"Botts and I had great chemistry from the beginning.
We went 33-1 and won the national championship — Botts and I on the same line.
Bott, it seems, is a charismatic teacher, accustomed to making converts, spreading the gospel and adjusting to new missionary technologies.
But as I learned at Bott Pince, the payoff is often a more intimate, less touristic experience.
As a (lapsed) catholic Manchester United fan, I can assure Mr Bott that the Mancunian United fans (which there are quite a few of us) do not hold with the religious bigotry shown in Glasgow.
Tasting her winery's dry furmint-harslevelu cuvée, I thought I got a sense of the difference: while Bott Pince's 100 percent furmint wine had been stony and sharp, the blend brought out more cantaloupe and sweet melon with less acidity, finishing with just a touch of linden blossom.
After seeing several larger wineries, I was especially curious about the smaller vintners in the region, so the next day I arranged to meet Judit Bodo, the owner of Bott Pince, a small winery in the town of Tokaj with a cultish following among connoisseurs in Budapest.
ROBERT D. BOTT Calgary, Alberta, Jan . 23 , 2003
Donald M. Bott of Northwood, Iowa, Michigan State University.
After another sip, I noticed that the mold on the cellar walls was also small-scale; unlike the fluffy strata of fungi at Oremus, Bott Pince's more modern cellar had but a few flecks of black.
As a result, Mr. Bott said, test scores have improved.
