Opened in 2022 along the Grand Canal, within the storied walls of the 13th-century Palazzo Ca’ da Mosto, The Venice Venice Hotel quickly established itself as entrancing accommodation for sophisticated travelers. Here, both elevated service and culinary merit work in concert with the high-design environs. In 2024, the boutique property expanded its Venetian footprint—introducing the clever concept shop Venice M’Art, stocked with apparel, accessories, and items from its in-house brand, The Erose. Now, The Venice Venice has debuted its latest creative endeavor: a flavorful collaboration with avant-garde wine label Katkoot.
Katkoot’s Limited-Edition Wine Collaboration with The Venice Venice Hotel
BY DAVID GRAVER June 27, 2025

Founded in 2018 by sommelier Francesco Vittorio Bassan and his brother Giovanni Leonardo Bassan, a multidisciplinary artist, Katkoot mirrors the elegant yet experimental values of the Venice Venice. Unique to Katkoot, each bottle rests in its own handmade metal vessel—though really an objet d’art—designed by Giovanni and forged by artisans around Veneto, Italy. The Venice Venice collaboration manifests as five limited-edition, co-branded releases and as a series labeled under the hotel’s own The Erose brand.

In a city forever balancing volumes of tourist foot traffic and cheap trinkets with high craft and heritage, the Venice Venice sees all of its moving parts as vehicles for discovery. “The hotel was conceived as a treasure of local culture with a global outlook: a creative space for exchange between visitors and the Venetian community,” the hotel team shared with Surface. “Rather than offering a traditional luxury experience, the hotel invites guests into a living, cultural space where design, art, architecture, and personal storytelling shape every detail. The goal is to create meaningful encounters between visitors and the city, encouraging curiosity, dialogue, and a deeper connection with Venetian identity.”

Hospitality at The Venice Venice is guided by a commitment to “Postvenezianità,” which founders Alessandro and Francesca Gallo see as a quest to uncover the shape of Venice to come. This is a step away from the pitfalls of nostalgia, with a careful blend of heritage and contemporary creativity. The hotel applies to everything from interiors and art installations to the concept shop. “Venice M’Art is not merely a concept store, it is the tangible extension of The Venice Venice’s cultural and design-driven mission,” they continue. “An immersive space, shaped by the intersection of diverse arts and disciplines, it brings together beauty, craftsmanship, sensory experience, and historical memory, fully reflecting the essence of the brand.”

The Gallos—who founded Italian luxury fashion brand Golden Goose more than two decades ago—work with an in-house curatorial team for Venice M’Art, which is housed in a restored Venetian sotoportego. It’s here that visitors will find the hotel’s exclusive collaboration with K-Way, an abundance of playful gifts, and the Katkoot releases. The latter encompasses a Prosecco Asolo Superiore DOCG Brut with a bronze base, Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG 2015 in oxidized copper, Amarone della Valpolicella Riserva 2005 in oxidized metal, Rosé Metodo Classico Riserva in aluminum, and Champagne Dosage Zero Premier Cru in bronze. Of course, guests can also sip each along the Grand Canal from The Venice Venice’s culinary outlets.