News Harvest 2019: excellent quality, for some the best ever, for the great reds of Italy Merano Wine Festival: from Piedmont to Sicily, the words of the producers of the most important territories Merano, 11.11.2019
News Top 100 WS: Italy shines only with Chianti Classico. While the wine of the year comes from Bordeaux At no. 1 the St.-Julien 2016 of Château Léoville Barton, Belpaese on the podium with the Chianti Classico di San Giusto in Rentennano New York, 15.11.2019
News World Auction for the Tartufo Bianco d’Alba, 145,800 euros for nuggets and great Piedmontese reds At the 20th edition of the prestigious Grinzane auction, also the starred Massimiliano Alajmo and Yong Zhang, ambassadors of truffles in the world Grinzane Cavour, 11.11.2019
News WINE NUMBERS “Cantina Italia”: November 2019, wine stocks total 39 million hectoliters (24% Veneto) Prosecco stocks total 2.1 million hectoliters, plus 12 million hectoliters of new wine still in fermentation Rome, 14.11.2019
News 22-23 NOVEMBER The world’s greatest wines at Wine Advocate’s New York event “Matter of Taste”, and a lot of Italy New York, 14.11.2019
News Between wine tourism and future, the Sommeliers of Italy at the Congress in Verona (November 22-24)
News WINE AND TRENDS Online wine sales in Italy at 200 million euros, with food & grocery at +29% in 2019 13.11.2019
News FINE WINES Italy 100 resisted the October fall. Growth up +5.08% since the beginning of 2019 Liv-ex 1000 has lost 1.85% since the beginning of the year. Champagne 50 is growing (+ 4.40%), Burgundy 150 badly (4.49%) and Bordeaux 500 (-1.45%) London, 11.11.2019
News Vegan, cannabis, social, rosè, orange: this is where the world of wine consumption goes The 10 trends lined up by the Studio by Studio Espresso Communication, which involved sommeliers and wine bloggers Milan, 13.11.2019
News WINE AWARDS Lorenzo Accomasso, historic producer of Barolo, awarded FIVI Winemaker 2019 La Morra, 13.11.2019
News Chianti, following in the footsteps of Chianti Classico, launches its “Gran Selezione” The Consortium, led by Giovanni Busi, approved one of the revision topics of the Regulations and the procedure has begun Florence, 11.11.2019
News WINE AND TERRITORIES “Gran Selezione” case of Chianti, the reaction of Chianti Classico: “opposition in all venues” The president of the Gallo Nero Giovanni Manetti: “frontal attack that endangers the path of collaboration in the Tuscan wine sector” Tavernelle Val di Pesa, 11.11.2019
News A GOOD VINTAGE Reds, whites and bubbles: a first balance of the 2019 vintage among the wineries of Italy Rien ne va plus: the harvest is in the archive, the fermentation at the end, and the sentiment, from North to South, is definitely positive Merano, 12.11.2019
News The manifesto of the “Wine Generation Forum” for the wine of tomorrow In the document at the Merano Wine Festival: cohesion between consortia and companies, investments in digital and new languages and sustainability Merano, 11.11.2019
News The project Signorvino’s wine shop chain doubles: target 10 new openings in Italy and abroad by 2021 Bergamo, Parma, and Rome are already planned. Luca Pizzighella: “the shop is the fulcrum of Signorvino’s experience Merano, 12.11.2019
News Wine & rankings “Top 100” 2019 by “Wine Spectator”, the countdown to the most sought-after wine list starts From Chile (Viña Almaviva) and Australia (Penfolds) positions 10 and 9. On 15 November the No. 1 (which, in 2018, was the Sassicaia 2015) New York, 11.11.2019
News 5 restaurants for 8 stars: Enrico Bartolini is the new king of the Italy Michelin Guide Conquer Three Stars, with the Mudec in Milan, and 2 with the Glam in Venice. Vissani, one of the noble fathers of Italian cuisine, loses 1 Piacenza, 06.11.2019
News Great wine tastings, forums, in-depth analysis and great excellence: the Merano Wine Festival From November 7 to 12 the “salon” of Italian wine reopens, directed by Helmuth Köcher Merano, 05.11.2019
News The Brunello Vecchie Vigne 2015 Siro Pacenti “Wine of the Year 2019” by James Suckling The “Top100 Wines of 2019” by the critic crowns Italy: a lot of Brunello, but also Barolo, Chianti Classico and more Montalcino, 04.11.2019
News E-COMMERCE Food is going well online: 9 million Italians buy food on the Internet Rome, 05.11.2019
News Tradition in decline The Novello on the table: 2 million bottles for the first wine of the 2019 vintage Born in France, in Beaujolais, and quickly became a must in Italy, it is facing a long crisis: the 17 million bottles of 10 years ago are far away Florence, 04.11.2019
News BUBBLES AND AWARDS Annamaria Clementi 2009 by Ca’ del Bosco is the “Best Italian Sparkling Wine” 2019 London, 05.11.2019
News INTERESTING FACTS The best wine in the world is Made in the USA, says the French Luxury Hotel Chain, Sofitel Paris, 31.10.2019
News VINITALY IN RUSSIA Italy is leader of the wine market in Russia, and is riding the wave of consumption led growth According to Vinitaly-Nomisma Wine Monitor, demand for wine in Russia will grow 5% per year over the next three years, sparklings leading Moscow, 31.10.2019
News VINEYARDS WORLDWIDE OIV estimates worldwide production of wine between 258 and 267 million hectoliters (-10% on 2018) Production is down in the EU mainly due to Italy, France (15%) and Spain (-24%). The global figure is completely in line with the 2007-2016 average Paris, 31.10.2019
News WINE AND LAWS Valpolicella Controversy, after the sentence of the Court of Venice, the Consortium speaks Verona, 31.10.2019
News WINE AND AWARDS Ezio Rivella, history of Italian and Montalcino wines, “Celebrity of the Year” Assoenologi Knight, creator of the epic of Castello Banfi, who introduced the Brunello di Montalcino to the world, and former president of the World’s Enologists Matera, 02.11.2019
News WINE AND POLITICS Simplification, export support and more: Teresa in Bellanova’s “programme” for wine The Minister of Agricultural Policies at the Congress of Oenologists: “soon a control cabin to listen to the needs of businesses” Matera, 03.11.2019
News Sorrow The wine world is in mourning for Giorgio Grai: one of the greatest Italian oenologists and palates Bolzano, 31.10.2019
News Alcohol emergency: WHO guidelines to combat a plague that causes 3 million deaths a year In 2020, the strategies to be adopted by the Member States. Federvini: “do not demonize conscious and moderate consumption” Geneva, 30.10.2019
News Barolo and Brunello, also Soave and Verdicchio: the “Top 100 Cellar Selection” of Wine Enthusiast 17 Italian wines in the 2019 ranking, with the great classics of Italian wine, and the “white” territories to the rescue on the theme of longevity New York, 31.10.2019
News WINE & ART Zenato, exhibition and award to promote contemporary art through wine With the shots of “Vino. Oltre gli oggetti” and the Zenato Academy Award, the famous winery makes its debut at The Others in Turin Turin, 30.10.2019
News HISTORY AND WINE Between archaeology and viticulture, the harvest returns among the rows of the ruins of Pompeii Since 1994, to relaunch the cultivation of the vine, first in the Foro Boario, now in 15 different areas, the Campanian wine label Mastroberardino Pompeii, 30.10.2019
News USA, the new routes of Italian wine: the future is in “province”, even for the “little ones” At WineNews, Gioia Gatti (Ice New York), Marina Nedic (Iem), Riccardo Ricci Curbastro (Federdoc) and Andrea Rossi (Consorzio Nobile) Seattle, 28.10.2019
News Wine, if the producer’s brand is stronger than the denomination and brand “Italy” The thought of Thomas Hyland, the historic signature of the famous economic magazine “Forbes”. “Brands like Gaja, Sassicaia or Masseto, go beyond” Chicago, 29.10.2019
News TABLES AND KITCHENS Famous chefs and more and more entrepreneurs define the evolution of Italian catering The sommelier is continuing to advance in top Italian restaurants and wine is experiencing a “golden age” Rome, 28.10.2019
News GREENITALY REPORT If Italy turns out to be greener: 300,000 companies invested in the green economy in 2019 At WineNews the president of Fondazione Symbola, Ermete Realacci: “wine as metaphor for the meeting of green economy, quality, beauty and territories" Rome, 29.10.2019
