Marchesi Antinori announced in January it had opened a new wholly owned import company in the U.S. market called Vinattieri 1385. Based in Napa, Vinattieri 1385 will handle the Antinori, Prunotto and Tormaresca wines in the U.S. market, and will also be in charge of marketing the wines of Napa Valley’s Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars, which Antinori acquired in full last year. “This is one of the most important chapters in our history, together with the acquisition of Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars,” said Piero Antinori, honorary president at Marchesi Antinori. Vinattieri 1385 refers to the year Antinori’s direct ancestor Giovanni di Piero became a member of the Arte Fiorentina dei Vinattieri, the Florentine Vintners’ Guild. The family-owned wine group counts the U.S. as its biggest export market.