News The US wine supply chain to Trump: “We need toasts, not tariffs: 2 billion dollars at risk” Letter from the Toasts Not Tariffs Coalition, 57 organizations representing the alcohol industry: “25,000 jobs in the United States are at risk” Washington, 07.08.2025
News Towards the 2025 harvest: great expectations for quality and quantity in Italy, from North to South From Trentino Alto Adige to Sicily, while the first bunches of grapes are in the cellar, the status of the art in the vineyard, for a promising year so far Florence, 07.08.2025
News Italy of wine in the spotlights in New York, on September 11, 2025, with “Wine Enthusiast” At City Winery tasting and seminars dedicated to Italy with some of its best wineries in the calendar of “Sip Event Series” New York, 06.08.2025
News WINE & EDUCATION Ian D’Agata Wine Academy comes to Italy, November 17th-20th, 2025 Focus on Italian wines, from North to South, in synergy with a prestigious winery in Montalcino Montalcino, 05.08.2025
News HORIZONS A market with potentialities to be discovered: Chianti Docg on tour in China with its Academy Guangzhou, 05.08.2025
News CURRENT EVENTS Slight drop in Central-North, rise in the South: harvest forecast by Accademia della Vite e del Vino Florence, 05.08.2025
News CELEBRITY “Wine is a cornerstone of our civilization, and many poets have talked about it,” explains Nicola Piovani “It often happens to me, when faced with the beauty of nature, that I freeze and stop writing music”, said the Oscar winner in an interview with WineNews. Montalcino, 01.08.2025
News Organic wine aims at 21.48 billion dollars of turnover by 2030 Driven by health and sustainability, the sector will grow by 10.4% yearly. Boom for can format. The report by Grand View Research New York, 03.08.2025
News REACTIONS US duties, Italian wine and agriculture ask for further negotiations in view of August 7th Rome, 01.08.2025
News Terre d’Oltrepò crisis, Consorzio Vini Oltrepò: “close to vine growers and employees” The Consortium headed by Francesca Seralvo: “institutions should act soon, we have to react united looking to the future of the territory” Pavia, 01.08.2025
News AMONG THE VINE ROWS Harvest 2025, early “forecasts” already underway: 45 million hectoliters, according to Coldiretti “Good to excellent quality, despite drought-related issues in some areas”, reports the agricultural organization from Sicily Rome, 31.07.2025
News SCENARIOS US duties, Italian wine looks to new markets. But Mercosur is worth 0.57% of exports WineNews analysis (Istat data) on the four countries in the area involved in the agreement with the EU: exports, in 2024, at 46.7 million euros Montalcino, 31.07.2025
News Gussalli Beretta grows again: acquired 40% of Leonardo Specogna (Colli Orientali del Friuli) Pietro Gussalli Beretta: “investment in an area of great interest, and in a forward-looking business project” Corno di Rosazzo, 30.07.2025
News THE SCENARIO “With 15% tariffs on wine, the damage amounts to 25 billion dollars, even for the U.S. Economy” Data from Unione Italiana Vini (Uiv). President Lamberto Frescobaldi: “it is necessary to include wine in the zero-for-zero list” Milan, 29.07.2025
News THE SCENARIO USA, wine imports sharply slowed in May 2025, but data since start of year are on the rise Waiting to know if wine will be included in “zero-for-zero” list, Oive’s analysis: +8.4% increase in value (2.7 billion euros) in first five months New York, 29.07.2025
News Summer 2025 wine trends: people drink Italian, whites and sparkling wines, with an eye on the wallet Partesa: “the economic factor, today more than ever, should not be underestimated.” Good signals from beer and spirits with the spritz “phenomenon” Milan, 29.07.2025
News Wine bottles on planes, now it’s allowed: the Eu gives the green light to liquids in hand luggage For now, only in airports equipped with next-generation scanners, where up to 2 liters per individual container will be permitted Rome, 29.07.2025
News “Violation of Gi in the non-agri-food sector”: the victory of Prosecco in Poland Giancarlo Moretti Polegato (Sistema Prosecco): “the term can be used only for products complying with production guidelines” Treviso, 28.07.2025
News MADE IN ITALY From JLo to Riccardo Muti, from Nick Cave to Santana, Sassicaia wine-myth “special gift” for VIPs Lucca, 28.07.2025
News MADE IN ITALY Cirò Classico, once the “official” wine of the Olympics, now acknowledged at the European level The EU Commission has approved the PDO. Minister Lollobrigida said, “Italy has reconfirmed its leadership in quality” Rome, 25.07.2025
News THE TRAVEL OF WINENEWS The “Elba Paradox”: tourism “drinks up” all the wine, but its future lies outside the Island Portoferraio, 25.07.2025
News THE SCENARIO The supply chain proposes an institutional campaign to defend wine. Lollobrigida: “at your side” Rome, 21.07.2025
News B LAB ITALIA Sustainability and corporate social responsibility: 30 Italian food B Corps, +166% in three years Eight wineries: Perlage Winery, Feudi di San Gregorio, Avignonesi, Tasca d’Almerita, Cielo e Terra, Perrini, Marcel Zanolari and Venturini Baldini Milan, 22.07.2025
News WINE & CINEMA A limited edition label in the glasses of celebrities at the Venice Film Festival Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore Docg again stars in official toasts: this year’s debut for “La Compagnia delle Stelle” Venice, 22.07.2025
News EVENTS AND MESSAGES The change in wine world between consumption decline and No-Lo at Merano WineFestival Merano, 22.07.2025
News LITERATURE From “I delitti del BarLume” to “La Regina dei Sentieri”, Maremma imortalized by Marco Malvaldi As in cult series, Tuscan coast among vineyards, sea, and inspiration arisen at Castello del Terriccio is the context chosen with Samantha Bruzzone Castellina Marittima, 23.07.2025
News THE CURIOSITY South Africa, Portugal and Italy the best “hot spots” for wine tourism, according to “Titan Travel” The British tour operator’s ranking, according to average bottle price, number of wine tours, research and more Cape Town, 23.07.2025
News ANNIVERSARY The beauty of the Tuscan countryside is the center of “Stealing Beauty”, film that has turned 30 Siena, 22.07.2025
News Russia, down sparkling wine sales: -3.6% in first half 2025 to 96 million liters First time since 2017. Rbc Vino: also down are still wines (-1.6%) and fortified wines (-12.2%), growing are spirits (+3.9%) and the “black market” Moscow, 23.07.2025
News Wine suffers also in wine shop: many declare dropping sales. Vinarius survey In the first 6 months of 2025, sales down for 50% of operators. In summer wine glasses, white and sparkling wines dominate. Rosè wines drop Milan, 21.07.2025
News THE INITIATIVE “Vinitaly and The City”, from off-show in Verona by Vinitaly to a replicable and itinerant format Veronafiere, from Archaeological Park of Sibari in Calabria, launches a project designed for “wine audience”, combining tastings, beauty, and more Sibari, 21.07.2025
News MONTALCINO (JULY 22ND-27TH) Jazz & Wine 2025 by Banfi, from Kenny Barron to Malika Ayane, from Nicola Piovani to Fabrizio Bosso There are many “bigs” at the historical “company festival” of Italian wine. With the show of Nicola Piovani Orchestra, in collaboration with WineNews Montalcino, 22.07.2025
News Between the slopes of Mount Etna and the Alcantara Valley, Italy’s first “Teatro in Vigna” lies It’s the natural amphitheater among vineyards, terraces, and lava where Planeta’s volcano wines arise, and “Sciaranuova Festival” goes on stage Passopisciaro, 22.07.2025
News Management leases and joint ventures: the wine sector is addressing ongoing uncertainties Amid declining consumption, duties, healthism and climate crisis, wine companies consider innovative formulas. Explained to WineNews by Marco Giuri Florence, 19.07.2025
News FORECASTS Duties: “Prosecco, Pinot Grigio, Chianti, Chianti Classico, Brunello and Barolo the most affected” The analysis by “Observatory Edoardo Freddi International”. “Wines representing an important frame of Italian wine in the Usa” Castiglione delle Stiviere, 16.07.2025
News THE IDEA “Vinitaly the Opera’s Ouverture”: a travel among wine and opera with a view over Arena di Verona Veronafiere, Fondazione Arena Verona and Infront Italy project enters the wine sector, celebrating made in Italy, between sensoriality and culture Verona, 17.07.2025
