News “I DON’T THINK THERE IS ANY RIVALRY WITH PROSECCO BECAUSE CHAMPAGNE HAS NOTHING TO FEAR. AND, THERE IS ROOM FOR ALL ON THE WORLD MARKET PLACE”, SAID THIERRY GASCO, CHEF DE CAVE OF ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS FRENCEH BRANDS, POMMERY 18 June 2014
News MASTERS OF WINE: HOW TO WIN THE "WINE MARKET WAR"? MAINTAINING PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS, CONFIDENCE IN YOUR BRAND AND INCREASING TRANSPARENCY, SAID ALVAREZ-PETERS (COSTCO), PETRASSI (WAITROSE), LARSSON (SYSTEMBOLAGET) E KLINGER (AWMB) 17 June 2014
News THE NEW WORLD WIDE FOOD MANIFESTO WILL BE MADE IN ITALY, OR BETTER MADE IN PIEDMONT. THE TEACHERS AND RESEARCHERS OF THE CULINARY SCIENCES UNIVERSITY IN POLLENZO (THAT CELEBRATES 10 YEARS OF ACTIVITY) ARE FINISHING IT 16 June 2014
News THE WINEBOW GROUP “GIANT” -1200 EMPLOYEES AND A TURNOVER OF 600 MILLION DOLLARS- IS THE MERGER WITH THE VINTNER GROUP AND WILL BE THE ONLY ITALIAN WINE IMPORT COMPANY DISTRIBUTING DIRECTLY IN 15 US STATES 11 June 2014
News PAY WITH A KISS IS THE ACT OF LOVE THAT WINERIA IN MILAN OFFERS ITS CUSTOMERS AT HAPPY HOUR WITH # PAGACONUNBACIO (STARTING JUNE 18TH). HOW DOES IT WORK? A COUPLE ORDERS TWO GLASSES OF WINE AND STARTS FLIRTING 09 June 2014
News ALEX FERGUSON’S WINES CONTINUE TO TOP THE AUCTIONS. 3.8 MILLION DOLLARS IN MAY AND NOW CHRISTIE'S HAS BEAT 1.1 MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE LEGENDARY COACH OF MANCHESTER’S WINES. FIRST OF ALL, BURGUNDY. ITALY WITH SASSICAIA, ORNELLAIA AND GAJA 09 June 2014
News “NOT ONLY FOOD BUT COOKING SHOULD BE SUSTAINABLE, TOO. MY DREAM? FINDING THE ESSENCE OF VEGETARIAN CUISINE. MY FAVORITE ITAIAN DISHES? I LOVE TAJARIN AND FOCACCIA”, SAID RENÉ REDZEPI, NUMBER ONE CHEF IN THE WORLD 03 June 2014
News IT IS PIZZA MARGHERITA’S BIRTHDAY - 125 YEARS OLD, AS A LETTER DATED JUNE 1889 FROM THE HEAD OF TABLE SERVICES FOR THE ROYAL PALACE DOCUMENTS, ASKING CHEF ESPOSITO TO PREPARE HIS FAMOUS PIZZAS FOR HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN 02 June 2014
News WHO IS WILLING TO PAY MORE FOR WINE? GENERATION Y, THE MILLENIALS- UNDER 35 - ARE THE FUTURE OF THE WINE INDUSTRY, SAYS THE WINE INTELLIGENCE REPORT "CARPE VINUM" FOR THE UK LONDON WINE FAIR 30 May 2014
News ONE YEAR AFTER HE RESIGNED FROM SOCCER, ALEX FERGUSON SAYS GOOD BYE TO HIS HUGE WINE COLLECTION. THE FIRST PART, AUCTIONED BY CHRISTIE’S IN HONG KONG, SOLD FOR ALMOST 4 MILLION EUROS. THE TOP SELLERS, OF COURSE, WERE ROMANÉE-CONTI AND SASSICAIA 26 May 2014
News “RESPECT AND COURAGE WILL COUNTERACT THE DECLINE OF WINE CONSUMPTION IN ITALY, CREATED BY THOSE WHO PRODUCE, SELL AND NARRATE IT”, SAID ANGELO GAJA, ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS ITALIAN PRODUCERS IN THE WORLD 26 May 2014
News CMO WINE: VENETO (11.7 MILLION EUROS) SICILY (8.8) AND TUSCANY (7.4) ARE THE REGIONS WITH MOST FUNDS FOR PROMOTION. THE ITALIAN WINE CONSORTIUM, GRANDI MARCHI, GRUPPO ITALIANO VINI AND CAMPARI AT THE TOP FOR NATIONAL FUNDING 26 May 2014
News MASTERS OF WINE SYMPOSIUM: HOW TO KEEP UP SUCCESS IN THE WINE WORLD? LOOKING AT THE LONG TERM AND TRUSTING IN UNIQUENESS, ACCORDING TO SEELY (AXA MILLÉSIMES), SAMANT (SULA), HEPP (SCHLOSS VOLLRADS) AND OSCAR FARINETTI 16 May 2014
News MASTERS OF WINE SYMPOSIUM: THE GENETICIST JOSÉ VOUILLAMOZ SAID THAT IN 50 YEARS COUNOISE AND VERDESS GRAPES WOULD BE TOP IN FRANCE AND LAGREIN AND NIEDDERA IN ITALY. 16 May 2014
News THE "SOUND SOMMELIER": “SOMMELIER WHO RESEARCHES THE RIGHT SOUNDS TO MAKE WINE TASTING EVEN MORE PLEASANT”. WINENEWS INTERVIEWED PAOLO SCARPELLINI: "WINE IS A MATTER OF SENSES, INCLUDING THE SENSE OF HEARING”. 14 May 2014
News IN 1927 MAN COULD RECOGNIZE 10.000 DIFFERENT SMELLS WHILE TODAY THE STUDY BY PROFESSOR LESLIE VOSSHALL, ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK COUNTS A THOUSAND BILLION... 13 May 2014
News IT IS IMPORTANT TO NARRATE THE ORIGINS OF ITALIAN FOOD&WINE, AND OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS FARINETTI WILL BRING BITS OF ITALY TO EATALY IN MAHATTAN, FROM THE MILAN CATHEDRAL TO THE ROYAL ORCHESTA OF TORINO 12 May 2014
News SLOW FOOD ITALY. THE AGRONOMIST FROM CAMPANIA, GAETANO PASCALE, NEWLY ELECTED PRESIDENT FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, SAID, "WE ARE NO LONGER TWO TEAMS, BUT ONE, GREAT ASSOCIATION" 11 May 2014
News EVEN WINE LEGENDS SURRENDER TO THE CHARM OF THE WEB. NONE LESS THAN THE SACRED CHATEAU D'YQUEM WILL BE THE STAR OF ITS FIRST "FLASH SALE", WITH 3 VINTAGES (1996, 1998, 2000) ON EUROPE’S LEADING SITE, VENTE-PRIVEE.COM 09 May 2014
News MONO BRANDS: "MASI WINE BAR" OPENS IN ZURICH. IT IS “A NEW ROAD, MADE OF EMOTIONS AND EXPERIENCES”, SAID RAFFAELE BOSCAINI. IN THE COMPANY OF NAMES SUCH AS ANTINORI, FRESCOBALDI, FERRARI, ZONIN, CHIANTI… 09 May 2014
News HOW WE PERCEIVE THE TASTE OF WINE IS NOT DUE TO TASTE AND SMELL BUT THE TRIGEMINAL NERVE. A STUDY BY SCIENTISTS AT THE RUHR UNIVERSITY IN BOCHUM (GERMANY), DISCOVERED THIS PROVOCATIVE THEORY, PUBLISHED BY "CHEMICAL SENSES" 09 May 2014
News REDISCOVERING REAL FARMERS THAT INDUSTRIALIZATION HAS BEEN OBSCURING, THE AGRICULTURAL DIMENSION AND AGRICULTURE AS A SCHOOL OF LIBERATION: THE “PASIONARIA”, SILVIA PEREZ-VITORIA 07 May 2014
News ANTI-COUNTERFEIT: THE FRANCE-CHINA LINE HAS TAKEN GIANT STEPS, INCLUDING PREVENTION AND REPRESSION. THE "PROTECTED ECO ORIGIN OF PRODUCTS" LABEL CERITIFIES THE ORIGIN OF FRENCH WINE AND DECLARES WAR ON COUNTERFEITOR SHIPS 07 May 2014
News REDISCOVERING REAL FARMERS THAT INDUSTRIALIZATION HAS BEEN MAKING DISAPPEAR, THE AGRICULTURAL DIMENSION, AND AGRICULTURE AS A SCHOOL OF LIBERATION: THE “PASIONARIA”, SILVIA PEREZ-VITORIA 07 May 2014
News THE 17TH EDITION OF CIBUS OPENED ON THE WAVE OF GROWING EXPORTS, TIMID MARKET COMEBACK, ORGANIC, HEALTH CONSCIOUSNESS, BATTLE AGAINST WASTE AND A LOOK AT WORLD MARKETS FOR WINE & FOOD, EVER MORE THE SYMBOL OF ITALY AND EXPO 2015 05 May 2014
News ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND FAMOUS ITALIAN WINE LANDSCAPES HAS TAKEN ANOTHER STEP TOWARDS THE UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE: LANGHE-ROERO AND MONFERRATO CLOSER TO THE "WORLD HERITAGE LIST". THE DECISION IN JUNE IN DOHA 30 April 2014
News MASSIMO BOTTURA (OSTERIA FRANCESCANA) CONFIRMS THIRD PLACE BEHIND THE DANISH RENÉ REDZEPI (NOMA) AND THE SPANISH ROCA BROTHERS (EL CELLER DE CAN ROCA): HERE IS THE "THE WORLD'S 50 BEST RESTAURANTS" 2014, WITH CRIPPA And ALAJMO, BUT NOT SCABIN 29 April 2014
News THE ITALIAN FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP IS COMING TO A CLOSE, SO FANS ARE NOW FOCUSED ON THE WORLD CUP IN BRAZIL, WHERE FOOTBALL WILL ENCOUNTER WINE, THE NEW "GREEN GOLD" PASSION, ESPECIALLY IF IT IS ITALIAN: CHIANTI, BAROLO AND BARBERA, FIRST OF ALL 29 April 2014
News CHINA IN EASTERN EUROPE: THE RED GATE FUND IS READY TO BUY ONE OF THE THREE VINARTE ESTATES IN ROMANIA. A 3.6 MILLION EUROS INVESTMENT FOR 94 ACRES OF VINEYARDS, WINE CELLAR, BRAND AND WAREHOUSE 29 April 2014
News IN FRANCE USING CHEMICALS IN VINEYARDS IS NOT A LAUGHING MATTER: AFTER THE GIBOULOT CASE, THE "BIO-VIGNERON" WHO REFUSED TO USE PESTICIDES, FOR THE FIRST TIME A BORDEAUX WINERY HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF PESTICIDE POISONING OF AN EMPLOYEE 28 April 2014
News IN EUROPE WINE CONSUMPTION CONTINUES TO FOLLOW A RELENTLESS NEGATIVE TREND, BUT THE USA IS "CELEBRATING" 20 YEARS OF GROWTH. IN 2013, 36.3 BILLION DOLLARS IN WINE, WAITING FOR THE NEW GENERATION BOOM 28 April 2014
News ANOTHER ROUGH YEAR FOR BORDEAUX CRUS. PRICES FOR THE 2013 HARVEST, ONE OF THE WORST IN RECENT YEARS, ARE ALL DOWN, FROM MOUTON TO LAFITE. BUT THE NÉGOCIANTS EXPECTED BETTER SO THEY REWARDED THE QUATRIÈME E CINQUIÉME CRU UNDER 40 DOLLARS 22 April 2014
News HOW TO WIN BACK YOUNG CONSUMERS IN THE "OLD WORLD", WHERE THE DECREASE IN CONSUMPTION OF WINE SEEMS RELENTLESS ESPECIALLY IN THE MOST IMPORTANT PRODUCTION COUNTRIES? FOCUSING ON SWEET AND FRUITY WINES, REVEALS THE "MINTEL" STUDY 18 April 2014
News WINE AUCTIONS STARTED WITH A BANG IN 2014: 34.1 MILLION DOLLARS IN THE FIRST 3 MONTHS IN THE US AND 28.4 MILLION IN HONG KONG, REVEALS THE WINE SPECTATOR AUCTION INDEX. ITALY IS DOING WELL WITH SASSICAIA AND SOLAIA. 18 April 2014
News THE GIRO D’ITALIA IS COMING BACK TO THE VINEYARDS THIS YEAR WITH “THE WINE TRIAL” FROM BAROLO TO BARBARESCO. THE PASSAGE OF THE PINK CARAVAN WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROMOTE THE TERRITORY AND ITS EXCELLENT WINES. 18 April 2014
News MOSCATO D'ASTI, BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO AND CHATEANEUF-DU-PAPE WERE THE TOP 3 MOST SEARCHED WINES AND TERRITORIES ON THE PORTAL WINE-SEARCHER.COM IN 2013. PARKER THE MOST SEARCHED CRITIC AND "FROM SEX TO SANGIOVESE, SAVANNA SAMSON" THE TOP NEWS ITEM. 14 April 2014
News ANTINORI WITH 39% OF THE INDEX, THE SICILIAN WINE CUSUMANO (33%) AND CANTINE FERRARI (30%): THESE ARE THE TOP THREE HIGHEST PROFIT FIRMS ON THE RANKING BY ANNA MARTINO FOR “CORRIERE ECONOMIA” 13 April 2014
News WINE E-COMMERCE IN ITALY IS STILL A MICRONICHE, AS ITS VALUE IS ESTIMATED AROUND 30 MILLION EUROS. BUT MANY BELIEVE IN IT, FROM THE VINITALY WINE CLUB TO THE GIANT "SALDIPRIVATI.COM” AND THE ITALIAN POST OFFICE 11 April 2014
News THE REAL ESTATE BUBBLE THAT HAD PUT VINEYARD PRICES OVER THE TOP BURST IN 2009. NOW THE WINE TERRITORY MARKET IS STARTING TO GROW AGAIN, ESPECIALLY IN TUSCANY, VENETO AND PIEDMONT. BUT PRICES START AT 1 MILLION EUROS 11 April 2014
News "I AM HERE TO MAKE A SERIOUS COMMITMENT BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT WANTS TO LISTEN AND SUPPORT THE WINE WORLD”, SAID THE ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER, MATTEO RENZI AT VINITALY. "THE GOAL FOR 2020 IS TO EXPORT 7.5 BILLION EUROS" 10 April 2014
