News “ITALIAN WINES ARE ON A PAR WITH FRENCH, BUT ITALY HAS TO BELIEVE. MY ALL TIME FAVORITE WINE IS SASSICAIA '85. TODAY THE WINE ADVOCATE IS NOT JUST ME BUT RATHER A TEAM AND IN ITALY IT IS MONICA LARNER”. WINENEWS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH ROBERT PARKER 02 November 2015
News TTIP & WINE - AREV (EUROPEAN WINE REGIONS) DEMANDS U.S. WAIVER THE RIGHT TO USE 17 GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS (INCLUDING CHIANTI AND MARSALA), THE RECOGNITION OF EU ORGANIC WINE AND "COLA" EXEMPTION 27 October 2015
News WHAT’S THE RISK GRAPES AROUND THE WORLD ARE FACING? BEING EATEN BY RACCOONS, WILD BOARS, BABOONS, BIRDS AND DEER THAT HAVE ALL CHOSEN GRAPES, RED OR GREEN AS THE KEY PART OF THEIR DIETS, REPORTS “DECANTER” 23 October 2015
News FINE WINES FROM VERONELLI’S PRIVATE CELLAR, SPECIAL FORMATS (MONFORTINO 1961 "QUARTO DI BRENTA" 13.7 LITRES) AND RARE VINTAGES OF MARGAUX (1900), ROMANÉE-CONTI (1959), KRUG (1938) TO BE AUCTIONED BY BOLAFFI ON NOVEMBER 17TH IN TURIN 22 October 2015
News THE CURTAIN IS UP ON THE 2013 CHATEAU MOUTON ROTHSCHILD LABEL. THE SOUTH KOREAN ARTIST LEE UFAN FOCUSED ON SIMPLICITY, WITH A PURPLE AND RED BRUSHSTROKE OVER THE CHATEAU LOGO 21 October 2015
News THE CHATEAU MARGAUX "EX-CELLAR" AUCTION AT SOTHEBY'S NEW YORK WAS A HUGE SUCCESS - 2.8 MILLION DOLLARS, DOUBLE THE ESTIMATES. THE TOP LOT WAS THE 2009 12 LITRE SOLD FOR 98.000 DOLLARS, AND A VERTICAL (1978-2012, MAGNUM) FOR 67.375 20 October 2015
News WORLD WINE EXPORTS ARE UP AND RUNNING. VOLUMES MARKED 3.4% IN THE PERIOD FROM JUNE 2014 TO JUNE 2015, AT 10.337 BILLION LITERS AND 5% GROWTH OF TOTAL TURNOVER, AT 26.924 BILLION EUROS 19 October 2015
News REMEMBER THE MENU OF THE LAST LUNCH ON BOARD THE TITANIC, SAVED BY A PASSENGER IN FIRST CLASS? IT WAS JUST AUCTIONED IN NEW YORK AND SOLD FOR 88.000 US DOLLARS (INITIAL ESTIMATE 50.000-70.000) BY ONLINE AUCTION HOUSE LION HEART AUTOGRAPHS 01 October 2015
News BARTOLO MASCARELLO’S 2011 BAROLO IS THE ONLY WINE AWARDED THE HIGHEST SCORE (20/20) ON THE 2016 "GUIDA VINI D’ITALIA" PUBLISHED BY THE WEEKLY "L'ESPRESSO". PIEDMONT AND TUSCANY AS USUAL VIE FOR MOST WINES AWARDED AND PIEDMONT WON 01 October 2015
News TAKE ANYTHING, BUT DON’T TOUCH MY CHAMPAGNE. EVEN IN PRISON OFF THE AFRICAN COAST ON THE ISLAND OF ST HELENA, NAPOLEON NEVER GAVE UP WHAT HE LOVED MOST: CHAMPAGNE. HE WAS ENTITLED TO A BOTTLE A DAY IN HIS GOLDEN JAIL 29 September 2015
News AUTUMN WINE AUCTIONS HAVE STARTED WITH A BANG FOR ITALIAN WINES - RECORD NUMBERS FROM SOTHEBY'S IN NEW YORK: 18.375 US DOLLARS FOR 12 BOTTLES OF SASSICAIA 1985. MASSETO, ORNELLAIA, BRUNELLO SOLDERA AND BAROLO GIACOSA ALSO SOLD AT HIGH PRICES 28 September 2015
News 2500 YOUNG FARMERS FROM 120 COUNTRIES TOGETHER WITH CARLO PETRINI, RAJ PATEL, SERGE LATOUCHE, DON LUIGI CIOTTI AND ALICE WATERS WILL SPEAK ABOUT THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES ON FOOD AT "TERRA MADRE GIOVANI", FROM OCTOBER 3RD TO 6TH IN MILAN 25 September 2015
News WINE AND FOOD DO NOT ALWAYS GO HAND IN HAND, LIKE IN BRITAIN, WHERE COOKS AND BUDDING CHEFS ARE STILL IN AWE OF WINE. FIONA BECKETT, WINE WRITER FOR "THE GUARDIAN" HAS CREATED "WINE FOR FOODIES" 23 September 2015
News MONTALCINO, CHIANTI, UMBRIA, FRANCIACORTA AND VALPOLICELLA – THESE TERRITORIES HAVE THE HIGHEST PROPERTY VALUES, REVEALED A STUDY ON THE SPECIALIZED PORTAL IDEALISTA.IT TOGETHER WITH WINENEWS 23 September 2015
News SERVING WINE AT THE RIGHT TEMPERATURE AND IN THE PROPER GLASS IS REALLY NOT ENOUGH. WINE MUST ALSO BE SIPPED IN THE RIGHT WAY, AS THE STUDY BY DR. PIOMBINO AND PROFESSOR MOIO OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II, REVEALED 21 September 2015
News A MEAGER SEASON AND SKY HIGH PRICES (1.500 EUROS / KILO) FOR THE 2015 VINTAGE OF WHITE TRUFFLES, PIEDMONT, TUSCANY, MARCHE AND UMBRIA TRUFFLE HUNTERS TOLD WINENEWS. GOURMETS AND RESTAURANTS ARE HAPPY BECAUSE IT WILL BE A LONG SEASON. 18 September 2015
News WORK ON CITÉ DU VIN IN BORDEAUX IS WELL ON ITS WAY AND THE FIRST INDISCRETIONS HAVE COME OUT ON THE "DECANTER" - THE 7TH FLOOR WILL HOST THE RESTAURANT “7ÈME”, MANAGED BY CHEF NICOLAS LASCOMBES 18 September 2015
News THE RENOWNED AMERICAN WINE MAGAZINE,"WINE ENTHUSIAST" HAS JUST GIVEN ITALIAN WINE ONE OF ITS MOST IMPORTANT AWARDS, THE "LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT WINE STAR AWARD" 2015 GOES TO THE PIEDMONT WINE PRODUCER ANGELO GAJA 15 September 2015
News CHATEAU LATOUR HAS ABANDONED THE SALES EN PRIMEUR SYSTEM THAT GUIDES THE BORDEAUX MARKET, AND HAS DISCOVERED A MORE “AMERICAN” WAY, LIKE A MAILING LIST, NAPA VALLEY STYLE, FOR DIRECT SALES OF ITS THREE WINES 14 September 2015
News EVEN SMALL DOSES OF ALCOHOL CONSUMED DURING PREGNANCY ARE A HEALTH RISK FOR THE CHILD, EMHASIZED THE ISS -INSTITUTE OF HEALTH STUDY PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL "CLINICAL CHEMISTRY & LABORATORY MEDICINE" 14 September 2015
News FRENCH WINE EXPORTS REACH 3.5 BILLION EUROS TURNOVER IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 2015 FOR 7% GROWTH INCREASE COMPARED TO THE SAME PERIOD IN 2014, REVEAL DATA FROM LVEF - FÉDÉRATION DES EXPORTATEURS DE VINS ET SPIRITUEUX 14 September 2015
News OVER THE LAST 52 WEEKS, IN THE UK, PROSECCO HAS GROWN 72% IN VALUE, TO 338 MILLION POUNDS, AND 78% IN VOLUME, TO 37 MILLION LITRES. CHAMPAGNE HAS SLOWED DOWN AND ALMOST STOPPED: 250 MILLION POUNDS AND 9.8 MILLION LITRES, REVEAL IRI FIGURES 20 August 2015
News MANY EXPERTS THE WORLD OVER HAVE SOUNDED THE ALARM, FROM CALIFORNIA TO AUSTRALIA TO FRANCE TO SPAIN, ABOUT VINE DISEASES. IN ITALY LEONARDO VALENTI AND ATTILIO SCIENZA TOLD WINENEWS: "IT IS NOT A DISASTER BUT WE MUST KEEP OUR GUARD UP" 19 August 2015
News THE ITALIAN RESTAURANT WORLD IS ENJOYING GOOD ECONOMIC HEALTH, THANKS TO SOME PASSIONATE THIRTY-YEAR OLDS. WINENEWS INTERVIEWED ENZO VIZZARI, WHO ANTICIPATED "SOMMELIER OF THE YEAR" IS ALBERTO PIRAS OF "IL LUOGO DI AIMO E NADIA". 18 August 2015
News WILD VINES, PERHAPS INZOLIA OR CATARRATTO AND PRE-PHYLLOXERA, GROWING IN THE SAND DUNES THREE METERS FROM THE SEA HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED ON LIDO FIORI BEACH IN MENFI, NEAR THE MANDRAROSSA VINEYARDS OF CANTINE SETTESOLI (HARVEST IN PROGRESS) 12 August 2015
News THE DRIVING FORCE OF ITALIAN WINE GROWTH IN EXPORTS AND THE DOMESTIC MARKET IN Q1 2015 WERE PDO WINES, ESPECIALLY SPARKLINGS THAT RECORDED DOUBLE DIGITS IN ITALY AND AROUND THE WORLD, REVEALED THE ISMEA REPORT 07 August 2015
News THE SAYING, PROSECCO FOR EVERY OCCASION, BUT CHAMPAGNE FOR WEDDINGS IS NOT TRUE ANYMORE, AT LEAST IN THE UK WHERE 2 OUT OF 3 COUPLES CHOOSE ITALIAN SPARKLINGS AND ONLY 1 OUT OF 12, FRENCH BUBBLES, REVEALED LAITHWAITES 05 August 2015
News THE US IS THE MOST ATTRACTIVE WINE TRADE MARKET IN THE WORLD. JAPAN IS IN THIRD PLACE, BRITAIN IS BACK IN THE TOP 5 AND CHINA FELL TO NUMBER 6, REVEALED THE "THE WINE INTELLIGENCE COMPASS REPORT 2015 -16" 03 August 2015
News SPI GROUP, FAMOUS FOR BRANDS LIKE STOLICHNAYA VODKA, IS INVESTING AGAIN IN WINE. FOLLOWING JOINT VENTURES FOR ORNELLAIA IN BOLGHERI AND CASTELGIOCONDO AND LUCE DELLA VITE IN MONTALCINO AND ACHÁVAL FERRER IN ARGENTINA, THEY ARE BUYING SPANISH ARÍNZANO 03 August 2015
News ROBERT PARKER, THE GURU OF WINE CRITICS, STEPS DOWN FROM RATING BORDEAUX. PERHAPS THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME FOR A UNIFORM POINT INDEX OF THE 13 MOST INFLUENTIAL CRITICS IN THE WORLD? THE UNIVERSITY OF BORDEAUX HAS CREATED "GLOBAL WINE SCORE" 24 July 2015
News RUSSIA TUMBLES, CHINA GROWS, US IS STABLE. WATCH OUT FOR DEVALUATION IN AUSTRALIA AND BRAZIL AND BULK WINE IN SPAIN, ACCORDING TO "NOMISMA WINE MONITOR" ON WORLD WINE EXPORTS IN 2015 24 July 2015
News WINE SUPPLY WORLD WIDE IS GREATER THAN DEMAND, AS THE 2015 VINTAGE IS EXPECTED TO GROW IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, WHILE THE SOUTH IS FALLING, REVEALED THE RABOBANK REPORT ANALYZED BY WINENEWS 23 July 2015
News THE TOP WINE MUSEUMS IN THE WORLD, BY "THE DRINK BUSINESS". IN ITALY, ONCE AGAIN, THE LUNGAROTTI FOUNDATION "MUVIT-WINE MUSEUM" IN TORGIANO, NEXT TO "WIMU", THE FUTURISTIC WINE MUSEUM IN BAROLO 16 July 2015
News SANTA MARGHERITA, THE MADE IN ITALY BRAND OF PINOT GRIGIO, NUMBER ONE IN THE US, IS LEAVING ITS HISTORICAL IMPORTER TERLATO, TO CREATE ITS OWN COMPANY IN THE STATES, "SM USA INC", STARTING JANUARY 1, 2016 15 July 2015
News CHEFS TODAY ARE JUST AS FAMOUS AS SOCCER PLAYERS AND THEY CAN THANK A "CERTAIN" PAUL BOCUSE WHO HAS EARNED MICHELIN’S "THREE STARS" FIFTY YEARS RUNNING, AND THUNDERS: “IT WOULD BE MUCH BETTER IF CHEFS TODAY WENT BACK TO THE KITCHEN” 10 July 2015
News CHINA HAS OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED THE BORDEAUX DENOMINATION, BUT THE COUNTERFEIT WINE ISSUE IS NOT DIMINISHING. THE FIGHT NEEDS TO MOVE FROM THE LEGAL TO THE CULTURAL LEVEL TO DEFEAT THIS PLAGUE 08 July 2015
News VINITALY WILL REPRESENT ITALIAN FOOD AND WINE EXCELLENCE AT THE 2015 SHANGHAI WINE & DINE FESTIVAL (SEPTEMBER 18 TO 20TH) AIMING TO BECOME THE ASIAN REFERENCE FOR WINE & FOOD 03 July 2015
News ANTINORI INVESTS AGAIN IN CHIANTI. THE TUSCAN BRAND HAS FINALIZED THE ACQUISITION OF SAN SANO CASTLE -MORE THAN 80 ACRES OF VINEYARDS IN GAIOLE IN CHIANTI, THE HEART OF THE BLACK ROOSTER TERRITORY, FOR AROUND 15 MILLION EUROS 02 July 2015
News THE SUPER CLICKED GOOGLE STREET VIEW IN VINEYARDS HAS NOW VENTURED INTO WINERIES IN THE NAPA SONOMA VALLEY WITH PANORAMIC VIEWS OF WINE TASTING AND BARREL ROOMS 01 July 2015
News “STARTING TODAY MASI IS LISTED ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE. FROM NOW IT WILL BE EASIER TO GET MORE VINEYARDS, EQUIPMENT AND STAFF TO GROW, WHILE CONTINUING TO PRODUCE EXCELLENCE”, SAID SANDRO BOSCAINI, PRESIDENT OF MASI, NOW LISTED ON AIM 30 June 2015
