{"id":19016,"date":"2026-10-13T14:28:55","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T12:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bto.travel\/speaker\/donatella-cinelli-colombini\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T16:49:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T14:49:37","slug":"donatella-cinelli-colombini","status":"publish","type":"speakers","link":"https:\/\/www.bto.travel\/en\/speaker\/donatella-cinelli-colombini\/","title":{"rendered":"Donatella Cinelli Colombini"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Donatella Cinelli Colombini is descended from one of the historic families of Brunello di Montalcino. She was born in Siena in 1953, where she earned a degree in art history with highest honors.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She was the first to recognize the tourism potential of wine regions, and in 1993, she created \u201cCantine aperte,\u201d an event that, within just a few years, made wine tourism a success in Italy. Today, she teaches wine tourism in graduate-level programs.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1998, she left the family business to start her own, consisting of Casato Prime Donne in Montalcino, where she produces Brunello, and Fattoria del Colle in Trequanda, which features a Chianti winery and a farmstay. Hers are the first wineries in Italy with an all-female staff.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2003, Donatella won the Oscar for Best Italian Producer and published *The <em>Wine Tourism Handbook<\/em>*. In 2007, her second book, <em>*Wine Tourism Marketing*<\/em>, was released, followed in 2016 by <em>*Marketing Open Wineries*.<\/em> These were followed by collaborative works <em>: *Wine Tourism in Italy*<\/em> (2020), <em>*A Journey Through Italy\u2019s Wine Country* (2022), and *Wine Tourism 4.0* (2023)<\/em>.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From 2001 to 2011, she served as the Councilor for Tourism for the City of Siena, and during this time she conceived \u201curban trekking,\u201d a new form of sustainable and healthy tourism. From 2013 to 2022, she chaired the Orcia DOC Consortium, promoting it as \u201cthe most beautiful wine in the world\u201d and a liquid postcard of her region.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2012, she was awarded the \u201cVinitaly International Award,\u201d and in 2014, she was named a Knight of the Italian Republic. 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