News WINE SPECTATOR’S “TOP 100”: THE USA IS FIRST AGAIN AND HAS THE MOST WINES (31), THEN FRANCE (18). ITALY AT 16 WITH TUSCANY (6) AND BRUNELLO (3) TOP PERFORMERS, THEN PIEDMONT, VENETO AND CAMPANIA (2) 20 November 2017
News TRADITIONAL AND MODERN ITALIAN CUISINE IS GROWING, THANKS TO YOUNG CHEFS AND RAW MATERIALS, "SHOWING THE WORLD THAT BEING GREAT DOES NOT NEED TO BE COMPLICATED". THIS AND OTHER REFLECTIONS POST 2018 MICHELIN GUIDE 17 November 2017
News EMANUELE FILIBERTO OF SAVOY, WHO COULD HAVE BEEN KING OF ITALY, IF ONLY HISTORY HAD TAKEN ANOTHER COURSE, IS NOW PRINCE OF PASTA. HE IS TAKING TRADITIONAL ITALIAN PASTA AROUND THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES WITH HIS FOOD TRUCK "PRINCE OF VENICE" 14 November 2017
News QUALITY IS THE DISTINCTIVE SIGN OF FRENCH WINES. TRADITION AND SUSTAINABILITY PROMOTING BURGUNDY AND BORDEAUX FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL CERTIFICATION OF SAINT-ÉMILION TO THE RECOGNITION OF THE BOURGOGNE CÔTE D'OR AND VÉZELAY DENOMINATIONS 13 November 2017
News ITALIAN AGRIFOOD EXPORTS TO 40 BILLION EUROS IN 2017, BUT 60% IS IN FOUR REGIONS (VENETO, LOMBARDY, EMILIA-ROMAGNA AND PIEDMONT), AND ITALY IS STILL ONLY NINTH TOP EXPORTER WORLDWIDE, REVEALED NOMISMA AGRIFOOD MONITOR 13 November 2017
News "SOCIAL NEWBIES", "DEVELOPING DRINKERS," "HEALTH SIPPERS," "PRESTIGE-SEEKING TRADITIONALISTS," "FRUGAL OCCASIONALS," AND "ADVENTUROUS CONNOISSEURS" ARE THE WINE CONSUMERS IN WINE INTELLICENCE’S “CHINAPORTRAITS 2017 10 November 2017
News JOAN ROCA IS THE BEST CHEF IN THE WORLD ON THE NEW RANKING TOP 300 BEST CHEF AWARDS, FOLLOWED BY THE FRENCH MICHEL BRAS AND THE SPANISH DAVID MUNOZ. CRIPPA IS THE FIRST OF THE 36 ITALIANS AT NUMBER 6, MASSIMO BOTTURA AT 9 AND DAVIDE SCABIN AT 16 27 October 2017
News RUMORS FROM WINENEWS: THE VENICE COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF VALPOLICELLA WINES CONSORTIUM IN THE DISPUTE AGAINST THE AMARONE FAMILIES THAT MUST CHANGE THEIR NAME AND COULD BE LIABLE FOR UNFAIR COMPETITION 25 October 2017
News GAMBERO ROSSO’S AWARDS FOR THE BEST ITALIAN RESTAURANTS, NOT ONLY IN ITALY, BUT ALSO AROUND THE WORLD. SPECIAL AWARDS: RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR TO ERA ORA IN COPENHAGEN, CHEF OF THE YEAR, ALESSANDRO COZZOLINO AT GRISSINI IN HONG KONG 24 October 2017
News ANOTHER ESTATE HAS BEEN BOUGHT IN FRANCE’S TOP WINE REGION. FOLLOWING TROPLONG MONDOT (SCOR GROUP), CHATEAU PHELAN-SÉGUR (VAN DE VYVERE) AND CHATEAU FAUCHEY (PROFITSUN HOLDINGS), CHANEL IS OFFICIALLY THE NEW OWNER OF CHATEAU BERLIQUET SAINT EMILION 20 October 2017
News THE FROSTS IN APRIL AND THIS SUMMER’S SCORCHING HEAT “SWALLOWED UP” 15 MILLION HECTOLITERS OF ITALIAN WINE. ASSOENOLOGISTS' DEFINITIVE HARVEST ESTIMATES SHOW 28% LESS, DOWN TO 38.9 MILLION HECTOLITERS. TUSCANY, LAZIO, UMBRIA AND SARDINIA, 45% LESS 20 October 2017
News ZONIN1821 HAS LAUNCHED ITS LATEST PROJECT, THE "WINE HOUSE & HOTEL 1821", IN EDINBURGH, WITH A "WINE LIBRARY" DEDICATED TO THE GROUP’S CRU WINES IN A HIGH-END GUEST HOUSE. NEXT UP BRAZIL AND IN 2018, EUROPE 20 October 2017
News WINE IS FUNDAMENTAL IN THE CHOICE OF AND FINAL DECISION ON A RESTAURANT. IN FRANCE, IT IS AN ESSENTIAL CRITERION FOR 66% OF CUSTOMERS, BUT NOBODY REALLY READS THE WINE LIST, THEY ASK THE SOMMELIER, WHO IS AN INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT FIGURE 03 October 2017
News SLOW FOOD’S FUTURE CHALLENGES AT THE 7TH CONGRESS IN CHENGDU, CHINA: ACCESS TO GOOD, CLEAN, FAIR AND HEALTHY FOOD, KNOWLEDGE IS A RIGHT, SOCIAL INCLUSION, DIVERSITY IS WEALTH, DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES 02 October 2017
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
