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Ettore Bottoli of Lanificio Bottoli in a light grey waistcoat against a dark background.

Episode 05 · 43 min · Recorded October 2026 · In Italian

In Italian · English subtitles in the moments

Inside Lanificio Bottoli: Ettore Bottoli on Natural Colour, the Recipe and a Mill Built by Hand

Ettore Bottoli · Lanificio Bottoli, Vittorio Veneto, since 1861

A conversation in Italian, with six moments subtitled in English: why brown is the rarest wool colour, how a plain camel takes eight wools and a red up to twenty, and why Lanificio Bottoli still runs machines designed by Ettore’s grandfather.

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Moments from the conversations

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05 · Ettore Bottoli · Italian with English subtitlesBrown Is the Rarest Colour
05 · Ettore Bottoli · Italian with English subtitlesEight Wools for One Plain Camel
05 · Ettore Bottoli · Italian with English subtitlesYou Have to Read My Father’s Handwriting
05 · Ettore Bottoli · Italian with English subtitlesA Machine Only One Man Can Run
05 · Ettore Bottoli · Italian with English subtitlesCreativity Begins With the Recipe
05 · Ettore Bottoli · Italian with English subtitlesA Cloth From the 1940s
04 · Sandrine Thibaud · English with subtitlesA Bracelet She Closes Herself
04 · Sandrine Thibaud · English with subtitlesKnowledge Passes From Hand to Hand
04 · Sandrine Thibaud · English with subtitlesBuilding a Heritage Others Will Inherit
04 · Sandrine Thibaud · English with subtitlesLuxury Has to Listen Again
04 · Sandrine Thibaud · English with subtitlesOnly Time Can Tell
03 · Stephan Ferenczy · German, English subtitlesYou Don’t Always Need the First Idea
03 · Stephan Ferenczy · German, English subtitlesA Room Works When the General Manager Hugs You
03 · Stephan Ferenczy · German, English subtitlesA Hotel Comes and Goes, the Building Stays
03 · Stephan Ferenczy · German, English subtitlesA Black Beetle Beats the Painted Rolls-Royce
02 · Lulu ShabellLearn Your Own History First
01 · Ieuan HatherallTimelessness Is an Attitude
01 · Ieuan HatherallThe Detail You Discover Later
01 · Ieuan HatherallTradition Through a Modern Lens
01 · Ieuan HatherallBritish Wit Beneath the Surface
01 · Ieuan HatherallThe Easter Egg Only You Know

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Eva Winterer, publisher of The Silent Luxury. Photo: Michael Dürr

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Where the Questions Begin

Eva Winterer is the publisher of The Silent Luxury. She conducts every conversation in TSL Conversations, following the questions that emerge around products, places, people and ideas, often well beyond the published story.

The conversations are recorded in English, German and Italian, depending on the guest. When they move beyond her native German, there may be pauses, a search for the right word, occasionally a sentence that takes the scenic route. We leave some of that in. These are conversations as they happened.

Photo: Michael Dürr

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