News “2017 IS SATISFACTORY, BUT NOT A WINNING YEAR FOR ITALIAN WINE. THE DOMESTIC MARKET DID WELL, BUT EXPORTS SUFFER THE COMPETITION. IN 2018 WE NEED A NEW QUALITY LEAP”, ERNESTO ABBONA, PRESIDENT OF ITALIAN UNION WINES, TOLD “WINE IN FIGURES 2018” 15 January 2018
News BUBBLES, ESPECIALLY LOCAL, MORE NICHE AND ORGANIC WINES, PLUS MORE INFORMATION AND YOUNGER AND YOUNGER CUSTOMERS ARE THE WINE TRENDS FOR 2018 ACCORDING TO THE DISTRIBUTORS MEREGALLI, PROPOSTA VINI, LES CAVES DE PYRENE, SARZI AMADÈ AND CUZZIOL 28 December 2017
News ITALIAN WINE MUST LEARN TO TRUST THE FINANCIAL MARKET IF IT WANTS TO GROW AND CONQUER NEW ONES. SANDRO BOSCAINI, PRESIDENT OF MASI AGRICOLA AND FEDERVINI SAID, “THE FINANCIAL WORLD WILL GIVE THE STABILITY AND CRITICAL MASS TO GROW” 22 December 2017
News 20 ITALIANS ON THE “INTERNATIONAL WINE REPORT” RANKING “TOP 100 WINES OF 2017”. BAROLO TOPPED BRUNELLO AND THREE ITALIANS ARE IN THE TOP TEN -VIETTI BAROLO RAVERA 2013, POGGIO DI SOTTO BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2012 AND MEROI MALVASIA ZITELLE DURÌ 2015 21 December 2017
News PERFECTION MIGHT NOT BE OF THIS WORLD, BUT ITALIAN WINES COME VERY CLOSE ACCORDING TO THE BEST WINES RANKING BY “WINE LISTER”. GIACOMO CONTERNO’S BAROLO MONFORTINO RISERVA AND BAROLO CASCINA FRANCIA, ARE NUMBER ONE AND TWO, FOLLOWED BY MASSETO 20 December 2017
News STOCKS: THE FINAL NUMBERS. THERE ARE 53 MILLION HECTOLITERS OF WINES AND MUSTS IN ITALIAN WINE CELLARS (AS OF DECEMBER 11TH), THE DECREASE WILL BE 8.7 MILLION HECTOLITERS FOR 2018 AND THE UPWARD TREND ON WINE PRICES WILL CONTINUE 19 December 2017
News THE 2017 HARVEST IN TUSCANY DROPPED BY 40% FOR A LOSS OF 480 MILLION EUROS. WINE PRODUCERS ARE ASKING THE REGION TO FREEZE PAYMENT ON TAXES, CONTRIBUTIONS AND MORTGAGES, REPORTS THE CONFAGRICOLTURA “BULLETIN” 19 December 2017
News THE MOST POPULAR, THE MOST EXPENSIVE, THE HIGHEST INTERNATIONAL CRITICS AWARDS AND THE BEST QUALITY / PRICE RATIO ITALIAN WINES ON WINE-SEARCHER 2017 TOP 10 ANALYZED BY WINENEWS 18 December 2017
News TWO WINES, VINOCCHIO AND UVAGINA, AGAINST HOMOPHOBIC BULLYING. THE TWO TOP WINES OF THE COMPANY PRODIGIO DIVINO, LEAD BY THE COUPLE BRUNO TOMMASSINI AND EDOARDO MARZIANI, AND THE COMEDIAN FABIO CANINO, GIVE A VOICE TO THOSE LESS FORTUNATE 15 December 2017
News WINE, MUSIC AND INTERNATIONAL STARS IS NOW A VERY COMMON COMBINATION, AND IS ABOUT TO BE ENRICHED WITH A NEW CHAPTER BY LADY GAGA, READY TO LAUNCH HER LINE DEDICATED TO “JOANNE TRATTORIA”, THE FAMILY RESTAURANT IN NEW YORK 14 December 2017
News CLIMATE CHANGE, BREXIT, THE GLOBAL BUBBLE OF SPARKLING WINES, ALTERNATIVE AND “UNCONVENTIONAL” PACKAGING SOLUTIONS AND MORE IMPORTANCE TO THE “ORGANIC” AND SUSTAINABLE WORLD ARE THE FIVE “WINE INTELLIGENCE” PREDICTIONS FOR 2018 13 December 2017
News The modern temple of wine culture, the cité du vin in bordeaux, is a big success with the public and critics. The renowned and influential magazine “national geographic” has included it in the 11 “world’s best museums” 12 December 2017
News "FOCUS": WHAT DRIVES US TO ORDER A CERTAIN DISH IS MENU PSYCHOLOGY - RICH VOCABULARY, CAPTIVATING DESCRIPTIONS, FONT, MENU-DEVELOPED BY “MENU ENGINEERING” EXPERTS 05 December 2017
News "WINE2WINE": HOW THE WINE AND SPIRITS INDUSTRY CAN LIMIT THE DAMAGE BEFORE THE BREXIT "ZERO HOUR" IN 2019 WHILE FACING INCREASING INFLATION AND MORE THAN STABLE CONSUMPTION 04 December 2017
News "OPERA WINE 2018": "WINE SPECTATOR"AND THE MAGNIFICENT "107" (16 "NEW ENTRIES"). THE DATE IS APRIL 14TH IN VERONA FOR THE VINITALY CLASSIC PREVIEW. ALISON NAPJUS: “IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO NARRATE THE DIVERSITY OF ITALIAN WINE SO FEW CELLARS" 04 December 2017
News “UK LANDSCAPES 2017” BY WINE INTELLIGENCE: THE FUTURE OF THE BRITISH WINE MARKET IS MORE AND MORE TIED TO BREXIT. WINE IS LOSING ITS APPEAL AND ONLINE PURCHASES AREN’T TAKING OFF, DESPITE THE PROSECCO RUSH 01 December 2017
News AS WINENEWS MENTIONED, WINE TERRITORIES WILL BE THE STARS OF THE 101ST GIRO D’ITALIA. ON MAY 23RD, THE 17TH STAGE IS THE "FRANCIACORTA STAGE", BUT THE RACE WILL ALSO CROSS THROUGH VINEYARDS IN ETNA, SANNIO, VERDICCHIO, PROSECCO AND TRENTODOC 30 November 2017
News POST PAC 2020: EU COULD CUT FROM 3.4 TO 9.7 BILLION EUROS IN 7 YEARS (SOURCE ANSA). PAOLO DE CASTRO (EU AGRICULTURE COMMISSION): “THEY ARE ONLY SUPPOSITIONS, BUT THE SCENARIOS ARE WORRYING, AGRICULTURE IS NOT EUROPE'S PIGGY BANK” 29 November 2017
News THE TOP CHEFS IN THE WORLD SAY FRENCH CUISINE IS BEST. THE 2 AND 3 STARRED CHEFS AROUND THE PLANET VOTED MICHEL TROISGROS NUMBER ONE ON "THE CHEF 100" 2018 RANKING. 41 FRENCH CHEFS ON THE LIST, AND 9 ITALIANS. 29 November 2017
News THE STORY OF MARCO CAPRAI: A CASE HISTORY, IN TIMES WHEN SUSTAINABILITY IS A BUZZWORD, WHERE HE ADDS LOVE FOR THE LAND, FOLLOWING ST. FRANCIS, FOR GOOD MEASURE, SINCE ONE MUST GIVE BACK A “SOCIAL DIVIDEND” TO THE TERRITORY THAT PRODUCES GREAT WINES 24 November 2017
News WINE SPECTATOR’S “TOP 100”: THE USA IS FIRST AGAIN AND HAS THE MOST WINES (31), THEN FRANCE (18). ITALY AT 16 WITH TUSCANY (6) AND BRUNELLO (3) TOP PERFORMERS, THEN PIEDMONT, VENETO AND CAMPANIA (2) 20 November 2017
News TRADITIONAL AND MODERN ITALIAN CUISINE IS GROWING, THANKS TO YOUNG CHEFS AND RAW MATERIALS, "SHOWING THE WORLD THAT BEING GREAT DOES NOT NEED TO BE COMPLICATED". THIS AND OTHER REFLECTIONS POST 2018 MICHELIN GUIDE 17 November 2017
News EMANUELE FILIBERTO OF SAVOY, WHO COULD HAVE BEEN KING OF ITALY, IF ONLY HISTORY HAD TAKEN ANOTHER COURSE, IS NOW PRINCE OF PASTA. HE IS TAKING TRADITIONAL ITALIAN PASTA AROUND THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES WITH HIS FOOD TRUCK "PRINCE OF VENICE" 14 November 2017
News QUALITY IS THE DISTINCTIVE SIGN OF FRENCH WINES. TRADITION AND SUSTAINABILITY PROMOTING BURGUNDY AND BORDEAUX FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL CERTIFICATION OF SAINT-ÉMILION TO THE RECOGNITION OF THE BOURGOGNE CÔTE D'OR AND VÉZELAY DENOMINATIONS 13 November 2017
News ITALIAN AGRIFOOD EXPORTS TO 40 BILLION EUROS IN 2017, BUT 60% IS IN FOUR REGIONS (VENETO, LOMBARDY, EMILIA-ROMAGNA AND PIEDMONT), AND ITALY IS STILL ONLY NINTH TOP EXPORTER WORLDWIDE, REVEALED NOMISMA AGRIFOOD MONITOR 13 November 2017
News "SOCIAL NEWBIES", "DEVELOPING DRINKERS," "HEALTH SIPPERS," "PRESTIGE-SEEKING TRADITIONALISTS," "FRUGAL OCCASIONALS," AND "ADVENTUROUS CONNOISSEURS" ARE THE WINE CONSUMERS IN WINE INTELLICENCE’S “CHINAPORTRAITS 2017 10 November 2017
News JOAN ROCA IS THE BEST CHEF IN THE WORLD ON THE NEW RANKING TOP 300 BEST CHEF AWARDS, FOLLOWED BY THE FRENCH MICHEL BRAS AND THE SPANISH DAVID MUNOZ. CRIPPA IS THE FIRST OF THE 36 ITALIANS AT NUMBER 6, MASSIMO BOTTURA AT 9 AND DAVIDE SCABIN AT 16 27 October 2017
News RUMORS FROM WINENEWS: THE VENICE COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF VALPOLICELLA WINES CONSORTIUM IN THE DISPUTE AGAINST THE AMARONE FAMILIES THAT MUST CHANGE THEIR NAME AND COULD BE LIABLE FOR UNFAIR COMPETITION 25 October 2017
News GAMBERO ROSSO’S AWARDS FOR THE BEST ITALIAN RESTAURANTS, NOT ONLY IN ITALY, BUT ALSO AROUND THE WORLD. SPECIAL AWARDS: RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR TO ERA ORA IN COPENHAGEN, CHEF OF THE YEAR, ALESSANDRO COZZOLINO AT GRISSINI IN HONG KONG 24 October 2017
News ANOTHER ESTATE HAS BEEN BOUGHT IN FRANCE’S TOP WINE REGION. FOLLOWING TROPLONG MONDOT (SCOR GROUP), CHATEAU PHELAN-SÉGUR (VAN DE VYVERE) AND CHATEAU FAUCHEY (PROFITSUN HOLDINGS), CHANEL IS OFFICIALLY THE NEW OWNER OF CHATEAU BERLIQUET SAINT EMILION 20 October 2017
News THE FROSTS IN APRIL AND THIS SUMMER’S SCORCHING HEAT “SWALLOWED UP” 15 MILLION HECTOLITERS OF ITALIAN WINE. ASSOENOLOGISTS' DEFINITIVE HARVEST ESTIMATES SHOW 28% LESS, DOWN TO 38.9 MILLION HECTOLITERS. TUSCANY, LAZIO, UMBRIA AND SARDINIA, 45% LESS 20 October 2017
News ZONIN1821 HAS LAUNCHED ITS LATEST PROJECT, THE "WINE HOUSE & HOTEL 1821", IN EDINBURGH, WITH A "WINE LIBRARY" DEDICATED TO THE GROUP’S CRU WINES IN A HIGH-END GUEST HOUSE. NEXT UP BRAZIL AND IN 2018, EUROPE 20 October 2017
News WINE IS FUNDAMENTAL IN THE CHOICE OF AND FINAL DECISION ON A RESTAURANT. IN FRANCE, IT IS AN ESSENTIAL CRITERION FOR 66% OF CUSTOMERS, BUT NOBODY REALLY READS THE WINE LIST, THEY ASK THE SOMMELIER, WHO IS AN INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT FIGURE 03 October 2017
News SLOW FOOD’S FUTURE CHALLENGES AT THE 7TH CONGRESS IN CHENGDU, CHINA: ACCESS TO GOOD, CLEAN, FAIR AND HEALTHY FOOD, KNOWLEDGE IS A RIGHT, SOCIAL INCLUSION, DIVERSITY IS WEALTH, DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES 02 October 2017
News FROM SOL LEWITT AND DAVID TREMLETT’S CHAPEL OF BAROLO CHAPEL TO MARINA ABROMOVIC, THANKS TO THE CULTURAL PATRONAGE OF CERETTO, THE MOST FAMOUS NAMES IN CONTEMPORARY ART HAVE CHOSEN THE LANGHE FOR INSTALLATIONS AND PERFORMANCES IN THE VINEYARDS 28 September 2017
News THE WINE & SPIRIT EDUCATION TRUST IS THE LARGEST INSTITUTE IN THE WORLD DEDICATED TO WINE AND SPIRITS TRAINING. IT HAS TORN DOWN CULTURAL BARRIERS AND IS NOW OPERATING IN THE ARAB EMIRATES, WITH COURSES OPEN TO ALL WINE LOVERS 26 September 2017
News "LOVE IS LIKE WINE ... IT TAKES TIME". NATURE, FAMILY, AND, OF COURSE, WINE ARE ALL IN "RETURN TO BURGUNDY", THE LATEST FILM BY FRENCH DIRECTOR CÉDRIC KLAPISCH, INSPIRED BY HIS FATHER AND THE TIME EFFECT ON WINEMAKING 26 September 2017
News FRESCOBALDI HAS PUT ROOTS IN THE HEART OF CHIANTI CLASSICO. AS WINENEWS ANTICIPATED, THE GROUP LED BY LAMBERTO FRESCOBALDI BOUGHT THE CASTLE OF SAN DONATO IN PERANO VINEYARDS, IN GAIOLE IN CHIANTI, AT AN AUCTION 18 September 2017
News "THERE IS NO CMO WINE DECREE, NO CALLS FOR APPLICATIONS AND NO DECISIONS ON THE RANKINGS SINCE 2016. THE GOVERNMENT IS ABSENT ON THE PROMOTION OF ITALIAN WINE ABROAD", SAID SFEDERVINI. "THERE IS A SENSE OF BUSINESS FRUSTRATION" 18 September 2017
News RUSSIA IS GROWING AGAIN, BUT IT HAS TO DEAL WITH STRUCTURAL LIMITATIONS, STARTING WITH THE COLLAPSE OF THE MIDDLE CLASS’ PURCHASING POWER AND THE UNSTABLE RUBLE. ITALY STILL LEADS WITH 27% SHARE OF IMPORTED WINE 18 August 2017
