Every time that in Montalcino elections are to take place in the Consorzio del Brunello the two-tongued and wicked come back into action

Two years ago an anonymous letter was sent around where I was portrayed as a shady person. The elections for the Board of the Consorzio del Brunello were about to take place, just as today we must elect the successor for President of the Consorzio Ezio Rivella, who has submitted his resignation. And bang on time the slanderers are back. This time they don’t write but talk. This time according to them I have made a hidden pact, secretly promising to change the statute.

Speaking frankly this slanderers disgust me. Montalcino need honest people who talk about what they do and it doesn’t need meddlers who simile in front and slander behind your back.

For this reason I would like my friends, mi colleagues and my fellow countrymen to know what I think and I what I intend to do.

I am against changing the statute and any other changes in the rules for Brunello and Rosso di Montalcino.

There is a clear vote from the Assembly regarding the use of pure Sangiovese and the wine producers’ will must be respected. In the same way I feel that changing the statute would set off a conflict among the smaller and larger estates pre-empting the union of intents which is necessary to create great projects in the future.
It would be a mortal conflict for Brunello because a small de nomination like ours wins over the world’s colossuses, our competitors, only if we are united.

Do you know what hurts the most? That against slanderers people like me are disarmed until they slander back. Maybe it’s time for me to begin

Donatella Cinelli Colombini

P.s My friend Fabrizio Bindocci is an honest and able person, completely unrelated to the facts above mentioned; in the same way I am sure that the Associazione Coldiretti is absolutely unrelated to what has been mentioned above.

First day of the fair in Verona with loads of people, many from Asia, many journalists and many operators with a renewed interest in Tuscany.

Vinitaly 2012 - Donatella Cinelli Colombini - Premio Internazionale Vinitaly

Pavilions brimming over with guests on Sunday the first day of the Vinitaly 2012 fair, that this year has changed calendar and begins in fact on a Sunday. Enough people to fill s stadium, which has diluted the commercial contact but which has created an exhilarating atmosphere and prepared the producers for great results. During the inauguration ceremony, in front of the entire Italian wine world the Minister Mario Catania spoke freely, listing all of his convictions: more resources for promotion abroad, a definite no to liberalising planting rights, distinguishing clearly the actions for a responsible consumption of wine form the campaigns against alcoholism. Practically a clear introduction without impossible promises and full of punctual references.