Aug. 29 - Tuscan wines are among the one hundred most wanted wines in the world. Well known abroad, the Italian labels and in particular the Tuscan ones are particularly sought after outside national borders. In particular, the most wanted wines are the most valuable and belonging to the most famous wineries. In the Top 100 ranking of the "most searched for wines" by Wine – Searcher, Tuscan wines are the only ones to represent Italy, while French wines take up as many as 79 positions. The United States has 11 labels, Australia 3 and Portugal and Spain 2, respectively. In 13th place, after a series of French and American wines, there is Sassicaia. Next, there is the Tignanello by Marchesi Antinori and in 28th place the Ornellaia, in 33rd position the Masseto, and in 39th position the Solaia by Marchesi Antinori. The news was greeted with enthusiasm by the local administration. "We are the flag bearer for Italy and this makes us proud. Thanks to the wine we make, the world learns about the Tuscan agricultural model and more generally of the Tuscan way of life," said the agriculture commissioner of the Region, Gianni Salvadori.

THE SASSICAIA
The San Guido Vineyard takes its name from San Guido Gherardesca, who lived in the thirteenth century. It is located on the Etruscan coast between Livorno and Grosseto, in the Maremma, and extends for 13 kilometers from the sea to the hills. Sassicaia was developed by Mario Incisa della Rocchetta, who, in the ‘20s as a student in Pisa , dreamed of creating a classy wine like Bordeaux. No one had ever thought until then to make a wine of that type in Maremma, an unknown wine region in those days. The decision to plant this variety in the San Guido Vineyard was in part due to the similarity that he had noticed between the Tuscan area and Graves, in Bordeaux. Graves means gravel paths, a rocky terrain that distinguishes the area, just like Sassicaia in Tuscany. From 1948 to 1967, Sassicaia was a strictly private domain, and was drunk only at the estate. Every year, a few cases were laid down in the cellars of Castiglioncello. The Marquis soon realized that the wine improved considerably, as often happens with wines of great stature. In 1968, the first bottles were put on the market and triggered immediately an enthusiastic response.