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
News 3.9 BILLION EUROS IS THE TURNOVER FOR ITALIAN DESIGNATION WINES IN 2013: 2.7 BILLION EUROS FOR PDO WINES (1.9 BILLION, UP 6.3% OVER 2012) AND PGI (812 MILLION). LEADER IN TURNOVER FOR PDO and PGI WINES IS THE VENETO REGION. DATA FROM ISMEA AND ICQRF 07 April 2014
News THE LIV-EX FINE WINE 100 INDEX REPORTS YET ANOTHER DOWN MONTH (1.46% LESS), THE TWELFTH IN A ROW. BORDEAUX VINTAGE 2008 IS LOSING GROUND WHILE ORNELLAIA VINTAGE 2009 IS ONCE AGAIN THE STRONGEST: +8.5% AND 1.160 POUNDS STERLING PER CASE 03 April 2014
News THE WORLD'S BEST FEMALE CHEF DANCES THE SAMBA. THE UK MAGAZINE "THE RESTAURANT" AWARD, “VEUVE CLICQUOT WORLD’S BEST FEMALE CHEF” 2014 WENT TO THE BRAZILIAN HELENA RIZZO (RESTAURANT MANÌ, SAN PAULO). SHE DETHRONED THE ITALIAN SANTINI 31 March 2014
News THE "CAPITAL" OF ORGANIC WINE IS VERONA FROM APRIL 6TH TO 9TH WITH THE DEBUT OF "VINITALYBIO" BY VERONAFIERE & FEDERBIO. AND FROM APRIL 5TH TO 7TH IN CEREA, "VINIVERI" (WITH JOLY, NOSSITER, PÉREZ-VITORIA, GIBOULOT). THEN, IN SAREGO, VILLA-FAVORITA 28 March 2014
News WHEN THE SPLENDOR OF ANCIENT EGYPT WANED, IT BECAME ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PROVINCES IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE. AND ALSO AN IMPORTANT WINE REGION THREATENED BY GRAPE THEFT DURING HARVEST, AS A 2000 YEAR OLD FRAGMENT OF A PAPYRUS NARRATES 27 March 2014
News WINE BUSINESS IS MORE AND MORE MOBILE: THE CASE HISTORY OF VENTE-PRIVEE, NUMBER 1 IN EUROPE WITH 3.3 MILLION BOTTLES SOLD IN 2013 (+32% OVER 2012) FOR A TURNOVER OF 36 MILLION EUROS (+20%) AND MORE THAN 353.000 ORDERS 26 March 2014
News IT’S OFFICIAL: EATALY’S NEW YORK WINE SHOP ALCOHOL LICENSE SUSPENDED FOR SIX MONTHS BECAUSE A STATE LAW DOES NOT ALLOW A WINE PRODUCER (THE FAMILY BASTIANICH, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FARINETTI AND BATALI) TO OWN SHOPS AND LICENSES TO SELL ALCOHOL 26 March 2014
News “I CALL THE WINEMAKER”, I’M PLAYING THE CHEF”, “I PICKED THE SPONSOR” . AFTER MOVIES AND BOOKS ABOUT THE ITALIAN WINE WORLD, HERE IS THE COLLECTIBLE CARD GAME, “VITICULTURE: TUSCANY”. THE OBJECT IS TO BECOME THE TOP WINERY IN TUSCANY 25 March 2014
News HAPPY BIRTHDAY "LE CIRQUE"! SIRIO MACCIONI’S NEW YORK RESTAURANT CELEBRATES 40 YEARS OF ACTIVITY. SYMBOL OF MADE IN ITALY FOOD IN THE UNITED STATES, ESPECIALLY IN THE 70S AND 80S, IT WAS THE MEETING PLACE OF ALL THE AMERICAN STARS 24 March 2014
News ITALIAN WINE IS THE STAR IN GERMANY AT PROWEIN. THE STRENGTHS OF THE GERMAN MARKET ACCORDING TO SOME OF THE TOP ITALIAN PRODUCERS: SOLID ECONOMY, WINE CULTURE AND CURIOSITY 23 March 2014
News FROM CLASSICAL MUSIC IN THE VINEYARDS TO ROCK IN THE BARREL ROOMS, AND NOW IN CHILE THE WINEMAKER JUAN LEDESMA IS PUTTING MUSIC DIRECTLY INTO THE BARRIQUES TO AGE CABERNET AND MALBEC. IT’S CALLED “TERROIR SONORO” 19 March 2014
News THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT IS MAKING BIGGER CUTS THAN EUROPE AND BORDEAUX WINES, THE MOST LOVED BY BEIJING HEIRARCHY, ARE SUFFERING. IN 2013, ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL CIVB FIGURES, EXPORTS TO CHINA DROPPED 16% IN VOLUME AND 18% IN VALUE 19 March 2014
News AT THE WORLD CUP IN BRAZIL ITALIAN WINE HAS ALREADY WON. "FACES" IS THE OFFICIAL WINE CHOSEN BY FIFA, CURATED BY THE YOUNG ITALO-BRAZILIAN WINEMAKER, MONICA ROSSETTI. 18 March 2014
News SICILY IS ONE OF THE UP AND COMING REGIONS OF ITALIAN WINE, RICH IN WINERIES AND TERRITORIES. BUT COLDIRETTI HAS LAUNCHED AN ALARM - GRAPES ARE PAID 5 EUROS PER 100 KILOS. LI PETRI OF SETTESOLI SAYS, "A PROBLEM, BUT NOT FOR THOSE WHO BANK ON QUALITY" 13 March 2014
News EUROPEAN WINE PRODUCTION WILL BE 173 MILLION HECTOLITRES IN 2013-2014, INDICATE THE LATEST FORECASTS FROM THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION. SPAIN IS IN THE LEAD AT 42% GROWTH, FOLLOWED BY ITALY AND FRANCE. ROMANIA IS THE BIG SURPRISE. 12 March 2014
News IN ITALY, INMATES PRODUCE WINE AND SWEETS WHILE IN BRITAIN PRISONS TURN INTO RESTAURANTS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THERE ARE ALREADY THREE "THE CLINK RESTAURANT", WHERE CLIENTS EAT WITH PLASTIC CUTLERY, FOLLOWING STRICT CONTROLS AND THE METAL DETECTOR. 12 March 2014
News INTERNATIONALIZATION, BUYERS, EXPORT, BIO AND TRAINING: THESE ARE THE KEY WORDS OF THE 48TH EDITION OF VINITALY, THE MOST IMPORTANT ITALIAN WINE EVENT IN THE WORLD, TAKING PLACE APRIL 6-9 AT VERONAFIERE. FOCUS - RESEARCH, WINE TASTING, CONFERENCES 06 March 2014
News "I BELIEVE THAT A STRATEGIC AND COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR ITALIAN AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD FOR THE PRESENT BUT ALSO THE FUTURE IS CRUCIAL”, SAID THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE MARTINA AT HIS INAUGURATION IN VIA XX SETTEMBRE 24 February 2014
News THE MARKET IS SHOWING THE WAY, BEFORE THE LAW DOES. SAINSBURY, THE SECOND LARGEST CHAIN OF SUPERMARKETS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM HAS DECIDED TO INDICATE CALORIES ON WINE BOTTLE LABELS WITH THEIR LOGO 21 February 2014
News FOOTBALL, KING OF SPORTS AND TAITTINGER CHAMPAGNE, KING OF BUBBLES, COME TOGETHER FOR THE WORLD CUP IN BRAZIL, CROWNING THE HISTORY OF MAISON REIMS, TRADITIONALLY LINKED TO THE WORLD OF FOOTBALL 20 February 2014
News EVERYONE KNOWS WHICH COUNTRIES CONSUME MORE WINE, BUT PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION IS SURPRISING, REVEALS THE CALIFORNIA WINE INSTITUTE 2012 STUDY. THE TOP ARE VATICAN CITY, ANDORRA AND OF COURSE, FRANCE. 20 February 2014
News VIGNAMAGGIO, ONE OF THE PEARLS OF CHIANTI, HAS BEEN BOUGHT BY SOUTH AFRICAN CONTRACTORS (WITH FRENCH KNOW HOW): THE 13TH CENTURY ESTATE OF MONA LISA’S FAMILY HAS 42 ACRES OF VINEYARDS (TOTAL 160 HECTARES), AND HAS BEEN PRODUCING WINE SINCE 1404 19 February 2014
News THE FRIULI REGION IS INVESTING IN ITSELF. THE HISTORIC COMPANY SCHIOPETTO IN COLLIO, FOUNDED IN 1965 - 30 HECTARES OF VINEYARDS AND PRODUCTION 170.000 BOTTLES - IS ABOUT TO BE TAKEN OVER BY THE ROTOLO FAMILY (VOLPE PASISNI). FIGURES ARE TOP SECRET 18 February 2014
News DESTINIES CROSSING. MATTEO RENZI, NEWLY APPOINTED PRIME MINISTER, GAVE HIS FAREWELL SPEECH IN PALAZZO VECCHIO, HIS HOME AS MAYOR OF FLORENCE, IN THE SALONE DEL 500 WHERE THE NEW CHIANTI CLASSICO GRAN SELEZIONE WILL DEBUT 17 February 2014
News ACCESSING THE SECONDARY MARKET OF FINE WINES DIRECTLY ON THE WEB AND IN ALL CURRENCIES. A SORT OF WINE FOREX TO ALWAYS GET THE BEST QUOTES, THIS IS THE ENGLISH PLATFORM "WINE OWNERS" IDEA 14 February 2014
News 30 YEARS IN THE WINE WORLD AND THE FIRST "WINE CRITIC" IN HISTORY, PARKER HAS A WEAKNESS FOR BORDEAUX AND RHONE WINES. BUT ITALIAN WINES, WITH THEIR INCREDIBLE VARIETY, "HAVE GIVEN ME GREAT EMOTIONS OVER THE YEARS", HE TOLD THE MAGAZINE "THE ENOLOGIST" 13 February 2014
News 30% PRICE REDUCTION IN THE TOP 2013 BORDEAUX WINES DUE TO A ROUGH YEAR, SAID OLIVIER BERNARD, PRESIDENT OF THE UNION DES GRANDS CRUS DE BORDEAUX 12 February 2014
News HACK-WINE, THE ONLINE "BRAINSTORMING" (MARCH 1-2) BY H-FARM & VINITALY INTERNATIONAL WILL BRING NEW IDEAS AND NEW STRENGTH TO COMMUNICATION IN THE WINE WORLD. YOUNG PEOPLE AND TOP BRANDS OF ITALIAN WINE 11 February 2014
News TALENT AND SENSITIVITY AS WELL AS STUDYING, THE IMPORTANCE OF THE DINING AREA AND TEAM WORK, ARE ALL TIED TO "TASTY INTELLIGENCE". HERE IS THE "RECIPE" FROM "IDENTITA’ GOLOSE" 11 February 2014
News EATALY’S MADE IN ITALY PRODUCTS TO BE ON AUCHAN’S SHELVES. THE NEWS IS NOT YET OFFICIAL AND DETAILS WILL BE REVEALED IN MARCH, THE CEO OF EATALY LUCA SEBASTIANO BAFFIGO FILANGERI TOLD WINENEWS 06 February 2014
News THE CRISIS HAS NOT TOUCHED THE VALUE OF VINEYARD TUSCANY- MONTALCINO AT TOP PRICE AND BOLGHERI RIGHT ON BRUNELLO’S HEELS, REVEAL WINENEWS ESTIMATES, JUST BEFORE PREMIERES OF TUSCANY 04 February 2014
News AFTER BORDEAUX, CALIFORNIA AND AUSTRALIA, PLUS A VERY SMALL TRANSACTION IN CHIANTI, IS CHINESE CAPITAL COMING TO THE HEART OF TUSCAN WINE? "CHINESE GROUPS READY TO CONQUER BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO", WRITES CARLO FESTA IN "THE SOLE 24 ORE". 04 February 2014
News MADE IN ITALY ROOT CUTTINGS ARE RETURNING TO THE "SILK ROAD", AS THE "MARCO POLO"OF NURSERIES. THE WORLD LEADING RAUSCEDO NURSERIES COOPERATIVE IS THE ONLY ITALIAN ONE WITH BEIJING’S APPROVAL. WINENEWS INTERVIEWED THE CEO, SARTORI. 31 January 2014
News 2014 IS IN FULL SWING, BUT IT’S NOT TOO LATE FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FROM ENGLAND’S THE DRINKS BUSINESS, LISTING THE YEAR’S TOP 10 TRENDS IN THE WINE WORLD AND BEYOND 28 January 2014
News "THE GOVERNMENT DID NOT DEFEND ME… I RESIGN”. A DRAMATIC TURN OF EVENTS, THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE DE GIROLAMO LEAVES HER POST. COLDIRETTI: "5 AGRICULTURE MINISTERS IN 5 YEARS". IT IS A DECISIVE YEAR FOR CAP AND EXPO. 27 January 2014
News ITALIAN SOMMELIERS, WINE COMMUNICATION IN THE WORLD, THE FUTURE OF ITALIAN WINE IN FOREIGN AND EMERGING TERROIRS: THE BEST SOMMELIER IN THE WORLD ELECTED BY WORLDWIDE SOMMELIER ASSOCIATION, LUCA MARTINI TALKS TO WINENEWS 24 January 2014
News "WINE OF PEACE" THE CORMÒNS WINE PRODUCERS PROJECT THAT HOLDS THE "WORLD IN A GLASS", TURNED 30 IN 2013 AND THE CONCLUDING CELEBRATION WAS HELD IN ROME ON JANURARY 27TH. FOCUS: FROM BAJ TO FO, THE HISTORY OF SIGNATURE LABELS 24 January 2014
News UK HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WEAR SPECIAL EYEGLASSES THAT MIMIC DRUNKENESS TO MAKE THEM MORE AWARE OF THE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL ABUSE. A NEW APPROACH TO COMBAT ALCOHOLISM 22 January 2014
