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The status of Italian sparkling wines according to Marcello Lunelli, vicepresident Ferrari

Speech for the Forum on the wine market occurring today at the Intrecci Academy by the Chiasso-Cotarella Wine Consulting Firm

Wine in gdo, volumes and values down in 2025. Well sparkling wines, Prosecco dominates

Circana research by Vinitaly: 737 million liters of wine and sparkling wine sold in the channel (-3.4% on 2024) for 2.3 billion euros (-1.1%)

Pasqua: wine, international art and Italian culture in the new project of patronage

Veneto winery unveils wine and the artwork signed with artist Cb Hoyo and supports Verona Roman Theater. Since 2018, 7 million euros invested

Also Tuscany of wine aims to its bubbles: Igt Toscana becomes also sparkling wine

Green light by the Wine Committee to amend regulations, now the dossier in the EU. Cesare Cecchi (Consorzio Vino Toscana): “an important opportunity”

Wine and inflation, in 10 years consumption prices at +7.4% in Italy, among the Eu lowest increases

Renzo Cotarella wins the 2026 “Winemakers’ Winemaker Award” by the Institute of Masters of Wine

“The Wine of Champions”, the project which unites football champions and wine by Fabio Cordella

Mezzacorona is “the best Italian cooperative in the past 25 years”, according to Mundus Vini

Presence, concreteness, flexibility, attention to costs: the future of wine

Wine tourism, in structured wineries +16.8% of visitors and +21.4% of direct sales per year

Record-breaking European agri-food export in 2025 with wine at 16.4 billion euros (-6% on 2024)

Meininger awards Prosecco and its great standard-bearer, Giancarlo Moretti Polegato (Villa Sandi)

Pinot Grigio delle Venezie, the greatest white Doc of Italy holds: transparency and value

ProWein 2026, Germany and Europe which are worth 4 billion euros of export: the focus of Italy

“Regenerative” agriculture in vineyard with project “Regenerate to grow” by Bayer

“Mundus Vini” 2026: Fantini “Best Italian Wine Producer”, Italy at the top (with 787 medals)

Italian wine closes 2025 in negative in exports: 7.7 billion euros (-3.7% on 2024)

Asti flies to China defying the trends of the rest of wine. And Asia becomes third market

Export Italian wine in 2025: Veneto, Tuscany and Piedmont on the podium, but in slight drop on 2024

Proposals of Legacoop Agroalimentare: stop to new plantings, detailed stocks, and more liquidity

Italian wine is global, but wine lists in restaurants remain local, according to a Trinko analysis

Usa, export of Italian wine at 1.8 billion euros in 2025 (-13.2%). Stable volumes (-0.2%)

The trend of winery stocks in Italy doesn’t change: in February 2026 +5,8% on 2025

China, export of wine breaks down but one invests: Ethica Wines acquired Interprocom Cantine Divine

“In Auction For Smiles”, 23,400 euros collected for Operation Smile Italia Ets Foundation

ProWein Düsseldorf 2026: Italian wine sets course for Germany and Eastern and Northern Europe

The art of wine and that of gardening join in the network of “Great Italian Gardens”

“Forbes Italia”: here the 100 “Iconic Wineries”, wineries of excellence of Italian wine

Collio and Colli Orientali del Friuli Consortia join forces in a temporary association for promotion

Remote direct wine sales to private in the EU has 70% margins, 30% on-shelf

From Burgundy myths to great Barolos, from Supertuscans to real rarities in auction with Finarte

Wine and young people will be the focus at the Assoenologi Forum in the Florence on March 13th

The relaunch of Monferrato with wine as “economic and social infrastructure”

New vineyard plantings: deadline extended to April 17, 2026 for applications

Wine e medals: Prosecco Doc toasts also at the Paralympic Games of Milan Cortina 2026

Italian enologists elect WineNews director Alessandro Regoli as “honorary enologist”

Fine wines, after the good 2025 closing, positive signals at the beginning of 2026 for Liv-Ex

Turnover down, profitability up: a “trend” of virtuous wine companies confirmed by Masi

Ruffino debuts in Bolgheri, strengthening its Tuscan soul with Garzaia Bolgheri Superiore 2023

Sixty years ago, Vernaccia di San Gimignano was the first Italian wine to get the Doc