🍷 Antinori

Antinori is a Tuscan wine firm owned and run by the Antinori family, with its headquarters at the Antinori nel Chianti Classico winery in Bargino, in the commune of San Casciano Val di Pesa. According to the family, Giovanni di Piero Antinori joined the Florentine Winemakers' Guild, the Arte Fiorentina dei Vinattieri, in 1385, and the family has managed the business directly for 26 generations. In 1506 Niccolò di Tommaso Antinori bought Palazzo Antinori in Florence.

According to the family, its Tuscan estates include Tenuta Tignanello, Badia a Passignano and Pèppoli in Chianti Classico, Pian delle Vigne in Montalcino and Tenuta Guado al Tasso in Bolgheri. Each estate makes its own wines under the designation of its area.

Tuscany has both protected designations of origin (PDO), such as Chianti Classico and Bolgheri, and the regional protected geographical indication (PGI) Toscana. Under EU law a PDO wine must come entirely from grapes of the defined area, while for a PGI at least 85% of the grapes must come from it, which leaves producers more freedom over grape varieties.

Why it matters to you. The name of an estate or a family on the label is not a designation; Chianti Classico or Toscana IGT on the same label tells you which rules the wine follows. The WHO reminds: there is no safe level of alcohol.