News Export, Italian wine towards a new record in 2024: +5.7 in value in the first 10 months 2024 6.7 billion euros, according to Istat data, analyzed by WineNews. Growth linked mainly to sparkling wines, close to 2 billion euros (+9.6%) Rome, 16.01.2025
News “We must return to making wine appreciated by a wide audience, and promote moderate drinking” Thus Luca Rigotti, at the helm of Mezzacorona and the wine sector of Confcooperative, and confirmed president of Copa-Cogeca’s Wine Working Group Brussels, 16.01.2025
News 2025, sprint start for wine events, between Piedmont, Veneto and Tuscany, via Paris From Grandi Langhe (Jan. 27-28) to Amarone Opera Prima (Jan. 31-Feb. 2), from Wine Paris (Feb. 10-12) to Anteprime di Toscana (Feb. 14-21) Florence, 16.01.2025
News NOBILE WINE American Michael L. Cioffi is the new owner of Valdipiatta, a brand of Montepulciano An investment of 1 million euros celebrating the friendship between Usa lawyer and the Caporali family, who remains at the helm of the property Montepulciano, 15.01.2025
News REFLECTION “Alcohol and wine, a bond to rethink”. Between choice ability and “critical awareness” Florence, 13.01.2025
News “THE FUTURE OF WINE” ProWein “Business Report” 2025: rising costs worry, sparkling wines and whites drive sales Dusseldorf, 15.01.2025
News SCIENCE AND VINES Rootstocks are resistant to disease and drought, and they also improve the quality of grapes The discovery after 20 years of experiments on “M rootstocks” selected by the University of Milan and sponsored by the Winegraft companies Milan, 10.01.2025
News Constellation Brands, the accounts hold thanks to beer, which grows. The “wine & spirits” down Latest financials from one of the American giants of beverage (which, among the other wine brands, controls also Italian Ruffino) New York, 14.01.2025
News WINE STOCKS There are 56.9 million hectoliters of wine in Italian wineries as of December 2024. -3.9% over 2023 Rome, 14.01.2025
News Food Districts, 100 million euros of funding including more than 34 for wine-related projects The announcement of the Ministry of Agriculture. Among the wine-related projects are those in the districts of Abruzzo, Puglia and Umbria Rome, 13.01.2025
News MOURNING IN MADE IN ITALY Farewell to Oliviero Toscani: with his lens, he immortalized the “colors” of biodiversity The great photographer, founder of the family winery in Tuscany, also unveiled the beauty of wine & food (interviewed several times by WineNews) Cecina, 13.01.2025
News JANUARY 25TH TO 27TH Taste a fine wine while admiring masterpieces in one of the most beautiful art cities, Siena The 10th edition of “Wine & Siena” will take place between Palazzo Pubblico and Santa Maria della Scala, and exceptional visits to the Fondazione Banca Monte dei Paschi Siena, 11.01.2025
News Record-breaking 2024 for Italian sparkling wines, also Piedmont of Alta Langa and Asti shine For “high Piedmontese sparkling wines” sales at +10% and “Alta Langa Academy” arises. Asti and Moscato at 90 million bottles with all growing markets Asti, 10.01.2025
News ECONOMY From China to Japan, European wine (including Italy) slows down in the main Asian markets From January to October 2024, the exports of European wine to the Country of the Dragon scored a total of 456 million euros (-12.48%) Kirchberg, 08.01.2025
News CURRENT EVENTS No-alcohol wines, Schenk Italia brings production back to Italy. Investing on 2 million euros The decision after the decree that unlocked production in the country. Ceo Daniele Simoni: “interesting new scenarios are opening up” Ora, 09.01.2025
News Petrini: Italy should open to dealcoholized wines, but be careful about additives and sustainability The founder of Slow Food intervened on the topic, after the decree was signed formalizing production: “moderation is necessary” Bra, 08.01.2025
News Santa Margherita grows again in Oregon: Marsh Estate has been acquired, to strengthen Roco Winery Ceo Andrea Conzonato: “this additional acquisition reaffirms our belief in the potential of Willamette Valley, and of Oregon” Newberg, 08.01.2025
News The new Highway Code and alcohol. The lawyer, Marco Giuri explains what really changes “Limits remain the same as before: penalties for those who drive under the influence of alcohol at a blood alcohol level of 0.8 or more, are higher” Florence, 07.01.2025
News THE EVENT Listed stocks of “alcoholic drinks” down after the proposal of cancer warnings on labels in U.S. Milan, 07.01.2025
News INDISCRETION Is Musk interested in Castello di Montepò? Jacopo Biondi Santi denies the sale to WineNews Rumors are bouncing from overseas that the tycoon wants to put down roots in Tuscany. No deal, but interest in the estate would be real Scansano, 07.01.2025
News THE CURIOSITY Royal toasts: all the wineries and wine merchants awarded the British “Royal Warrant” London, 02.01.2025
News CRITICS Wine & guides: no one makes them all agree. San Leonardo 2019 and Sassicaia 2021 the best Montalcino, 02.01.2025
News WINE AND FOOD LIBRARY From tonsils to diuresis, the “healing qualities” of wine for papal archaeologists of yore Translated into Italian for the first time “On the Nature of Different Types of Wine,” a sixteenth-century work by Giacomo Profetto, physician to Pope Rome, 01.01.2025
News TWINNINGS If union is strength: two made in Italy excellences together to promote the best of Italy The wines of Valpolicella and Parmigiano Reggiano launch the “Quality Heritage of Europe” project, a three-year partnership in European markets Verona, 31.12.2024
News THE ESTIMATES Record-breaking Italian sparkling wines: with New Year’s Eve over 100 million bottles uncorked Rome, 31.12.2024
News ITALIAN JEWELS The “heroic” vineyards of Mombarone officially enter in the national Register of rural landscape It is the first site in Piedmont to be admitted in the prestigious list. It was decreed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty Turin, 30.12.2024
News SPARKLING WINES Record-breaking Prosecco Doc: 660 million bottles for a consumption value of 3.6 billion euros A still growing 2024 for the denomination which is worth 25% of Italian PDO wine, And rosé wine overcomes 60 million bottles Treviso, 27.12.2024
News NARRATIONS A new documentary tells how Italian winemakers are coping with climate change Milan, 19.12.2024
News The world “Prosecco” dominates among sparkling wines. And that of Asolo exceeds 30 million bottles For the Montello DOCG new record, “with a constant growth in quantity and quality,” stresses the Consortium led by Michele Noal Asolo, 24.12.2024
News Lambrusco: the DOC one from Sorbara will now also be white. And the first subzone arrives It will be Monte Barello for Lambrusco Grasparossa di Castelvetro Doc. The changes in the procedural guidelines by Consorzio di Tutela Lambrusco Modena, 23.12.2024
News WINE & EVENTS 10 years of Wine & Siena, returning to the “City of the Palio” on January 25-27, 2025 Tastings, masterclasses, insights and visits, with cultural heritage and lots of art combined with Italy’s best wine production Siena, 24.12.2024
News TERRITORIES Wine in Piedmont, exports on 2023 hold, thanks to big reds. With a positive 2024 harvest In the volume “The Wine Year in Piedmont” 2024 the numbers and trends of one of the most important regions in the world wine scene Grinzane Cavour, 20.12.2024
News Turnover down, but profitability and net financial position up: Caviro’s balance sheet Italy’s No. 1 wine group by market share, grows “thanks to management rebalancing between Wine and Matter and Bioenergy sectors” Faenza, 20.12.2024
News Franciacorta bubbles from the Berlucchi maison “light up” Times Square in New York On the legendary billboard at 1560 Broadway, the commercial-tribute to the creativity and insight that marked the territory’s turning point New York, 20.12.2024
News WINE AND FINANCE Italian Wine Brands, the board of directors proposes an extraordinary dividend of 4.6 million euros The initiative following the results of the Group headed by Alessandro Mutinelli, and to celebrate the 10 years since the quotation in Stock Market Milan, 18.12.2024
News EUROPEAN FUNDS National Wine Support Program: 323 million euros for the 2025/2026 wine year Decree for allocation of resources published. 144 million euros for vineyards, 98 for promotion. Sicily at the top with 51.2 million euros Rome, 19.12.2024
