News WHAT IF CHINESE WINE BECOMES GLOBAL: COFCO, FOOD & WINE GIANT CONTROLLED BY THE BEIJING GOVERNMENT IS READY TO LAUNCH ON THE MARKET CHINESE BRANDS "FRANCE GREAT WALL", "CHILEAN GREAT WALL" AND "AUSTRALIAN GREAT WALL", COUNSELLED BY MICHELLE ROLLAND 01 March 2013
News WINE DIVERSITY: MICHEL BETTANE, ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS CRITICS IN THE WORLD, TOGETHER WITH THIERRY DESSEAUVE HAS AUTHORED THE "GRAND GUIDE DES VINS DE FRANCE". 27 February 2013
News CITIES OF WINE / CENSIS: FOOD AND WINE TOURISM IN ITALY IS "GREEN", SOCIAL IS TRENDY BUT STILL A NICHE. ENVIRONMENT IS NUMBER ONE APPEAL FACTOR (23%) WHILE TOURISTS (89.2%) AND MUNICIPALITIES (83%) CLICK AWAY ON THE WEB 25 February 2013
News TUSCANY IS THE QUEEN OF WINE RESORTS: 65 TOP RESORTS IN ITS WINE TERRITORIES IDENTIFIED BY THE CENTER FOR PROMOTION OF TUSCANY. AND IT IS ONE OF THE TOP REGIONS FOR LUXURY AND SUPER LUXURY IN ITALY 19 February 2013
News ROBERT PARKER: "I WAS NOT SURPRISED AT ANTONIO GALLONI’S CHOICE. HE HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB AND HAS A BRILLIANT FUTURE. I WISH HIM ALL THE LUCK IN THE WORLD. "THE WINE ADVOCATE" WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE EXCELLENT ARTICLES 18 February 2013
News ANTONIO GALLONI LEAVES "THE WINE ADVOCATE": THE CRITIC FOR THE AMERICAN MAGAZINE (NOW IN ASIAN HANDS) IS STARTING A NEW VENTURE ONLINE AT ANTONIOGALLONI.COM. "I’LL BE ABLE TO SERVE MY READERS BETTER THAN BEFORE" 15 February 2013
News THE WINE WORLD CONQUERS BENETTON: ALEXANDER, THE NEW LEADER OF THE TEXTILE EMPIRE HAS BOUGHT FARNESE WINE. FROM APULIA AND ABRUZZO THE GOAL IS TO DOUBLE SALES FOCUSING ON HIGH-END WINES AND NEW MARKETS 14 February 2013
News “ITALIAN WINE HAS UNLIMITED POTENTIAL BECAUSE THERE IS A WORLDWIDE DESIRE FOR A PIECE OF MEDITERRANEAN LIFE, MADE IN ITALY AND THINGS THAT ONLY ITALY AND NO ONE ELSE HAS”, ANTONIO GALLONI ("THE WINE ADVOCATE") TOLD WINENEWS 13 February 2013
News “ITALIAN WINE HAS UNLIMITED POTENTIAL BECAUSE THERE IS A WORLDWIDE DESIRE FOR A PIECE OF MEDITERRANEAN LIFE, MADE IN ITALY AND THINGS THAT ONLY ITALY AND NO ONE ELSE HAS”, ANTONIO GALLONI ("THE WINE ADVOCATE") TOLD WINENEWS 13 February 2013
News FROM LODOVICO ANTINORI TO ALLEGRINI, GAJA AND SASSICAIA, THE SYMBOLS OF MADE IN ITALY PLAY A KEY ROLE IN WORLD AUCTIONS ... LIKE THE "NAPLES WINTER WINE FESTIVAL" THE MOST IMPORTANT CHARITY AUCTION IN THE USA 04 February 2013
News IN SPITE OF THE CRISIS, THE FUTURE IS WINE. THE WORLDWIDE CONSUMPTION OF WINE WILL GROW 5.31% BETWEEN 2012-2016, FOR 25.85 BILLION LITERS OF WINE DRUNK, ACCORDING TO VINEXPO AND ISWR 01 February 2013
News LUCIO MASTROBERARDINO, PRESIDENT OF ITALIAN WINE UNION (UIV) AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WINE ENTREPRENEURS IN CAMPANIA, HAS DIED. TERREDORA IS TODAY ONE OF THE LEADING WINE FIRMS IN SOUTHERN ITALY, WITH 200 ACRES OF VINEYARDS 30 January 2013
News "FROM ITALY WITH LOVE": JAMIE OLIVER, FOOD ENFANT PRODIGE, AT 37 OWNS THE RESTAURANT CHAIN "JAMIE'S ITALIAN". THE WINE CHOICE IS SICILIAN WINE CELLAR SETTESOLI IN HIS ITALIAN RESTAURANTS IN ENGLAND, DUBAI AND SIDNEY 29 January 2013
News CHINA IS SLOWING DOWN, EVEN FOR ITALY. AFTER THE EXPLOIT OF 2011, WHEN WINE IMPORTS MARKED + 39.4% OF IMPORTS FROM 6 MAJOR WORLD PRODUCERS, CHINA IS DROPPING DOWN TO "NORMAL" LEVELS: +9.5% IN 2012 25 January 2013
News WINE: BEIJING TO NEW YORK VIA MOSCOW. ITALIAN EXPORTS TO THE USA DOWN BUT THE STATES STILL HOLD THE LEAD, SHIPMENTS ARE GROWING IN CHINA, BUT FRANCE IS STILL DISTANT. AND RUSSIA FOUND A WAY TO "WORK AROUND" THE ADVERTISING BAN 15 January 2013
News AFTER TWO YEARS IN FREE FALL (LESS 9% IN 2012 AND LESS 15% IN 2011), THE AVERAGE PRICE OF FINE WINES IS READY TO GO UP IN 2013, BY 14%. THE OPTIMISTIC FORECAST IS BY CHRIS SMITH INVESTMENT MANAGER OF THE WINE INVESTMENT FUND 10 January 2013
News NOT ONLY FRANCE: AUSTRALIAN WINE MAKERS BETTING HEAVY ON NATIVE ITALIAN GRAPES SAGRANTINO, SANGIOVESE, NEGROAMARO, FIANO, BARBARESCO, NEBBIOLO AND MOSCATO FOR A WINE REBIRTH... 09 January 2013
News FROM CASHMERE TO WINE: BRUNELLO CUCINELLI’S NEW ADVENTURE AT SOLOMEO. THE WINEMAKER IS MICHELE BAIOCCO. RUMORS SAY DUE TO THE ENTREPRENEUR’S PASSION FOR SUPERTUSCANS, THE ACCENT WILL BE ON "INTERNATIONAL" REDS. 31 December 2012
News NEW YEAR'S EXPORTS OF ITALIAN SPARKLING WINE TO FRANCE DOUBLED (+91%) AND IS GROWING IN THE REST OF THE WORLD, SAID COLDIRETTI. AND THE CIA IN ITALY, 9 FAMILIES ON 10 WILL CHOOSE "MADE IN ITALY" BUBBLES FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT TOAST OF THE YEAR 28 December 2012
News THERE IS A WORLD OF WINE WITH ANCIENT ROOTS IN "VOLCANOES" AND THEIR TERRITORIES FROM SOAVE TO ETNA, GIVING LIFE TO TRULY UNIQUE WINES THAT DESERVE TO BE STUDIED AND NARRATED BETTER AND MORE. THIS IS THE MESSAGE FROM "VULCANIA NAPOLI" 10 December 2012
News ITALY AND FRANCE – COMMON DESTINY: THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF WINE TIED TO LOWER CONSUMPTION AND THE SMALLEST HARVEST IN DECADES ON DOMESTIC MARKETS WHILE FOREIGN MARKETS, ABOVE ALL U.S. AND CHINA, SHOW A POSTIVE PERFORMANCE 06 December 2012
News “A PREMEDITATED, CRIMINAL, VANDALISTIC ACT OF EXTREME GRAVITY FOR THE ENTIRE TERRITORY”: THE STATEMENT OF THE SOLDERA FAMILY AFTER THE ENTIRE 2007-1012 PRODUCTION OF THE CASE BASSE WINERY HAS BEEN DESTROYED BY “UNKNOWNS” 04 December 2012
News VANDALS IN MONTALCINO: DESTROYED IN THE NIGHT THE ENTIRE PRODUCTION (2007-2012) OF CASE BASSE WINERY, A SMALL BUT PRESTIGIOUS PRODUCER OF BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO. THE OWNER GIANFRANCO SOLDERA TOLD WINENEWS 03 December 2012
News MEDIOBANCA REPORT ON THE LEADING COMPANIES (TURNOVER 2011): THE BIG ITALIAN WINE COMPANIES ARE STRONGER THAN THE CRISIS. TOP GIV (368 MILLION), ZONIN FOR GROWTH (+17%), ANTINORI FOR NET OPERATING INCOME (41 MILLION). DOWN ONLY THE "RUSSIAN" GANCIA 03 December 2012
News WINE ALARM IN CHINA: THE CHINA ALCOHOLIC DRINKS ASSOCIATION (NGO NON-PROFIT) SAYS IN ALL WINES PRODUCED IN THE COUNTRY, CONCENTRATION OF "PLASTICIZING" SUBSTANCES IS MORE THAN DOUBLE PERMITTED BY LAW 03 December 2012
News IT IS CERTAIN: VINTAGE 2012 WILL NOT GO DOWN IN HISTORY BUT IT’S NOT THAT BAD, EITHER, SAY TOP ITALIAN WINEMAKERS NOW THAT THE WHITE AND RED GRAPES HAVE BECOME WINE 30 November 2012
News THE CRISIS, BUT NOT ONLY, IS CHANGING THE MARKET AND EVEN HOW TO NARRATE WINE. PEOPLE NO LONGER WANT TECHNOLOGICAL FACTS, BUT CULTURE. WINENEWS FACE TO FACE WITH CHARLIE ARTURAOLA, THE "300.000 KM A YEAR" SOMMELIER 28 November 2012
News ITALY IN THE PRESTIGIOUS "TOP 100" 2012 OF THE INFLUENTIAL AMERICAN MAGAZINE "WINE SPECTATOR", WEIGHING IN LIGHTER THAN 2011 ... BUT REPRESENTED BY 16 (20 in 2011) AWARD-WINNING WINES, 7 FROM TUSCANY AND 5 FROM PIEDMONT... 26 November 2012
News IT IS FINALLY HERE. RIGHT NOW, ONLY IN THE STATES AND FOR AMERICAN WINES ONLY: THE E-COMMERCE GIANT AMAZON (IN SEPTEMBER 2012 THEY INVOICE MORE THAN 3.8 MILLIION US DOLLARS, ED) HAS LAUNCHED ITS WINE SECTION 12 November 2012
News FROM WHITE BARBERA TO POWDERED BAROLO AND GRATED GORGONZOLA: THE "CULT" OF FALSE MADE IN ITALY PRODUCTS IS STILL IN THE SPOTLIGHT AND "STEALS" 60 BILLION EUROS A YEAR FROM HONEST FARMERS, REPORTS COLDIRETTI 02 November 2012
News INTERPOL AND NAC ALSO FIGHTING FALSE BAROLO, CHIANTI, VALPOLICELLA, MONTEPULCIANO AND NERO D'AVOLA PRODUCTS IN THE UK. 3.500 KG OF FAKE ITALIAN PRODUCTS AND OVER 1 TON OF HEALTH HAZARDOUS EASTERN EUROPE PRODUCTS SEIZED BY NAS IN MILAN 02 November 2012
News THE FRENCH TAKE MADE IN ITALY TO CHINA: THE FRENCH CHAIN AUCHAN IS TAKING "A TASTE OF THE REGIONS" TO THE ORIENT (UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE). "BECAUSE EVERYONE WANTS TO TASTE ITALIAN FOOD AND IT DOESN’T MATTER WHO SELLS IT" 01 November 2012
News ZONIN: "CALIFORNIA DREAM"? ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MADE IN ITALY WINE GROUPS (2 THOUSAND HECTARES OF VINEYARDS IN ALL OF ITALY) HAS JUST OPENED "ALTEMURA" IN APULIA, AND IS ALREADY THINKING ABOUT THEIR NEXT STEP: THE UNITED STATES (AND NOT ONLY) 22 October 2012
News CORKS & CO: THE FUTURE USES & APPLICATIONS OF THIS 100% RECYCLABLE MATERIAL INCLUDE A GRAMOPHONE, POWER OUTLET, HEADPHONES, CHAIRS, SLIPPERS AND EVEN A BEEHIVE (BY ANNA LOSKIEWICZ) DESIGNED BY YOUNG DESIGNERS AND AWARDED BY AMORIM 10 October 2012
News TASTE IDENTITY 2013 BY PAOLO MARCHI: THE BEST MALE / FEMALE CHEF (ANTONINO CANNAVACCIUOLO, ANTONIA KLUGMANN) THE BEST FOREIGN CHEF (DANIEL HUMM), TOP SOMMELIER (MAURO MATTEI), THE SURPRISE OF THE YEAR (SILVIO SALMOIRAGHI). THESE ARE THE YOUNG STARS 09 October 2012
News MASSIMO BOTTURA (OSTERIA FRANCESCANA), HEINZ BECK (LA PERGOLA) AND GIANFRANCO VISSANI (VISSANI OF BASCHI) WITH 95/100 ARE THE MAGNIFICENT THREE AT THE TOP OF THE ITALIAN FOOD OLYMPICS: HERE ARE "THE RESTAURANTS OF ITALY" 2013 BY GAMBERO ROSSO 09 October 2012
News "IT’S AN INSULT TO THOSE WHO MAKE REAL WINE AND I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF IT WERE ALSO AN AN ATTEMPT ON CONSUMERS’ HEALTH". THE AGRICULTURE CHAIRMAN OF THE VENETO REGION MANZATO, IS AGAINST THE DO IT YOURSELF WINE KITS WITH DOC NAMES SOLD IN THE UK 26 September 2012
News THE BEST ITALIAN WINE IS TREBBIANO D’ABRUZZO 2007 BY VALENTINI, THEN BAROLO RESERVE MONPRIVATO CÀ D'MORISSIO 2004 BY MASCARELLO AND SASSICAIA 2009 BY SAN GUIDO ESTATE. THE "BEST ITALIAN WINE AWARDS-THE 50 BEST WINES OF ITALY" 25 September 2012
News THE WINE OF ZUCCO: FROM DUKE OF AUMALE TO PRESIDENT ZAMPARINI. SICILY REDISCOVERS THE PRODUCTION STARTED BY THE ORLEANS AT THE END OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. LIDIA RIZZO’S DOCUMENTARY FILM TRACES ITS HISTORY. WHO WILL CARRY ON THE LEGACY? 25 September 2012
News ITALIANS CAN REST ASSURED: FOOD ON THEIR PLATES IN 2011, FRUIT, VEGETABLES AND MEAT WAS 99.8% SAFE, REVEAL DATA FROM THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH. CONFAGRICOLTURA: "THANKS TO FARMERS" 20 September 2012
