During our video tour in Tuscany last summer, we were scheduled to meet with Alessandro Landini, owner of Viticcio, and producer of some the region’s finest Chianti and blends.  Unfortunately, we were unable to visit but asked Alessandro if he would be kind enough to participate in a written interview with us.  Like so many of the current generation vintners, his vineyard management and winemaking techniques reflect the tradition and foundation instilled in him by his father blended with more modern innovative approaches.  If you haven’t enjoyed his wines yet, I can vouch first hand for their outstanding quality………….We always have some around.

Q: Alessandro, your father was an engineer and yet undertook tremendous personal financial risks to create a winery.  What was it in your father that excited him about the prospect of such a new career?

A: My father was the son of an old style wine producer.  After acquiring a degree in engineering in the early 1950’s he immigrated to Venezuela to create a cement factory.  Several years later he sold the factory and returned to Italy. With the money he made he was able to purchase the Viticcio property and set up his father as winemaker.