News MADE IN ITALY BUBBLES FROM FRANCIACORTA TO TRENTODOC, DID VERY WELL AT THE "CHAMPAGNE & SPARKLING WINE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS". ITALY BROUGHT HOME 30 GOLD AND 36 SILVER MEDALS, A FIFTH AND A QUARTER OF THE TOTAL AWARDS, BEHIND ONLY FRANCE 08 July 2016
News "SISTER MOON", STING’S WINE PRODUCED IN TUSCANY, IS RANKED NUMBER 1 IN THE WORLD OF VIP’S WINES, SAYS A SPECIAL RANKING ON THE FAMOUS APP "VIVINO". AND NOW THE 1990S SEX BOMB, PAMELA ANDERSON, HAS HER OWN WINE PRODUCED IN CANADA 06 July 2016
News AFTER 6.000 YEARS OF CULTIVATION, THE DNA OF THE OLIVE TREE HAS BEEN DECODED - MORE THAN ONE TERABYTE OF GENETIC DATA AND 56.000 GENES – MORE THAN DOUBLE THE HUMAN GENOME. NOW IT IS POSSIBLE TO PROTECT AND DEFEND IT FROM XYLELLA AND FUNGI 05 July 2016
News ASTI DOCG, 25 MILLION BOTTLES LESS IN 4 YEARS AND 40 MILLION EUROS LESS REVENUE IN 2016. THE RELAUNCH INCLUDES 7 MILLION EUROS IN FUNDS FOR "CASA DEL VINO", WINE BAR AND LIBRARY DEDICATED TO BACCHUS 05 July 2016
News BIKING 1.500 KM ACROSS EUROPE IN THE NAME OF PROSECCO, FROM THE HILLS OF VALDOBBIADENE TO BELLAVITA EXPO LONDON (JULY 17 - 19): IT’S THE #PROSECCOTOLONDON - INITIATIVE OF VILLA SANDI, PROSECCO CYCLING AND TREVISO BRAND 05 July 2016
News FOLLOWING CHEF BOTTURA IN LONDON 2012, CHEF DAVIDE OLDANI HAS BEEN CHOSEN CHEF OF CASA ITALIA AT THE UPCOMING OLYMPICS IN RIO. THE OWNER OF D’O RESTAURANT SAID “YES” TO CONI’S CALL 04 July 2016
News THE ARGENTINIAN ENTREPRENEUR ALEJANDRO BULGHERONI TOGETHER WITH THE ITALIAN WINEMAKER ALBERTO ANTONINI HAVE NOW LANDED IN AUSTRALIA AT THE GREENOCK BAROSSA VALLEY FARM, AFTER HAVING INVESTED IN ARGENTINA, URUGUAY, FRANCE, CALIFORNIA AND ITALY 04 July 2016
News ANTINORI HAS ENTERED CHINA THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR WITH THE CHINESE GIANT FOOD IMPORT GROUP COFCO. THE EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED YESTERDAY, AND THE FIRST STOCK IS ALREADY SOLD OUT (6MILLION EUROS), THANKS TO BRAND REINFORCEMENT 14 June 2016
News FOOTBALL AND CONSUMPTION: IF ITALY GETS TO THE FINALS AT EUROPE 2016, IT MEANS 145 MILLION EUROS MORE IN FOOD & BEVERAGES, ESPECIALLY BEER, ICE CREAM, COLD CUTS, DRINKS AND MOZZARELLE, SAID IRI, INFORMATION RESOURCES FOR COOP ITALY 13 June 2016
News THE FIRST INCREASES STARTED OUT "QUIETLY" AT AROUND 20%, THEN CHATEAUX ACCELERATED 2015 VINTAGE PRICES AND NOW CHATEAU MARGAUX HAS ANNOUNCED ITS PRICE: 384 EUROS PER BOTTLE "EX-NEGOCIANT" (+60% OVER 2014)... 13 June 2016
News THE CRADLE OF WINE GROWING IS SITUATED IN MODERN DAY GEORGIA AND ITS ROOTS ARE NEOLITHIC. NEW CONFIRMATIONS ON THE ORIGINS OF WINE HAVE BEEN FOUND IN GRAPE SEEDS AND WINE DUST AT THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIG IN GADACHRILI GORA 08 June 2016
News WAITING FOR THE CHINESE E-SHOPPING LEADER ALIBABA TO OPEN THE DOORS TO ITALIAN WINE, THE OWNER JACK MA, AFTER CHATEAU DE SOURS, HAS JUST BOUGHT CHATEAU PERENNE IN BORDEAUX: 64 HECTARES FOR 16 MILLION EUROS 08 June 2016
News SACRED AND PROFANE IN THE VINEYARD. JUST OUTSIDE OF SAN FRANCISCO, THE HOLY SEPULCHRE CEMETERY, SURROUNDED BY VINEYARDS, GAVE PERMISSION TO BURY A LOVED ONE NEXT TO THE VINES USED TO CREATE THE "BISHOP'S VINEYARD" WINE BRAND 07 June 2016
News ADDED VALUE IN AGRICULTURE WAS 33.1 BILLION EUROS IN 2015: + 5.6% VALUE AND + 2.2% JOBS. COLDIRETTI SAYS THE ITALIAN PRODUCTION MODEL IS LEADER IN EUROPE, BUT PRICES TO FARMERS ARE TOO LOW 06 June 2016
News ASSOENOLOGI CONFERENCE: “AROMAS MAKE WINE GREAT, THANKS TO PERCEPTION IN THE UNCONSCIOUS MIND AND THAT’S WHY WE NEED TO PROTECT AND VALUE THEM IN THE VINEYARD AND THE WINERY” SAID PHILIPPE DARRIET OF THE UNIVERSITY OF BORDEAUX 06 June 2016
News LIGHTING, REVEALED THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA STUDY, LINKING BETTER LIGHTING TO CHOOSING HEALTHIER FOODS WITH FEWER CALORIES 27 May 2016
News COUNTERFEIT BOTTLES OF WINE ON STORE SHELVES AROUND THE WORLD ARE WORTH AT LEAST 100 MILLION DOLLARS, IMPACTING RETAIL SALES FOR 3-400 MILLION DOLLARS, REVEALED NETNAMES, THE FIRM SPECIALIZED IN TRADEMARK PROTECTION 26 May 2016
News A MOUTH TO INSURE: AFTER EDOARDO RASPELLI WHO INSURED HIS TASTE AND SMELL SENSES FOR 500.000 EUROS, THE NEW ZEALAND FIRM WINE FRIEND HAS INSURED THE TASTE SENSE OF ITS CHIEF TASTING OFFICER, YVONNE LORKIN, FOR ONE MILLION DOLLARS 25 May 2016
News IS FOOD NO LONGER WOMEN’S DOMAIN? DAILY NUTRITION AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE BELONG TO WOMEN. WHETHER CHEFS, NUTRITION EXPERTS OR FOOD EDUCATION THERAPISTS, THEIR ROLE IS UNDISPUTABLE 24 May 2016
News JAPAN IS UP AND RUNNING AGAIN. IT IS THE 6TH BIGGEST WINE IMPORTER AND 16TH CONSUMER IN THE WORLD, REVEALED WINE INTELLIGENCE AND IS BETTING ON THE MATURITY AND INTEREST OF ITS 36.1 MILLION CONSUMERS 24 May 2016
News REQUESTS FOR MORE THAN 12.000 NEW VINEYARDS, COVERING 67.000 HECTARES, TEN TIMES THE AVAILABLE 6.400 HECTARES, MAINLY IN VENETO AND FRIULI. COLDIRETTI ON EU LEGISLATION AND VINEYARD MANAGEMENT 23 May 2016
News BEST OF BORDEAUX 2015 IS CHATEAU MARGAUX, BEST QUALITY / PRICE GRAND PUY LACOSTE. THE HARVEST GOT 94.6 POINTS AND THE 440 MOST INFLUENTIAL WINE MERCHANTS, POLLED BY LIV-EX, SAY THERE WILL BE A BOOM IN DEMAND AND AVERAGE PRICE 04 May 2016
News IN 2014, 2.1 BILLION EUROS WORTH OF COUNTERFEIT WINE, EQUAL TO 8.4% OF THE TOTAL WINE MARKET WAS SOLD IN EUROPE. THE LATEST STUDY ON VIOLATIONS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS BY THE OSSERVATORIO EUROPEO SOUNDED THE ALARM 03 May 2016
News JANCIS ROBINSON, ONE OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS WINE WRITERS IN THE WORLD ONCE MORE ADVISES ITALIANS: “FORGET THE FRENCH!” WHICH SHE HAD ALREADY SAID IN AN INTERVIEW WITH WINENEWS, “ITALY SHOULD BE PROUD OF WHAT IT HAS” 03 May 2016
News OLD WINE WORLD MEETS NEW TECHNOLOGY: CHATEAU PAVEIL DE LUZE (MARGAUX) DECIDED TO EXTEND ITS HOSPITALITY OFFER AND GO ON AIRBNB TO REACH A BROADER, YOUNGER AND ALLERGIC-TO-MIDDLEMEN AUDIENCE 02 May 2016
News “THE SUCCESS OF A RESTAURANT IS IN THE DINING ROOM. YOUNG PEOPLE NEED TO WORK AS WAITERS INSTEAD OF WANTING TO BE CHEFS”. THIS IS THE CHALLENEGE MARCHESI LAUNCHED IN MILAN WITH FERRARI AND THE WORLD’S 50 BET RESTAURANTS. 29 April 2016
News THE COOKING EXPERIENCE, THE INFINITE HORIZON OF RESTAURANTS AND THE WEALTH OF ITALIAN CUISINE, HÉLÈNE PIETRINI, DIRECTOR OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL GLOBAL FOOD RANKING, " THE WORLD'S 50 BEST RESTAURANTS", TALKS TO WINENEWS. 29 April 2016
News THE ASSEMBLY OF MONTALCINO WINEMAKERS HAS APPROVED THE BRUNELLO FOUNDATION. PRESIDENT BINDOCCI SAID, “IT IS AN EXCEPTIONAL EVENT AND WINE CONSORTIUMS ARE NOW READY TO BECOME “BANKS” FOR TtERRITORIES". RESOURCES AT 2 CENTS A BOTTLE 29 April 2016
News BETTINO RICASOLI AND LUIGI EINAUDI WERE ITALIAN STATESMEN AND HIGH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, BUT THEY WERE ALSO WINEMAKERS WHOSE DESTINIES INTERTWINED WITH "NUOVE ITALIE" AND WINE: THE WINENEWS MEMORY-TRIBUTE FOR #VINITALY50STORY 08 April 2016
News ONE WEEK BEFORE BORDEAUX EN PRIMEUR, EXPECTATIONS AND HOPES FOR THE 2015 VINTAGE THAT IS VERY GOOD BUT NOT GREAT, DUE TO UNUSUAL WEATHER CONDITIONS, AND THE USUAL ANXIETY ABOUT PRICES 08 April 2016
News GERMAN BUSINESSMEN PLAY "WINE DERBY" IN TUSCANY. THE EICHBAUER FAMILY, SUPPORTING PODERE SALICUTTI, GEM OF BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO, VERSUS THE ROTHENBERGERS BETTING ON "ICARIO" PEARL OF THE NOBLE WINE OF MONTEPULCIANO 08 April 2016
News VALUE IS KEY REGARDING ITALIAN WINE EXPORTS TO WORLD MARKETS, REVEALED THE WINENEWS ANALYSIS FOR VINITALY (USA, GERMANY, UK, CHINA), AS WELL AS QUANTITY AND PRICE POSITIONING. 07 April 2016
News THE FRENCH COMITÉ RÉGIONAL D'ACTION VITICOLE IS BACK IN ACTION: THE EXTREMIST LANGUEDOC -ROUSSILLON VIGNERONS HIJACKED FIVE TANKER TRUCKS OF SPANISH BULK WINE AND EMPTIED THEIR CONTENTS ON THE HIGHWAY NEAR THE SPANISH BORDER 06 April 2016
News WINE AFICIONADOS IN THE US LOVE ITALIAN WINE MORE. ONE OUT OF 4 WINES WINE SPECTATOR, THE NUMBER ONE AMERICAN WINE JOURNAL, OF THE 240 SELECTED FROM AROUND THE WORLD FOR ITS "GRAND TOUR" 2016 IN NEW YORK, WASHINGTON DC AND LAS VEGAS, ARE ITALIAN 06 April 2016
News OVER THE LAST 50 YEARS, VOLUMES HAVE BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT SASSICAIA. IT IS UNIVERSAL BECAUSE IT WAS CREATED WITH A UNIVERSAL FEELING: FRIENDSHIP. NICOLÒ INCISA DELLA ROCCHETTA TOLD THE STORY TO WINENEWS # VINITALY50STORY 06 April 2016
News GREAT BRITAIN IS A FAVORITE DESTINATION FOR WINE BUSINESS BUT ONE THIRD OF CONSUMPTION IS PRODUCED "IN HOUSE". ACCOLADE PARK BRISTOL, THE LARGEST BOTTLING CHAIN IN EUROPE, IS EXPANDING AND WILL PRODUCE 600 MILLION BOTTLES A YEAR 24 March 2016
News WINE MARKET COUNCIL: ROSE’ WINES SOARING IN THE USA, WHILE PINOT NOIR AND SAUVIGNON BLANC ARE THE TOP SINGLE VARIETIES PUSHING IMPORTS FROM NEW ZEALAND OVER FRANCE (ITALY IN THE DISTANCE...) 22 March 2016
News THE SOUTHERN ITALIAN WINE BRAND IN IRPINIA, FEUDI SAN GREGORIO, HAS INVESTED ALSO IN THE BOLGHERI TERRITORY, PURCHASING (ACCORDING TO WINENEWS RUMORS) VILLA PAVONIERE IN CASTAGNETO CARDUCCI. 22 March 2016
News IN 2015 ITALY EXPORTED 1.98 BILLION LITERS OF WINE FOR 5.3 BILLION EUROS, ACCORDING TO UNION OF ITALIAN WINES "WINE BY NUMBERS" AND "WINE COURIER". THE USA AND GERMANY DID VERY WELL; UK AND CHINA, SO-SO, WHILE RUSSIA AND BRAZIL STILL DOWN 21 March 2016
News "THE WILSON DRINKS REPORT" LAYS OUT 9 TIPS AMONG MARKETING, NICHES AND IMPORTANCE OF THE MESSAGE FOR A SUCCESSFUL ONLINE WINE BUSINESS, AND AVOID COMPETING WITH TRADITIONAL STORES 21 March 2016
