News Wine: harvest, consumption and trade down in 2023 all around the world The “World Wine Economy 2023” report of the International Organization of Vine and Wine - OIV, led by Luigi Moio Firenze, 23.04.2024
News Vineyards light up with candles again against frost. In South Tyrol, at Abbazia di Novacella Fires between the rows with buds already on the vines as nighttime temperatures dropped a few degrees below zero NOVACELLA, 26.04.2024
News Naples, RadiciVive supports “Vigna Resilience”, the educational vineyard for suburban kids A community-serving environmental restoration project that promotes new forms of integration and education by enhancing a brownfield site Naples, 24.04.2024
News METEO Frost in North, snow in Center, drought in South: bad spring weather puts agriculture in crisis Coldiretti: situation in the countryside pictures an Italy literally split in two by the effects of climate change Rome, 22.04.2024
News THE ANNIVERSARY The first time the word “Prosecco” was written on the label: 100 years ago with Etile Carpenè, in 1924 Verona, 20.04.2024
News Vineyards, “no to the indiscriminate use of explants”. To reiterate it Unione Italiana Vini - Uiv
News THE ANNIVERSARY The Museo del Vino of Torgiano turns 50 between events and photographic exhibitions Torgiano, 23.04.2024
News THE 15TH MAY “Il Veronelli” is born, physical and symbolic place of the cultural heritage of Luigi Veronelli A “Cenacle” in the Ex Convento dei Neveri in Bergamo, dedicated to the great legacy of the “father” of Italian food and wine criticism and journalism Bariano, 19.04.2024
News 22% of Italy’s vineyards are organic, but wine purchases do not take off Cia-Agricoltori Italiani: “the consumption is 1-2% of total sales”. Sicily’s first region, the first organic district in Lombardy was born in Valtellina. Rome, 20.04.2024
News THE CURIOSITY Wine is tasted on the open sea: partnership between Msc Crociere and Italian Sommelier Association Verona, 22.04.2024
News All about the life of a bottle in one “click”: Meregalli Group bets on the Blockchain From the distributor to the consumer, the historical high-quality wine & spirits distribution reality raises the level of safety and transparency Monza, 19.04.2024
News MARKETS Export, Italian wine regains a slight smile: signs of growth from the USA to the East Istat data analyzed by WineNews from January 2024: United States (+14%), Germany (+2.7%), UK (+19.5%), Switzerland (+9.2%) and Canada (+21.5%) Roma, 22.04.2024
News MARKETS Fine wines are still down, but there are signs of recovery. Top value: San Leonardo and Sassicaia The eWibe Fine Wines stock market index: Tuscany up +1.5% in the 12 month period, but down -0.5% in the first quarter of 2024. France is growing again Milano, 19.04.2024
News Alcohol-free wines, growing market. And 36 % of Italians are interested in trying them But producers in Italy are forced to produce them abroad because a national standard is lacking. Swg and Uiv-Vinitaly Wine Observatory data Verona, 16.04.2024
News LARGE-SCALE DISTRIBUTION Slight recovery of consumption in large-scale retail: reds arein crisis, sparkling wines good The Circana study for Vinitaly: after a difficult 2023 the downturn is still there, but the decline lessens in the first quarter of 2024 (-2.2%) Verona, 16.04.2024
News CLIMATE CHANGE Insurance policies for vineyards are worth 2.3 billion euros. Active defense, however, is the future ISMEA, in 2023, insured wine companies increased +2%, but it did not compensate for the decrease registered in the rest of Italy Verona, 17.04.2024
News Young people link wine to sociability (67.7%), over-65s drink it with meals (79.1%) Enpaia and Censis present the Agricultural World Observatory on the relationship between consumption and different generations Verona, 17.04.2024
News The unstoppable advance of white wines, and the slowdown of reds, in the spotlight at Vinitaly A modern-day phenomenon in Ismea numbers, in Confagricoltura’s analysis, and in the case histories of Valpolicella, Marche, Friuli, and Maremma Verona, 17.04.2024
News Italian wine seeks growth after initial positive signs picked up at Vinitaly 2024 97,000 visitors to the fair, 30% foreigners (USA, Germany, Uk, China and Canada in the lead). In 2025, appointment in Verona, April 6-9 Verona, 18.04.2024
News THE ANALYSIS Italian wine holds up, making 16 billion euros, but no alcohol and consumption are the big challenge Verona, 15.04.2024
News AWARDS Tribute to Piero Antinori from the Grandi Cru d’Italia Committee: he made the history of enology Evening event in Verona dedicated to one of the leading figures of Italian wine in the world: “I have been a custodian of the winery” Verona, 15.04.2024
News WINE & POLITICS Premier Giorgia Meloni to WineNews: “wine is part of our identity as Italians” Verona, 15.04.2024
News FACE-TO-FACE WITH WINENEWS Alison Napjus: “US remains very important for Italian wine, but consumption slows” Verona, 14.04.2024
News CURRENT NEWS Luigi Moio (Oiv): “it is not possible to think of a future without wine” Reflections of the president of the world organization, at “Wine Ministerial Meeting”, in Franciacorta: “the vine an instrument for change” Franciacorta, 12.04.2024
News TRADE Italy-China bilateral meeting in Verona: wine is a symbol of economic and cultural cooperation Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani with Chinese Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao. Our wine exports to China are worth more than 100 million Verona, 12.04.2024
News IDEAS OF THE FUTURE Trabocco, Abruzzo bubbles between territory, “pop” wine and winemakers’ remuneration Ortona, 11.04.2024
News CONTEST Vermentino’s “sprint”: here are the ten best tastings of “Grand Prix” No. 5 The event promoted by the Tuscan Maremma Wine Consortium goes on record. Vermentino on the rise, in a predominantly “red” region Castiglion della Pescaia, 10.04.2024
News COUNTERFEITING “Operation Bacchus”, first conviction in Supreme Court for fraud against great wines of Tuscany At WineNews, lawyer Marco Giuri (Studio Giuri in Florence) comments, “the work of control between consortia, companies and institutions is essential” Florence, 10.04.2024
News CURRENT NEWS Italian wine cooperatives and the future, including climate, costs, logistics and access to credit Milan, 10.04.2024
News In auction at Sotheby’s for charity the large formats of Ornellaia 2021 “Vendemmia d’Artista” The valuable lots will be auctioned between May 22 and June 5. Proceeds will go to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation Bolgheri, 09.04.2024
News The big names in Italian wine were economically stable in 2023. The Pambianco report Cantine Riunite & CIV (and Gruppo Italiano Vini - GIV), Argea, Italian Wine Brands and Caviro were leaders in turnover (all more than 400 million euros) Milano, 09.04.2024
News MARKETS Campo alla Sughera (Knauf family) continues to focus on Bolgheri: purchased 3 more hectares The company expands and consolidates, following last years’ financial results of double-digit growth Bolgheri, 09.04.2024
News FAMILY BUSINESSES “Marilisa Allegrini” is born, the group that unites Villa Della Torre, Poggio Al Tesoro and San Polo Leading it, with daughters Carlotta and Caterina, is Marilisa Allegrini. Who also seems to want to say, paraphrasing Louis XIV, “I am Allegrini” Milan, 09.04.2024
News “Without wine, Italy would be poorer, from all points of view. It must be defended and improved” The Italian Minister of Agriculture, Francesco Lollobrigida, talked personally to WineNews. Italy will be welcoming wine diplomacy Roma, 08.04.2024
News ISMEA report on Italian wine: turnover 13.8 billion euros; exports worth 7.8 billion euros; production down In depth survey of the wine sector: thanks to sparkling wines, white wines are growing more than reds, and PDO exports have increased in value (5.2 billion euros) Roma, 07.04.2024
News POLITICS IN THE GLASS “EU must intervene to stop Belgian decree on alcohol advertising” Federvini warning, concerned about Belgian proposal to introduce a health warning in all advertising messages, including labels Rome, 08.04.2024
News AWARDS It is Italian the best rosé wine in the world: first on the podium among more than 1,200 labels “Villa Cordevigo Gaudenzia” 2019 from Veneto winery Vigneti Villabella is international revelation at “Concours Mondial de Bruxelles” Brussels, 28.03.2024