On July 18, 2025, at the Enoteca Italiana in Siena, a tasting dedicated to white wines from native grape varieties of inland Tuscany will take place.
An event promoted by Le Donne del Vino, with a guided tasting by Cristiano Cini, President of AIS Toscana, in the presence of journalists and the specialized press.
The goal: to give visibility to the work of women producers and consultants of white wine in Tuscany.
Veronica Passerin D’Entreves of Villa Dianella, Donna del Vino, will attend with Orpicchio 2021, which has won Tre Bicchieri Gambero Rosso in the last two editions.
Date: July 18, 2025
Fortezza Medicea – Siena
Free participation
Program
11:00 am
- institutional greetings
- President of the Enoteca Italiana Foundation Elena D’Aquanno
- President of the Chamber of Commerce of Arezzo and Siena Massimo Guasconi
- Tuscany Delegate of Donne del Vino Donatella Cinelli Colombini – Presentation of the day on white grape varieties for central Tuscany
- President of AIS Toscana Cristiano Cini
- tasting of 11 white wines produced by Donne del Vino with native varieties, also blended with international grapes
- The tasting will be led by Cristiano Cini, President of AIS Toscana
- The tasting takes the form of a masterclass with the producers presenting the wines and Cristiano Cini illustrating the organoleptic profile and characteristics of the varieties (10 minutes are allocated for each wine, to be shared between the producer and Cristiano Cini)
1:00 pm – Light Lunch offered by the Enoteca Italiana Foundation
2:30 pm – Conference
Session led by Giovanni Pellicci, Director of “I Grandi Vini”
- Institutional greetings (5 minutes each)
- Mayor of Siena Nicoletta Fabio
- President of the Enoteca Italiana Foundation Elena D’Aquanno
- President of the Committee for Female Entrepreneurship of the Chamber of Commerce of Siena and Arezzo Elisa Marcheselli
- President of the Italian Academy of Vine and Wine Rosario di Lorenzo
- Region of Tuscany, Department of Agriculture Gennaro Giliberti
- Technical presentations by academics from the Italian Academy of Vine and Wine (15 minutes each)
- Professor Claudio D’Onofrio, University of Pisa
- Professor Luigi Mattii, University of Florence
- Dr. Paolo Storchi, Crea
- Professor Angela Zinnai, University of Pisa and Donna del Vino
- Work program proposal following the “Chianti Classico 2000” project on Sangiovese
- Cesare Cecchi, President of Consorzio Vino Toscana (10 minutes)
- Conclusions
- Region of Tuscany, Department of Agriculture Roberto Scalacci
