News 2015 RECORD YEAR FOR FRENCH WINE EXPORTS THAT REACHED 7.9 BILLION (+ 6.7% ON 2014), AND ARE BACK ON TOP IN THE US AND CHINA, DRIVEN BY CHAMPAGNE. VOLUMES ARE STILL DOWN (-3.6%), AND MARKET SHARE FELL TO 30% 11 February 2016
News POLICIES IN BRUSSELS ARE SCARING EUROPEAN WINE, BUT OUTSIDE THE EU INDIGENOUS VINES HAVE BEEN USED FOR YEARS, ESPECIALY OVERSEAS, WHERE CHARLES SMITH WINES OF WASHINGTON HAS LAUNCHED SANGIOVESE, PRIMITIVE AND BARBERA, MADE IN USA 11 February 2016
News LATEST NEWS: THE VALPOLICELLA WINES CONSORTIUM HAS WITHDRAWN IMMEDIATE PROCEEDINGS REQUEST BANNING THE AMARONE FAMILIES FROM USING THE AMARONE BRAND NAME. FINAL JUDGEMENT WILL END THE DISPUTE BY END 2016 10 February 2016
News MISSION "GREAT BURGUNDY": THE UNION DES MAISONS DE VINS DU BEAUJOLAIS ET DU MACONNAIS HAS BEEN IN CRISIS FOR YEARS NOW, AND SINCE NOVEMBER HAS NOT HAD A PRESIDENT. IN JUNE IT MIGHT MERGE WITH UNION DES MAISONS DE VINS DE BOURGOGNE 09 February 2016
News CHATEAU MOUTON ROTHSCHILD WILL OFFER FEWER BOTTLES EN PRIMEUR FOR VINTAGE 2015. "THINGS ARE CHANGING AND DEMAND FOR BOTTLES IS GROWING", SAID PHILIPPE SEREYS DE ROTHSCHILD, PRESIDENT OF THE BORDEAUX CHATEAU 08 February 2016
News “VINITALY IS 50 YEARS OLD? IT’S OLDER, FOR ME. IT ALL STARTED WHEN I WAS HIRED BY VERONAFIERE THAT WANTED ITALIAN WINE TO HAVE ITS FIRST TRADE FAIR, “MR. AMARONE”, SANDRO BOSCAINI, TOLD WINENEWS FOR # VINITALY50STORY, FROM VERONA TO THE STOCK MARKET 29 January 2016
News WHICH ARE THE MOST DESIRABLE WINE REGIONS IN THE WORLD? THE UK ONLINE MAGAZINE "DECANTER" CHECKED OUT THE MOST CLICKED TOURIST DESTINATIONS ON GOOGLE IN THE USA AND THE UK. IN ITALY, THE TUSCAN HILLS AND PROSECCO VINEYARDS 28 January 2016
News "OUR STORY BEGINS WITH TURRIGA 1988", CREATED BY THE PATRIARCH ANTONIO ARGIOLAS WHO WAS BORN NEARLY A HUNDRED YEARS BEFORE, SO HE WAS STILL A “YOUNGSTER”, HIS GRANDDAUGHTER VALENTINA TOLD WINENEWS FOR # VINITALY50STORY 27 January 2016
News NOONE CAN TEACH THE FRENCH HOW TO PROTECT THEIR WINE HERITAGE AND NOW THEY HAVE SUCCEEDED IN GETTING THE EU TO RECOGNIZE THE YEAR “1855” BORDEAUX CLASSIFICATION A TRADITIONAL TERM 26 January 2016
News IN OCTOBER THE INTERNATIONAL TERRACED LANDSCAPES WILL SHINE THE SPOTLIGHT ON THE 222 KM DRY STONE WALL (MAROGNE) TERRACED VINEYARDS IN VALPOLICELLA, HOME OF AMARONE, AIMING TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THEM 18 January 2016
News BULK OR BOTTLED? ONE OF THE THORNIEST ISSUES IS BACK ON THE TABLE IN BRITAIN: WINE TRADERS BOTTLING BULK WINE (AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND) DIRECTLY IN THE UK AND REDUCING COSTS, BUT NOT FOR THE PREMIUM WINE SECTOR 18 January 2016
News IN 2015 "FINE WINES" DID BETTER (OR AT LEAST NOT WORSE) THAN GOLD, COPPER AND STOCK MARKET INDICES LIKE FTSE 100 (LONDON) AND S&P 500 (NEW YORK), REVEALED THE BENCHMARK OF THE SECONDARY MARKET LIV-EX, THE "STOCK MARKET" OF FINE WINES INVESTMENTS 14 January 2016
News ITALIAN WINE PREVIEWS 2016: AMARONE, SOAVE, CHIANTI, CHIANTI CLASSICO, BRUNELLO, NOBILE AND VERNACCIA; BUY WINE AND TUSCAN WINE WEEK IN TUSCANY, SAGRANTINO IN UMBRIA AND THEN CAMPANIA, SICILY AND LANGHE 12 January 2016
News THE TOP ITALIAN WINEMAKERS, FRANCO BERNABEI, BEPPE CAVIOLA, STEFANO CHIOCCIOLI, ROBERTO CYPRESS, RICHARD COTARELLA, LUCA D'ATTOMA, CARLO FERRINI, LUIGI MOIO AND SALVATORE FOTI TALK TO WINENEWS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF WINEMAKING 31 December 2015
News WINE AUCTIONS END 2015 ON A POSITIVE NOTE. SOTHEBY’S, HART DAVIS HART, ZACHYS AND CHRISTIE’S RECORDED TOP BIDS AND BORDEAUX WINES ARE ONCE AGAIN THE BEST PLAYERS. THE TOP ITALIAN WINES ARE SASSICAIA, MASSETO, ORNELLAIA, GIACOSA, BIONDI SANTI AND GAJA 28 December 2015
News THE FUTURE OF THE GLOBAL WINE BUSINESS INCREASINGLY DEPENDS ON EXPORTS, ON THE MATURE, STABLE, EMERGING AND NEW EMERGING MARKETS. HERE IS THE REPORT BY THE ENGLISH RESEARCH AGENCY, WINE INTELLIGENCE 24 December 2015
News AFTER MONTHS OF CONTROVERSY AND DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE FATE OF THE DOMAINS .VIN AND .WINE, THE FIRST WINE DENOMINATION HAS A SITE: SHERRY.WINE IS THE NEW PORTAL NAME OF "JEREZ-XERES-SHERRY" 15 December 2015
News ITALIAN BRANDS HAVE LOST GROUND ON THE 2015 “POWER 100” BY LIV-EX AND THE DRINKS BUSINESS. SASSICAIA, THOUGH STILL THE MOST TRADED WINE AFTER THE BORDEAUX ONES, SLID TO NUMBER 27 (FROM NUMBER 6). TIGNANELLO INSTEAD WENT UP TO POSITION 45 (FROM 89) 11 December 2015
News THE VERDICTS OF THE 2016 MICHELIN GUIDE ARE IN: 336 STARS IN ITALY (2 MORE THAN 2015). PETER GIRTLER (GOURMETSTUBE EINHORN) AND GIANCARLO PERBELLINI (CASA PERBELLINI) EARN SECOND STARS. DAVIDE SCABIN LOSES A STAR. THREE STARS CONFIRMED 10 December 2015
News BAROLO RISERVA VILLERO 2007 BY VIETTI, CHIANTI CLASSICO 2013 BY DIEVOLE, TASTING TIGNANELLO 1971 AT ROBERT PARKER’S "SIENA MASTER CLASS" ON TOP TUSCAN WINES - THIS IS MONICA LARNER’S “VINOUS” 2015 09 December 2015
News "NAPA VALLEY" IS NOW A REGISTERED AND CERTIFIED TRADEMARK. IT IS THE FIRST US NAME TO RECEIVE STATUS THAT STRENGTHENS INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WINE REGION IN THE STATES, THANKS TO THE NAPA VALLEY VINTNERS 09 December 2015
News TREASURY WINE ESTATES HAS JUMPED AHEAD OF EVERYONE, INCLUDING BUREAUCRACY. STARTING IN 2016, THE GIANT’S WINES WILL INDICATE CALORIES ON ITS LABELS, WHILE THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT IS STILL LEGISLATING THE NEW WINE LABEL 07 December 2015
News WINE GIANTS AND BUSINESS: CHANGYU, THE NUMBER ONE PRIVATE WINE INVESTOR IN CHINA HAS BOUGHT CHATEAU MIREFLEURS, ONE OF THE FRENCH LEADING WINE GROUP CASTEL’S BORDEAUX ESTATES, FOR 3.3 MILLION EUROS 03 December 2015
News IS WINE A CULTURAL HERITAGE IN ITALY? “ABSOLUTELY. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ITALIAN IDENTITIES IN THE WORLD”, THE MINISTER OF CULTURAL HERITAGE AND ACTIVITIES, DARIO FRANCESCHINI, REPLIED TO WINENEWS 23 November 2015
News “ALL WINES NAMED AFTER THEIR GRAPE VARIETY COULD BE REMOVED FROM THE LIST OF EU PROTECTED WINES”. ALARM SOUNDED IN BRUSSELS BY DE CASTRO AND HERBERT DORMANN, PRESIDENT OF WINE INTERGROUP. UIV MET ON MARKET AND LABELING 19 November 2015
News GAMBERO ROSSO SPA SHARES LISTED ON AIM ITALY ON THE ITALIAN STOCK EXCHANGE. 4,449,000 SHARES HAVE BEEN SOLD AT 1.60 EUROS FOR A TOTAL OF 7.1 MILLION. TRADING STARTED ON NOVEMBER 23RD 19 November 2015
News IN SICILY, THE WINERY SETTESOLI TRIED TO SAFEGUARD ITS ARTISTIC HERITAGE WITH A PROJECT TO COLLECT 500.000 EUROS FOR THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARK IN SELINUNTE AND CAVE DI CUSA, BUT BUREAUCRACY HAS MIRED IT 19 November 2015
News ON WINE SPECTATOR’S "TOP 100" LIST, ITALY IS RIGHT AFTER THE US (30 WINES) WITH 20 WINES, WIDELY EXCEEDING FRANCE AT ONLY 14 AND THE AMERICAN MARKET IS LOOKING MORE AND MORE TO THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE 17 November 2015
News FOLLOWING THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN ICANN AND EUROPEAN WINE PRODUCERS ORGANIZATIONS AT THE END OF JUNE, BRANDS ON CLEARINGHOUSE TRADEMARKS HAVE FIRST CLAIM ON DONUTS TO REGISTER “.WINE” AND “.VIN” DOMINIONS 17 November 2015
News THE ECHO OF THE ATTACKS THAT SHOCKED PARIS AND EUROPE LAST FRIDAY NIGHT HAS ARRIVED IN BEAUNE. THE 155TH “VENTE DES VINS DES HOSPICES DE BEAUNE” IN MEMORY OF THE VICTIMS AND IN SOLIDARITY TO THEIR FAMILIES. 16 November 2015
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
