Month: June 2009

$100,000 raised at Antinori Events in Sarasota

Grapes for Humanity U.S., Inc., had the distinct pleasure to have Marchese Piero Antinori as our honored guest and sponsor on February 1, and 2, 2010.    There were two days of  tasting the finest of Antinori wines  – along with a golf tournament/tasting at the Concession Golf Club.   Dinner Wines donated by Piero Antinori:  Mntenisa, Cervaro della Sala 2007, Peppoli 2007, Tignanello 2006, Antica Cabernet 2006 and a Double Magnum of Solaia 2006 for the auction. The Double Magnum of Solaia and a tour of the Antinori Estates sold for $26,000 two times!  The Antinori Family

On Tuesday, February 2,  a golf outing and wine tasting were  held  at The Concession Golf Club, rated “best new private course of the year” by Golf Digest.  Wines for the tasting included: Cervaro della Sala 2007, Peppoli 2007, Badia a Passignano 2005, Tignanello 2006, Guado al Tasso 2006, Antica Cabernet  2006.

Fund raised from the evening were distributed to the Boys and Girls Club of Sarasota, The Oak Park School for children with special needs, the Viola Wheeler Music Program in Cambodia and The Grapes for Humanity/US Haiti Relief Effort.

Meanwhile, please visit the link below to see the Antinori Family on “60 Minutes”.  For further information, email:  [email protected]  or phone:  1-800-218-1422.    Ciao!

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/10/60minutes/main4514254.shtml

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Welcome Marchese Piero Antinori to Sarasota, Florida – February 1 and 2, 2010

Marchese Piero Antinori
Marchese Piero Antinori

26 GENERATIONS

The Antinori family has been making wine for over six hundred years, since Giovanni di Piero Antinori became part of the Arte Fiorentina dei Vinattieri in 1385. Throughout its long history, spanning 26 generations, the family has always personally managed the business making innovative, sometimes courageous choices, always with unwavering respect for tradition and the land.

Today Marchese Piero Antinori is director of the company, assisted by his three daughters, Albiera, Allegra and Alessia, who are personally involved in the business.
The qualities of tradition, passion and instinct have made Antinori one of the leading Italian producers of fine quality wines.

Every vintage, every terroir, every idea is a new beginning, a new quest to raise our quality margins. As Marchese Piero loves to repeat: “ancient roots play an important role in our philosophy, but they have never held back our spirit of innovation”.

As well as the family’s traditional heritage of estates in Tuscany and Umbria, investments have been made over time in other areas highly suited to quality wine production, in Italy and abroad, in a quest to promote new terroirs, rich in winegrowing potential.

Antinori continually experiment with their vineyards and cellars, with selections of native and international clones, growing methods, vineyard altitudes, fermentation methods and temperatures, traditional and modern vinification techniques, types of wood, size and age of barrels, and various bottle-ageing periods.

Piero Antinori says: “We have shown over the years that it is possible to produce internationally-acclaimed fine stylish, elegant wines in Tuscany and Umbria while maintaining their original character”.

Looking to the future, Antinori explains: “There are many books in our library but they are never enough for us. Our mission is not yet complete: we are driven to express the vast potential of our vineyards and reconcile all that is new and undiscovered with Tuscany’s traditional, cultural, agricultural, artistic and literary heritage. These things represent the identity of Antinori, and one of our greatest strengths is that we are in Tuscany – our essential ‘Tuscan-ness’, if you will”.

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