News Wine tourism stronger than the pandemic: +10% of tourists who traveled thanks to food and wine Roberta Garibaldi’s 2021 Report: we have rediscovered Italy. The sea the preferred destination, Sicily and Naples the most desired destinations Rome, 06.05.2021
News Liv-ex: in the first 4 months of 2021 the secondary market of fine wines grows by +4.35% The Italy 100 scores +2.06, but it is the Burgundy 150 that is the best performer: +6.2% since the beginning of the year 07.05.2021
News The EU towards the green light to the dealcoholization of wine: the objective is new markets On the table the enlargement to wines with denomination, contrary De Castro. Who agrees with the enologists: “Without alcohol it cannot be called wine Brussels, 06.05.2021
News WINE INVESTMENTS Cassa Depositi e Prestiti and Sace 25 million euros to Italian Wine Brands bonds The subscription will last 6 years and will support the development of a company that in 2020 has matured consolidated revenues worth 204.3 million eu Milan, 05.05.2021
News TERRITORIES & FUTURE The sustainability of wine beyond the vineyard: the Ecolog project, to cut CO2 Barolo, 05.05.2021
News WINE LITERATURE “Librottiglia”, signed by Pellegrini: each wine has its own literary genre Bergamo, 04.05.2021
News DATA AND TRENDS Italian sparkling wine in 2020 was all about production and markets trying to recover in consumption The Wine Observatory of Unione Italiana Vini (UIV): sparkling trade around the world has lost 9%, down to 6.6 billion US dollars Rome, 04.05.2021
News The wine market, according to Statista: from 340 billion dollars in 2020 to 528 in 2025 The USA remains no.1 for turnover in 2020, with 50 billion dollars, ahead of France, China, Uk and Italy London, 04.05.2021
News CELEBRATION After 11 years, Inter, Champion of Italy, toasts with Prosecco Superiore by Santa Margherita Milan, 03.05.2021
News The Ministry of Agricultural Policies stands with Vinitaly. Centinaio said, “Verona, wine capital” The Undersecretary (responsible for wine): “the Ministry and Vinitaly are partnering. We must start up again. The Ministry will be there” Verona, 03.05.2021
News MARKETS Prices of the main Italian PDO wines are stable, while prices of table wines are falling WineNews analyzed data from the Chambers of Commerce of Tuscany, Piedmont and Veneto, and ISMEA surveys Montalcino, 30.04.2021
News TRENDS Reopenings are not enough to stop the collapse of out-of-home consumption: wine at -37% in 2021 These are the forecasts of the TradeLab analysis company for Federvini: the biggest drops in Trentino Alto Adige (-46,8%), Apuglia “saved” (-19,1%) Roma, 28.04.2021
News Wine, the interest in digital continues to grow. More and more used also by young people The Trovaprezzi.it study. In 2020 searches at +20% for wine compared to 2019 (2.9 million), and at +33% in the spirits category Rome, 27.04.2021
News WINE AND INSTITUTIONS Crisis distillation for PDO and PGI wines, and more. The Cooperative’s requests to politicians Promotion, sustainability and table wine yields are on the “Wine Table”. Undersecretary Centinaio said, “let’s solve the problems, then start planning Rome, 27.04.2021
News LOOKING TO THE FUTURE Confagricoltura: “extend the authorizations expiry date for planting vineyards” The request submitted to the Minister of Agriculture, Stefano Patuanelli. “There is not enough liquidity to face necessary investments” Rome, 27.04.2021
News Federica Boffa, 23 years old, at the helm of the 140-year-old historic winery Pio Cesare, in Alba History and the future, in the name of tradition, and the Boffa family, “following the company”s unique, conscientious and unmistakable style” Alba, 27.04.2021
News Pandolfini, Romanée-Conti and Sassicaia set an all-time record: 1.2 million euros With 99% of the lots assigned, and a vertical of Tenuta San Guido sold for 7,600 euros, the results of an auction that rewrote the history Roma, 28.04.2021
News After Botter, the fund Clessidra acquires the majority of Gruppo Mondodelvino The Martini family, founder of the company, remains in the shareholding structure. A 350 million euro turnover colossus is born Priocca, 26.04.2021
News PIAZZA DELLE ERBE The Domus Mercatorum of Verona, from “Casa dei Mercanti” to “Casa del Vino” Verona, 19.04.2021
News HIGH FASHION AND WINE & FOOD Dolce & Gabbana, the brand that dresses fine wines and shows wine territories on the catwalk From Donnafugata wines to Montepulciano, home of Nobile wine chosen as set, to the latest testimonials of the new campaign: the shepherds of Lunigiana Milan, 20.04.2021
News MONFERRATO Wine territories, the “Nizza Manifesto”: the quality summit of the Barbera world Nizza Monferrato, 23.04.2021
News TOOLS The global fine wine secondary auction market in “The Sotheby’s Wine Indices” London, 23.04.2021
News ANNIVERSARY 60/90 Guido Berlucchi 2021: 60 years for Franciacorta and 90 for its creator, Franco Ziliani In 1961, one of the fathers of modern winemaking “invented” the first bottle of bubbles and its territory. “May 2021 marks a new rebirth” Borgonato, 16.04.2021
News WINE & ARCHEOLOGY The “wine of Palatino” is born, the project in the Archaeological Park of Colosseum After the production of oil and honey, as in Roman times, the “laying” of the first rows of Vigna Barberini on one of the seventh hills of Rome Rome, 22.04.2021
News CURIOSITY The wine of the “Night of the Oscars”? It is signed by Francis Ford Coppola, with Bottega Spa Los Angeles, 22.04.2021
News CURIOSITY The Veronesi family (Calzedonia and Signorvino) wine producer with Tenimenti Leone 30 hectares of vineyards in Lazio. Federico Veronesi: “we believe in the wine of Lazio, which has a lot to say and to give. We bet on Doc Roma” Lanuvio, 21.04.2021
News GOVERNMENT Towards the Reopening Decree, Unione Italiana Vini alongside the restaurateurs. Alarm for banquets Coldiretti: “reopening from April 26th will be worth 2.5 billion euros for wine!. But July 1st is too far away for events Rome, 21.04.2021
News ANALYSIS Wine: the Pandemic like the 2008/2009 financial crisis, but will recovery be just as rapid? Paris, 20.04.2021
News Sassicaia is the most popular Italian wine online, Monfortino the most expensive one Wine-Searcher: on the podium of the “most popular” Tignanello and Masseto. At the top among the “most expensive” a grappa (Nonino) and Barolo di Roagn Los Angeles, 21.04.2021
News The effects of the lockdown on domestic wine consumption: Italy drank more too Online purchases are growing: in the research of the start-up Sommelier Wine Box the impact of confinement on habits and frequency of consumption Milan, 21.04.2021
News WINE AND SPORTS Ferrari Trento makes the first toast Versappen, Hamilton and Norris on the Formula 1 podium in Imola The Italian and Trentino bubbles debuted at the Made in Italy Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. A toast to sports, and to restarting Imola, 19.04.2021
News ITALIAN WINE IN MOURNING Farewell to Pio Boffa, one of the greatest Italian wine producers A piece of the Langa, Barolo and Barbaresco history “written” with the Pio Cesare Winery, has left us Alba, 17.04.2021
News Sun, sea, warmth and Vermentino: here is the formula that launches the young Doc Maremma At “Vermentino Grand Prix” the 10 best declinations. Mazzei, president of the Maremma Toscana DOC: “production in continuous growth and great appeal” Grosseto, 19.04.2021
News Italians’ spending trends in the year of Covid-19, Nielsen data, analyzed by Coop Wine is growing (and remains Italians’ favorite drink), especially red. “Pantry”, “breakfast” and “no stress” products in the shopping cart Bologna, 17.04.2021
News FUTURE SCENARIOS The “Italian Wine Crypto Bank” project: digital assets, investments and wine Cryptocurrencies, tokens, blockchains - this is the first project of its kind dedicated to Italian wine. Is this the new frontier for the market? Hong Kong, 18.04.2021
News WINENEWS ANALYSIS 2021 begins with the handbrake pulled: in January wine shipments at -21.6% on 2020 Istat data show the gap between the record start of 2020 and the difficulties of today. Export stopped at € 388 million. The USA and UK bad, Canada good Montalcino, 16.04.2021
