News TOMMASI, GERMANO, CA’ DEL BOSCO, CAPRAI, CALCAGNO, NALS MARGREID, CAMIGLIANO AND PETRA ARE THE WINNERS OF THE ITALIAN SOMMELIER FOUNDATION’S “OSCAR DEL VINO” 2018. SPECIAL PRIZES TO MASSETO, SASSICAIA, BIONDI SANTI AND CASTELLO DELLA SALA (ANTINORI) 12 March 2018
News ONE OF THE MOST BELOVED ITALIAN WINES IN THE WORLD, CHIANTI, IS THE BIGGEST VICTIM OF FRAUDS. THE CONSORTIUM HAS BLOCKED 56.000 VIOLATIONS ON THE WEB, INCLUDING WINE KITS AND FAKE WINES, FOR A TURNOVER OF 200 MILLION EUROS 08 March 2018
News CECCHI INVESTS IN MONTALCINO: WINENEWS RUMOURS SAY THE HISTORICAL CHIANTI COMPANY HAS PURCHASED 6 HECTARES OF VINEYARDS (3 OF WHICH BRUNELLO) AND A WINERY NEAR THE THOUSAND-YEAR-OLD ABBEY OF SANT’ANTIMO, BETWEEN SAN POLO AND CASTELNUOVO DELL’ABATE 06 March 2018
News AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF WINE ECONOMICS: THE HIGHEST AMOUNT SPENT ON AVERAGE PER CAPITA ON WINE IN THE WORLD IS 646 USDOLLARS, IN SWITZERLAND. IN FRANCE, 450 DOLLARS, GREAT BRITAIN, 350, ITALY, 247. GERMANY 177 AND THE US 132 06 March 2018
News ON ONE SIDE FOOTBALL, ON THE OTHER THE COMMUNITY OF SAN PATRIGNANO, IN BETWEEN THE BROTHERS RICCARDO AND RENZO COTARELLA, WHO SIGNED THE BOTTLE DEDICATED TO 120 YEARS OF FIGC, CREATED BY THE WORK OF THE 1300 YOUNG PEOPLE AT THE RECOVERY CENTER 06 March 2018
News VALLARASCA, BRICCO DI NIZZA, CORTE, SALINE, ITALIANA AND GAVELLI ARE JUST SOME OF THE "CRUS" ON THE "MAP OF NIZZA" THAT WINE PRODUCERS COMMISSIONED TO ALESSANDRO MASNAGHETTI OF ENOGEA TO DESCRIBE "SUPER BARBERA" AND ITS TERRITORY 26 February 2018
News HEI DAWOLA OR HEI ZHENZHU? IT’S THE SAME WINE WITH DIFFERENT CHINESE CHARACTERS: NERO D’AVOLA, BUT THE CONSUMER IS CONFUSED. ON MARCH 13TH, THE ITALIAN-CHINESE WINE DICTIONARY BY THE ISTITUTO CONFUCIO, UNIVERSTIY OF MILAN AND ACCADEMIA DELLA CRUSCA 22 February 2018
News THE EVENTS PLANNED FOR THE YEAR OF ITALIAN FOOD INCLUDE THE MAP OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AND THE “NOTTE BIANCA DEL CIBO ITALIANO” (AUGUST 4TH). FRANCESCHINI SAID, “FOOD ATTRACTS INTERNATIONAL TOURISTS. WE ARE WORKING ON A MINISTRY OF FOOD” 20 February 2018
News THE WEALTH OF ITALIAN WINE “IS BASED ON THE QUALITY OF THE PRODUCT, EXPERTISE OF THE PRODUCERS, EXCELLENCE OF THE RAW MATERIAL AND THE TERRITORY”, ACCORDING TO THE MINISTER OF ECONOMY CARLO PADOAN, INTERVIEWED BY WINENEWS IN MONTALCINO 19 February 2018
News “A GOOD SONG TELLS A STORY, GOOD WINE TELLS THE STORY OF ALL THE WORKERS THAT PRODUCE IT”, THE SINGER AND PRODUCER STING, TOLD WINENEWS, WHO HONORED THE BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2017 “4 STARS” WITH HIS TILE 17 February 2018
News WINENEWS ANALYSIS: THE “WORLD OF BRUNELLO”, ONE OF THE GREATEST ITALIAN WINES, SYMBOL OF MADE IN ITALY, PRODUCED BY THE CULTURAL CONTAMINATION OF 70 NATIONALITIES LIVING AND WORKING IN MONTALCINO, WHERE FOREIGNERS ARE TWICE THE ITALIAN AVERAGE 15 February 2018
News ANTEPRIME TOSCANE: WINENEWS TASTINGS AT CHIANTI CLASSICO COLLECTION IN FLORENCE, RESERVE AND GRAND SELECTION 2015 - HIGH QUALITY, AIRY AROMAS, JUICY TASTE PROGRESSION AND COMPLEXITY 13 February 2018
News SOME OF THE MOST FAMOUS WINE BRANDS IN THE WORLD ARE TUSCAN AND COME FROM WELL-KNOWN TERRITORIES AS WELL AS LESSER-KNOWN, SMALLER ONES SEEKING TO EMERGE. THE DNA OF LOCAL TUSCAN TERRITORIES, DATA AND DISCUSSIONS AT “ANTEPRIME DI TOSCANA” 10 February 2018
News AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2017, THE ICQRF (ANTICOUNTERFEITING CENTER) SAID STOCKS IN ITALIAN WINE CELLARS AMOUNTED TO 46.2 MILLION HECTOLITERS, INCLUDING PDO (49%), PGI (28%), GENERIC (22%) AND VARIETAL (1%). THE VENETO REGION LEADS WITH ALMOST 11 MILLION 07 February 2018
News TENUTA LA FARNETA, THE HISTORICAL FAMILY OF ANTINORI WINE’S LATEST ACQUISITION, HAS A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE BEFORE ITS FUTURE CAN BE DETERMINED. THE CEO RENZO COTARELLA, TOLD WINENEWS “THE TERRITORY IS SUITABLE BUT VINEYARDS NEED TO BE REIMPLANTED” 06 February 2018
