Ambrogio e Giovanni Folonari Tenute Padre e Figli (

The Folonari family has been making wine since the late eighteenth century. In 1825 the family-owned business took the name “Fratelli Folonari” and adopted the mission of developing, producing and distributing the finest Italian wines throughout the world.

In 1912, Italo Folonari – Ambrogio Folonari’s grandfather – and his brother Francesco purchased the Ruffino company in Tuscany that was famous for its Chianti wine in straw-covered flasks.

After World War II, major changes in terms of economic development and improving standards of living began taking place in Italy. This also affected the wine industry where the Folonari family and Ambrogio in particular were among the first to promote this trend by producing new, high quality wines that contributed to creating the “new frontier” of the Italian wine. At the end of the 1960s the family sold the “Fratelli Folonari” company that concentrated on table wines and began devoting themselves to estate-bottled wines. This was made possible through their acquisition of the famous Nozzole estate near Greve in Chianti in the heart of the Chianti Classico district. At the same time, with the aim of producing very fine wines, they purchased other wine-growing estates in Tuscany such as Cabreothat Ambrogio developed in the 1980s.

In 2000, Ambrogio left Ruffino and the rest of the family, and established with his son “Ambrogio e Giovanni Folonari Tenute”, holding on to some of the best properties. This led to the birth of a group of estates located in Tuscany’s finest wine-growing areas:

        - Tenuta di Nozzole (Chianti  Classico, Super Tuscan, Chardonnay)
        - Tenute del Cabreo (Super  Tuscan)
        - Tenuta TorCalvano Gracciano (Nobile  di Montepulciano, Rosso di Montepulciano)
        - Tenuta La Fuga (Brunello di  Montalcino, Rosso di Montalcino)
        - Conti Spalletti (Chianti  Classico, Chianti, Rosso Toscano)
        - Tenuta Campo al Mare (Bolgheri  DOC, Vermentino IGT, Rosato IGT)
        - Tenuta Vigne a Porrona (Montecucco,  Morellino, Syrah, Merlot)
        - Ronco dei Folo (Colli  Orientali del Friuli: Pinot Grigio, Sauvignon, Bianco, Schioppettino)

In addition to wines, some of the estates also produce local specialties such as Vinsanto for which Nozzole is famous. The fruity extra virgin olive oil is made at Nozzole, while the softer and harmonious varieties come respectively from Fuga and Bolgheri. Then, the best musts/pomaces are used to make fine grappas: Pareto, Cabreo, Torcalvano, Le Due Sorelle and Spalletti.

To complete this representative range, wines, distillates and food specialities have been selected to offer a food and wine connoisseurship par excellence.