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
News WINE & COMMUNICATION, CLUSTER IDENTITY IN THE TERRITORIES. THE STUDY, “FROM FIRM’S BRAND IDENTITY TO CLUSTER’S BRAND IDENTITY. A WEB-BASED ANALYSIS OF TUSCAN WINERIES”, TELLS US ABOUT CHIANTI, CHIANTI CLASSICO AND BRUNELLO 05 February 2018
News DESPITE THE DIFFICULT YEAR, BRUNELLO 2017 WILL HAVE 4 STARS. CONSORTIUM’S CELEBRATIVE TILE WILL BE AUTHORED BY THE ROCKSTAR AND WINEMAKER STING IN MONTALCINO ON FEBRUARY 17TH. AND, ON FEBRUARY 10TH STING WAS IN FLORENCE TO OPEN THE TUSCAN PREVIEWS 05 February 2018
News 600 MILLION EUROS TURNOVER, EXPORT 80% AND GROWING, THE ITALIAN MARKET DOING WELL (+ 20% IN 2017 ON 2016): STAGGERING FIGURES FROM VALPOLICELLA AND PREVIEW AMARONE (3-5 FEBRUARY, VERONA) 03 February 2018
News THE TOP THREE POSITIONS ON GENTLEMAN MAGAZINE’S 2018 TOP 100 SPECIAL RANKING THAT COMPARES SCORES OF ITALIAN WINE GUIDES WENT TO: SAN LEONARDO 2013, TORGIANO ROSSO RISERVA 2012 LUNGAROTTI, MONTIANO 2015 FALESCO AND PRIMITIVO DI MANDURIA ES 2015 FINO 02 February 2018
News THE SELINUNTE ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARK IS THE LARGEST IN EUROPE, AND IS CONTINUING TO BOND WITH THE AGRICULTURAL WORLD. FOLLOWING THE SETTESOLI WINERY PROJECT, NOW COLDIRETTI WILL RESTORE OLIVE GROVES, VINEYARDS AND GRAIN CROPS IN THE 3000 HECTARE PARK 01 February 2018
News THE WINERIES IN MONTALCINO ARE NOT SLEEPING EASILY. AFTER CUPANO, ANOTHER THEFT IN COL D’ORCIA. COUNT MARONE CINZANO TOLD WINENEWS, “MORE THAN A THOUSAND BOTTLES OF BRUNELLO AND POGGIO AL VENTO RESERVE HAVE DISAPPEARED, INCLUDING OLD VINTAGES” 22 January 2018
News “2017 IS SATISFACTORY, BUT NOT A WINNING YEAR FOR ITALIAN WINE. THE DOMESTIC MARKET DID WELL, BUT EXPORTS SUFFER THE COMPETITION. IN 2018 WE NEED A NEW QUALITY LEAP”, ERNESTO ABBONA, PRESIDENT OF ITALIAN UNION WINES, TOLD “WINE IN FIGURES 2018” 15 January 2018
News BUBBLES, ESPECIALLY LOCAL, MORE NICHE AND ORGANIC WINES, PLUS MORE INFORMATION AND YOUNGER AND YOUNGER CUSTOMERS ARE THE WINE TRENDS FOR 2018 ACCORDING TO THE DISTRIBUTORS MEREGALLI, PROPOSTA VINI, LES CAVES DE PYRENE, SARZI AMADÈ AND CUZZIOL 28 December 2017
News ITALIAN WINE MUST LEARN TO TRUST THE FINANCIAL MARKET IF IT WANTS TO GROW AND CONQUER NEW ONES. SANDRO BOSCAINI, PRESIDENT OF MASI AGRICOLA AND FEDERVINI SAID, “THE FINANCIAL WORLD WILL GIVE THE STABILITY AND CRITICAL MASS TO GROW” 22 December 2017
News 20 ITALIANS ON THE “INTERNATIONAL WINE REPORT” RANKING “TOP 100 WINES OF 2017”. BAROLO TOPPED BRUNELLO AND THREE ITALIANS ARE IN THE TOP TEN -VIETTI BAROLO RAVERA 2013, POGGIO DI SOTTO BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2012 AND MEROI MALVASIA ZITELLE DURÌ 2015 21 December 2017
News PERFECTION MIGHT NOT BE OF THIS WORLD, BUT ITALIAN WINES COME VERY CLOSE ACCORDING TO THE BEST WINES RANKING BY “WINE LISTER”. GIACOMO CONTERNO’S BAROLO MONFORTINO RISERVA AND BAROLO CASCINA FRANCIA, ARE NUMBER ONE AND TWO, FOLLOWED BY MASSETO 20 December 2017
News STOCKS: THE FINAL NUMBERS. THERE ARE 53 MILLION HECTOLITERS OF WINES AND MUSTS IN ITALIAN WINE CELLARS (AS OF DECEMBER 11TH), THE DECREASE WILL BE 8.7 MILLION HECTOLITERS FOR 2018 AND THE UPWARD TREND ON WINE PRICES WILL CONTINUE 19 December 2017
News THE 2017 HARVEST IN TUSCANY DROPPED BY 40% FOR A LOSS OF 480 MILLION EUROS. WINE PRODUCERS ARE ASKING THE REGION TO FREEZE PAYMENT ON TAXES, CONTRIBUTIONS AND MORTGAGES, REPORTS THE CONFAGRICOLTURA “BULLETIN” 19 December 2017
News THE MOST POPULAR, THE MOST EXPENSIVE, THE HIGHEST INTERNATIONAL CRITICS AWARDS AND THE BEST QUALITY / PRICE RATIO ITALIAN WINES ON WINE-SEARCHER 2017 TOP 10 ANALYZED BY WINENEWS 18 December 2017
News TWO WINES, VINOCCHIO AND UVAGINA, AGAINST HOMOPHOBIC BULLYING. THE TWO TOP WINES OF THE COMPANY PRODIGIO DIVINO, LEAD BY THE COUPLE BRUNO TOMMASSINI AND EDOARDO MARZIANI, AND THE COMEDIAN FABIO CANINO, GIVE A VOICE TO THOSE LESS FORTUNATE 15 December 2017
News WINE, MUSIC AND INTERNATIONAL STARS IS NOW A VERY COMMON COMBINATION, AND IS ABOUT TO BE ENRICHED WITH A NEW CHAPTER BY LADY GAGA, READY TO LAUNCH HER LINE DEDICATED TO “JOANNE TRATTORIA”, THE FAMILY RESTAURANT IN NEW YORK 14 December 2017
News CLIMATE CHANGE, BREXIT, THE GLOBAL BUBBLE OF SPARKLING WINES, ALTERNATIVE AND “UNCONVENTIONAL” PACKAGING SOLUTIONS AND MORE IMPORTANCE TO THE “ORGANIC” AND SUSTAINABLE WORLD ARE THE FIVE “WINE INTELLIGENCE” PREDICTIONS FOR 2018 13 December 2017
News The modern temple of wine culture, the cité du vin in bordeaux, is a big success with the public and critics. The renowned and influential magazine “national geographic” has included it in the 11 “world’s best museums” 12 December 2017
News "FOCUS": WHAT DRIVES US TO ORDER A CERTAIN DISH IS MENU PSYCHOLOGY - RICH VOCABULARY, CAPTIVATING DESCRIPTIONS, FONT, MENU-DEVELOPED BY “MENU ENGINEERING” EXPERTS 05 December 2017
News "WINE2WINE": HOW THE WINE AND SPIRITS INDUSTRY CAN LIMIT THE DAMAGE BEFORE THE BREXIT "ZERO HOUR" IN 2019 WHILE FACING INCREASING INFLATION AND MORE THAN STABLE CONSUMPTION 04 December 2017
News "OPERA WINE 2018": "WINE SPECTATOR"AND THE MAGNIFICENT "107" (16 "NEW ENTRIES"). THE DATE IS APRIL 14TH IN VERONA FOR THE VINITALY CLASSIC PREVIEW. ALISON NAPJUS: “IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO NARRATE THE DIVERSITY OF ITALIAN WINE SO FEW CELLARS" 04 December 2017
News “UK LANDSCAPES 2017” BY WINE INTELLIGENCE: THE FUTURE OF THE BRITISH WINE MARKET IS MORE AND MORE TIED TO BREXIT. WINE IS LOSING ITS APPEAL AND ONLINE PURCHASES AREN’T TAKING OFF, DESPITE THE PROSECCO RUSH 01 December 2017
News AS WINENEWS MENTIONED, WINE TERRITORIES WILL BE THE STARS OF THE 101ST GIRO D’ITALIA. ON MAY 23RD, THE 17TH STAGE IS THE "FRANCIACORTA STAGE", BUT THE RACE WILL ALSO CROSS THROUGH VINEYARDS IN ETNA, SANNIO, VERDICCHIO, PROSECCO AND TRENTODOC 30 November 2017
News POST PAC 2020: EU COULD CUT FROM 3.4 TO 9.7 BILLION EUROS IN 7 YEARS (SOURCE ANSA). PAOLO DE CASTRO (EU AGRICULTURE COMMISSION): “THEY ARE ONLY SUPPOSITIONS, BUT THE SCENARIOS ARE WORRYING, AGRICULTURE IS NOT EUROPE'S PIGGY BANK” 29 November 2017
News THE TOP CHEFS IN THE WORLD SAY FRENCH CUISINE IS BEST. THE 2 AND 3 STARRED CHEFS AROUND THE PLANET VOTED MICHEL TROISGROS NUMBER ONE ON "THE CHEF 100" 2018 RANKING. 41 FRENCH CHEFS ON THE LIST, AND 9 ITALIANS. 29 November 2017
News THE STORY OF MARCO CAPRAI: A CASE HISTORY, IN TIMES WHEN SUSTAINABILITY IS A BUZZWORD, WHERE HE ADDS LOVE FOR THE LAND, FOLLOWING ST. FRANCIS, FOR GOOD MEASURE, SINCE ONE MUST GIVE BACK A “SOCIAL DIVIDEND” TO THE TERRITORY THAT PRODUCES GREAT WINES 24 November 2017
