News Europe, “wine 2030”: domestic consumption and production drop, exports grow but slowly EU Agriculture Committee’s forecasts for the sector, put down in black and white in the “Agricultural Outlook 2019-2030” Bruxelles, 21.01.2020
News Cooking and charity at the highest power: chef Massimo Bottura meets Pope Francis The chef’s Refettori Ambrosiani in the world to the attention of the Pontiff: “doing something with the Pope for those in need is a dream come true” Rome, 20.01.2020
News Quality and food pairing, Italian wine leader in the wine lists of restaurants around the world In the trends of “Wine Business Solutions” the overtaking of Italy over France. The highest average price in China: $234 per bottle Sydney, 23.01.2020
News EU First answers to US wine duties from Brussels, in the name of simplification European co-funding for promotion at 60% and start the 5-year constraint. De Castro: “now a specific fund”. In France, a clash on aid Bruxelles, 22.01.2020
News THE CURIOSITY Great wines, truffles and more: Piedmont among the “7 best wine travel experiences 2020” Alba, 21.01.2020
News OEMV ANALYSIS U.S. duties sink French wine shipments: -37.8% in value in November 2019 Washington, 20.01.2020
News MIBD – WINE ANALYTICS Barolo top territory, Antinori top brand and Italy on New York restaurants wine lists American cuisine restaurants offer Langa’s red on 63% of their wine lists. Brunello, Barbaresco, Toscana IGT and Sassicaia also perform well New York, 17.01.2020
News Champagne and Italy, the secondary market for fine wines in 2020 passes from here In the report “Fine Wine Investment Outlook 2020” by Cult Wines, the margins of Burgundy labels and the difficulties (again) of Bordeaux London, 17.01.2020
News WORLD MARKETS Italian wine exports to 5.3 billion euros in the first 10 months of 2019 (+3.6% on 2018) Rome, 17.01.2020
News Harvest 2019, down the prices of Amarone, Chianti Classico is doing well, Brunello is still good In the numbers recorded by the Chambers of Commerce, the trend in the prices of grapes of the main designations in Italy Rome, 16.01.2020
News COMPANIES AND WELFARE Antinori, Caviro and Martini & Rossi the best companies to work for in Italy The “Top Job 2020” ranking of the German Institute of Quality and Finance selected the 300 companies that have found the best percentages on the web Rome, 16.01.2020
News THE POINT “Investing in research, with public funds for promotion”: Angelo Gaja’s proposal According to the Piedmontese wine-producer, part of the promotion funds are to be allocated to scientific research on wine 14.01.2020
News The Italian drinking culture, with Tasca d’Almerita and Nonino, “on stage” in San Francisco On January 27th the “Wine Star Award” ceremony of “Wine Enthusiast”, with Italy celebrating the “European Winery” the “Spirit Brand of the Year” San Francisco, 13.01.2020
News MOURNING Goodbye Roger Scruton, the brilliant polemicist of the manifesto “Bevo dunque sono” Masi Prize in 2016, the memory of WineNews and Sandro Boscaini in his words: “wine is the door to spiritual life within everyone’s reach” London, 13.01.2020
News ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD “Vini Migranti”, the exhibition for wine on the edge of the world (in Montelupo Fiorentino, Tuscany) More than 50 winemakers from all over the world will gather on 19 and 20 January in the name of solidarity, diversity and against cultural barriers Montelupo Fiorentino, 14.01.2020
News From Cassa Depositi e Prestiti 10 million euro to support the growth of the Italian Wine Group The funds will be invested in the production cellars of the group, which merges 15 brands in 11 regions and 1,600 hectares of vineyards in Italy Verona, 14.01.2020
News The US duty danger as the big names in wine see it: Brunello di Montalcino, Barolo and Amarone The Consortia of Brunello di Montalcino, Barolo and Barbaresco and Valpolicella talk about concerns and frustration Montalcino, 14.01.2020
News Barolo 1998 and Brunello 2001: 2020 is the year to uncork them, at the top of their evolution In the “Official Vintage Chart” of “Wine Enthusiast” the advice on the vintages to get out of the cellar, before it’s too late Los Angeles, 10.01.2020
News CURIOSITY 2020, the beginning of a new decade to celebrate with 2010 wines: Beppe Rinaldi’s Barolo at the top London, 10.01.2020
News WINE TERRITORIES Veneto is driving Italian exports at 25%, and almost the same for wine production 1.6 billion euros in exports in the first 9 months of 2019, more than a liter of Italian wine produced of Prosecco, Amarone, Soave, Pinot Grigio Lonigo, 09.01.2020
News Wine research The Bigot Index measures the quality potential of the vineyard from 0 to 100 Cigognola, 08.01.2020
News MOURNING French wine says goodbye to one of its great protagonists: Georges Duboeuf has died Paris, 07.01.2020
News FINE WINES Sassicaia at position No 7 of the “Liv-ex Power 100” 2019, first for market share “Double” Antinori with Solaia and Tignanello. In the ranking Bruno Giacosa, Gaja, Masseto, Ornellaia and Soldera London, 07.01.2020
News THE CASE Winc, the wine democratization project, launches the first crowd-funding online A modern, digital winery, founded in 2011, which produces 664 different wines in 12 countries worldwide, and which is based on feedback from consumers Los Angeles, 07.01.2020
News IT’S OFFICIAL The ownership of Farnese Vini to Platinum Equity: there is the signing of the final agreement CHIETI, 07.01.2020
News Usa tariffs Usa, even the publisher of Wine Spectator, Marvin R. Shanken, is against the wine duties Avoiding 100% tariffs on European wine will be the challenge of 2020. After Sotheby’s and Zachy’s also Suckling supports the petition New York, 31.12.2019
News New Year’s Eve bubbles The Italian bubbles were undoubtedly the protagonists of New Year’s Eve 92.8% of Facebook fans, and 67% of Instagram fans, have chosen to toast the new year with Italian sparkling wines Montalcino, 02.01.2020
News DREAM LABELS Wines to dream about, Wine-Searcher’s end-of-year rankings dedicated to Italy Sydney, 31.12.2019
News Farnese Vini changes ownership: to the USA Platinum fund for 180 million euros At WineNews, president Valentino Sciotti: “a change that rewards the company's growth and supports future investments” Ortona, 31.12.2019
News How the table changes: a journey back in time in “Il Pranzo di Natale” by Mario Soldati In the 1958 Rai documentary, a cross-section of the society and culture of the Belpaese between economic boom and gastronomic tradition Rome, 30.12.2019
News ANALYSIS The image of Italy in the world grows thanks to food and wine: Nando Pagnoncelli’s word The pollster at WineNews: Italian Sounding is the price to pay, the attention to sustainability is what will make people love Italy the most Rome, 30.12.2019
News INVESTMENT WINES Barolo Vigna Rocche Riserva 2001 by Bruno Giacosa is one of the best performing fine wines Cult Wines analysis: quotations of the top 10 wines in the period 2009-2019 increased by +357%. Boom for Armand Rousseau’s Chambertin 2000: +737% London, 23.12.2019
News Piemonte Land, with the Doc Pinerolese closes the circle: a common house for all the Consortia 18 Docg and 42 Doc will speak, on the markets, with a common voice, but respecting the differences of the many wines of Piedmont Cuneo, 24.12.2019
News Creating value with cohesion and responsibility in the supply chain: Prosecco at Champagne lesson Maxime Toubart (Comitè Champagne): “fundamental balance and control of the supply chain”. Zanette (Prosecco): “responsibility and belonging are needed Treviso, 24.12.2019
News WINE AND WORLD MARKETS China, complex market, but it is possible to grow: Piccini case history, at +50% year on year For the group led by Mario Piccini, who has opened a garrison in Shanghai, the Dragon Country is worth 8% of turnover Shanghai, 23.12.2019
News SUSTAINABLE CHRISTMAS Christmas green, 15% of the tops that will pop under the holidays are zero impact on the environment The Vinventions estimate reveals the sustainable side of the Italian wine world, increasingly attentive to the health of the Planet Rome, 20.12.2019
