News MASTERS OF WINE SYMPOSIUM: HOW TO KEEP UP SUCCESS IN THE WINE WORLD? LOOKING AT THE LONG TERM AND TRUSTING IN UNIQUENESS, ACCORDING TO SEELY (AXA MILLÉSIMES), SAMANT (SULA), HEPP (SCHLOSS VOLLRADS) AND OSCAR FARINETTI 16 May 2014
News MASTERS OF WINE SYMPOSIUM: THE GENETICIST JOSÉ VOUILLAMOZ SAID THAT IN 50 YEARS COUNOISE AND VERDESS GRAPES WOULD BE TOP IN FRANCE AND LAGREIN AND NIEDDERA IN ITALY. 16 May 2014
News THE "SOUND SOMMELIER": “SOMMELIER WHO RESEARCHES THE RIGHT SOUNDS TO MAKE WINE TASTING EVEN MORE PLEASANT”. WINENEWS INTERVIEWED PAOLO SCARPELLINI: "WINE IS A MATTER OF SENSES, INCLUDING THE SENSE OF HEARING”. 14 May 2014
News IN 1927 MAN COULD RECOGNIZE 10.000 DIFFERENT SMELLS WHILE TODAY THE STUDY BY PROFESSOR LESLIE VOSSHALL, ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK COUNTS A THOUSAND BILLION... 13 May 2014
News IT IS IMPORTANT TO NARRATE THE ORIGINS OF ITALIAN FOOD&WINE, AND OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS FARINETTI WILL BRING BITS OF ITALY TO EATALY IN MAHATTAN, FROM THE MILAN CATHEDRAL TO THE ROYAL ORCHESTA OF TORINO 12 May 2014
News SLOW FOOD ITALY. THE AGRONOMIST FROM CAMPANIA, GAETANO PASCALE, NEWLY ELECTED PRESIDENT FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, SAID, "WE ARE NO LONGER TWO TEAMS, BUT ONE, GREAT ASSOCIATION" 11 May 2014
News EVEN WINE LEGENDS SURRENDER TO THE CHARM OF THE WEB. NONE LESS THAN THE SACRED CHATEAU D'YQUEM WILL BE THE STAR OF ITS FIRST "FLASH SALE", WITH 3 VINTAGES (1996, 1998, 2000) ON EUROPE’S LEADING SITE, VENTE-PRIVEE.COM 09 May 2014
News MONO BRANDS: "MASI WINE BAR" OPENS IN ZURICH. IT IS “A NEW ROAD, MADE OF EMOTIONS AND EXPERIENCES”, SAID RAFFAELE BOSCAINI. IN THE COMPANY OF NAMES SUCH AS ANTINORI, FRESCOBALDI, FERRARI, ZONIN, CHIANTI… 09 May 2014
News HOW WE PERCEIVE THE TASTE OF WINE IS NOT DUE TO TASTE AND SMELL BUT THE TRIGEMINAL NERVE. A STUDY BY SCIENTISTS AT THE RUHR UNIVERSITY IN BOCHUM (GERMANY), DISCOVERED THIS PROVOCATIVE THEORY, PUBLISHED BY "CHEMICAL SENSES" 09 May 2014
News REDISCOVERING REAL FARMERS THAT INDUSTRIALIZATION HAS BEEN OBSCURING, THE AGRICULTURAL DIMENSION AND AGRICULTURE AS A SCHOOL OF LIBERATION: THE “PASIONARIA”, SILVIA PEREZ-VITORIA 07 May 2014
News ANTI-COUNTERFEIT: THE FRANCE-CHINA LINE HAS TAKEN GIANT STEPS, INCLUDING PREVENTION AND REPRESSION. THE "PROTECTED ECO ORIGIN OF PRODUCTS" LABEL CERITIFIES THE ORIGIN OF FRENCH WINE AND DECLARES WAR ON COUNTERFEITOR SHIPS 07 May 2014
News REDISCOVERING REAL FARMERS THAT INDUSTRIALIZATION HAS BEEN MAKING DISAPPEAR, THE AGRICULTURAL DIMENSION, AND AGRICULTURE AS A SCHOOL OF LIBERATION: THE “PASIONARIA”, SILVIA PEREZ-VITORIA 07 May 2014
News THE 17TH EDITION OF CIBUS OPENED ON THE WAVE OF GROWING EXPORTS, TIMID MARKET COMEBACK, ORGANIC, HEALTH CONSCIOUSNESS, BATTLE AGAINST WASTE AND A LOOK AT WORLD MARKETS FOR WINE & FOOD, EVER MORE THE SYMBOL OF ITALY AND EXPO 2015 05 May 2014
News ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND FAMOUS ITALIAN WINE LANDSCAPES HAS TAKEN ANOTHER STEP TOWARDS THE UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE: LANGHE-ROERO AND MONFERRATO CLOSER TO THE "WORLD HERITAGE LIST". THE DECISION IN JUNE IN DOHA 30 April 2014
News MASSIMO BOTTURA (OSTERIA FRANCESCANA) CONFIRMS THIRD PLACE BEHIND THE DANISH RENÉ REDZEPI (NOMA) AND THE SPANISH ROCA BROTHERS (EL CELLER DE CAN ROCA): HERE IS THE "THE WORLD'S 50 BEST RESTAURANTS" 2014, WITH CRIPPA And ALAJMO, BUT NOT SCABIN 29 April 2014
News THE ITALIAN FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP IS COMING TO A CLOSE, SO FANS ARE NOW FOCUSED ON THE WORLD CUP IN BRAZIL, WHERE FOOTBALL WILL ENCOUNTER WINE, THE NEW "GREEN GOLD" PASSION, ESPECIALLY IF IT IS ITALIAN: CHIANTI, BAROLO AND BARBERA, FIRST OF ALL 29 April 2014
News CHINA IN EASTERN EUROPE: THE RED GATE FUND IS READY TO BUY ONE OF THE THREE VINARTE ESTATES IN ROMANIA. A 3.6 MILLION EUROS INVESTMENT FOR 94 ACRES OF VINEYARDS, WINE CELLAR, BRAND AND WAREHOUSE 29 April 2014
News IN FRANCE USING CHEMICALS IN VINEYARDS IS NOT A LAUGHING MATTER: AFTER THE GIBOULOT CASE, THE "BIO-VIGNERON" WHO REFUSED TO USE PESTICIDES, FOR THE FIRST TIME A BORDEAUX WINERY HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF PESTICIDE POISONING OF AN EMPLOYEE 28 April 2014
News IN EUROPE WINE CONSUMPTION CONTINUES TO FOLLOW A RELENTLESS NEGATIVE TREND, BUT THE USA IS "CELEBRATING" 20 YEARS OF GROWTH. IN 2013, 36.3 BILLION DOLLARS IN WINE, WAITING FOR THE NEW GENERATION BOOM 28 April 2014
News ANOTHER ROUGH YEAR FOR BORDEAUX CRUS. PRICES FOR THE 2013 HARVEST, ONE OF THE WORST IN RECENT YEARS, ARE ALL DOWN, FROM MOUTON TO LAFITE. BUT THE NÉGOCIANTS EXPECTED BETTER SO THEY REWARDED THE QUATRIÈME E CINQUIÉME CRU UNDER 40 DOLLARS 22 April 2014
News HOW TO WIN BACK YOUNG CONSUMERS IN THE "OLD WORLD", WHERE THE DECREASE IN CONSUMPTION OF WINE SEEMS RELENTLESS ESPECIALLY IN THE MOST IMPORTANT PRODUCTION COUNTRIES? FOCUSING ON SWEET AND FRUITY WINES, REVEALS THE "MINTEL" STUDY 18 April 2014
News WINE AUCTIONS STARTED WITH A BANG IN 2014: 34.1 MILLION DOLLARS IN THE FIRST 3 MONTHS IN THE US AND 28.4 MILLION IN HONG KONG, REVEALS THE WINE SPECTATOR AUCTION INDEX. ITALY IS DOING WELL WITH SASSICAIA AND SOLAIA. 18 April 2014
News THE GIRO D’ITALIA IS COMING BACK TO THE VINEYARDS THIS YEAR WITH “THE WINE TRIAL” FROM BAROLO TO BARBARESCO. THE PASSAGE OF THE PINK CARAVAN WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROMOTE THE TERRITORY AND ITS EXCELLENT WINES. 18 April 2014
News MOSCATO D'ASTI, BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO AND CHATEANEUF-DU-PAPE WERE THE TOP 3 MOST SEARCHED WINES AND TERRITORIES ON THE PORTAL WINE-SEARCHER.COM IN 2013. PARKER THE MOST SEARCHED CRITIC AND "FROM SEX TO SANGIOVESE, SAVANNA SAMSON" THE TOP NEWS ITEM. 14 April 2014
News ANTINORI WITH 39% OF THE INDEX, THE SICILIAN WINE CUSUMANO (33%) AND CANTINE FERRARI (30%): THESE ARE THE TOP THREE HIGHEST PROFIT FIRMS ON THE RANKING BY ANNA MARTINO FOR “CORRIERE ECONOMIA” 13 April 2014
News WINE E-COMMERCE IN ITALY IS STILL A MICRONICHE, AS ITS VALUE IS ESTIMATED AROUND 30 MILLION EUROS. BUT MANY BELIEVE IN IT, FROM THE VINITALY WINE CLUB TO THE GIANT "SALDIPRIVATI.COM” AND THE ITALIAN POST OFFICE 11 April 2014
News THE REAL ESTATE BUBBLE THAT HAD PUT VINEYARD PRICES OVER THE TOP BURST IN 2009. NOW THE WINE TERRITORY MARKET IS STARTING TO GROW AGAIN, ESPECIALLY IN TUSCANY, VENETO AND PIEDMONT. BUT PRICES START AT 1 MILLION EUROS 11 April 2014
News "I AM HERE TO MAKE A SERIOUS COMMITMENT BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT WANTS TO LISTEN AND SUPPORT THE WINE WORLD”, SAID THE ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER, MATTEO RENZI AT VINITALY. "THE GOAL FOR 2020 IS TO EXPORT 7.5 BILLION EUROS" 10 April 2014
News 3.9 BILLION EUROS IS THE TURNOVER FOR ITALIAN DESIGNATION WINES IN 2013: 2.7 BILLION EUROS FOR PDO WINES (1.9 BILLION, UP 6.3% OVER 2012) AND PGI (812 MILLION). LEADER IN TURNOVER FOR PDO and PGI WINES IS THE VENETO REGION. DATA FROM ISMEA AND ICQRF 07 April 2014
News THE LIV-EX FINE WINE 100 INDEX REPORTS YET ANOTHER DOWN MONTH (1.46% LESS), THE TWELFTH IN A ROW. BORDEAUX VINTAGE 2008 IS LOSING GROUND WHILE ORNELLAIA VINTAGE 2009 IS ONCE AGAIN THE STRONGEST: +8.5% AND 1.160 POUNDS STERLING PER CASE 03 April 2014
News THE WORLD'S BEST FEMALE CHEF DANCES THE SAMBA. THE UK MAGAZINE "THE RESTAURANT" AWARD, “VEUVE CLICQUOT WORLD’S BEST FEMALE CHEF” 2014 WENT TO THE BRAZILIAN HELENA RIZZO (RESTAURANT MANÌ, SAN PAULO). SHE DETHRONED THE ITALIAN SANTINI 31 March 2014
News THE "CAPITAL" OF ORGANIC WINE IS VERONA FROM APRIL 6TH TO 9TH WITH THE DEBUT OF "VINITALYBIO" BY VERONAFIERE & FEDERBIO. AND FROM APRIL 5TH TO 7TH IN CEREA, "VINIVERI" (WITH JOLY, NOSSITER, PÉREZ-VITORIA, GIBOULOT). THEN, IN SAREGO, VILLA-FAVORITA 28 March 2014
News WHEN THE SPLENDOR OF ANCIENT EGYPT WANED, IT BECAME ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PROVINCES IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE. AND ALSO AN IMPORTANT WINE REGION THREATENED BY GRAPE THEFT DURING HARVEST, AS A 2000 YEAR OLD FRAGMENT OF A PAPYRUS NARRATES 27 March 2014
News WINE BUSINESS IS MORE AND MORE MOBILE: THE CASE HISTORY OF VENTE-PRIVEE, NUMBER 1 IN EUROPE WITH 3.3 MILLION BOTTLES SOLD IN 2013 (+32% OVER 2012) FOR A TURNOVER OF 36 MILLION EUROS (+20%) AND MORE THAN 353.000 ORDERS 26 March 2014
News IT’S OFFICIAL: EATALY’S NEW YORK WINE SHOP ALCOHOL LICENSE SUSPENDED FOR SIX MONTHS BECAUSE A STATE LAW DOES NOT ALLOW A WINE PRODUCER (THE FAMILY BASTIANICH, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FARINETTI AND BATALI) TO OWN SHOPS AND LICENSES TO SELL ALCOHOL 26 March 2014
News “I CALL THE WINEMAKER”, I’M PLAYING THE CHEF”, “I PICKED THE SPONSOR” . AFTER MOVIES AND BOOKS ABOUT THE ITALIAN WINE WORLD, HERE IS THE COLLECTIBLE CARD GAME, “VITICULTURE: TUSCANY”. THE OBJECT IS TO BECOME THE TOP WINERY IN TUSCANY 25 March 2014
News HAPPY BIRTHDAY "LE CIRQUE"! SIRIO MACCIONI’S NEW YORK RESTAURANT CELEBRATES 40 YEARS OF ACTIVITY. SYMBOL OF MADE IN ITALY FOOD IN THE UNITED STATES, ESPECIALLY IN THE 70S AND 80S, IT WAS THE MEETING PLACE OF ALL THE AMERICAN STARS 24 March 2014
News ITALIAN WINE IS THE STAR IN GERMANY AT PROWEIN. THE STRENGTHS OF THE GERMAN MARKET ACCORDING TO SOME OF THE TOP ITALIAN PRODUCERS: SOLID ECONOMY, WINE CULTURE AND CURIOSITY 23 March 2014
News FROM CLASSICAL MUSIC IN THE VINEYARDS TO ROCK IN THE BARREL ROOMS, AND NOW IN CHILE THE WINEMAKER JUAN LEDESMA IS PUTTING MUSIC DIRECTLY INTO THE BARRIQUES TO AGE CABERNET AND MALBEC. IT’S CALLED “TERROIR SONORO” 19 March 2014
News THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT IS MAKING BIGGER CUTS THAN EUROPE AND BORDEAUX WINES, THE MOST LOVED BY BEIJING HEIRARCHY, ARE SUFFERING. IN 2013, ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL CIVB FIGURES, EXPORTS TO CHINA DROPPED 16% IN VOLUME AND 18% IN VALUE 19 March 2014
