News FROM SOL LEWITT AND DAVID TREMLETT’S CHAPEL OF BAROLO CHAPEL TO MARINA ABROMOVIC, THANKS TO THE CULTURAL PATRONAGE OF CERETTO, THE MOST FAMOUS NAMES IN CONTEMPORARY ART HAVE CHOSEN THE LANGHE FOR INSTALLATIONS AND PERFORMANCES IN THE VINEYARDS 28 September 2017
News THE WINE & SPIRIT EDUCATION TRUST IS THE LARGEST INSTITUTE IN THE WORLD DEDICATED TO WINE AND SPIRITS TRAINING. IT HAS TORN DOWN CULTURAL BARRIERS AND IS NOW OPERATING IN THE ARAB EMIRATES, WITH COURSES OPEN TO ALL WINE LOVERS 26 September 2017
News "LOVE IS LIKE WINE ... IT TAKES TIME". NATURE, FAMILY, AND, OF COURSE, WINE ARE ALL IN "RETURN TO BURGUNDY", THE LATEST FILM BY FRENCH DIRECTOR CÉDRIC KLAPISCH, INSPIRED BY HIS FATHER AND THE TIME EFFECT ON WINEMAKING 26 September 2017
News FRESCOBALDI HAS PUT ROOTS IN THE HEART OF CHIANTI CLASSICO. AS WINENEWS ANTICIPATED, THE GROUP LED BY LAMBERTO FRESCOBALDI BOUGHT THE CASTLE OF SAN DONATO IN PERANO VINEYARDS, IN GAIOLE IN CHIANTI, AT AN AUCTION 18 September 2017
News "THERE IS NO CMO WINE DECREE, NO CALLS FOR APPLICATIONS AND NO DECISIONS ON THE RANKINGS SINCE 2016. THE GOVERNMENT IS ABSENT ON THE PROMOTION OF ITALIAN WINE ABROAD", SAID SFEDERVINI. "THERE IS A SENSE OF BUSINESS FRUSTRATION" 18 September 2017
News RUSSIA IS GROWING AGAIN, BUT IT HAS TO DEAL WITH STRUCTURAL LIMITATIONS, STARTING WITH THE COLLAPSE OF THE MIDDLE CLASS’ PURCHASING POWER AND THE UNSTABLE RUBLE. ITALY STILL LEADS WITH 27% SHARE OF IMPORTED WINE 18 August 2017
News QUALITY AND THE 2017 VINTAGE: PREDICTIONS NEED TO BE CAUTIOUS THIS YEAR, AS CLIMATE AND WEATHER, THE KEY VARIABLES GIVE DIVERSITY, WHICH HAS ALWAYS LINKED TO WINE AND LAND, ESPECIALLY IN THE PAST DECADE 18 August 2017
News THE PERCEPTION OF QUALITY DEPENDS (ALSO) ON THE PRICE OF A BOTTLE OF WINE. IF YOU THINK YOU ARE TASTING A MORE EXPENSIVE WINE, TRUE OR NOT, YOU BELIEVE IT IS MORE ENJOYABLE, REVEALS A STUDY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BONN 17 August 2017
News CHINA IS NOT ALONE, THE COUNTRIES OF THE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS, 550 MILLION CONSUMERS FROM THE PHILIPPINES TO VIETNAM, ARE LEARNING TO KNOW AND APPRECIATE WINE 17 August 2017
News THE WINE WORLD IS CHANGING. IN AUSTRALIA, THE "WINE INTELLIGENCE" REPORT REVEALS INTERNATIONAL VARIETIES ARE LOSING GROUND FROM THE GLASS TO THE VINEYARD AND THE MEDITERRANEAN ONES - SANGIOVESE, TEMPRANILLO AND SAGRANTINO - ARE SOARING 16 August 2017
News THE FUTURE OF ITALIAN AND EUROPEAN WINEMAKING: PROFESSOR ATTILIO SCIENZA TOLD WINENEWS, "CLIMATE CHANGE HAS TO BE FACED, FOCUSING ON GENETICS, RESEARCH, A DIFFERENT TYPE OF VITICULTURE, AND LEARNING FROM HISTORY" 14 August 2017
News THE BRITISH ARE WILD ABOUT BUBBLES, BUT WHAT DO THEY LOVE MOST ABOUT CHAMPAGNE, PROSECCO AND CAVA? "WINE INTELLIGENCE" REVEALED THE FRENCH WIN FOR QUALITY, WHILE ITALIAN SPARKLINGS WIN FOR TASTE AND PAIR BETTER WITH FOOD 26 July 2017
News CANTINE RIUNITE & CIV LEAD IN TURNOVER (566.1 MILLION EUROS), ANTINORI TOP FOR HECTARES (2.681), ENOITALIA NUMBER 1 FOR BOTTLES (88.3 MILLION) AND TENUTA SAN GUIDO AT THE TOP FOR PROFITABILITY (55%): ANNA DI MARTINO’S RANKING OF ITALIAN WINE 24 July 2017
News “INVESTMENTS IN THE REGION ARE GOOD, BUT TODAY THEY ARE OFTEN ONLY FINANCIAL, RATHER THAN FOR BUSINESS PROJECTS”. AND VINEYARD PRICES ARE OVER MARKET VALUE. WINENEWS INTERVIEWED ORLANDO PECCHENINO, PRESIDENT OF THE CONSORTIUM OF BAROLO 20 July 2017
News GOODBYE TO PROSECCO, CAVA AND CHAMPAGNE: BRITISH EMBASSIES AROUND THE WORLD WILL SERVE ONLY BRITISH BUBBLES. DOWNING STREET PUSHES THROUGH DIRECTIVES AND LAW PROPOSALS, WHILE BUCKINGHAM PALACE SETS THE EXAMPLE 19 July 2017
News ANTINORI INVESTS IN CHILE: ACCORDING TO WINENEWS RUMORS THE HISTORIC TUSCAN WINERY HAS ACQUIRED THE ENTIRE PROPERTY OF HARAS DE PIRQUE WINERY, THE JEWEL OF CHILEAN WINEMAKING, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MATTE FAMILY SINCE 2003 18 July 2017
News LUIGI MOIO: “THE ANSWER TO GLOBAL WARMING IS HERE IN THE VINEYARD. WE NEED TO FIND THE RIGHT COMBINATION OF SOIL, CLIMATE AND GRAPE VARIETIES, FOCUSING ON NATIVE ONES. CLIMATE EXTREMES, FROM RAIN TO FROST, SCARE US MOST” 11 July 2017
News SUSTAINABILITY IS CRUCIAL TO EVERYONE EXCEPT MAYBE TRUMP, BUT 2 OUT OF 10 WINE FANS IN THE US BUY CERTIFIED SUSTAINABLE WINES. NOMISMA WINE MONITOR & VIVA SAY IDENTIFICATION IS STILL AN OBSTACLE TO AVAILABILITY 10 July 2017
News AFTER “CHIPPING IN” 14 BILLION US DOLLARS TO BUY THE AMERICAN SUPERMARKET CHAIN WHOLE FOODS, AMAZON IS NOW LAUNCHING A DIRECT (ALMOST) WINE PRODUCTION, UNDER THE LABEL “NEXT”, CREATED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE OREGAN BASED KING ESTATE WINERY 06 July 2017
News THE HEALTH OF WINE EXPERTS IS AN ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN UNEXPLAINABLY OVERLOOKED. REBECCA HOPKINS HAS INSTEAD RAISED THE CURTAIN ON IT AND DISCOVERED A WIDESPREAD NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE MATTER. WOMEN OF THE VINE & SPIRITS ARE READY TO DISCUSS IT 05 July 2017
News THE VERDICTS OF "THE CHAMPAGNE & SPARKLING WINE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017" ARE IN AND TRENTODOC IS THE STAR WITH 19 GOLD MEDALS: FERRARI LEADS WITH 11 AND ROTARI-MEZZACORONA, 5. FRANCIACORTA, 10 PROSECCO DOCG, 7 AND ONE FOR OLTREPÒ PAVESE. 04 July 2017
News ITALIAN RESTAURANTS CONTINUE GROWING AROUND THE WORLD. IN ASIA, THE 1ST STARRED RESTAURANTS IN THE MICHELIN GUIDE ARE BRACI AND GARIBALDI IN SINGAPORE "ONE OF THE FOOD DESTINATIONS WITH THE GREATEST POTENTIAL", SAID CEO OF THE GUIDE MICHAEL ELLIS 30 June 2017
News STÉPHANE SAILLET HAS WON THE VINEXPO CHALLENGE, THE BLIND TASTING WHERE OVER 100 PALATES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD PARTICIPATED, and LED BY JON ARVID ROSENGREN, WORLD'S BEST SOMMELIER 2016. ONE OF THE WINES WAS BARBARESCO IL BRICCO 2010 BY PIO CESARE 30 June 2017
News ORGANIC IS NOW TAKING OVER THE BRUNELLO VINEYARDS AND WINE COMPANIES HAVE UNITED AS "MONTALCINO BIO" AND A CONFERENCE TO BE HELD ON JULY 7TH. MARONE CINZANO (COL D'ORCIA) SAID, "ORGANIC IS THE WAY TO ENHANCE PRODUCTIONS IN MONTALCINO" 28 June 2017
News AN ADDITIONAL 222 HECTARES OF GLERA GRAPES ARE ARRIVING IN FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA TO PROSECCO DOC. THE CONSORTIUM'S PROPOSAL TO RAISE THE LIMIT ON THE PLANTING AREA WAS ACCEPTED, SO IT WILL INCREASE 1.200 HECTARES TO REACH 24.450 BY 2020 27 June 2017
News FRESH, SOFT AND EASY TO DRINK WHITES; RICH AND DRINKABLE REDS, FAVORITE VARIETIES ARE MERLOT AND CHARDONNAY: THE TASTES OF US WINE LOVERS IN THE WINE INTELLIGENCE REPORT “FLAVOR AND VARIETAL PREFERENCE IN THE US WINE MARKET” 26 June 2017
News THE PHENOMENAL GROWTH OF BUBBLY WINES, OF WHICH ITALY IS THE LEADER, IS UNSTOPPABLE: EVERYONE LOVES THEM, FROM CONSUMERS TO DISTRIBUTION. THEY ARE THE MOST IN TUNE WITH THE SPIRIT OF OUR TIMES, SAYS WINE INTELLIGENCE 22 June 2017
News VINEXPO 2017 IS NOW OVER, SO WHILE WE ARE WAITING TO FIND OUT THE DATES OF THE NEXT EDITION OF THE BORDEAUX WINE SHOW, HERE ARE WINENEWS’ BEST TASTINGS IN THE GLASS, VINTAGE 2016 "EN PRIMEUR" OF THE PRESTIGIOUS CHÂTEAUX DE L'UNION DES GRANDS CRUS 22 June 2017
News LIV-EX INDICES SHOW FINE WINES HAVE ALL GROWN IN 2017, AND ITALY 100 (SOLAIA, TIGNANELLO, GUADO AL TASSO, MASSETO, ORNELLAIA, SASSICAIA, BARBARESCO E SORÌ TILDIN GAJA, BAROLO LE VIGNE SANDRONE AND REDIGAFFI TUA RITA) IS AT THE TOP: + 6.47% 12 June 2017
News ZONIN HAS GONE TO CHILE FOR HIS LATEST CHALLENGE, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE VIAL FAMILY. GRAPES FROM THE TOP TERROIRS TOGETHER WITH THE KNOW-HOW OF THE VENETIAN COMPANY TO PRODUCE A NEW BRAND, "DOS ALMAS" 09 June 2017
News THOUSANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE WILL BE SPENDING THE SUMMER AT E!STATE LIBERI! THE LIBERA TERRA CAMPS THAT FIGHT THE MAFIA THROUGH RESEARCH AND RECLAIMING LAND AND AGRICULTURAL ASSETS CONFISCATED FROM THE MAFIA 08 June 2017
News TEN GLASSES A WEEK, NO MORE THAN TWO A DAY, WITH ALCOHOL-FREE DAYS. THIS IS THE NEW RECOMMENDATION ON ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION FROM INDEPENDENT EXPERTS FOR THE FRENCH NATIONAL AGENCY SANTÉ PUBLIQUE FRANCE AND INCA- NATIONAL INSTITUT DU CANCER 07 June 2017
News THE 2017 EDITION OF THE NAPA VALLEY CHARITY AUCTION RAISED 15.7 MILLION US DOLLARS, OSCAR WINNER AND WINE MAKER FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA WAS HONORARY CHAIRMAN. TUSCAN WINE WAS THE SECOND TOP LOT (1.5 MILLION) 06 June 2017
News THE EU AND CHINA AGREEMENT ON GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS: ITALY LEADS WITH 26 APPROVED PGI OUT OF THE TOTAL 100 FOR EUROPE, A VERY IMPORTANT ACHIEVEMENT ACCORDING TO AICIG, IN A MARKET THAT COUNTS 3300 EUROPEAN PGI AND IS WORTH 54 BILLION EUROS 05 June 2017
News IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2017 THE PERFORMANCE OF ITALIAN WINE ON FOREIGN MARKETS HAS BEEN FAR FROM BRILLIANT. GERMANY, THE UK AND CHINA ALSO ALL REGISTERED A MINUS SIGN WHILE RUSSIA IS FINALLY GROWING AGAIN. RECORD SHIPMENTS TO THE US AND CANADA 01 June 2017
News IWSR: GLOBAL ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION IS DROPPING FAST. 2016 REGISTERED THE BIGGEST DROP IN THE PREVIOUS FIVE YEARS (1.3% LESS). VODKA CRASHES (4.3% LESS), BUT SPIRITS ARE GROWING STEADILY. BEER FALLS (1.8% LESS), WINE STABLE (0.1% LESS) 31 May 2017
News SIX YEARS AFTER THE RUSSIAN OLIGARCH ROUSTAM TARIKO, BOUGHT GANCIA VALLARINO ESTATES, THEY ARE NOW RETURNING TO PIEDMONT OWNERS: OSCAR FARINETTI HAS BOUGHT TENUTA BRICCO ASINARI, WHILE THE DAMILANO BRAND HAS ACQUIRED TENUTA RAGAZZI 30 May 2017
News ITALY AND WINE BIODIVERSITY: 75% OF ITALY’S VINEYARDS COVERED BY OVER 80 GRAPE VARIETIES. PORTUGAL IS SECOND AT JUST UNDER 40; FRANCE AND SPAIN HAVE FEWER THAN 15 VARIETIES, REVEALED OIV. CABERNET SAUVIGNON IS THE MOST CULTIVATED VARIETY IN THE WORLD 29 May 2017
News KENTUCKY IS THE MOST "EXPENSIVE" STATE FOR WINE TAXES, AT 3.30 US DOLLARS A GALLON (3.7 LITERS). PORTLAND IN OREGON IS THE METROPOLITAN AREA BEST SUITED FOR WINE LOVERS, ACCORDING TO THE "TAX FOUNDATION "AND"INFOGROUP" STUDIES, ANALYZED BY WINENEWS 29 May 2017
News THE FANTASTIC ITALIAN WINE JOURNEY FOR BARACK AND MICHELLE OBAMA THROUGH 10 ITALIAN WINE VINTAGES. A "DREAM TASTING" BY FILIPPO BARTOLOTTA AND DINNER BY SUPERCHEF MASSIMO BOTTURA 20 May 2017
