Banfi is a family-owned wine producer based in Tuscany, celebrated worldwide as “Builders of Brunello", founded in 1978 by Italian-American brothers John and Harry Mariani. From the beginning, the goal of the two brothers was to create a state-of-the-art winery combined with the most advanced science in the vineyards for the production of premium wines.
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They assembled a contiguous estate of 2,830 hectares, one-third of the property is under specialized vine, and the balance is shared between olive groves, wheat fields, plum trees, truffle stands, forest, and scrub. The medieval Poggio alle Mura Castle crowning the estate, part of Banfi estate since 1983, is lovingly restored as a pioneering beacon for regional hospitality.
Designed to protect the integrity and richness of the grape, the winery employs state of the art technology, the result of revolutionary technical research and innovation. And in this same philosophy, based on continual research, that a number of projects came to be on our estate, including the clonal study of Sangiovese, research on the composition and aging of wood for barrels – the great protagonist of aging wine – and the completion of our “Horizon” microvinification area, creating a winery within a winery. This project, entirely conceived and developed by and at Banfi, is made up of a series of expedient high level solutions undertaken to improve upon each phase of winemaking.
Sustainability commitment for Banfi has distant roots. The company initiated its course of sustainable practices at a time when sustainability was not yet part of the common language by establishing an integrated process taking in high regard three essential factors: each action must be socially fair, environmentally safe and economically feasible at the same time. In 2021, thanks to the long path undertaken through the numerous sustainable initiatives in the territory where it operates and the publication of the Sustainability Report since 2016, Banfi obtains the Equalitas certification.
Joey Casco
Beverage Marketer
Certified Specialist of Wine
Certified Specialist of Spirits
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