-and-mortar store and an online e-commerce channel. It curates and sells Italian wines, spirits, pasta, pesto and truffle sauces, antipasti, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, coffee, sweets, jams, honey, spices, and curated gift assortments, and also offers a catering service for events.

Product overview

La Bottega dei Sapori is an online Italian delicatessen offering a curated portfolio of authentic Italian gourmet food products. The offering consists of 14 product categories spanning wines (Vino), spirits (Spirituosen), pasta, pestos and sauces (Pesto & Soßen & Trüffel), antipasti, olive oils (Olivenöl), balsamic vinegars (Balsamico), coffee (Kaffee), savory snacks (Salzgebäck), sweets (Süßigkeiten), jams and honey (Konfitüre & Honig), spices (Gewürze), and gift ideas (Geschenkideen), complemented by a regional event catering service. The product assortment emphasizes traditional Italian regional specialties sourced from Sicily, Piedmont, Calabria, and other Italian regions, with brands including Rummo pasta, Lorenzo il Magnifico artisan pasta, Val Paradiso Sicilian olive oils, Pepé Mas coffee, Venchi chocolate, and Bialetti coffee makers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Italian Wines and Spirits

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Casa dei Sapori: Casa dei Sapori is a German online Italian delicatessen offering wines, olive oils, pasta, and specialty foods to DACH consumers — a near-direct peer in product category, target customer, and single-country e-commerce focus.
• Mercato Italiano: Mercato Italiano (mercatto.de) is a German online retailer of Italian specialty foods with comparable category breadth (wine, oils, pasta, sweets, antipasti) and a similar focus on regional authenticity — a close head-to-head competitor for DACH-based Italian-food shoppers.
• Gustini: Gustini is a Germany-based online retailer specializing in authentic Italian and Mediterranean fine foods, with a curated assortment, gift hampers, and pan-European shipping — directly comparable to La Bottega dei Sapori in product mix, customer target, and e-commerce-led GTM.
• Sapori d'Italia: Sapori d'Italia is a German online Italian grocer carrying pasta, oils, wines, antipasti, and sweets with Germany-wide shipping — directly comparable in assortment depth and customer target.
• Genuss7: Genuss7 is a German e-commerce retailer of Italian fine foods and gift hampers, comparable in assortment (wine, oils, sweets, antipasti) and gift/hampers orientation — directly competing for the same DACH consumer cohort.
• Delicio: Delicio is a German online retailer of Italian delicatessen products (olive oils, antipasti, wines, sweets) serving DACH consumers — a direct peer with overlapping assortment and target customer.

Broad incumbents

• Bringmeister: Bringmeister is a Berlin-based online grocery incumbent operated by Edeka, offering broad assortments that include an Italian/specialty tier — a broader incumbent competing for the same German online-grocery wallet rather than the Italian-specialty niche.
• Allyouneed Fresh: Allyouneed Fresh is a German online-grocery incumbent (Drogerie Müller-owned) with broad assortments including specialty imports — a wider incumbent that does not focus on Italian authenticity but competes for the same online-grocery customer.
• Eataly: Eataly is the global Italian food retail/restaurant incumbent with stores across Europe (including Germany), offering a broad assortment of Italian wines, oils, pasta, and gift items under one roof — overlapping with La Bottega's authentic-Italian positioning but at vastly larger scale and physical-retail focus.

Regional players

• Italienische Feinkost Bellini: Bellini is a German-based Italian delicatessen retailer combining physical stores and online ordering in select DACH regions, comparable in product mix and channel structure but operating in different cities — a regional-format peer with similar authentic-Italian positioning.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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