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Diego Planeta in Decanter’s Top 10
Posted 7th January, 2010
Diego Planeta, President of Settesoli and Sicilian pioneer, has been named among the Top 10 Most Influential Italians in the wine trade in the latest Italy issue of Decanter Magazine. A panel of distinguished experts on Italy and its wines chose him amongst other notable Italians such as Angelo Gaja and Piero Antinori.
Decanter says:
“Diego Planeta has helped put Sicily on the world’s quality wine map. His family wine company led the Sicilian wine revolution, showing how a region whose annual production of grapes was the highest in Europe could improve its wines, market them with style and reach global markets…
…but Diego Planeta has done more than just build his family winery. In 1973, he took over the running of Cantine Settesoli and transformed it into Europe’s largest coop, with an annual output of 20m bottles… he saw a place for Sicily and its products in a larger context, and has spent his working life encouraging others to see it, too.”