Price: $295
Time: 1:45 pm - 3 pm
Host:  Federico Radi – Director of Winemaking
Co-Host: Tina Gellie – Content Director, Decanter

For anyone who knows and loves Italian wine, the name Biondi-Santi is synonymous with power, elegance and tradition.

This producer of top-rank Brunello has cult status internationally and is revered for the quality and longevity of its meticulously crafted wines. Biondi-Santi makes three wines, all reds: Rosso di Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino and Brunello di Montalcino Riserva. This illuminating vertical tasting will be led by Biondi-Santi’s director of winemaking, Federico Radi, who will take tasters back through the decades, from the relatively youthful Rosso di Montalcino 2022 to the truly venerable and rare Brunello di Montalcino Riserva 1975.

Born and bred in Tuscany, Federico joined Biondi-Santi as director of winemaking in 2017. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Agronomy from the Università degli Studi in Florence and a Master’s degree in Oenology from the Università degli Studi in Siena.
 
A Sangiovese expert through and through, Federico’s previous winemaking roles in Chianti Classico and Maremma eventually led him to Montalcino and Biondi-Santi. Here he has immersed himself in the century-old traditions and terroir of this venerable estate, while steering a course for future evolution – and all the while maintaining unaltered the distinctive Biondi-Santi style.
 
 

Tina has been with Decanter since 2008, starting as Chief Sub on the magazine then Regional Editor (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, North America) across the print and digital channels, and is now the brand's Content Director.

An awarded wine writer and editor, she won several scholarships on the way to getting her WSET Diploma, and is a freeman of The Worshipful Company of Distillers. She has worked in wine publishing since 2003, including as Acting Editor of Wine International. Before her wine career she spent a decade as a newspaper journalist for broadsheets in London and Australia.