News ICE: TURNOVER IN 2016 FOR ITALIAN AGRI FOOD IN THE US WAS 4.558 BILLION DOLLARS (+ 4% ON 2015), AND 3.3% MARKET SHARE. WINE WAS NUMBER ONE (1.796 BILLION DOLLARS), THEN OLIVE OIL (558.4 MILLION) AND CHEESE (307.7 MILLION) 03 April 2017
News THE WHITE WINE BOOM IS NOT ONLY PROSECCO & BUBBLES. THE TREND NOW IS LESS ALCOHOLIC, LIGHTER AND MORE COMPATIBLE WINES, ACCORDING TO A WINENEWS ANALYSIS FOR VINITALY ON ISTAT DATA. WHITE WINES ARE ONCE AGAIN A TOP CHOICE IN CONSUMPTION 31 March 2017
News THE ITALIAN UNESCO COMMITTEE HAS NOMINATED THE "TRUFFLE CULTURE" TO INTANGIBLE HERITAGE, TO PROTECT AN INDUSTRY THAT ACCORDING TO COLDIRETTI IS WORTH MORE THAN HALF A BILLION EUROS. THE DECISION IN 2019 27 March 2017
News 140 MILLION EUROS TO REORGANIZE VINEYARDS, 101 MILLION FOR PROMOTION ABROAD, 45 MILLION FOR INVESTMENTS, AND A TOTAL OF 336 MILLION EUROS FOR OTHER MEASURES: THESE ARE THE CMO WINE ALLOTMENTS 2017-2018. SICILY IS TOP, AT 51 MILLION EUROS 24 March 2017
News FINDING FUTURE WINE LOVERS – MILLENNIALS IN THE USA PREFER DESIGN AND BRAND TO TYPE AND TERRITORY, ARE SENSITIVE TO PRICING, AND ARE VERY INTERESTED IN ORGANIC WINES, REVEALED THE NOMISMA STUDY FOR VERALLIA 23 March 2017
News THE FIRST "SPARKLING WINE" PRODUCED IN ENGLAND WILL BE NAMED POMMERY (PARTNERING WITH HATTINGLEY VALLEY). AND, THE MAISON WILL ALSO LAUNCH A SPARKLING WINE MADE IN THE USA, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CODORNIU) 23 March 2017
News ITALIAN WINE IS THE STAR OF WINE SPECTATOR’S "GRAND TOUR 2017", WHICH INCLUDES STOPS IN LAS VEGAS (MAY 6TH), CHICAGO (MAY 9TH) AND MIAMI (MAY 12TH). OPERA WINE, THE VINITALY PREVIEW, RETURNS TO VERONA ON APRIL 8TH WITH THE TOP OF ITALIAN PRODUCTION 23 March 2017
News PROWEIN KEEPS ON GROWING ON THE CHESSBOARD OF GREAT WINE FAIRS. THE NUMBERS OF EXHIBITORS AND VISITORS INCREASES EACH YEAR AND IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE IMPORTANT WITH THE PRESENCE OF IMPORTERS AS WELL AS ENTREPRENEURS AND TOP MANAGERS OF WINERIES 22 March 2017
News TENOR, VIGNERON AND NOW, RESTAURANT OWNER, ANDREA BOCELLI HAS OPENED "OFFICINE BOCELLI"IN HIS HOMETOWN LAJATICO IN TUSCANY. IT IS A MULTIFUNCTIONAL SPACE LINKING ART TO FOOD WHERE YOU CAN TASTE LOCAL FOOD, THE FAMILY WINES AND LISTEN TO OPERAS 21 March 2017
News WHEN DEMAND MEETS OFFER. THE US AUCTION HOUSE ACKER MERRALL & CONDIT HAS ANNOUNCED A PARTNERSHIP OFFERING APPRAISAL SERVICES OF COLLECTION AND INDIVIDUAL BOTTLES TO USERS OF THE WINE REVIEW WEBSITE, TASTINGBOOK.COM 13 March 2017
News SOCIAL MEDIA DEAL IN BIG NUMBERS, AND MARKET EXPERTS HAVE TAGGED IT PROMISED LAND FOR WINE, TOO, BUT DOES IT WORK? LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS, IT DOESN’T SEEM SO, OR AT LEAST, NOT AS MUCH AS EXPECTED, ACCORDING TO THE "WINE INTELLIGENCE"ANALYSIS 09 March 2017
News MICHELIN GOES TO THE CITY – WHICH EUROPEAN CITY HAS THE MOST STARS? PARIS, AWARDED A TOTAL OF 133 STARS, FOLLOWED BY LONDON (79) AND BARCELONA (29). ITALY’S TOP CITIES ARE MILAN (21) AND ROMA (20). 09 March 2017
News ANTINORI IS INVESTING AGAIN IN CHIANTI CLASSICO. WINENEWS RUMORS REVEAL ANOTHER MAJOR DEAL WITH ALIMENTA (AFTER SAN SANO IN 2015), PURCHASING THE CAPRAIA ESTATE (45 HECTARES OF VINEYARDS), IN CHIANTI CLASSICO’S "CONCA D'ORO" 08 March 2017
News E-COMMERCE FOOD HAS GROWN OVER 30% IN 2016 (DATA FROM POLITECNICO DI MILANO), GOURMET PRODUCTS SOLD ONLINE GREW 17%, AND THE MARKET LEADER VENTE-PRIVEE.COM TRACES THE IDENTIKIT OF THE ITALIAN ONLINE CONSUMER 07 March 2017
News STING, THE SUPER-ROCK STAR (AND WINE PRODUCER ON HIS TUSCAN ESTATE "IL PALAGIO") WILL GO ON A "HYBRID" TOUR - AN INTRIGUING EXAMPLE OF WINE CO-BRANDING, ALTERNATING WINE FAIRS WITH STADIUMS AND ARENAS ON HIS "57TH & 9TH WORLD TOUR" 06 March 2017
News MARILISA ALLEGRINI IS THE FIRST ITALIAN WOMAN WINE PRODUCER ON THE COVER OF "WINE SPECTATOR". THE MAGAZINE HAS DEDICATED ITS APRIL 2017 COVER STORY TO HER, "ITALY'S ALLEGRINI - A FAMILY SAGA LEADS TO GREAT WINES" 06 March 2017
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
