News Climate change: from 2025 Château Lafleur will no longer claim the Bordeaux and Pomerol appellations The decision by the Guinaudeau family winery: “we need to make management decisions more quickly than our AOC systems allow” Bordeaux, 28.08.2025
News “Wine is a tool for dialogue, just like art”: according to Robert Princic and Matjaž Četrtič Representative winegrowers from the Italian and Slovenian Collio regions jointly inaugurate the “Ars Sine Finibus” art park Gorizia, 27.08.2025
News Climate change: from 2025 Château Lafleur will no longer claim the Bordeaux and Pomerol appellations The decision by the Guinaudeau family winery: “we need to make management decisions more quickly than our AOC systems allow” Bordeaux, 28.08.2025
News AMONG THE VINEYARDS Alta Langa, Asti, Trentodoc, Alto Adige, Doc delle Venezie: the North increasingly focused harvest Grapes for sparkling wines and white varieties begin to take shape in the 2025 harvest, which is marked by optimism in terms of quality and quantity Asti, 27.08.2025
News TERRITORY AND ENVIRONMENT The Amalfi lemon groves and terraced agricultural system among the Giahs landscapes protected by FAO Amalfi, 27.08.2025
News EVENTS Not just great films: food and wine take center stage at the Venice Film Festival Venice, 26.08.2025
News IN THEATERS OCTOBER 30 With director Paolo Virzì, the world of wine returns to the forefront of Italian cinema “Cinque Secondi” is the new film set among the vineyards of Tuscany, starring Valerio Mastandrea, Galatea Bellugi, and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi Rome, 26.08.2025
News A piece of Italy in New York: the Marche region on the famous Nasdaq tower in Times Square The region’s finest products with super-ambassador Gianmarco Tamberi. Bernetti (Imt): “An important initiative at a particular moment for wine” New York City, 26.08.2025
News MADE IN ITALY Cirò Classico, the ancient “official” wine of the Olympics, recognized at European level Rome, 25.07.2025
News The Wine Hunter, 100 wines from all regions of Italy competing for the “Platinum Awards” Helmuth Köcher: “strengthening the connection between wine and territory”. The best will be unveiled at the Merano WineFestival (November 7-11) Merano, 25.08.2025
News CONSUMPTION From niche to mainstream, the “No-Lo” movement advances. Slow Food dedicates a book to it Further confirmation that this is no longer a marginal phenomenon, but a well-established trend Rome, 21.08.2025
News FORECASTS AMONG THE VINEYARDS Veneto, “the 2025 harvest looks very promising in terms of both quantity and quality” Production estimates for Italy’s leading wine region in terms of value, in the “Trittico Vitivinicolo” by the Veneto Region, Arpav, and Crea Venice, 22.08.2025
News Aglianico, Barolo, Moscato d’Asti, Lambrusco di Sorbara: the Italian wines chosen by Wset The complete list of labels selected for the tasting exams valid for the 2024/2025 diploma has been revealed for the first time London, 23.08.2025
News Mourning Italian wine bids farewell to Ampelio Bucci, noble father of Fivi and the Verdicchio revolution He passed away at 89. Michele Bernetti (Istituto Marchigiano Tutela Vini): “His bold and forward-thinking vision will continue to inspire us” Montecarotto, 21.08.2025
News MARKET Italian sparkling wines and exports: -1% in value in May 2025 (€875.8 million), Prosecco up +1.2% Istat data, analyzed by WineNews: the US market grows (+9.1% to €241.6 million), while the UK, Germany, Russia, Canada decline among the “big players” Montalcino, 21.08.2025
News From wine to the sea with sustainability at center: Tasca d’Almerita and Palermo-Montecarlo regatt The 20th edition started from the Circolo della Vela Sicilia, of which Giuseppe Tasca d’Almerita was president, to whom the trophy is dedicated Palermo, 20.08.2025
News “Barolo Girls. The female revolution of the king of wines”, the book by Clara and Gigi Padovani Published by Gribaudo, it is a reportage on the female revolution in the Langhe, a “repertoire of stories and dreams for the future” Alba, 20.08.2025
News Luxury: aspirational consumers cut back, but the “top tier” (0.1%) are not A very small niche of big spenders accounts for 66% of the high-end wine and spirits market. Boston Consulting Group study by Altagamma Milan, 20.08.2025
News THE INVESTITURE The Prosecco DOCG Hills nominated for “Italian City of Wine” 2026 Venice, 20.08.2025
News CURIOSITY Cristian Specogna and Tommaso Canella, Italy in the “Wine Enthusiast’s Future 40 Tastemakers 2025” The former is a winemaker at the Specogna winery in Friuli, now in its third generation, as is the latter, md of the historic “Bellini” winery New York, 19.08.2025
News AWARDS Darya Majidi, expert in Artificial Intelligence, wins the 2025 Casato Prime Donne Award Montalcino, 19.08.2025
News REFLECTION “Food is territory, roots, community, sociality, and identity: the keywords of happiness” Rome, 17.08.2025
News WORLD MARKETS Chianti, “China is strategic for our future”. The “Chianti Academy” 2025 kicks off on August 22 The Consortium, led by Giovanni Busi, will be in the spotlight from today until September 13 in four key cities: Guangzhou, Shanghai, Beijing, Chengdu Beijing, 18.08.2025
News NEWS Prima Pavé, the world’s most awarded non-alcoholic wine, launches partnership with GIV Blanc de Blancs and Rosé Brut, the brand’s flagship labels, will be distributed in Italy by the country’s leading wine group Milan, 18.08.2025
News ECONOMY A difficult 2025 for fine wines, but some are growing: Soldera Case Basse also in the “top 10” London, 14.08.2025
News FROM TRENTINO TO SICILY Italy returns to the cover of Wine Spectator, confirming the US’s love for Italy Symbolized by Umbria, for publisher Marvin R. Shanken it is “a dream destination thanks to its culture, landscapes, cuisine, and world-class wines” New York, 14.08.2025
News CULTURE Admiring Van Gogh’s wheat fields with a glass of Prosecco DOC, the bubbles of great events Awaiting “Milano Cortina” 2026, and while also attending Expo Osaka 2025, the Consortium promotes the major exhibition in Treviso Treviso, 16.08.2025
News CULTURE Marco Malvaldi: “wine is one of the most beautiful ideas in our life because it is always different” Cortina, 14.08.2025
News The “stars” of world wine protagonists of a dreamy auction on Croisette in Cannes At Besch auction, among even 1,550 lots, an impressive collection by Domaine de la Romanée-Conti. But, also many prestigious Italian brand Cannes, 13.08.2025
News Vesuvius fire: Lacryma Christi crops and vineyards were largely preserved Nicola Caputo, assessor for Agriculture Campania Region: “only 1% affected by fire”. Relief for Consorzio dei Vini del Vesuvio Naples, 12.08.2025
News THE OPINION Gaja: “uprooting and distillation are extreme measures, we must govern the limit” The future of the sector according to Italy’s wine “artisan” in an interview on Corriere della Sera. Harvest status of the art for “Avvenire” Milan, 12.08.2025
News THE AWARD “100 custodi per 100 vitigni” and “Wein in Südtirol” the best Italian books on wine for Oiv International Organization of Vine and Wine honors with “Award” 2025 the volumes by Aldo Lorenzoni (Graspo) and Consorzio Vini Alto Adige Dijon, 12.08.2025
News A Sicilian wine appears in the series “And Just Like That”, the sequel to “Sex & The City” A bottle of Alta Mora Etna Bianco enters the kitchen of one of the main characters, reflecting the appeal (never diminished) of made in Italy New York City, 04.08.2025
News E-commerce confirms the rise of sparkling wines, and surpass of white over red wines Gruppo Italiano Vini (Giv) data - Making Science: in 2024, 56% of generated turnover on Vinicum.com comes from sparkling wines Calmasino di Bardolino, 11.08.2025
News “CANTINA ITALIA” Italian wine stocks are still high at 39.8 million hectoliters as of July 30, 2025 This figure is + 0.5% higher compared to 2024, according to data from the updated ICQRF report, during the harvest period Rome, 11.08.2025
News THE DECISION Maintain the balance and reinforce markets: harvest 2025, Asti Docg reduces yields and stocks Also the first Italian Metodo Classico adapts. President of Consortium Stefano Ricagno: “the context imposes an attentive management of the offer” Asti, 09.08.2025
