Comments on: Antinori Family of Florence: 600 Years of Winemaking

By: Art

Art — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:53:17 +0000

Jeanne:

I also attended the Gonzaga program. Our school at the time was located in the Palazzo Antinori. While I was there I briefly met a couple of the Antinori family members. My general recollection tho, is that the Antinori family had little interaction with the Gonzaga students. We were invited once to go upstairs to visit the Marchese for a half an hour or so. I’d be surprised if your late husband had much more interaction with the Antinori family than I did, but I could be wrong. Great year in Italy tho. Great memories.

By: Drew

Drew — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:02:29 +0000

Jessica — I think you’re right– it’s somewhere in between. Try out this site: http://www.howjsay.com/

By: Jessica

Jessica — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:27:06 +0000

It’s funny, I’m sitting here repeating the word “Chianti” over and over again to see how it’s pronounced, and I think it’s most accurate to say the “a” is somewhere between “an” and “ahn” – but not strictly either one. Which end of that spectrum one happens to fall toward may depend somewhat on regional dialects and accents, and it’s also true that some people change their pronunciations of words in their native language when they’re speaking another language so as to make it more understandable. So maybe that’s why the Marchese sounded more like Anthony Hopkins when he was saying Chianti in English. It’d be interesting to hear him say it in the context of a conversation he was having in Italian.

By: Drew

Drew — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:27:37 +0000

What else I found interesting about the show was that when showing Morley Safer the little wine window, the Marchese pronounced “Chianti” exactly the way Anthony Hopkins did in Silence of the Lambs (key-an-tee rather than key-ahn-tee). Every Italian pronunciation guide I’ve seen insists that the “ahn” version is correct and I’ve seen posts lamenting Hopkins’ “lack of erudition” in pronouncing it the way he did. Hey, if it’s good enough for the Marchese, it works for me.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:10:18 +0000

Hi, Jeanne:

I think you should contact the Antinori family directly – the link to their website is in the article above, just click on the link on the name “Antinori.” You could also try contacting the people at 60 Minutes, but since there’s a website for the Antinori family it would make sense that you’d contact them directly.

Good luck,
Jessica

By: jeanne ranieri

jeanne ranieri — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:27:03 +0000

hi there
looking for help-my late husband lived in florence(for a time) with the antinori family.he attended gonzaga university . it was there he shared with us that he learned how to cook as well as he did. he shared his experience with both me and my 4 children. i’m not sure how to touch base with the family, but would love for my children to see where he stayed and enjoyed one of his finest experiences in life. they are from ages 12-20. if there’s anyway to help us communicate with them ,it would mean a great deal to them.
thank you
jeanne ranieri