We’re happy to welcome Irene Del Canto, Export Manager for Tenuta Fanti, back to Ontario this month.
The Tenuta Fanti estate has belonged to the Fanti family since the beginning of the eighteenth century. It extends across 300 hectares in Toscana, 52 hectares of which are specialized certified sustainable vineyards, 60 hectares are olive orchards with 8,500 olive trees, 80 hectares are used for seed plots, and 70 hectares are forests. In the early 1970s, Filippo Fanti became leader of the company, and refocused its direction towards high quality, starting with the soils. He sustainably replanted the vineyards and olive trees after a careful selection of the most suitable plots within the estate. In 2004, construction began on their modern and spacious gravity flow cellar for winemaking, ageing, and refinement. Tenuta Fanti aims to offer sustainably produced, high quality wines which express the unique terroir of Castelnuovo dell’ Abate.
Filippo’s 40+ years of experience as wine-grower was complemented by the energy and determination of his winemaker daughter Elisa, who joined the family company in 2007, and more recently by second daughter Elena.
We visited with the Fanti family at the winery in August 2023, and shot this short video of Elisa and Elena talking about their family estate.
We are proud to be hosting two wine dinners with Irene, showcasing the wines and olive oils from this historic estate:
Tuesday, October 22
North and Navy, Ottawa
6:30pm
Tickets available here
Wednesday, October 23
George Restaurant, Toronto
6pm
Tickets available here
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Cheers,
Le Sommelier
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