First "Vignaiolo d’Onore" Usa to Antinori

Marquis Antinori is the first Italian "Vignaiolo d’Onore" (Winemaker of Honor) in the United States.


Italian viticulture is the protagonist in America with the award of the "Vignaiolo d’Onore" title to the Marquis Piero Antinori at the Naples Winter Wine Festival, a popular charity auction organized in the United States.

In program on 23/25 January 2015 at the Ritz–Carlton Golf Resort in Naples, Florida, the Winter Wine Festival will see the participation of 40 international winemakers, chefs, wine lovers and philanthropists for a three–day that gains millions of dollars in behalf of children at risk.

«I am glad and excited to have been selected as the winemaker of honor 2015 –; Antinori said –;. It is the first time that an Italian producer has received such an honor at the Festival, and I consider it a great tribute to all the wines and winemakers of my country».