News IMU AGRICULTURE AND WINE: THE "MAP" OF PAYING AND NON PAYING TOP ITALIAN WINE TERRITORIES, ACCORDING TO THE 2015 DECREE NUMBER 4. MANY DISSIMILARITIES IN THE SAME DOC. WHY TERROIR MAKES A DIFFERENCE FOR TAXES 27 January 2015
News IN 2018 GERMANS WILL DRINK MORE WINE THAN ITALIANS: 3.3 BILLION BOTTLES TO 3.28 BILLION. WORLD WINE CONSUMPTION IS ON THE RISE, ESTIMATED +35%, 2.5 BILLION 9-LITER CASES, REVEALS THE IWSR RESEARCH FOR VINEXPO 21 January 2015
News CHAMPAGNE STILL DECLINING ON THE DOMESTIC MARKET. THE GOOD NEWS COMES FROM ABROAD WHERE EXPORTS GREW IN 2014: 308 MILLION BOTTLES SOLD AND 4.5 BILLION EUROS IN TURNOVER 19 January 2015
News THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC GIORGIO NAPOLITANO HAS RESIGNED. THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE MAURIZIO MARTINA SAID "THANK YOU FOR 9 YEARS OF TOTAL ALLEGIANCE TO THE REPUBLIC" AND THE TIME YOU CAME TO VINITALY, AND THE MEETING WITH CITTÀ DEL VINO... 14 January 2015
News WINE COMMUNICATION IS ESSENTIALLY ON THE WEB, AND IN THE US THE MOST INFLENTIAL WINE SITES ARE WINE SEARCHER, WINE SPECTATOR AND WINE ENTHUSIAST -THE TOP THREE ON "THE WINE WEB POWER" BY "VINEPAIR" 12 January 2015
News FRENCH WINE JOURNALISTS SALUTE THE MEMORY OF STEPHANE CHARBONNIER, JEAN CABUT, BERNARD VERLHAC AND GEORGES WOLINSKI, THE CARTOONISTS KILLED AT "CHARLIE HEBDO" IN PARIS 08 January 2015
News CALIFORNIA WINES DOMINATE THE TOP 100 BEST SELLING WINES OF 2014 BY "WINE.COM", ONE OF THE LEADING US E-COMMERCE PLAYERS, BUT ITALY IS THIRD WITH 13 WINES, THANKS TO THE EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE OF RED TUSCANS 22 December 2014
News 2015 WILL BE A EVENTFUL YEAR: FIRST THE EXPO IN MILAN, FOCUSING ON THE THEME "FEEDING THE PLANET". THEN,WORK IS BEGINNING IN JANUARY IN BOLOGNA FOR "FICO-EATALY WORLD" BY FARINETTI, TO OPEN IN OCTOBER, RIGHT AFTER EXPO2015 22 December 2014
News ALL LIV-EX INDEXES HAVE BEEN POSITIVE IN THE FIVE YEAR TERM. "BURGUNDY" IS NUMBER ONE AT 44%, NUMBER TWO IS "REST OF THE WORLD", 40% AND NUMBER THREE "CHAMPAGNE" AT 32%. "ITALY 100" DID WELL AT 18.75%, THANKS TO THE PERFORMANCES OF TOP BRANDS 11 December 2014
News THE BENEFITS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN DIET ARE WELL KNOWN. NOW, AN INTERNATIONAL STUDY BY HARVARD RESEARCHERS, PUBLISHED IN THE "BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL" CALLS IT THE "ELIXIR OF LONGEVITY" BECAUSE IT INFLUENCES AGEING CHROMOSOMES 10 December 2014
News ONLY 1 VEGETARIAN IN 5 ACTUALLY STAYS A VEGETARIAN (LESS THAN 20%). 84% GO BACK TO EATING MEAT: 53% AFTER ONE YEAR AND 30% AFTER THREE MONTHS, REVEALS HUMANE RESEARCH COUNCIL SURVEY ON 11.000 ADULTS IN THE UNITED STATES 09 December 2014
News CHRISTMAS 2014 – COLDIRETTI SAYS THERE HAS NEVER BEEN SO MANY ITALIAN SPARKLING WINES EXPORTED ABROAD (+ 22%). MADE IN ITALY PRODUCTS WIN EVEN IN THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC CRISIS. THE TOP ITALIAN BUBBLES IN THE WORLD ARE, IN ORDER, PROSECCO AND ASTI 08 December 2014
News WOULD YOU LIKE TO BECOME A RICH FRENCH VINEYARD OWNER ? GET THE "MONOPOLY DE LA FRANCE VINES" WINE VERSION OF THE CULT GAME WHERE BOARDWALK BECOMES CORTON CHARLEMAGNE AND INSTEAD OF HOUSES YOU BUY TOP TERROIRS 05 December 2014
News EXPERIENCE AND PERCEPTION ARE THE QUALITIES OF PROFESSIONAL WINE TASTERS AND ATTENTION IS THE ANTIDOTE TO BEING TOO SURE, REVEALED THE WORKSHOP, "THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOOD TASTER: HOW TO EVALUATE THE EXPERTS" AT "WINE2WINE" FORUM 04 December 2014
News RICCARDO COTARELLA IS AT THE HELM OF ITALIAN AND NOW OF WORLD WIDE WINEMAKERS. THE OENOLOGIST, AS WINENEWS ANTICIPATED, HAS BEEN ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE UNION INTERNATIONALE DES ŒNOLOGUES. 03 December 2014
News PROMOTING ITALIAN WINE &FOOD AND TERRITORIES FOR CHINESE AND AMERICAN WINE LOVERS AND BUSINESSMEN IN ITALY FOR EXPO2015 IS THE ENOTOURISM PROJECT BY VINCENZO RUSSO OF IULM UNIVERSITY IN MILAN AND MASSIMO GIANOLLI 02 December 2014
News CHINA IS STILL FAR AWAY, SO TO GET CLOSER, THE ISTITUTO DEL VINO GRANDI MARCHI AND ITALIA DEL VINO CONSORZIO ARE FLYING TO BEIJING ON DECEMBER 2ND FOR THE SECOND STOP OF “ITALIA IN CINA”, WHERE THEY WILL MEET TRADESMEN AND LOCAL PRESS 28 November 2014
News YET ANOTHER WHITE TRUFFLE RECORD: 1.89 KG, PROBABLY THE LARGEST EVER, FOUND BY THE ITALIAN FIRM SABATINO IN UMBRIA. IT WILL BE AUCTIONED IN NEW YORK FOR CHARITY. 27 November 2014
News MILAN EXPO 2015, THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT FOR A "GLOBAL FOOD PACT". THE CHAIRMAN OF THE AGRICULTURE COMMISSION, SANI, SAID, “REGARDING SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE, LAND GRABBING, ACCESS TO FOOD AND FOOD SECURITY, THERE IS NO MORE TIME TO WASTE” 27 November 2014
News BUREAU INTERPROFESSIONNEL DES VINS DE BOURGOGNE: “THE 2014 HARVEST WAS VERY GOOD AND WE EXPECT A GREAT YEAR. GOOD YIELD AND QUALITY FOR BOTH WHITE AND RED GRAPES, THANKS TO SUNNY SEPTEMBER. THE WINES WILL BE BALANCED WITH INTENSE COLOR” 19 November 2014
News THE WINE MARKET IN THE US IS EXPECTED TO GROW EVEN IN 2014, THOUGH ONLY + 0.3%, TO 2.9 BILLION LITERS OF WINE CONSUMED, REPORTED THE LATEST EDITION OF "THE US WINE MARKET: IMPACT DATABANK REVIEW AND FORECAST" 17 November 2014
News “PIZZA IS FOOD EXCELLENCE MADE IN ITALY AND TELLS THE STORY OF HOW A CULINARY TRADITION BECAME SYNONYMOUS WITH ITALIAN STYLE”. ALFONSO PECORARO SCANIO RELAUNCHES THE PETITION TO PUT NEAPOLITAN PIZZA ON THE UNESCO LIST 13 November 2014
News ONE CLICK WILL TAKE YOU TO THE BAROLO AND BRUNELLO VINEYARDS. GOOGLE’S "STREET VIEW" AND COLDIRETTI SHOW 5 OF THE MOST FAMOUS ICONIC WINE PRODUCING LANDSCAPES, INCLUDING MAREMMA, CASTELLUCCIO PLATEAU OF NORCIA AND THE ORANGE GROVES IN SICILY. 13 November 2014
News THE LIST OF FAMOUS WINEMAKERS INCLUDES NOT ONLY ACTORS, FOOTBALLERS AND SHOW BIZ VIPS, THERE IS ALSO THE 2011 NOBEL PRIZE WINNER FOR PHYSICS, BRIAN SCHMIDT, WHO PRODUCES WINE WITH HIS WIFE IN HIS COMPANY MAIPENRAI IN SUTTON, AUSTRALIA 13 November 2014
News DRONE TECHNOLOGY FOR VINE DISEASE PREVENTION. THE FRENCH VIGNERONS OF BORDEAUX AND BURGUNDY ALLOT 1.7 MILLION EUROS FOR A 3 YEAR PROJECT 11 November 2014
News MASSETO 2011 TAKES THIRD PLACE AND ALDO CONTERNO’S BAROLO ROMIRASCO 2010 IS IN 7TH THESE ARE THE TWO ITALIAN WINES IN THE TOP TEN ON JAMES SUCKLING’S "TOP 100 WINES OF 2014", DOMINATED BY ITALIAN WINES (43) 11 November 2014
News "TREASURE OF THE FOREST": A GUINNESS WORLD RECORD WHITE TRUFFLE WEIGHING 1.48 KG, FOUND IN THE BOLOGNESE APPENINE MOUNTAINS. WILL BE AUCTIONED, STARTING AT 25.000 EUROS FOR VOLUNTEERS IN AFRICA AND ALS RESEARCH 07 November 2014
News CHAMPAGNE ARMAND DE BRIGNAC, STAR IN DISCO CLUBS ALL OVER THE WORLD, HAS WON OVER THE KING OF RAP, JAY-Z. AFTER SPENDING A FORTUNE BUYING BOTTLES IN EVERY FORMAT, HE HAS DECIDED TO BUY THE BRAND 05 November 2014
News MICHELIN GUIDE 2015: NEW ENTRIES AND MORE. ONE STAR FOR THE FIRST JAPANESE RESTAURANT IN ITALY, "IYO" IN MILAN, AND ONE STAR FOR “L’IMBUTO”, THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART IN LUCCA. LOMBARDY IS THE TOP REGION; ROME AND NAPLES TOP CITIES 04 November 2014
News ITALIANS ARE STARTING TO SHOP FOR WINE, PASTA AND CHEESE ON LINE. THE FOOD WORLD ON EBAY HAS GROWN 23% IN 2013 ALONE. SO, NOW WE HAVE "EBAY TASTE" A NEW SECTION TOTALLY DEDICATED TO FOOD AND WINE 03 November 2014
News EATING WHILE DRIVING IS DANGEROUS. WHAT FOODS DISTRACT THE MOST WHILE AT THE STEERING WHEEL? THE US NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION RANKING 31 October 2014
News THE “CRAZY” WEATHER HAS MADE FARMERS TURN TO THE METEREOLOGIST. LUCA MERCALLI TOLD WINENEWS: “FARMERS MUST PLAN THEIR FUTURE ON CROPS THAT LAST DECADES AND KEEP THEIR EYES OPEN ON ANNUAL ONES. AGRICULTURE IS BOTH VICTIM AND PERPETRATOR” 24 October 2014
News LAVAZZA AND SLOW FOOD TOGETHER WITH WOMEN AND MEN WORKING THE LAND IN AFRICA: THEY ARE THE "EARTH DEFENDERS" STARS OF THE "LAVAZZA CALENDAR 2015", BY STEVE MCCURRY, ON VIEW AT THE SALONE DEL GUSTO IN TURIN 24 October 2014
News "JANINE IS MY ASSISTANT. THIS FIASCO RESEMBLES HER AND SO DOES THE NAME: DAME-JANINE, A SMALL DAMIGIANA. IT IS MY TRIBUTE TO A TIMELESS ICON OF ITALIAN HISTORY”. CLET REINTERPRETS THE FIASCO FOR RUFFINO 20 October 2014
News ANDY WARHOL’S "AFTER THE PARTY" DEPICTING A TABLE WITH WINE AND A "BACCANAL" AS SEEN BY THE GENIUS OF PICASSO: THESES ARE THE WORKS OF ART THAT WILL ENRICH THE LUXURY COLLECTION OF WINE ENGRAVINGS AT FERRUCCIO FERRAGAMO’S SHOW IN BORRO (OCTOBER 26TH) 17 October 2014
News THE OLDEST WINE CHARITY AUCTION "VENTE DES VINS HOSPICES DE BEAUNE" EDITION NUMBER 154 ON NOVEMBER 16TH WILL CELEBRATE WITH 534 "PIÈCES" OF LA BEAUNE BLANC PREMIER CRU - CUVÉE SUZANNE ET RAYMOND 16 October 2014
News IT IS THE COMPASS FOR MILLIONS OF TRAVELERS THE WORLD OVER, AND NOW TRIP ADVISOR HAS A RANKING OF THE TOP 25 “ TRAVELOR’S CHOICE FINE DINING RESTAURANTS” WHERE SPAIN AND FRANCE DOMINATE WITH 6 RESTAURANTS EACH AND ITALY HAS ONLY ONE 14 October 2014
News THE ASTINO ABBEY IN BERGAMO IS THE NEW "HOME" OF VERONELLI’S "PHYSICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL" HERITAGE. DURING EXPO 2015, IT WILL HOST THE EXHIBITION "LUIGI VERONELLI, WALKING ON EARTH" AND THEN BECOME A PERMANENT CULTURAL CENTER 13 October 2014
News "VINTAGE" AND "GRAND CRU": FROM THE WINE WORLD TO CHEESE. THE IDEA COMES FROM BERTINELLI, HISTORIC COMPANY OF PARMIGIANO REGGIANO - AGED 12, 24, 30 AND 36 MONTHS MADE FROM COWS MILK THAT GAVE BIRTH LESS THAN 100 DAYS BEFORE 08 October 2014
News REMEMBER "WINE KITS"? THE FIRST "MAKING YOUR WINE" SHOP THAT CREATES WINES WITH THE NOTORIOUS "POWDERS" HAS OPENED IN IRELAND AND IS A BIG SUCCESS IN EUROPE. AND, IT DOES NOT CONTRAVENE EUROPEAN LAWS 07 October 2014
