Chianti Classico: now Gallo Nero has a home in Florence

Enoteca of MCF, this is the new headquarters of the Chianti Classico in the heart of the Tuscan capital.


At the newborn "Mercato Centrale Firenze" (MCF), the new space dedicated to Wine&Food of excellence, the Chianti Classico Company, a subsidiary of the homonymous Consortium, opens a wine bar that will offer more than 1,200 labels for tasting and for sale.



In Florence, Enoteca del Chianti Classico

Gallo Nero will have the exclusive on wine for the entire first floor and will offer its labels and a selection of national wines in glass or bottle. Over 1,200 labels for tasting and sale every day, 500 seats in the entire first floor of the Market. An exceptional showcase for the more than 350 member companies of the Consortium, dedicated to the city, its inhabitants and to that multiethnic multitude that every year reaches Florence as tourists or travelers, increasingly demanding and looking for places that may witness authentically the best made in Italy.



Word to the proponents of the initiative

«Just one year after the foundation of the Chianti Classico Company we open what, commercially speaking, is defined a "single–brand" – a unique case within the Consortia of Protection – but that, being one of the most famous Italian products of excellence in the world, turns into a cultural hub dedicated to wine – Michele Zonin, President of the Company, says, and adds: «in addition to offering every day the best examples of oenology of our country, in effect, we will have the opportunity to enrich the knowledge of a national and international audience in the world of Chianti Classico, and this also thanks to the many initiatives related to wine and its culture that we want to propose in the next few months».

«From today in the heart of the city», Sergio Zingarelli, President of the Chianti Classico Wine Consortium says, «there is a point of reference for winemaking of excellence dedicated to all, experts, enthusiasts from Florence or national and international guests».



What is Mercato Centrale Firenze?

Mercato Centrale Firenze (MCF), is one of Florence's most fascinating and ambitious projects in recent years: the creation of a place of taste of Excellence, represented by 12 wine stores dedicated to quality artisan realities, an a la carte restaurant, a pizzeria, a cooking school, a wine school, a library, and much more.