By Donatella Cinelli Colombini, #winedestination

I have known Doctor Wine-Daniele Cernilli for almost forty years, when he was a young philosophy professor with a passion for tasting wine and the mission of raising the quality of Italian wineries by forcing them to compare themselves with each other and with the rest of the world.

We respect each other and are fond of each other. I cannot forget his words of comfort after the death of my husband Carlo.However, our sensitivities for wine diverge: Cernilli prefers leading wine makers like Carlo Ferrini, I believe in nature as the absolute protagonist. A distinction that leads to different outcomes especially in style. In fact, those who, like me, pick the grapes before over- ripeness softens the skin, produce more elegant but less powerful wines than those who wait. But I am convinced that this choice maintains a greater imprint of the terroir and the vintage in the wine.  I intend to continue along this path: less power and more territoriality because the wine must tell and surprise and not always be the same.

I am grateful to Daniele Cernilli for having included my winery in the Essential Guide of Italian Wines 2025, also assigning it a star. It’s a joy and an honour.

THE DESCRIPTION OF BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO PRIME DONNE 2019 BY DOCTOR WINE

Daniele Cernilli’s description of the Brunello Prime Donne 2019 highlights the freshness and longevity of this wine as well as its splendid persistence.…

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by Donatella Cinelli Colombini #winedestination #brunellodimontalcino

<<We are pleased to inform you of the results obtained from the product you presented at the CMB Concours Mondial de Bruxelles – Sweet & Fortified Wines Session 2024 which took place from 1 to 2 October. This year, a total of 340 wine samples were subjected to the judgment of our jury of international professionals>> and Donatella Cinelli Colombini’s Vin Santo del Chianti DOC won the Gold Medal.

With this simple email we received the news of an unexpected and very welcome recognition for our Vin Santo.

A MINI SERIES OF 500 SMALL BOTTLES CONTAINING SWEET NECTARS

From the graphs accompanying the letter it is possible to see that our wine was tasted blind by a panel of six tasters including 3 Belgians, 2 Portuguese and one Dutch. The thing that struck them most was the persistence of the Vin Santo which is, on the palate, the most evident character followed by balance and acidity.

On the nose, the tasters noticed more of the aroma of walnut/dried fruit as well as honey, while the balsamic notes appeared more nuanced.

DONATELLA CINELLI COLOMBINI AND COMPETITIONS, THE SURPRISE OF WINNING

Generally I don’t submit my wines to wine competitions but, in this case, it was the Tuscany Region that urged me following the initiative on the sweet wines of our region promoted by the Women of Wine, and  by me at Fattoria del Colle.…

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by Donatella Cinelli Colombini #winedestination

Even in agriculture there is an increasingly rapid turnover of personnel within the new logic of building one’s life and professional path. In Donatella Cinelli Colombini’s wineries the dynamics is accelerated by the very high presence of women, with the resulting consequences in relation to the birth of children or the partners’ moves.

Furthermore, but no less important, the reputation of a company that “builds CVs” for the high level of skills required upon entry and for the enrichment of the professional background that can be acquired during work. A circumstance that brings in a huge number of talented young people who, however, do not stay forever

So here we introduce you to the new faces at Casato Prime Donne winery in Montalcino, Fattoria del Colle in Trequanda and the 3 Toscana Lovers stores in Siena, Cortona and Bagno Vignoni.

IRENE LESTI

Since 4 April, Irene Lesti has joined the sales office directed by Violante Gardini Cinelli Colombini. Irene is the export manager and supports Debora Tiezzi who is in charge of the Italian market. Together they also follow the OCM projects and the tastings of the specialized press.

Irene Lesti was born in Montepulciano in 1989, the city where she attended the Socio-Psycho-Pedagogical High School and then continued her studies at the University of Florence in the faculty of “Humanistic Sciences for Communication”, interrupting them before graduating.…

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By Donatella Cinelli Colombini #winedestination

The ISMEA 2024 wine sheet is an excellent observation point and helps us frame the Italian situation in the global scenario. On the planet, wine consumption fell from 246 million hectolitres in 2018 to 232 in 2022 while production, net of the 2018 big harvest and the 2023 slide, remained almost stable at 252 million hectolitres. What has changed is the colour: in the last 5 years the production of white wines has gone from 55% to 57.7% of the total. So the excess production is red in colour and this explains the massive clearing of vineyards in the less reputed areas of Bordeaux and the rumours of similar measures also in Spain.

One wonders whether these interventions will be enough to save the fall in prices, given the continuous increase in production in the areas without European regulations and production costs. I’m thinking of Chile, Argentina or China.

STOCKS ARE GROWING WE NEED TO STOP PLANTING VINEYARDS EVERYWHERE

Let’s now look at the Italian situation: our country normally produces around 50 million hectolitres of wine but last year, due to a rainy and hot climate, it dropped to 38. Of this volume, over half is made up of 77 DOCG, 118 DOC and 527 DOP and IGP.

As we well know, per capita consumption is decreasing in Italy and is now at 37 litres per year with an increasingly higher average age of drinkers due to a growing lack of interest among young people.…

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