The Foundation
The Non-Profit Foundation for the Protection of Chianti Classico Territory (La Fondazione per la Tutela del Territorio del Chianti Classico – Onlus) was founded in 1991 by the Historical Chianti Classico Brand Consortium, which in 2005 converged into the Chianti Classico Wine Consortium. Since its start the foundation’s specific mission has been to protect the territory’s environmental assets and valorize its artistic-cultural heritage.
Chianti has always been a borderland, rugged and harsh, which through the centuries, thanks to human endeavor, succeeded in transforming itself into one of the loveliest rural areas in the world. In addition to being a basic element of its cultural identity, the landscape is nowadays one of Chianti’s prime resources and as such needs to be defended and protected.
As established by its statute the foundation’s work is concentrated in two principal spheres: protecting the territory and valorizing its artistic, cultural and environmental assets.
Boards
Board of Directors: prof. Giampiero Maracchi (president); cav. Lapo Mazzei (honorary president); Luigi Giovanni Cappellini (vice-president), dr.ssa Jacqueline Aloisi de Larderel, dr. Giovanni Fossi, dr. Marco Guerrieri, dr. Giuseppe Liberatore, dr. Carlo Maria Mascheroni, dr. Giuseppe Nunzi Conti, dr. Carlo Salvadori, Amb. Sergio Vento.
Board of Auditors: dr.ssa Sandra Baldaccini (president), dr. Vittorio Ermini, dr. Carlo Sarra.
Scientific Committee: Cav. Lapo Mazzei (president), prof. Mauro Agnoletti, prof. Paolo Baldeschi, avv. Andrea Del Re, ing. Paolo Giustiniani, ing. David Chiaramonti, prof. Enrico Cini, prof. Italo Moretti, dr.ssa Fiammetta Nizzi Grifi, prof. Lorenzo Nizzi Grifi, prof. Pierluigi Rossi Ferrini, dr. Stefano Santarelli, prof. Camillo Zanchi.
Secretary-General: dr. Michele Cassano
