Antinori | Tuscany

The Antinori family have been producing wines in Tuscany for six centuries and exporting it for four; that's twenty-six generations of uninterrupted family ownership. The first recorded mention of the family dates back to 1188, when they worked in the silk trade. The family then moved to Florence in the early thirteenth century and today remain central figures in the fabric of the city; Piazza Antinori is the square in the historic centre where the family offices are located.

Winemaking was added to the family's activities in 1385 and during the sixteenth century the wines spread, along with Antinori's reputation, to France, Flanders, Spain and North Africa. The purchase of the Tignanello estate in 1900 marked the beginning of a remarkable period of expansion, which shows no signs of abating. Through judicious acquisition of vineyards and an uncanny knack for developing iconic wines, Antinori has become Tuscany's - and arguably Italy's - pre-eminent wine producer, with an important presence not only in Tuscany, but also in Piedmont, Lombardy, Umbria and Puglia.

Tuscany and Umbria are the wine regions where Antinori has the highest concentration of vineyards, totalling almost 1,400 hectares of prime locations. Some of the wines - Badia a Passignano, Pèppoli, Tignanello and Solaia - are each the product of a single estate, while Villa Antinori wines are blends of selected lots from several of the family's vineyards, including the flagship Tenuta Tignanello site.

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