The Culinary Magic
Indulge in Culinary Brilliance with Vino Cotto: Elevate Your Dishes to Extraordinary Heights
Unlock the Exquisite Flavor of Vino Cotto to Unleash Your Inner Chef
The Culinary Magic
Indulge in Culinary Brilliance with Vino Cotto: Elevate Your Dishes to Extraordinary Heights!
Unlock the Secrets of Gourmet Flavors and Unleash Your Inner Chef with Vino Cotto's Exquisite Syrup.
About Vino Cotto
What is Vino Cotto?
Vino Cotto di Montillo is an alcohol-free specialty food item. It is used as a condiment and ingredient. Its original use dates back to ancient Roman times and was called defrutum. Like today, it was used throughout the Mediterranean as a natural sweetener. It’s crafted from 100% premium wine grapes.
This unique product requires a rigorous, costly process of temperature control to prevent it from turning into wine. Through our meticulous, small batch method of cooking and reducing the grape must (mosto cotto in Italian), it develops a unique flavor profile that delights the senses. With hints of grapes, figs, plums, and raisins, Vino Cotto offers a refined and versatile taste that elevates a wide range of dishes.
Unlike other sweeteners, every 8 oz. (227.3 mL) bottle of Vino Cotto di Montillo is free of any preservatives, additives, artificial flavors, colorants, and sweeteners. It provides a healthier alternative, delivering a natural source of energy, polyphenols, flavanols, and antioxidants that contribute to your overall well-being.
Its smooth texture and simple syrup consistency make it easy to work with–a delightful addition to both sweet and savory recipes. It’s not thick like honey or molasses, but to thicken it simply reduce it over low heat.
Whether it’s used as a marinade or glaze, drizzled over roasted meats, cheeses, and fruits, to enhance the flavors of vegetables, or incorporated into delectable sauces and desserts, Vino Cotto transforms ordinary dishes into extraordinary culinary masterpieces your family and friends will enjoy.
Our History
Experience the Authenticity of Montillo Italian Foods
For over 100 years, the Montillo family has perfected the art of crafting homemade wine and Vino Cotto in the beautiful town of Montepaone, Calabria, Italy. Guided by a deep appreciation for their Italian heritage, husband and wife team, Greg (Gregorio) and Deena Montillo embarked on a mission to share their family's culinary legacy with the world. In October 2008, they founded Montillo Italian Foods, becoming the pioneers of authentic Vino Cotto production in the United States.
BENEFITS OF VINO COTTO
Unleash Your Culinary Creativity
With Vino Cotto
Experience the multitude of benefits that Vino Cotto brings to your culinary endeavors:
Exquisite Flavor
Indulge your taste buds with Vino Cotto's refined flavor profile, featuring delightful hints of grapes, figs, plums, and raisins. Crafted from 100% premium wine grapes, this gourmet syrup delivers a sophisticated taste that elevates your dishes to new heights.
Versatile & Easy to Use
Vino Cotto's smooth texture and simple syrup consistency make it a breeze to work with. Whether you're drizzling it over baked ham, pork, beef, chicken, or wild game, or enhancing the flavor of your favorite vegetables, fruits, yogurt, or desserts, Vino Cotto effortlessly complements a wide range of dishes.
Healthy and Natural
Unlike many sweeteners on the market, Vino Cotto is a healthier choice. Made solely from wine grapes, it contains no preservatives, additives, artificial flavors, colorants, or sweeteners. Embrace a natural source of energy, polyphenols, flavanols, and antioxidants that benefit your autoimmune system, while relishing the sweetness that's both delicious and good for you.
Enhances a Variety of Foods
The versatility of Vino Cotto knows no bounds. Vino Cotto is used as a condiment and ingredient. From savory dishes like meats and seafood to sweet treats like yogurt, ice cream, and cakes, this gourmet syrup effortlessly elevates the flavors of your favorite foods. Use it to create delectable sauces, marinades, balsamic vinegar glazes, and salad dressings, and explore new dimensions of taste.
Craft Your Own Balsamic Vinegar
Easily create your own balsamic vinegar by adding Vino Cotto di Montillo to your favorite red wine vinegar. Start with equal parts of each ingredient then adjust to taste. Mix well to emulsify the ingredients before serving.
👉🏻 1/2 cup Vino Cotto di Montillo
👉🏻 1/4 cup classic or extra virgin olive oil*
👉🏻 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
👉🏻 1/4 tsp. Kosher salt (optional)
In a salad dressing bottle, add the ingredients and adjust each to taste. Add more vino cotto for a sweeter, smoother flavor. Cover and shake well before drizzling over salads and vegetables or use as a delicious marinade.
Yields: 1 cup (8 oz.)
*Classic olive oil has a light, mild taste. Extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) is full bodied with natural bitter qualities to it.
"Vino Cotto is a unique new product that can be used in place of balsamic vinegar in vinaigrette or as a reduction or glaze. It has a rich depth and sweetness that elevates the flavor. Drizzle it over fresh mozzarella tomato salads or feature it on your cheese tray instead of honey. It's also great drizzled-over ice cream and fruit. It's really quite versatile."
"Vino Cotto is one of my favorite secret go-to ingredients. I enjoy serving it as an unexpected accompaniment to prosciutto and other salami, drizzled over double-thick pork chops with a contorni of white beans or broccoli rabe, lightly swirled over a simple panna cotta, and more. I love the fact that it is made with care and respect for tradition."
"Thank you so much! We went for dinner at my parents' house and brought the vino cotto. I had cooked some (cuccia) hard wheat like we use for Saint Lucia. Well, let me tell you, the smiles on my parents' faces and the memories they had of the old country was priceless...I cannot thank you enough (was money well spent). Thanks a million!"
