News China’s wine imports lose 25% in value in 2020. Italy at 101 million euros The Oemv balance sheet on Chinese customs data: the pandemic accelerates the collapse that began in 2018. On the podium still Australia, France, Chile Beijing, 25.02.2021
News “Wine is like music, the more you know about it, the more you can enjoy it”says Francis Ford Coppola At “Wine Future 2021” the message from one of the greatest film directors of all time, and wine producer in California Oporto, 23.02.2021
News “Brunello di Montalcino Wine Stage”. The Giro d’Italia is coming back to Montalcino The “Wine Stage” of the “Corsa Rosa” is dedicated to one of the greatest Italian wines. On May 19th the spectacular white roads will host the Giro Montalcino, 24.02.2021
News FOCUS ON FEBRUARY 26-27 Wine markets in crisis, but Italy is holding up. The focus in the Valpolicella Annual Conference Nomisma Wine Monitor data: in 2020 imports to the USA (-11.1%) and China (-26.7%) collapsed, but Italy limited damages (-2.9%) Verona, 24.02.2021
News FAIRS & EVENTS Vinitaly 2021 is still on the calendar from June 20-23 in Verona, registrations extended to April 12 Verona, 23.02.2021
News WINE & HEALTH In Oltrepò Pavese, wine waste is being transformed into cosmetic products The project has been launched and research studies will take two years at the University of Pavia and Terre d’Oltrepò winery Broni, 19.02.2021
News The wine agenda of Unione Italiana Vini to the Draghi government: emergency and structural projects Relief, sustainability decree, flexibility in promotion measures, and also CAP, broadband and Recovery Plan are the top priorities Milan, 19.02.2021
News TERRITORIES Wine and finance: Intesa San Paolo and Consorzio del Barolo refine the instrument of the revolving pledge Barolo, 19.02.2021
News Canada, growing market in 2020 for Italian wine, despite Covid The great reds of Italy, with Tuscany, Piedmont and Veneto, protagonists in the restaurants of Quebec, among the most important regions of the country Montreal, 18.02.2021
News WINE AND RANKINGS Antinori (with Solaia, Tignanello, Guado al Tasso) and Sassicaia at the top of the worldwide critics Italian red wines with the best overall score, among “Wine Spectator”, “The Wine Advocate”, James Suckling and “Vinous”, according to “Gentleman” Florence, 19.02.2021
News AGRICULTURE AND POLITICS Record agri-food exports in 2020, despite Covid: a strong signal from which to restart The reactions of Confagricoltura, Coldiretti, Cia - Agricoltori Italiani, Copagri and Slow Food to the words of Mario Draghi Rome, 17.02.2021
News Wine and taxation: Masi Agricola opens up to the “Patent Box” with the Italian Revenue Agency The tool: a portion of the income derived from the use of intangible assets, such as trademarks, does not contribute to forming total income Gargagnago, 18.02.2021
News ITALY At the court of Brunello di Montalcino, in presence, on the weekends of March: the “Brunello Off” The event, signed by the Consorzio del Brunello, with the dream “double combination”: in the glass Riserva 2015 and Vintage 2016 Montalcino, 17.02.2021
News WINE TERRITORIES “Feminine, singular”: San Gimignano’s Vernaccia is betting on social media and Millennials The strategy of the “White Queen” in the land of reds, the only wine mentioned in the “Divine Comedy”, native to San Gimignano San Gimignano, 15.02.2021
News The wine world is celebrating the year of the Ox, while interest in China is dwindling in Italy The examples from Castiglion del Bosco and Feudi San Gregorio. After the collapse in 2020, we need to recover and learn from France and Australia Montalcino, 17.02.2021
News Mario Draghi: health, economics, and the environment, the core of Government action “We want to leave a better planet, not just a better currency. Today, unity is not an option, unity is a duty, guided by love for Italy” Rome, 17.02.2021
News Green economy for wine and piadine: 15.7 million euros to boost agro-food in the Marche region Pact among MISE, the Region, UNIVPM and a pool of private individuals led by Moncaro cooperative will invest in research and innovation for wine&food Ascoli, 17.02.2021
News CELEBRATIONS The story of an Italian success: 60 years of Pinot Grigio of Santa Margherita Fossalta di Portogruaro, 17.02.2021
News STAR WINES Elliott Erwitt’s “California Kiss”, exceptionally granted for a new Sting label The 1955 shot by the legendary American photographer inspired his wife Trudie Styler’s “Kisses on the Mouth”, a limited edition Vermentino Figline Valdarno, 17.02.2021
News THE DEBATE “Wine is one of the pleasures of life, why deprive yourself of it?” says the luminary David Khayat Paris, 15.02.2021
News WINE AND FOOD INVESTMENTS “Polo del Gusto” of Illy group is ready for a new partner: the selection of the advisor is started Montalcino, 15.02.2021
News THE TREND 2021 starts well for wines. After the records of 2020, a small stop for Italy (-0.5%) Liv-Ex data on January 2021: despite US taxes, closed restaurants and Brexit, the secondary market for great wines holds and grows London, 16.02.2021
News WINE AND ENVIRONMENT Apulia wine against photovoltaic: “we will barricade against wild colonization” Wine producers and green energy producers clash. The Consortiums say wine cannot be produced under photovoltaic and wind power plants Lecce, 12.02.2021
News WINE TOURISM Discover Valpolicella, its flavors and Amarone wine by bike, with Tommasi and Cunego Verona, 12.02.2021
News FOREIGN US, stop to the “carousel”: taxes remain for now, moving towards detente. Italy still safe Nothing new from the front of the trade representative (Ustr): for Uiv it is the first step towards the thaw, that with Biden seems around the corner Washington, 12.02.2021
News WINE PATRONAGE “Vendemmia d’Artista”: the Belgian artist Jan Fabre has interpreted Ornellaia 2018 “La Grazia” The most recent edition of a historical project has been presented, which since 2009, has donated 2 million euros to cultural institutions Bolgheri, 10.02.2021
News GUIDES AND CRITICS Sassicaia, Rubesco Vigna Monticchio, Solaia, I Sodi di San Niccolò: the top for “Gentleman” Milan, 11.02.2021
News Sartarelli, Vie di Romans, Ornellaia, Fazi Battaglia and Siddurà: at the top for “Decanter” White and sweet wines of the year for the Uk magazine. For Balciana 2017 (Sartarelli) double recognition after the International Wine Challenge 2020 Jesi, 09.02.2021
News Harvest 2020, Italy produced 49,066,003 hectoliters of wine. Veneto and Puglia at the top Official data from the Ministry of Agriculture, reported by Federvini. 28.6 million hectoliters of white wines, 20.4 the red ones Rome, 10.02.2021
News BEYOND THE PANDEMIC Announcement: “Studio Marche”, a new TV studio for wine & food in the Region The idea came from Istituto Marchigiano di Enogastronomia, Enoteca Regionale of Offida and the Marche Region. To be presented February 11th Jesi, 09.02.2021
News TECHNOLOGY The European Space Agency technology will map the crus of Bolgheri, Barolo and Brunello Walking through the rows, having all the orographic information, without leaving home. The 3D vineyards of Ticinum Aerospace’s Saturnalia project Pavia, 08.02.2021
News 35.000 vine cuttings, the final act of the research on Bombino Nero and Nero di Troia, stolen Ready to be planted on 10 hectares of the Rivera winery, they were the result of a project Professor Attilio Scienza started in the 1990s Andria, 09.02.2021
News WineNews Rumors: a two-hectare vineyard in Castel Gandolfo, the first in the Vatican City The link between wine and Christianity is a symbolic circle that the project coordinated by Riccardo Catella is closing Castel Gandolfo, 05.02.2021
News SCENARIOS Multichannel, online and brands in the future of wine. But financial strength is a critical issue Analysis of the impact of Covid-19 penned by Lorenzo Zanni and Andrea Golia of the University of Siena at “Wine & Siena” Siena, 08.02.2021
News THE STATE OF THE ART In January 2021 over 61 million hectoliters of wine in the cellars of Italy (+3,6% compared to 2020) The first “Cantina Italia” report of the new year: half of the wine in stock is DOP, one liter out of four is in Veneto Rome, 08.02.2021
