News AMARONE GOES PUBLIC. ON JUNE 30TH MASI WILL BE LISTED ON AIM. THE PRICE OF EACH SHARE IS 4.6 EUROS (6.436.000 SOLD) IN WHAT IS BEING CALLED "THE LARGEST CAPITAL OPERATION ON AIM". THE BOSCAINI FAMILY HAVE THE MAJORITY 26 June 2015
News BORDEAUX LOST 13% IN 2014 COMPARED TO 2013, DOWN TO 3.7 BILLION EUROS, AND THE EN PRIMEUR CAMPAIGN DID NOT DO WELL, EITHER. HOWEVER, THE CONSEIL INTERPROFESSIONNEL DU VIN DE BORDEAUX IS OPTIMISTIC AND SERENE ABOUT THE FUTURE 15 June 2015
News DARIO FO, OLMI, DAVERIO, CELENTANO AND LELLA COSTA ARE SOME OF THE MOST FAMOUS MILANESE CITIZENS TO OPEN THEIR HOMES TO HOST THE FARMERS THAT SLOW FOOD’S "YOUNG MOTHER EARTH", IS BRINGING TO EXPO 2015, OCTOBER 3RD - 6TH 12 June 2015
News AN ALCOHOL TEST INSTALLED IN THE CAR PREVENTS STARTING THE VEHICLE IF BLOOD-ALCOHOL LEVEL IS TOO HIGH. IT’S CALLED DADSS AND COULD BECOME A STANDARD SAFETY DEVICE IN 2016 10 June 2015
News THE BEST OF NAPA VALLEY: WINE PRODUCERS, COLLECTORS AND JOHN LEGEND. THESE ARE THE INGREDIENTS OF THE 35TH EDITION OF "NAPA VALLEY AUCTION" THAT REAPED 15. 8 MILLION DOLLARS 09 June 2015
News HOW MUCH DOES AN EXPERT OPINION COUNT? A LOT, WHEN CHOOSING A FINE WINE, REVEALS THE UK PORTAL “WINE OWNERS” SURVEY. ROBERT PARKER IS FIRST, THEN JANCIS ROBINSON AND NEAL MARTIN 09 June 2015
News 136.000 EUROS WAS THE AVERAGE PRICE FOR A HECTARE OF FRENCH DENOMINATION VINEYARD IN 2014, AN INCREASE OF 3.6% OVER 2013. THE TOP ARE CHAMPAGNE VINEYARDS + 4.2% APPRECIATION, 1.12 MILLION EUROS A HECTARE 01 June 2015
News "AMAZON" THE WORLDWIDE E-COMMERCE GIANT, IS READY TO LAUNCH IN THE UNITED STATES, ACCORDING TO RUMOURS FROM "WALL STREET JOURNAL", FOOD PRODUCTS FROM COFFEE TO PASTA, WITH THEIR LOGO, AND ARE LOOKING FOR PRODUCER PARTNERS 29 May 2015
News WINE IS VERSATILE. YOU CAN EVEN WRITE WITH IT, USING THE “WINK PEN”, REFILLABLE WITH WINE AND SUSTAINABLE. IT WILL BE ON THE MARKET IN JULY. THE USA DESIGNER JESS CHAN CREATED IT WITH THE SUPPORT OF 600 SMALL INVESTORS 29 May 2015
News PAIRING "WINE & STOCK MARKET" IN ITALY, WORKS, SAYS THE EXPERIENCE OF "ITALIAN WINE BRANDS". THE VICE PRESIDENT STROCCHI TOLD WINENEWS, “MANY WANT TO JOIN. WE ASSESS 50 MILLION EURO TURNOVER COMPANIES MOSTLY FROM TUSCANY, VENETO AND LOMBARDY” 20 May 2015
News "HOME RESTAURANT IS A COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY AND THEREFORE SUBJECT TO THE REGULATIONS GOVERNING ADMINISTRATION OF FOOD TO THE PUBLIC", SAID THE MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. STOPPANI, FIPE PRESIDENT: "FAIR AND SHAREABLE CHOICE" 15 May 2015
News WINE2WINE SURVEY: ONLY 35% OF ITALIAN WINERIES USE E-COMMERCE. CONFIDENCE IS GROWING, THANKS TO THE TAX CREDIT FOR THOSE WHO INVEST IN ON-LINE BUSINESS, SAID PAOLO DELLACÀ (FINANCIAL CONSULTING LAB) 15 May 2015
News CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, THE FINAL GAME IS ALL ABOUT "WINE". BARCELONA-JUVENTUS IN BERLIN: OPPONENTS ON THE FIELD, ANDRES INIESTA, WHO OWNS BODEGAS INIESTA IN CASTILE-LA MANCHA, AND ANDREA PIRLO, "WINE PRODUCER" OF HIS FAMILY WINERY PRATUM COLLER (BRESCIA) 15 May 2015
News PIERO MASTROBERARDINO IS THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE ISTITUTO GRANDI MARCHI: 19 LEADING ITALIAN WINERIES (7% OF TOTAL BOTTLED WINE EXPORTS). HE SUCCEEDS PIERO ANTINORI WHO LED THE GROUP FOR 10 YEARS AND IS NOW HONORARY PRESIDENT) 14 May 2015
News PLASTIC AND SCREW ON CAPS ARE SPREADING RAPIDLY, BUT WINE LOVERS STILL PREFER NATURAL CORKS, SAID 93% OF THE 4.000 PEOPLE WHO TOOK THE WINE SPECTATOR ONLINE SURVEY 13 May 2015
News THE US PORTAL "INTERNATIONAL WINE REPORT", CONSIDERING REPORTAGE AND TASTING NOTES, RANKED THE BEST WINES ON THE MARKET: "TOP 100 WINES OF 2014". MANY ITALIAN WINES AND THE TENUTA DELLE TERRE NERE PREPHYLLOXERA 2012 IS NUMBER ONE 11 May 2015
News THE DROP IN WINE CONSUMPTION IN ITALY SEES NO END, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST REPORT ON 2014 ISTAT DATA, ANALYZED BY ITALIAN WINE UNION, UIV. 27.5 MILLION CONSUMERS, HALF A MILLION LESS THAN 2013 04 May 2015
News FORTY SIGNATURE MENUS BY TWO AND THREE STARRED CHEFS FOR MOTORISTS TRAVELING IN ITALY. THE MICHELIN GUIDE LAUNCHED THE PROJECT TO SUPPORT "WORLD ROAD SAFETY WEEK" UNTIL MAY 10 04 May 2015
News THE ESTATES & WINES DIVISION OF MOËT HENNESSY IS READY TO TEST THE MARKET WITH ITS FIRST RED WINE PRODUCED IN CHINA. IT WILL BE ON SALE STARTING IN OCTOBER, AND IS CALLED, "AO YUN", PRODUCED FROM CABERNET SAUVIGNON GRAPES GROWN ON THE HIMALAYAS 30 April 2015
News "NO SHOWS”, CUSTOMERS WHO CANCEL AT THE LAST MINUTE, ARE AN ECONOMIC DAMAGE TO RESTAURANTS. WHAT TO DO? THE "THE CLOVE CLUB", STARRED LONDON RESTAURANT, SAYS PAY IN ADVANCE. NO SHOW, NO REFUND 30 April 2015
News AFTER WEEKS OF TASTING AND FORECASTS, THE EN PRIMEUR BORDEAUX 2014 VINTAGE CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN LAUNCHED AND THE FIRST PREMIER GRANDS CRUS CLASSÉS ON THE MARKET ARE CHATEAU MOUTON ROTHSCHILD, 282 EUROS PER BOTTLE, SAME AS 2013 29 April 2015
News ITALIAN CONSUMER SPENDING FROM POSTWAR TO TODAY HAS TOPPLED: FOOD AND BEVERAGE SHOPPING HAS DROPPED FROM 80% IN 1945 (54% DURING THE WAR) TO 18.5% TODAY, REVEALS THE MOST RECENT CONFCOMMERCIO SURVEY 29 April 2015
News MORE SARDINES AND HERRING ON THE FISH MENU IS THE COMMITMENT 20 WORLD FAMOUS CHEFS, INCLUDING MASSIMO BOTTURA, HAVE MADE FOR THE CAMPAIGN "SAVE THE OCEANS: FEED THE WORLD" AGAINST EXPLOITING THE SEAS 09 April 2015
News WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF PRICES OF EN PRIMEUR CHAMPAGNE IN BORDEAUX INCREASE? EVERYONE IS ASKING FOR A CUT OFF PRICE, BUT VINTAGE 2014 IS HIGHER THAN 2013 AND THE CHATEAUX, DESPITE DIFFICULTIES IN THE EAST, ARE HOLDING TIGHT (RISKING A FIASCO) 07 April 2015
News KEY WINE WORDS ON TWITTER: “WINE, OF COURSE, THEN QUALITY, HISTORY, EARTH AND DAY, RELATED TO DAILY LIFE IN WINERIES, VINEYARDS AND TERRITORY. IT IS STILL A VERY TRADITIONAL LANGUAGE”, SAYS PAOLO ERRICO OF "MAXFONE" 02 April 2015
News TWO HUNDRED CHEFS IN A TEMPORARY RESTAURANT WILL TEACH ALL ABOUT FOOD. IT’S CALLED "IDENTITY EXPO" AND FOR 6 MONTHS AT EXPO 2015, ITALIAN AND INTERNATIONAL CHEFS WILL ALTERNATE, FROM BOTTURA TO CRACCO AND OLDANI 01 April 2015
News ONLY ONE STABLE IN FIVE HAS SURVIVED THE MILK QUOTA REGIME IN EFFECT FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS AND ENDING TODAY. THERE ARE ONLY 36.000 DAIRY FARMS LEFT IN ITALY AND THE DANGER IS NEW FINES AND THE INVASION OF MILK FROM ABROAD (40%), SAID COLDIRETTI 31 March 2015
News HOW TO BRING YOUNG PEOPLE BACK TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH? INSTEAD OF BRINGING THEM CLOSER TO GOD IN CHURCH, IT’S BETTER TO OPEN A…BAR. THIS IS THE IDEA OF THE CHURCH IN LILLE THAT THANKS TO CHURCH FUNDS HAS OPENED "BAR CANA" 30 March 2015
News IT’S THE YEAR OF MARRONETO WINERY’S BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO. "THE WINE ADVOCATE"AWARDED 100/100, 99/100 FOR MADONNA DELLE GRAZIE 2010 AND IS THE NUMBER 1 WINE FOR THE US MAGAZINE "THE WINE ENTHUSIAST BUYING GUIDE" 30 March 2015
News THE MADE IN ITALY LABEL WILL ARRIVE MID APRIL, BUT WILL GO ON SHELVES AND NOT ON INDIVIDUAL PACKAGES, ANNOUNCED MINISTER MARTINA WHO DEFENDS THE PARTICIPATION OF COCA COLA AND MCDONALD'S AT EXPO: "WITHOUT THEIR BUSINESS EXPO IS INCOMPLETE" 27 March 2015
News "THERE ARE A FEW DETAILS TO WORK OUT, BUT THE DECISION HAS BEEN MADE". ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT VERDICCHIO WINE COMPANIES, FAZI BATTAGLIA, IS JOINING BERTANI DOMAINS, OF THE ANGELINI WINE GROUP, THE CEO EMILIO PEDRON CONFIRMED TO WINENEWS 18 March 2015
News THE PROWEIN-WINE INTELLIGENCE SURVEY ON DISTRIBUTION TRENDS IN THE WINE WORLD REVEALED "CONVENIENCE STORES", ON LINE MARKETS AND SOME TOP MASS RETAIL CHAINS ARE GROWING. 17 March 2015
News WHEN IT COMES TO WINE THE ONLY RULE IS COMMON SENSE, ASSOCIATING IT TO ONLY ALCOHOL, AND OF COURSE WHEN YOU DRINK IT. THIS WAS THE SIMPLE REFLECTION ON A COMPLEX THEME AT THE UIV ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION, “ALCOHOL, REASON AND FEELING” 12 March 2015
News FRENCH EAT MORE PIZZATHAN ITALIANS ACCORDING TO "LE PARISIEN”. THE FRENCH MAKE MORE THAN 809 MILLION PIZZAS A YEAR – AN AVERAGE OF 5 KG PER PERSON. MORE THAN THE ITALIANS, BUT LESS THAN THE AMERICANS 06 March 2015
News FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE PALIO DI SIENA, THE "PALIO" OR "CENCIO" TO THE WINNING CONTRADA WILL BE PAINTED WITH WINE BY THE FLORENTINE ARTIST AND CREATOR OF WINE ART TECHNOLOGY, ELISABETTA ROGAI 05 March 2015
News TIGNANELLO, JEWEL OF ANTINORI WINE, AT NUMBER 12 AND ZONIN, ONE OF THE TOP ITALIAN WINE BRANDS AT NUMBER 18 ON THE 2015 "WORLD'S MOST ADMIRED WINE BRANDS" RANKING BY "DRINKS INTERNATIONAL". THE SPANISH WINE, TORRES IS NUMBER ONE 04 March 2015
News MORE THAN 1,000 CHEFS IN EVERY CORNER OF THE FIVE CONTINENTS WILL HONOR FRENCH CUISINE ON MARCH 19TH. "GOUT DE FRANCE / GOOD FRANCE ", FRENCH AND ITALIAN CHEFS WILL MEET FOR HEALTHIER AND NATURAL CUISINE 02 March 2015
News THERE IS NOTHING OFFICIAL YET, BUT RUMORS ARE BEGINNING TO SPREAD THAT BRUNELLO CUCINELLI IS GOING FROM FASHION TO THE WINE WORLD, TALKING ABOUT 6 ACRES OF VINEYARDS OF NATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL VARIETIES AND A TRADITIONAL CELLAR 02 March 2015
News VENICE REDISCOVERS ITS ANCIENT WINE HERITAGE. AFTER THE BISOL EXPERIENCE ON MAZZORBO ISLAND, HENRI DARNAT, VIGNERON OF MEURSAULT (BURGUNDY) IS ON TH E ISLAND OF SANT'ERASMO, BETTING HEAVILY ON THE LAGUNA 02 March 2015
News “ 5.1 BILLION EUROS IN EXPORTS IN 2014 IS A GREAT RESULT FOR A VERY PARTICULAR YEAR, AND THE GOAL TO DOUBLE EXPORTS FOR 2020 IS STILL WITHIN REACH”, THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, MAURIZIO MARTINA TOLD WINENEWS 27 February 2015
