{"id":70420,"date":"2024-06-07T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/uncategorized\/luigi-ricasoli-firidolfi\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T19:27:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T17:27:04","slug":"luigi-ricasoli-firidolfi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/projects\/meet-en\/luigi-ricasoli-firidolfi\/","title":{"rendered":"Luigi Ricasoli Firidolfi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today we continue telling you about the history of the Presidents of the Consorzio Vino Chianti Classico!<br><strong>This time we focus on Luigi Ricasoli Firidolfi, who served as President of the Consorzio per la difesa del Vino Tipico del Chianti e della sua Marca di Origine (today known as Consorzio Vino Chianti Classico) in the immediate post-World War II period, from 1947 to 1958.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During a time when Italy was moving toward reconstruction, Firidolfi, as President of the Consortium, worked to best promote the excellence of Chianti Classico, advancing the idea that a wine of such high quality as the Black Rooster wine should command an appropriate price in the market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In 1954, Luigi Ricasoli Firidolfi spoke as a presenter at the \u201cEconomic Viticulture Conference of Chianti,\u201d organized by the Consorzio per la difesa del Vino Tipico del Chianti e della sua Marca di Origine (today Consorzio Vino Chianti Classico) in Radda in Chianti.<\/strong> In his speech, he strongly emphasized the pride shared by Black Rooster producers, whose dedication helps to sustain the history and reputation of one of Europe\u2019s most prestigious wine regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are his words, still very relevant today:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;I, on the other hand, state that Chianti [Classico] is not a high-quality wine but an extremely high-quality wine, and it is capable, through extreme rigor and using the necessary time, of reclaiming on the market the price it deserves.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1954, Luigi Ricasoli Firidolfi spoke as a presenter at the \u201cEconomic Viticulture Conference of Chianti,\u201d organized by the Consorzio per la difesa del Vino Tipico del Chianti e della sua Marca di Origine (today Consorzio Vino Chianti Classico) in Radda in Chianti.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":523,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[197,196],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - 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