On Wednesday May 26 Castello di Verrazzano was hosted for a dinner-degustation at Restaurant "Piazza del Vino".

The annual Verrazzano Day was held on April 17, 2010 at Castello di Verrazzano with a rich programme of events:

Presentation of the exibition "Le armi di Colombo tra leggenda e realtà", from Museo Casa Siviero in Florence

Twinning between Greve in Chianti and Rehoboth Beach, Delaware that recently dedicated a monument to Giovanni da Verrazzano

Cancellation stamp dedicated to the anniversary of the discovery of the New York Bay by the navigator Giovanni da Verrazzano (April 17, 1524)

Special guest, the Italian boxer Nino Benvenuti, winner of the world championship in New York on April 17, 1967

Castello di Verrazzano won the gold prize of Best of Wine Tourism 2010 in the category Architecture, Parks and Gardens again after 5 prizes already awarded in other categories in past editions. The international competition is open to companies specialized in wine tourism. Promoter of the initiative is the International Network of Great Wine Capitals which includes 8 cities in the world with a strong wine vocation: Florence, Bordeaux, Bilbao, Cape Town, Mainz, Mendoza, Porto and San Francisco-Napa Valley. The winning companies were selected on the basis of requirements of hospitality and services, as well as a careful self-assessment of the jurors.

"Ubicado sobre una colìna, aproximadamente a 40 minutos desde Florencia, está el Castillo de Verrazzano y su conocida bodega de vinos. Rodeado de grandes jardines, junto al castillo hay una enorme ancla, que perteneció al barco en el cual el explorador italiano Giovanni da Verrazzano navegaba cuando descubrió la bahía de Nueva York.
[...] El vino Chianti clásico de Verrazzano tiene muy bien cuerpo y sabor. Lo mismo su delicado aceite de oliva extra virgen, hecho sólo con aceitunas cultivadas en Verrazzano."

The Daniel Ferro Vocal Program and its group of talented artists reach an important milestone this year, the fifteenth consecutive season in Greve in Chianti. Each year they attract a large group of lovers of vocal music and opera, which fills the gardens and recital halls for five splendid performances for visitors and citizens of Greve and the sorrounding area.

Sunday 15, 22 e 29 March 2009 at 11 am guided visit to the Castle (woods, vineyards, gardens and historical cellars) followed by a tasting of our wines and Chianti gastronomic specialities. Welcome spring with us!

For bookings and further information please call +39 (0)55 854243 or send an e-mail to winetour@verrazzano.com

Castello di Verrazzano, Chianti Classico 2006: Cherry and earth aroma. Almost smoky fruit on palate, smooth and mouthfilling. Should get even better with a little time. 2008-2012.

Castello di Verrazzano, Chianti Classico Riserva 2005: Slightly closed, but a large-scale, Sangiovese-dominated Chianti, juicy and long finishing. Needs time. 2010-2022.

On Sunday May 20, during the events for "Genio Fiorentino" the novelties and the excellencies in the Province of Florence were awarded. Castello di Verrazzano, in person of Luigi Giovanni Cappellini, received the award for the innovation in the communication for the WINEDESIGNCONTEST2007. For more information on the winning initiative: www.winedesigncontest.it

The historical Chianti Classico estate, Castello di Verrazzano, is pleased to announce a new enterprise: a competition for web design. The WINEDESIGNCONTEST 2007 is a competition of ideas for the realisation of a multimedial presentation of the new Chianti Classico vintage. The competition has been devised together with Florence University - Degree Course in Industrial Design - and Firenze Design.

Luigi Giovanni Cappellini, owner of the estate, would like to underline the true spirit of the enterprise: We , the people of Verrazzano, an estate steeped in the history of Chianti, defender of the many noble aspects of Tuscan wine making, felt the necessity to communicate something new and to represent the dynamic nature of the estate. In fact, even though the estate is set in an environment of stone and crenellated towers, the spirit of Verrazzano is dynamic and modern, an aspect represented by the fact that the average age of the staff is very young. One feels almost to have the right to affirm that this is a young historical enterprise!

The competition is better described on the website www.winedesigncontest.it

For information: info@verrazzano.com

Castello di Verrazzano awarded for the third consecutive year by the local panel of this contest, addressed to the companies involved in the enhancement of the matching wine-tourism.

We are proud to announce our Gold Medal in the category Parks, Gardens & Environment, important recognition for our continuous work in developing local culture and history, for our efforts in caring for our structure and environment, as well as for our capability in welcoming visitors requests.

This result will allow us to participate in the international contest, together with the finalist companies from the other Great Wine Capitals in the world.

Waiting for that moment, we are happy to share with you the joy of this result.

In those days of full work for the vintage, in a period that for us it's the most important of all the year because of its power of deciding our future products, some junior schools brought at our castle lots of children who with their fun, vivacity, wish to learn the secrets of such a mysterious world, our world, they made us very pride and actually they found for us the reasons to do always more than the best...

That it is, as it's wonderful working with the awareness that you can offer not only products of the best quality but also, and maybe first of all, it's really important feeling ourselves a part of who spreads a knowledge of our tradition, a tradition that makes us tied to our country and that for this reason it always remembers us who we are and from where we come; all this it's a very special mission for us, a mission at which we think of taking part, even if a little part, and, why not, just beginning from the sweet eyes of those children who look at us with a big wish to learn.

Told you this: Good Harvest!