Comments on: Brunello consortium pres: “80% of Brunello was not pure Sangiovese.”

By: Banfi, Brunello, and the Wall Street Journal « Do Bianchi

Banfi, Brunello, and the Wall Street Journal « Do Bianchi — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 17:49:48 +0000

[...] in an appellation where 80% of the wine was being made with the addition of unauthorized grapes, according to producers association current president Ezio Rivella who served as Banfi’s managing director until 1999 and left the company after working in [...]

By: bill

bill — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:25:09 +0000

Ummm, a law forcing winemakers to produce sub-standard wines like the old Chianti laws by forcing the use of low quality white grapes into a blend is hardly the same as a law requiring 100% of a noble grape such as Sangiovese.

By: Ezio Rivella: “80% of Brunello was not pure Sangiovese.” « Do Bianchi

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:50:22 +0000

[...] I translated and paraphrased some other highlights (?) here at VinoWire. [...]

By: Damien Casten

Damien Casten — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:19:57 +0000

I was just in Chianti and shot this video where Sean O’Callaghan of Riecine talks about how they (and many other top producers) cheated the laws there too. The difference is that they refused to put irrelevant white grapes into the mix when the law used to require them to do so. Here is the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EI2bYWE_QJE

By: 80 % Brunellosta ei ollut puhdasta Sangiovesea « Viinipiru – viiniblogi, joka vie koko käden

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:13:25 +0000

[...] viinejä käsittelevän Vino Wiren mukaan Brunellon tuottajayhdistyksen tuore puheenjohtaja myöntää, että ennen vuoden 2008 [...]