News Fighting illegal employment, alert rises: more controls and new tools. The grape harvest a test case What changes for the wine world with the Agriculture Decree. Roberto Caponi (Confagricoltura): “contracts only to “certified” companies” Florence, 18.07.2024
News Harvest 2024, here are the first bunches of grapes. Kicking off the harvest is Settesoli, in Sicily It starts with Pinot Grigio and other early varieties, for a journey through the rows of Italy that begins in summer and ends in autumn Menfi, 18.07.2024
News More investment in Bolgheri: Agricole Gussalli Beretta gets majority stake from Fabio Motta Gussalli Beretta family group adds Bolgheri territory to Franciacorta, Chianti Classico, Barolo, Alto Adige and Colline Teramane Bolgheri, 18.07.2024
News THE CURIOSITY Organic, usable agricultural area grows in Italy, but vineyards decline 2.5 million hectares under organic farming in Italy, 25% of the total. 80% is made up of arable land and pastures. Data from “Bio in figures” by Ismea Rome, 17.07.2024
News THE CURIOSITY Summer, innovative, low and no-alcohol beers, pure white wines and made-in-Italy bubbles win Milan, 17.07.2024
News FROM “VINOVIP CORTINA” 2024 Wine, the duty to be optimistic amid so many difficulties. Starting with the cost of money Cortina d'Ampezzo, 17.07.2024
News VALPOLICELLA WINE CONSORTIUM Valpolicella is going lighter, serving wines cold, to win over young people “Venezia Superiore” 2024: The “contemporary” wines in the area are doing very well, while Amarone and Ripasso are struggling. Venezia, 16.07.2024
News Sustainability, healthism and territory: this is where the wine world will “go” in the next decade The scenarios for 2034 according to Denis Pantini, head of Nomisma Wine Monitor at “Sanguis Jovis”, the Alta Scuola del Sangiovese by Fondazione Banfi Montalcino, 16.07.2024
News PRODUCTION AND MARKET As Italy’s wine sector looks ahead to the next harvest, it still has one more in the cellar Rome, 16.07.2024
News For Abfv group (Alejandro Bulgheroni) 4 million euro loan from Intesa Sanpaolo They will be earmarked for hospitality projects and replanting of vineyards between Montalcino, Bolgheri and Chianti Turin, 16.07.2024
News WINE INVESTMENTS Ferruccio Ferragamo’s Tenuta Il Borro has invested in Brunello di Montalcino, acquiring Pinino The Estate has been acquired (16 hectares of vineyards, 7.6 hectares of Brunello), in Montosoli, one of the most prestigious areas Montalcino, 15.07.2024
News PERSONAGES To Marina Cvetic, “soul” of Masciarelli, the Khail Prize 2024, presented at “VinoVip Cortina” “Civiltà del Bere” recognition for its commitment to providing continuity to an Italian family business that has become an example of excellence Cortina, 15.07.2024
News Between Sicily, Malta and the Amalfi Coast, the cruise for wine lovers kicks off in September Organized by Windstar Cruises, it is advised by Maze Row Wines, an American fine wine import & export company Rome, 15.07.2024
News THE TALK BY “CIVILTÀ DEL BERE” The “Resistance” of wine, today: identifying past mistakes and tuning the brand for the future At “VinoVip Cortina”, the strategies of OIV President Luigi Moio, Master of Wine Andrea Lonardi, Giovanni Bigot and Professor Eugenio Pomarici Cortina d'Ampezzo, 15.07.2024
News ITALY Colli Euganei are Unesco World Biodiversity Reserve (and the credit is also due to the wine) A great opportunity for the area, which has always focused on the environment, respect for the landscape, and low-impact farming techniques Padova, 10.07.2024
News Wine tourism drives winery sales, and Lugana Doc launches wine tourist guide The direct channel is worth 15% of companies’ turnover (in some cases even more), and Lake Garda attracts 27 million tourists a year Peschiera del Garda, 10.07.2024
News The best sweet wine in the world? Tenuta di Capezzana’s Vin Santo di Carmignano Riserva New success at the “International Wine Challenge” in London for the Contini Bonacossi family. France wins 4 of the 10 most coveted awards London, 11.07.2024
News US, wine consumption still down in 2024: -8% in first 5 months, -6% for Italy Saying this are horeca and gdo orders from American warehouses, according to Osservatorio Unione Italiana Vini - Uiv and Vinitaly Rome, 11.07.2024
News PIONEERS Ezio Rivella: thinking outside the box is an extra added value to grow territories and communities Montalcino, 09.07.2024
News WINE ECONOMY Wine and gdo: volumes down in the first 6 months 2024. Only sparkling wines return to growth The state of the art in Circana’s data on the first half of the year among supermarket and discount store shelves, analyzed by WineNews Milan, 10.07.2024
News THE DOCUMENT France the best wine nation in the world, followed by Italy and Spain: the France AgriMer report Paris, 10.07.2024
News MARKETS Wine, first quarter 2024 shows positive signs (in volume) for exports to China, down Japan Madrid, 10.07.2024
News CURRENT NEWS State bands for Igt wines are a reality, and the Sannio Consortium is the first to adopt them A turning point also embraced by Igt Emilia with its Lambrusco. The debut with the Benevento appellation, and a first batch of 4 million markings Rome, 09.07.2024
News PIONEERS Farewell to Benito Nonino, the “father” of Italian grappa, a Made in Italy excellence the world over Nonino and his Distilleries have written one of the most beautiful Italian family business stories Percoto, 08.07.2024
News WINE AND TERRITORY Oltrepò Pavese, resignations for five members (all bottlers) of the consortium’s board of directors Torrazza Coste, 08.07.2024
News CONSUMPTIONS Champagne is the third best-selling appellation in Italy in 2023 (at No. 1 is Franciacorta) In Signorvino shops, French bubbles account for 8% in value, with an average price of 62 euros per bottle Verona, 08.07.2024
News Viticultural index and dematerialized registers of related wine products is (almost) a law Albiera Antinori, president of Federvini Wine Group:“ It gives us great satisfaction. Digitize to simplify, now let’s move on to the operations phase” Rome, 05.07.2024
News THE CURIOSITY Record-breaking wines: a 27-liter of Bibi Graetz’s Colore 2016 sold for 100,000 francs in Switzerlan Zurich, 04.07.2024
News Wine & art, not just inspiration, for artists, wineries are the new exhibition spaces A union that is renewed at Farina Wines, historic producer in Valpolicella, which, in its “Art Ferment” project, is hosting Roberto Bigano’s exhibitio Pedemonte, 04.07.2024
News The viticultural index and the wine product registers will be connected digitally An amendment to the Agriculture Decree approved by the Agriculture Committee of the Senate, signed by Senator Gian Marco Centinaio, will provide digital connections Roma, 03.07.2024
News STORIES When hospitality in the Italian countryside became luxury, at “L’Andana”, in Maremma Twenty years ago, the Moretti family’s pioneering project combined hospitality of excellence, haute cuisine by great chefs, wine, beautiful landscape Castiglione della Pescaia, 02.07.2024
News ON THE COVER The best Müller Thurgau? It’s the 2014 IGT Vigneti delle Dolomiti signed by Pelz To elect it, the historic International Competition sponsored by Mostra Valle di Cembra Committee, in Cembra, out of a total of 61 wines participating Cembra, 02.07.2024
News Rosé wine speaks French, and the world market remains stable in 2022 between consumption and exports “Observatoire Mondiale du Rosé” report: Italy third largest producer and exporter. And rosés reach 10% among still wines Paris, 29.06.2024
News Wine and alternative finance, Anthilia Capital Partners invests €3 million in Velenosi The partnership between the winery led by Angela Velenosi, among the most important in Marche and Abruzzo, and the asset management company is renewed Ascoli Piceno, 01.07.2024
News MASERATI & ANTINORI A bespoke “supercar” unique in the world: the GranCabrio Folgore Tignanello Two Made in Italy icons have created the first 100% electric luxury convertible. On July 14th it will be the star of a charity auction in California Modena, 01.07.2024
News PROMOTING WINE Trade Fairs and major maneuvers: Wine Paris is growing, ProWein is reorganizing, Vinitaly is focusing on the USA Strategies of the major wine trade Fair players Paris, Dusseldorf and Verona on the changing market and wineries rationalizing investments Parigi, 28.06.2024