News Italian wine: after 2021 recovery, positive outlook for 2022 as well, despite everything Mediobanca’s Report 2022: Riunite-Giv, Iwb and Botter-Mondo del vino leading by turnover, Antinori first “private”, Frescobaldi No. 1 by profitability Milan, 24.05.2022
News Wine grapes, 2 billion euros of insured value in 2021 (+ 4.7% on 2020) “Report on risk management in agriculture” by Ismea: policies in the primary sector of € 8.9 billion. The South is growing Rome, 26.05.2022
News Cantina Italia: in April 2022 in the Italian wineries 53.8 million hectoliters of wine Stocks down on March (-5.8%). In Veneto 23.1% of all stored wine production, 8.9% of DOP and IGP wines is Prosecco Rome, 16.05.2022
News FROM MAY 24TH TO JULY 10TH “Coppe di stelle nel cerchio del sole”, Planeta’s “Journey to Sicily # 9”, in Palermo The brand’s show of artists’ works at the Regional Gallery of Sicily, which restored unpublished “treasures” from its warehouses Palermo, 24.05.2022
News IDEAS OF THE FUTURE Wine sustainability? It is achieved with a multidisciplinary, not “holistic”, approach Rovato, 24.05.2022
News WINE AND SPORTS The spectacular “Sforzato Wine Stage”, in the midst of the Valtellina vineyards Aprica, 24.05.2022
News FIRST HARVEST IN 2023 An ancient vine on the Palatine Hill: the Colosseum Park has started cultivating “Pantastic” grapes The Bellone cuttings were named after Pliny the Elder, and Cincinnato planted them at the foot of one of the “7 Wonders of the World” Rome, 23.05.2022
News Sustainability of the “territory”: the area Vino Nobile di Montepulciano is certified by Equalitas It is the first territory to receive the recognition. Andrea Rossi (Consorzio Vino Nobile di Montepulciano): “important result after a long journey” Rome, 25.05.2022
News THE STATE OF THE ART Italian wine: after 2021 recovery, positive outlook for 2022 as well, despite everything Milan, 24.05.2022
News Tenuta Liliana, the Salento share company is opening to popular shareholders The winery counts 10 partners and expects to add another 16 from all over the world. The crowdfunding campaign on CrowdFundMe has begun Lecce, 19.05.2022
News INTERESTING FACTS The future of Amarone and Valpolicella: opera, haute cuisine and market protection “Amarone in Capitale”: the Venetian Consortium projects include “parades” in Rome, waiting for “Amarone Opera Prima”, on June 19-20 in Verona Rome, 23.05.2022
News US STUDY Wine is paying the price of trade wars: 340 million US dollars a year “Wine: The Punching Bag in Trade Retaliation”. The impact of US tariffs (in 2020) on EU wine, and Chinese duties on Australian wines Washington, 20.05.2022
News Between Constitution, peace and pandemic Premier Mario Draghi’s visit to Veneto ends in the cellar After Sommacampagna middle school students, the Prime Minister meets Nadia Zenato and then visits Masi with Sandro Boscaini Sommacampagna, 20.05.2022
News WINE AND EASTERN MARKETS Asia, Vinexpo moves from Hong Kong to Singapore (from 2023), while imports to China drop again Ministry of Commerce data, analyzed by Wine2Asia (Vinitaly): in the first 3 months -21.5% in value (on the podium France, Chile and Italy) Bordeaux, 19.05.2022
News EVENTS From the Etruscans to Georgia and back: wine in amphoras in the spotlight “Terracotta and Wine”, in Florence, on June 4th and 5th. Producers from all over the world, technical seminars and guided tastings Florence, 17.05.2022
News Chianti is back in the USA, in Hollywood, with “The Chianti lovers Wine & Cinema Experience” On tour, from 23 to 26 May, in Chicago and Seattle, and then in Los Angeles, with a tasting celebrating the famous Tuscan red on the big screen Los Angeles, 19.05.2022
News “Petrosinella. A family history”, of wine and fairy tales, between Naples and Montecucco The Basile Organic Winery created the project dedicated to his ancestor, Giovan Battista Basile, Neapolitan author, “inventor” of the fairy tale Cinigiano, 17.05.2022
News “International Wine Challenge 2022”: Italy, 13 “Gold Medals” and 814 wines awarded Thousands of wines from 50 different countries, France leads with 75 gold medals, followed by Spain at 47 London, 17.05.2022
News WINE AND EVENTS Albino Armani, Col Vetoraz, Tenuta Sant’Antonio, and more: here are the “Best Wine Stars” 2022 The best wines and the most beautiful labels and brands were awarded in the event staged in recent days at the Palazzo del Ghiaccio in Milan Milan, 18.05.2022
News EXPORT In the first two months of 2022, Italian wine shipments to the world at 1 billion euros (+21%) Montalcino, 17.05.2022
News ANNIVERSARY WINE “Canova’s Wine” for the 200th anniversary of the sculptor’s death, “baptized” by Vittorio Sgarbi Possagno, 16.05.2022
News HISTORY Vietti: when the Monvigliero cru is acquired via a sharecropping agreement The bizarre deal was made in 2018 when the company had just embarked on other investments. The solution was inspired by a precedent in Burgundy Castiglione Falletto, 13.05.2022
News INTERNATIONAL POLITICS Draghi flies to Biden: war, energy, wheat and ... the best of Italian wine on the table The premier flies to Washington with the bottles of Gaja, Masseto, Sassicaia and Marisa Cuomo: hoping to uncork them to celebrate peace Washington, 12.05.2022
News PARTNERSHIPS The Edmund Mach Foundation and the Bordeaux Institute of Vine and Wine Sciences have partnered San Michele all'Adige, 05.05.2022
News RANKING “Wine Intelligence”: Ferrari, Berlucchi and Donnafugata, the most powerful brands in Italian wine Also included in the “Global Wine Brand Power Index 2022” are Fontanafredda, Antinori, Feudi di San Gregorio, Banfi, Frescobaldi … London, 12.05.2022
News WINE AND TERRITORY Wine must preserve the environment, and support the whole local community: the “vision” of Morellino From “Rosso Morellino 2022”, the message of Consortium and producers, who work compactly for their territory, between production and tourism Scansano, 11.05.2022
News Among the world’s oldest active wineries, Novacella Abbey celebrates 880 years of history Founded in 1142 it has always been inhabited by Augustinians, who produce wine, cultivate orchards, practice highland grazing, welcome wine tourists NOVACELLA, 10.05.2022
News “I, The Wine” by the Finnish director Ville Niemi, wins the “Carpenè-Malvolti Script Contest” The winery where Prosecco was created rewards young filmmakers who tell stories of Italian wines the new generations love the most Venice, 09.05.2022
News WINE AND GLAMOUR The “Night of the Stars” is back, the “Oscars of Wine 2022” on June 18th, in Rome. The nominations The 22nd edition of Bibenda and the Italian Sommelier Foundation (FIS) awards with tastings and winners at the Rome Cavalieri Hotel Rome, 05.05.2022
News WINE TERRITORIES Franciacorta, the market and sustainability, Silvano Brescianini reelected president He will continue leading the Franciacorta Consortium, following record sales in 2021 (20.3 million bottles), and + 45% in the first quarter of 2022 Erbusco, 09.05.2022
News Excellence of wine, restaurants, holiday farms, museums: attractors of wine and food tourism “Food and Wine Tourism Report” 2022: the numbers of the recovery, with Tuscany at the top and the “votes” - excellent - of international tourists Milan, 09.05.2022
News Riccardo Cotarella again to lead Assoenologi: “a challenging job awaits us” Together with him, as vicepresidents, Massimo Tripaldi (Section Puglia-Basilicata-Calabria), and Pierluigi Zama (Section Romagna) Milan, 10.05.2022
News AUCTION Pandolfini, a six liters of Masseto 2007 at 11.250 euros. Auction at 1.47 million euros In the auction, a Musigny Domaine Leroy 2008 auctioned off at 68,750 euros, a magnum of Sassicaia Tenuta San Guido 1985 at 9,375 euros Florence, 29.04.2022
News WINE AND PATRONAGE Artists’ labels, for the 40 years of Vigna Doghessa, the Nittardi International Prize is born Evolution of one of the most long-lasting projects linking wine and art, wanted by Cansanuova di Nittardi of Canali-Femfert family Castellina in Chianti, 05.05.2022