News IF PEOPLE DIDN’T HAVE THE FREEDOM TO TRAVEL, RESTAURANT KITCHENS WOULDN’T EXIST. THE MELTING POT WHERE ANYONE, INCLUDING A DISHWASHER FROM GHANA, CAN BECOME PARTNERS WITH THE GREATEST CHEFS IN THE WORLD. THE STORY OF ALÌ AND RENÉ REDZEPI 03 March 2017
News CHIANTI CLASSICO COLLECTION 2017: 2015 WINES ARE VERY GOOD AND HAVE AN ESPECIALLY PLEASANT TASTE. 2014 RESERVES ARE MORE PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE OF THE VINTAGE YEAR, BUT THERE ARE EXCELLENT EXCEPTIONS. WINENEWS’ TOP 10 13 February 2017
News WHILE WAITING FOR THE BIG NAMES, HERE IS THE "REST OF THE WINE WORLD", MADE IN TUSCANY: MORELLINO, MAREMMA, COLLINE LUCCHESI, CARMIGNANO, VALDARNO DI SOPRA, PITIGLIANO, MONTECUCCO, VAL DI CORNIA, ELBA, ORCIA AND CORTONA IN WINENEWS’ 15 BEST TASTINGS 13 February 2017
News SASSICAIA 2013, ORNELLAIA 2013, SOLAIA 2013, TIGNANELLO 2013 AND I SODI DI SAN NICCOLÒ 2012 ARE THE FIVE TOP ITALIAN RED WINES ON THE SPECIAL "TOP 100" BY "GENTLEMAN" (PUBLISHED BY CLASS EDITORI) VOTED BY ITALIAN AND WORLD CRITICS 10 February 2017
News ITALY VS. FRANCE. THE MICHELIN GUIDE HAS NO DOUBTS AS FAR AS HIGH END RESTUARANTS GO. IN THE FRENCH EDITION OF THE RED GUIDE, THERE ARE 27 3 STARS (AND A NEW ENTRY, CHEF YANNICK ALLÉNO’S LE 1947), 86 2 STARS (12 NEW) AND 503 1 STARS (57 NEW) 10 February 2017
News WINE IMPORTS IN CHINA GREW EVEN IN 2016, - MORE THAN 638 MILLION LITERS (+ 15.2%) FOR 2.36 BILLION US DOLLARS (+ 16.38%). ITALY DID WELL, BUT STILL AT A DISTANT WITH ITS COMPETITORS, WHILE IT IS THE ONLY COUNTRY OF THE TOP 5 WHOSE AVERAGE PRICE GREW 08 February 2017
News IN THE AGE OF E-SHOPPING, BUYING AT WINERIES IS BACK IN FASHION IN THE USA. DIRECT SALES WENT OVER THE 2 BILLION DOLLAR MARK, AND 60 MILLION BOTTLES IN 2016. SMALL BUSINESSES DID VERY WELL AS DID TOP WINES, PINOT NOIR AND ZINFANDEL, ABOVE ALL 08 February 2017
News THE "NO-SHOW" PHENOMENON OR “WHEN A CUSTOMER BOOKS AND DOESN’T SHOW UP: HOW TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM? WHAT SOLUTIONS?” IDENTITA’ GOLOSE AND THEFORK INDICATE SIX COUNTERMEASURES 07 February 2017
News ANSA: THEY LEFT THEIR COUNTRY, AFRICA, ON A BOAT AND TODAY, SEEKING ASYLYUM IN ITALY, THEY ARE WORKING THE LAND AND REVIVING AN ANCIENT WINEMAKING TRADITION. THE MIGRANTS OF THE DIOCESES OF GENOA ARE WORKNG TO SAVE BIANCHETTA WINE 16 January 2017
News THERE IS A VINEYARD IN THE CAMPANIA REGION THAT IS STILL GROWN JUST LIKE THE ETRUSCANS HAD DONE, CALLED THE “AIR VINE”. IT’S THE ASPRINIO PDO IN AVERSA, WHERE VINES REACH HEIGHTS OF 15 METERS, CLIMBING ON POPLAR TREES THAT ARE THEIR GUARDIANS 16 January 2017
News LIV-EX IS NOT THE REAL MARKET. BORDEAUX WINES COLLAPSED ON THE UK MARKET (AND IT IS NOT BREXIT’S FAULT). EXPORTS OF BORDEAUX WINES FROM JUNE 2015-JUNE 2016 WERE ABOUT 1.7 BILLION EUROS (5.5% LESS) BUT CHINA AND HONG KONG ARE GROWING 12 January 2017
News THANKS TO THE EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCE OF PROSECCO, THE VENETO REGION HAS STRENGTHENED ITS LEADERSHIP IN EXPORTS AND, BY ITSELF, IS THE FOURTH LARGEST EXPORTER IN VALUE, AFTER FRANCE, ITALY AND SPAIN 11 January 2017
News PEOPLE TAKE SELFIES EVERYWHERE OF EVERTHING, ALONE OR NEXT TO A CELEBRITY. THE SYMBOLA FOUNDATION, HEADED BY ERMETE REALACCI HAS CHOSEN “10 SELFIES 2017” OF ITALY’S STRENGTHS TO HELP RESTART IT, INCLUDING AGRICULTURE 10 January 2017
News THE USA, THE NUMBER ONE MARKET IN THE WORLD FOR WINE, IS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING NEW IN PRODUCT STYLES (ESPECIALLY RED BLENDS), PACKAGING AND FORMATS, VARIETIES AND TERRITORIES, REVEALED THE DATABANK REPORT AND THE "WINE SPECTATOR" SURVEY 10 January 2017
News BREXIT EFFECT OR PHYSICAL DECLINE? UK DOMESTIC WINE CONSUMPTION (OFF TRADE) HAS BEEN IN THE RED IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS FOR ALL MAJOR EXPORTERS, FROM AUSTRALIA TO ITALY, SPAIN AND THE UNITED STATES. NEW ZEALAND AND ARGENTINA, THOUGH, ARE FLYING HIGH 10 January 2017
News WINE WRITER JANCIS ROBINSON HAS DONATED 40 YEARS OF HER PERSONAL FILES TO THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. THE DOCUMENTS INCLUDE TASTING NOTES AND PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE WITH HER COLLEAGUE ROBERT PARKER. IT WILL BE AVAILABLE IN APRIL 05 January 2017
News FROM MILAN TO RIO, PASSING THROUGH BRONX, AND NOW AT THE CINEMA, THE UNIQUE "AMBROSIANO REFECTORY" EXPERIENCE BY MASSIMO BOTTURA, THE NUMBER ONE CHEF IN THE WORLD, HAS BECOME A DOCUMENTARY FILM DIRECTED BY PETER SVATEK 29 December 2016
News THE WINE AND FINANCE WORLDS MEET AGAIN: ZENIT SGR, AN INDEPENDENT ITALIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT FIRM HAS SIGNED A 2 MILLION EURO INVESTMENT MINI BOND ISSUED BY PICCINI ESTATE AND GUARANTEED BY CHIANTI AND BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 29 December 2016
News RICHARD HALSTEAD, COO DI “WINE INTELLIGENCE” SAYS 2017 WILL BE A GOOD YEAR BECAUSE THE POST-80 GENERATION IS NOW AT THE WHEEL, RETAIL SALE LIMITS NO LONGER EXIST AND SWEET WINE HAS BEEN LEGITIMIZED 27 December 2016
News GREAT BRITAIN ABSORBS 43% OF PROSECCO DOC EXPORTS, AND IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS HAS UNCORKED MORE BOTTLES THAN ITALY. IN 2016 DEMAND HAS GROWN 38.6% OVER 2015. US AND FRENCH MARKETS ALSO DID WELL 23 December 2016
News BORDEAUX HAS ONCE AGAIN TAKEN OVER THE TOP SPOTS ON THE "LIV-EX POWER 100" RANKING WITH ITS FIVE PREMIERS CRUS. NINE ITALIANS ON THE LIST: GAJA, MASSETO, SASSICAIA, GIACOMO CONTERNO, ORNELLAIA, TIGNANELLO, SOLAIA, BRUNO GIACOSA AND PETROLO 20 December 2016
News "OPERA WINE": LUCIANO FERRARO OF "CORRIERE DELLA SERA" HAS ANTICIPATED THE 104 WINES SELECTED BY "WINE SPECTATOR" FOR THE TASTING - PREVIEW OF VINITALY (APRIL 8, 2017 IN VERONA). TWENTY NEW ENTRIES, BAROLO, BRUNELLO AND AMARONE AT THE TOP 05 December 2016
News CONSUMPTION, TURNOVER, DOMESTIC PRODUCTION IN THE WORLD OF RETAILERS AND DISTRIBUTION, MILLENNIALS’ IMPACT ON THE MARKET AND NEW TECHNOLOGY, HERE IS HOW WINE IN THE US HAS CHANGED BETWEEN 2006 AND 2015 01 December 2016
News DURING THE SECOND MEETING OF WINE ASSOCIATIONS, IN ROME, WINE COOPERATIVES OF THE THREE MAJOR "OLD WORLD" PRODUCERS - ITALY, FRANCE, SPAIN – AGREED THAT LOWER PRODUCTION AND LESS STOCK CONFIRM PRICE INCREASES 01 December 2016
News AN INTERNATIONAL GROUP OF UNIVERSITIES HAS DISCOVERED A CONTROLLER GENE THAT DECIDES HOW MUCH WINE ONE DRINKS AND MAKES THE BRAIN SENSITIVE TO A HORMONE THE LIVER SECRETES DURING DIGESTION UNDER STRESS 30 November 2016
News NIELSEN SURVEY: 50% OF ITALIANS SPEND LESS THAN HALF AN HOUR A DAY COOKING, 87% MEN, WHILE WOMEN SPEND 77 MINUTES A DAY IN THE KITCHEN, FIVE MINUTES LESS THAN IN 2010. READY-TO-EAT FOODS AND PREPACKAGED MEALS ARE ALL THE RAGE 29 November 2016
News QUALITY INCREASINGLY INFLUENCES ITALIAN WINE EXPORTS IN THE WORLD, BUT BULK WINE HAS A SIGNIFICANT 25% SHARE. WORLDWIDE TANK SHIPMENTS REPRESENT 38.6% OF THE TOTAL AND AVERAGE PRICES ARE GROWING 28 November 2016
News THE FRENCH AND THE WINE WORLD. ACCORDING TO SOWINE, IN 2016, MORE AND MORE FRENCH WINE LOVERS ARE USING THE WEB AND SOCIAL NETWORKS TO SATISFY THEIR CURIOSITY (27%) AS WELL AS MAKING PURCHASES (34%) 15 November 2016
News THE ENGLISH ARTIST, DAVID HOCKNEY, CONTINUING THE FRENCH MAISON’S TRADITION, HAS DESIGNED THE LABEL "IN TRIBUTE TO PHILIPPINE" FOR CHATEAU MOUTON ROTHSCHILD VINTAGE 2014, RESERVING A PLACE IN HISTORY TO BARONESS PHILIPPINE DE ROTHSCHILD, DIED IN 2014 10 November 2016
News WINE EXPORTS: PREMIER RENZI SAID, “I FIND IT UNACCEPTABLE THAT THE FRENCH EXPORT 11 BILLION EUROS AND ITALY ONLY 5. COMMUNICATION IS KEY”. CONFAGRICOLTURA SAID, “THE PROBLEM IS UNIT VALUE, AND THE PASSWORD IS "PROMOTE", DO MORE AND BETTER” 10 November 2016
News THE ELECTION OF DONALD TRUMP PRESIDENT ELECT OF THE UNITED STATES HAS DIVIDED THE WORLD, BUT NOW THERE WILL BE A WINE PRODUCER, THE FAMILY BUSINESS TRUMP WINERY IN VIRGINIA, AT THE WHITE HOUSE 10 November 2016
News ONLY GOOD NEWS FOR VERONA: THE CITY OF VERONA WILL BE THE SOLE ITALIAN REPRESENTATIVE OF THE "GREAT WINES CAPITALS", VINITALY IS ALMOST SOLD OUT AND VERONAFIERE, AS WINENEWS ANTICIPATED, IS ABOUT TO BECOME AN LTD AND GO PUBLIC 08 November 2016
News "THE BREATH OF WINE" IS A BOOK BY LUIGI MOIO, PUBLISHED BY MONDADORI. IT IS A FASCINATING JOURNEY INTO THE INVISIBLE WORLD OF WINE AROMAS TO DISCOVER THE SECRETS OF ITS BEAUTY. THE BOOK WAS PRESENTED IN MILAN ON NOVEMBER 10TH 08 November 2016
News THERE WILL BE NOT JUST ONE, BUT FIVE FAMOUS AUCTIONEERS FOR THE HOSPICES DE BEAUNE AUCTION. VIRGINIE LEDOYEN, KHATIA, VALÉRIE BONNETON, CLAUDE LELOUCH AND EDDY MITCHELL WILL BE GUESTS OF HONOR AT THE "VENTE DES VINS", WITH CHRISTIE'S (NOVEMBER 20TH) 31 October 2016
News "MADE IN ITALY" FOOD IS MORE THAN 22 TIMES SAFER THAN FOOD OUTSIDE EUROPE, IN TERMS OF CHEMICAL RESIDUE CONTENT, SAID COLDIRETTI, ON DATA FROM THE EU AGENCY, EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY (EFSA) 27 October 2016
News THE DIPLOMATIC WORLD IS GOING INTO THE KITCHEN TO PROMOTE AUTHENTIC MADE IN ITALY FOOD AROUND THE WORLD. THIS IS "THE BIGGEST POLITICAL AND CULTURAL DIPLOMATIC OPERATION EVER", SAID MINISTER GENTILONI WHO LAUNCHED THE FIRST "ITALIAN CUISINE WEEK" 26 October 2016
News WORLD VINEYARDS COVERED 7.5 MILLION HECTARES IN 2015 (28.000 HECTARES LESS THAN 2014), REPORTED OIV. SPAIN ALONE COUNTED 1.021.000 HECTARES. WINE PRODUCTION IN 2016 WILL REACH 259 MILLION HECTOLITERS, AND ITALY IS AT THE TOP WITH 48.8 MILLION 26 October 2016
News A 645-GRAM WHITE TRUFFLE VALUED AT 3.000 EUROS HAS BEEN CROWNED "ROYAL TRUFFLE 2016" AT THE "ALBA FAIR". WINENEWS HAS THE UPDATED PRICES (BULK) BY THE NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER: 3.500 EURO PER KILO. ROAD MAP OF THE MARKETS 24 October 2016
News THE DOZENS OF NEOLOGISMS AND ANGLICISMS, ESPECIALLY FOOD TERMS OF WORLDWIDE FAME, ARE PUTTING THE WEALTH OF THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE AT RISK. THE LATEST ONE IS NUTELLA, SAID THE ASSEMBLY OF THE GENERAL STATE OF THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE, IN FLORENCE 18 October 2016
News FOOD YOUTUBERS, A TREND (AND NEW PROFESSION) THAT IS ALL THE RAGE ON THE WEB, ARE SELF-TAUGHT, HAVE A GREAT PASSION FOR FOOD AND THE DESIRE TO SHARE IT ON THE WEB WITH MILLIONS OF FOLLOWERS. HERE ARE THE "TOP FOOD INFLUENCERS ON YOUTUBE" 17 October 2016
