News AT THE WORLD CUP IN BRAZIL ITALIAN WINE HAS ALREADY WON. "FACES" IS THE OFFICIAL WINE CHOSEN BY FIFA, CURATED BY THE YOUNG ITALO-BRAZILIAN WINEMAKER, MONICA ROSSETTI. 18 March 2014
News SICILY IS ONE OF THE UP AND COMING REGIONS OF ITALIAN WINE, RICH IN WINERIES AND TERRITORIES. BUT COLDIRETTI HAS LAUNCHED AN ALARM - GRAPES ARE PAID 5 EUROS PER 100 KILOS. LI PETRI OF SETTESOLI SAYS, "A PROBLEM, BUT NOT FOR THOSE WHO BANK ON QUALITY" 13 March 2014
News EUROPEAN WINE PRODUCTION WILL BE 173 MILLION HECTOLITRES IN 2013-2014, INDICATE THE LATEST FORECASTS FROM THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION. SPAIN IS IN THE LEAD AT 42% GROWTH, FOLLOWED BY ITALY AND FRANCE. ROMANIA IS THE BIG SURPRISE. 12 March 2014
News IN ITALY, INMATES PRODUCE WINE AND SWEETS WHILE IN BRITAIN PRISONS TURN INTO RESTAURANTS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THERE ARE ALREADY THREE "THE CLINK RESTAURANT", WHERE CLIENTS EAT WITH PLASTIC CUTLERY, FOLLOWING STRICT CONTROLS AND THE METAL DETECTOR. 12 March 2014
News INTERNATIONALIZATION, BUYERS, EXPORT, BIO AND TRAINING: THESE ARE THE KEY WORDS OF THE 48TH EDITION OF VINITALY, THE MOST IMPORTANT ITALIAN WINE EVENT IN THE WORLD, TAKING PLACE APRIL 6-9 AT VERONAFIERE. FOCUS - RESEARCH, WINE TASTING, CONFERENCES 06 March 2014
News "I BELIEVE THAT A STRATEGIC AND COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR ITALIAN AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD FOR THE PRESENT BUT ALSO THE FUTURE IS CRUCIAL”, SAID THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE MARTINA AT HIS INAUGURATION IN VIA XX SETTEMBRE 24 February 2014
News THE MARKET IS SHOWING THE WAY, BEFORE THE LAW DOES. SAINSBURY, THE SECOND LARGEST CHAIN OF SUPERMARKETS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM HAS DECIDED TO INDICATE CALORIES ON WINE BOTTLE LABELS WITH THEIR LOGO 21 February 2014
News FOOTBALL, KING OF SPORTS AND TAITTINGER CHAMPAGNE, KING OF BUBBLES, COME TOGETHER FOR THE WORLD CUP IN BRAZIL, CROWNING THE HISTORY OF MAISON REIMS, TRADITIONALLY LINKED TO THE WORLD OF FOOTBALL 20 February 2014
News EVERYONE KNOWS WHICH COUNTRIES CONSUME MORE WINE, BUT PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION IS SURPRISING, REVEALS THE CALIFORNIA WINE INSTITUTE 2012 STUDY. THE TOP ARE VATICAN CITY, ANDORRA AND OF COURSE, FRANCE. 20 February 2014
News VIGNAMAGGIO, ONE OF THE PEARLS OF CHIANTI, HAS BEEN BOUGHT BY SOUTH AFRICAN CONTRACTORS (WITH FRENCH KNOW HOW): THE 13TH CENTURY ESTATE OF MONA LISA’S FAMILY HAS 42 ACRES OF VINEYARDS (TOTAL 160 HECTARES), AND HAS BEEN PRODUCING WINE SINCE 1404 19 February 2014
News THE FRIULI REGION IS INVESTING IN ITSELF. THE HISTORIC COMPANY SCHIOPETTO IN COLLIO, FOUNDED IN 1965 - 30 HECTARES OF VINEYARDS AND PRODUCTION 170.000 BOTTLES - IS ABOUT TO BE TAKEN OVER BY THE ROTOLO FAMILY (VOLPE PASISNI). FIGURES ARE TOP SECRET 18 February 2014
News DESTINIES CROSSING. MATTEO RENZI, NEWLY APPOINTED PRIME MINISTER, GAVE HIS FAREWELL SPEECH IN PALAZZO VECCHIO, HIS HOME AS MAYOR OF FLORENCE, IN THE SALONE DEL 500 WHERE THE NEW CHIANTI CLASSICO GRAN SELEZIONE WILL DEBUT 17 February 2014
News ACCESSING THE SECONDARY MARKET OF FINE WINES DIRECTLY ON THE WEB AND IN ALL CURRENCIES. A SORT OF WINE FOREX TO ALWAYS GET THE BEST QUOTES, THIS IS THE ENGLISH PLATFORM "WINE OWNERS" IDEA 14 February 2014
News 30 YEARS IN THE WINE WORLD AND THE FIRST "WINE CRITIC" IN HISTORY, PARKER HAS A WEAKNESS FOR BORDEAUX AND RHONE WINES. BUT ITALIAN WINES, WITH THEIR INCREDIBLE VARIETY, "HAVE GIVEN ME GREAT EMOTIONS OVER THE YEARS", HE TOLD THE MAGAZINE "THE ENOLOGIST" 13 February 2014
News 30% PRICE REDUCTION IN THE TOP 2013 BORDEAUX WINES DUE TO A ROUGH YEAR, SAID OLIVIER BERNARD, PRESIDENT OF THE UNION DES GRANDS CRUS DE BORDEAUX 12 February 2014
News HACK-WINE, THE ONLINE "BRAINSTORMING" (MARCH 1-2) BY H-FARM & VINITALY INTERNATIONAL WILL BRING NEW IDEAS AND NEW STRENGTH TO COMMUNICATION IN THE WINE WORLD. YOUNG PEOPLE AND TOP BRANDS OF ITALIAN WINE 11 February 2014
News TALENT AND SENSITIVITY AS WELL AS STUDYING, THE IMPORTANCE OF THE DINING AREA AND TEAM WORK, ARE ALL TIED TO "TASTY INTELLIGENCE". HERE IS THE "RECIPE" FROM "IDENTITA’ GOLOSE" 11 February 2014
News EATALY’S MADE IN ITALY PRODUCTS TO BE ON AUCHAN’S SHELVES. THE NEWS IS NOT YET OFFICIAL AND DETAILS WILL BE REVEALED IN MARCH, THE CEO OF EATALY LUCA SEBASTIANO BAFFIGO FILANGERI TOLD WINENEWS 06 February 2014
News THE CRISIS HAS NOT TOUCHED THE VALUE OF VINEYARD TUSCANY- MONTALCINO AT TOP PRICE AND BOLGHERI RIGHT ON BRUNELLO’S HEELS, REVEAL WINENEWS ESTIMATES, JUST BEFORE PREMIERES OF TUSCANY 04 February 2014
News AFTER BORDEAUX, CALIFORNIA AND AUSTRALIA, PLUS A VERY SMALL TRANSACTION IN CHIANTI, IS CHINESE CAPITAL COMING TO THE HEART OF TUSCAN WINE? "CHINESE GROUPS READY TO CONQUER BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO", WRITES CARLO FESTA IN "THE SOLE 24 ORE". 04 February 2014
News MADE IN ITALY ROOT CUTTINGS ARE RETURNING TO THE "SILK ROAD", AS THE "MARCO POLO"OF NURSERIES. THE WORLD LEADING RAUSCEDO NURSERIES COOPERATIVE IS THE ONLY ITALIAN ONE WITH BEIJING’S APPROVAL. WINENEWS INTERVIEWED THE CEO, SARTORI. 31 January 2014
News 2014 IS IN FULL SWING, BUT IT’S NOT TOO LATE FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FROM ENGLAND’S THE DRINKS BUSINESS, LISTING THE YEAR’S TOP 10 TRENDS IN THE WINE WORLD AND BEYOND 28 January 2014
News "THE GOVERNMENT DID NOT DEFEND ME… I RESIGN”. A DRAMATIC TURN OF EVENTS, THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE DE GIROLAMO LEAVES HER POST. COLDIRETTI: "5 AGRICULTURE MINISTERS IN 5 YEARS". IT IS A DECISIVE YEAR FOR CAP AND EXPO. 27 January 2014
News ITALIAN SOMMELIERS, WINE COMMUNICATION IN THE WORLD, THE FUTURE OF ITALIAN WINE IN FOREIGN AND EMERGING TERROIRS: THE BEST SOMMELIER IN THE WORLD ELECTED BY WORLDWIDE SOMMELIER ASSOCIATION, LUCA MARTINI TALKS TO WINENEWS 24 January 2014
News "WINE OF PEACE" THE CORMÒNS WINE PRODUCERS PROJECT THAT HOLDS THE "WORLD IN A GLASS", TURNED 30 IN 2013 AND THE CONCLUDING CELEBRATION WAS HELD IN ROME ON JANURARY 27TH. FOCUS: FROM BAJ TO FO, THE HISTORY OF SIGNATURE LABELS 24 January 2014
News UK HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WEAR SPECIAL EYEGLASSES THAT MIMIC DRUNKENESS TO MAKE THEM MORE AWARE OF THE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL ABUSE. A NEW APPROACH TO COMBAT ALCOHOLISM 22 January 2014
News FOR THE FIRST TIME, GOOGLE IS INVESTING IN PROMOTING THE TOP PRODUCTS OF A COUNTRY: ITALY. HERE IS "MADE IN ITALY DIGITAL EXCELLENCES" PROJECT WITH SYMBOLA, MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURAL, UNIONCAMERE AND CA’ FOSCARI UNIVERSITY 21 January 2014
News THE FINE WINE MARKET IS NO LONGER BORDEAUX-DEPENDENT, SAYS LIV-EX, THE WINE STOCK EXCHANGE INDEX THAT HAS LAUNCHED "FINE WINE 1000", WINES OF BURGUNDY, CHAMPAGNE, RHONE AND ABOVE ALL ITALY, FROM GAJA TO MASSETO 17 January 2014
News THE U.S. MARKET IS NUMBER ONE IN THE WORLD FOR WINE CONSUMPTION AND CONTINUES TO GROW: +1.5% IN VOLUME IN 2013 OVER 2012 AND 328.7 MILLION 9-LITER CASES SOLD, REVEALS THE IMPACT DATABANK REPORT. PEOPLE ARE DRINKING MORE AT HOME AND MUCH LESS OUT 17 January 2014
News THE UNION BETWEEN BACCHUS AND CARTOONS HAS CREATED THE "MICKEY MOUSE RED" CHIANTI WINE "MADE EXCLUSIVELY FOR DISNEY PARKS"; THAT IS, "PRODUCED EXCLUSIVELY FOR DISNEY THEME PARKS". IT IS PRODUCED BY CONTE PLACIDO AND ON SHELVES AT 17 DOLLARS 17 January 2014
News WINE TOURISM & NEW FRONTIERS. WHAT’S COOL? WEDDING TOURISM. GETTING MARRIED IN THE MOST EXCLUSIVE ITALIAN VINEYARDS WITH LOTS OF WINE & FOOD TO CELEBRATE. A MARKET WORTH 315 MILLION EUROS AND MORE THAN 1 MILLION PEOPLE 15 January 2014
News AFTER LAST YEAR’S REJECTION, BURGUNDY AND CHAMPAGNE ARE OFFICIALLY ON THE SHORT LIST (AND NOT COMPETING AGAINST EACH OTHER) THAT THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT WILL PRESENT TO UNESCO FOR 2015 14 January 2014
News “WE MUST NOT THINK THAT WE ARE THE ONLY ONES TO ENJOY THE EXCLUSIVITY OF MAKING WINES FROM INDIGENOUS OR HISTORICAL VARIETIES. SPAIN ALSO HAS ITS OWN”, ANGELO GAJA TOLD WINENEWS. 13 January 2014
News ROBERT PARKER, THE AUTHORITATIVE AND MOST ACCLAIMED SIGNATURE IN THE WINE WORLD HAS DECIDED TO GO INTO THE WORLD OF WINE MAKING EVENTS, WITH "ROBERT PARKER'S WINE ADVOCATE THE GRAND WORLD TOUR" THAT WILL TOUCH ALL CONTINENTS 10 January 2014
News WHAT ARE TRENDS FOR FOOD & DRINK IN 2014? "THE DRINKS BUSINESS" LOOKED INTO THE CRYSTAL BALL AND LISTED THE TOP 10 TRENDS OF THE YEAR - HIPSTERS AND PORK WINE, "NIKKEI" CUISINE AND "TASTY"COCKTAILS 09 January 2014
News HOW MUCH DOES A HECTACRE OF VINEYARD COST IN BORDEAUX? UP TO 2.5 MILLION DOLLARS. SOUTH AFRICA IS MORE AFFORDABLE AT 600.000 AND IN CALIFORNIA, 588.000. “KNIGHT FRANK” QUOTATIONS OF VINEYARDS IN THE WORLD 09 January 2014
News IN 2013 THE "MANTRA” IN THE WINE WORLD WAS "SUSTAINABILITY" AND IN 2014 THE "LEITMOTIV" COULD BE "AGROMETEOROLOGY", CONSIDERING THE "USUAL" CLIMATE ANOMALIES. WINENEWS INTERVIEWED LEONARDO VALENTI, PROFESSOR OF VITICULTURE (UNIVERSITY OF MILAN) 09 January 2014
News CABERNET SAUVIGNON, MERLOT, AIREN: THESE ARE THE THREE MOST POPULAR GRAPE VINES IN THE WORLD, REVEALS A STUDY BY THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE ON 44 PRODUCING COUNTRIES (DATA 2010). IN ITALY, SANGIOVESE, MONTEPULCIANO AND WHITE CATARRATTO DOMINATE 07 January 2014
News THE CHINESE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT WINE: 13.000 BOTTLES OF SPANISH WINE DID NOT MEET TRANSPORTATION STANDARDS AND WERE UNCORKED AND DESTROYED IN THE “PUBLIC SQUARE” 30 December 2013
News WHICH COUNTRY IN THE WORLD CONSUMES THE MOST ALCOHOL? ACCORDING TO THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION REPORT MOLDOVIANS DRINK MORE LITERS OF PURE ALCOHOL PER CAPITA PER YEAR, AT 18.22. ITALY IS NUMBER 37 AT 10.68 30 December 2013
