News TOMMASI, GERMANO, CA’ DEL BOSCO, CAPRAI, CALCAGNO, NALS MARGREID, CAMIGLIANO AND PETRA ARE THE WINNERS OF THE ITALIAN SOMMELIER FOUNDATION’S “OSCAR DEL VINO” 2018. SPECIAL PRIZES TO MASSETO, SASSICAIA, BIONDI SANTI AND CASTELLO DELLA SALA (ANTINORI) 12 March 2018
News ONE OF THE MOST BELOVED ITALIAN WINES IN THE WORLD, CHIANTI, IS THE BIGGEST VICTIM OF FRAUDS. THE CONSORTIUM HAS BLOCKED 56.000 VIOLATIONS ON THE WEB, INCLUDING WINE KITS AND FAKE WINES, FOR A TURNOVER OF 200 MILLION EUROS 08 March 2018
News CECCHI INVESTS IN MONTALCINO: WINENEWS RUMOURS SAY THE HISTORICAL CHIANTI COMPANY HAS PURCHASED 6 HECTARES OF VINEYARDS (3 OF WHICH BRUNELLO) AND A WINERY NEAR THE THOUSAND-YEAR-OLD ABBEY OF SANT’ANTIMO, BETWEEN SAN POLO AND CASTELNUOVO DELL’ABATE 06 March 2018
News AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF WINE ECONOMICS: THE HIGHEST AMOUNT SPENT ON AVERAGE PER CAPITA ON WINE IN THE WORLD IS 646 USDOLLARS, IN SWITZERLAND. IN FRANCE, 450 DOLLARS, GREAT BRITAIN, 350, ITALY, 247. GERMANY 177 AND THE US 132 06 March 2018
News ON ONE SIDE FOOTBALL, ON THE OTHER THE COMMUNITY OF SAN PATRIGNANO, IN BETWEEN THE BROTHERS RICCARDO AND RENZO COTARELLA, WHO SIGNED THE BOTTLE DEDICATED TO 120 YEARS OF FIGC, CREATED BY THE WORK OF THE 1300 YOUNG PEOPLE AT THE RECOVERY CENTER 06 March 2018
News VALLARASCA, BRICCO DI NIZZA, CORTE, SALINE, ITALIANA AND GAVELLI ARE JUST SOME OF THE "CRUS" ON THE "MAP OF NIZZA" THAT WINE PRODUCERS COMMISSIONED TO ALESSANDRO MASNAGHETTI OF ENOGEA TO DESCRIBE "SUPER BARBERA" AND ITS TERRITORY 26 February 2018
News HEI DAWOLA OR HEI ZHENZHU? IT’S THE SAME WINE WITH DIFFERENT CHINESE CHARACTERS: NERO D’AVOLA, BUT THE CONSUMER IS CONFUSED. ON MARCH 13TH, THE ITALIAN-CHINESE WINE DICTIONARY BY THE ISTITUTO CONFUCIO, UNIVERSTIY OF MILAN AND ACCADEMIA DELLA CRUSCA 22 February 2018
News THE EVENTS PLANNED FOR THE YEAR OF ITALIAN FOOD INCLUDE THE MAP OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AND THE “NOTTE BIANCA DEL CIBO ITALIANO” (AUGUST 4TH). FRANCESCHINI SAID, “FOOD ATTRACTS INTERNATIONAL TOURISTS. WE ARE WORKING ON A MINISTRY OF FOOD” 20 February 2018
News THE WEALTH OF ITALIAN WINE “IS BASED ON THE QUALITY OF THE PRODUCT, EXPERTISE OF THE PRODUCERS, EXCELLENCE OF THE RAW MATERIAL AND THE TERRITORY”, ACCORDING TO THE MINISTER OF ECONOMY CARLO PADOAN, INTERVIEWED BY WINENEWS IN MONTALCINO 19 February 2018
News “A GOOD SONG TELLS A STORY, GOOD WINE TELLS THE STORY OF ALL THE WORKERS THAT PRODUCE IT”, THE SINGER AND PRODUCER STING, TOLD WINENEWS, WHO HONORED THE BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2017 “4 STARS” WITH HIS TILE 17 February 2018
News WINENEWS ANALYSIS: THE “WORLD OF BRUNELLO”, ONE OF THE GREATEST ITALIAN WINES, SYMBOL OF MADE IN ITALY, PRODUCED BY THE CULTURAL CONTAMINATION OF 70 NATIONALITIES LIVING AND WORKING IN MONTALCINO, WHERE FOREIGNERS ARE TWICE THE ITALIAN AVERAGE 15 February 2018
News ANTEPRIME TOSCANE: WINENEWS TASTINGS AT CHIANTI CLASSICO COLLECTION IN FLORENCE, RESERVE AND GRAND SELECTION 2015 - HIGH QUALITY, AIRY AROMAS, JUICY TASTE PROGRESSION AND COMPLEXITY 13 February 2018
News SOME OF THE MOST FAMOUS WINE BRANDS IN THE WORLD ARE TUSCAN AND COME FROM WELL-KNOWN TERRITORIES AS WELL AS LESSER-KNOWN, SMALLER ONES SEEKING TO EMERGE. THE DNA OF LOCAL TUSCAN TERRITORIES, DATA AND DISCUSSIONS AT “ANTEPRIME DI TOSCANA” 10 February 2018
News AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2017, THE ICQRF (ANTICOUNTERFEITING CENTER) SAID STOCKS IN ITALIAN WINE CELLARS AMOUNTED TO 46.2 MILLION HECTOLITERS, INCLUDING PDO (49%), PGI (28%), GENERIC (22%) AND VARIETAL (1%). THE VENETO REGION LEADS WITH ALMOST 11 MILLION 07 February 2018
News TENUTA LA FARNETA, THE HISTORICAL FAMILY OF ANTINORI WINE’S LATEST ACQUISITION, HAS A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE BEFORE ITS FUTURE CAN BE DETERMINED. THE CEO RENZO COTARELLA, TOLD WINENEWS “THE TERRITORY IS SUITABLE BUT VINEYARDS NEED TO BE REIMPLANTED” 06 February 2018
News WINE & COMMUNICATION, CLUSTER IDENTITY IN THE TERRITORIES. THE STUDY, “FROM FIRM’S BRAND IDENTITY TO CLUSTER’S BRAND IDENTITY. A WEB-BASED ANALYSIS OF TUSCAN WINERIES”, TELLS US ABOUT CHIANTI, CHIANTI CLASSICO AND BRUNELLO 05 February 2018
News DESPITE THE DIFFICULT YEAR, BRUNELLO 2017 WILL HAVE 4 STARS. CONSORTIUM’S CELEBRATIVE TILE WILL BE AUTHORED BY THE ROCKSTAR AND WINEMAKER STING IN MONTALCINO ON FEBRUARY 17TH. AND, ON FEBRUARY 10TH STING WAS IN FLORENCE TO OPEN THE TUSCAN PREVIEWS 05 February 2018
News 600 MILLION EUROS TURNOVER, EXPORT 80% AND GROWING, THE ITALIAN MARKET DOING WELL (+ 20% IN 2017 ON 2016): STAGGERING FIGURES FROM VALPOLICELLA AND PREVIEW AMARONE (3-5 FEBRUARY, VERONA) 03 February 2018
News THE TOP THREE POSITIONS ON GENTLEMAN MAGAZINE’S 2018 TOP 100 SPECIAL RANKING THAT COMPARES SCORES OF ITALIAN WINE GUIDES WENT TO: SAN LEONARDO 2013, TORGIANO ROSSO RISERVA 2012 LUNGAROTTI, MONTIANO 2015 FALESCO AND PRIMITIVO DI MANDURIA ES 2015 FINO 02 February 2018
News THE SELINUNTE ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARK IS THE LARGEST IN EUROPE, AND IS CONTINUING TO BOND WITH THE AGRICULTURAL WORLD. FOLLOWING THE SETTESOLI WINERY PROJECT, NOW COLDIRETTI WILL RESTORE OLIVE GROVES, VINEYARDS AND GRAIN CROPS IN THE 3000 HECTARE PARK 01 February 2018
News THE WINERIES IN MONTALCINO ARE NOT SLEEPING EASILY. AFTER CUPANO, ANOTHER THEFT IN COL D’ORCIA. COUNT MARONE CINZANO TOLD WINENEWS, “MORE THAN A THOUSAND BOTTLES OF BRUNELLO AND POGGIO AL VENTO RESERVE HAVE DISAPPEARED, INCLUDING OLD VINTAGES” 22 January 2018
