Franco Martinetti

Franco Maria Martinetti is a major actor in the international wine and food scene, a gentleman from another time, equally at home among his vineyards in Piemonte as well as with world-famous chefs or at major wineries and important
institutions in the sector worldwide.

Although his career began not in wine but advertising, all along he followed his passion for food and wine and started making his own wine in 1974. Since then his progress, as well as that of his products, has been studded with success as shown by many international awards.The only Italian to become a member of the Académie du Vin de France, he has been president of the Académie Internationale du Vin since 2003.

Franco Maria Martinetti is a major actor in the international wine and food scene, a gentleman from another time, equally at home among his vineyards in Piemonte as well as with world-famous chefs or at major wineries and important
institutions in the sector worldwide.

Although his career began not in wine but advertising, all along he followed his passion for food and wine and started making his own wine in 1974. Since then his progress, as well as that of his products, has been studded with success as shown by many international awards.The only Italian to become a member of the Académie du Vin de France, he has been president of the Académie Internationale du Vin since 2003.

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