News FOR THE FIRST TIME, GOOGLE IS INVESTING IN PROMOTING THE TOP PRODUCTS OF A COUNTRY: ITALY. HERE IS "MADE IN ITALY DIGITAL EXCELLENCES" PROJECT WITH SYMBOLA, MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURAL, UNIONCAMERE AND CA’ FOSCARI UNIVERSITY 21 January 2014
News THE FINE WINE MARKET IS NO LONGER BORDEAUX-DEPENDENT, SAYS LIV-EX, THE WINE STOCK EXCHANGE INDEX THAT HAS LAUNCHED "FINE WINE 1000", WINES OF BURGUNDY, CHAMPAGNE, RHONE AND ABOVE ALL ITALY, FROM GAJA TO MASSETO 17 January 2014
News THE U.S. MARKET IS NUMBER ONE IN THE WORLD FOR WINE CONSUMPTION AND CONTINUES TO GROW: +1.5% IN VOLUME IN 2013 OVER 2012 AND 328.7 MILLION 9-LITER CASES SOLD, REVEALS THE IMPACT DATABANK REPORT. PEOPLE ARE DRINKING MORE AT HOME AND MUCH LESS OUT 17 January 2014
News THE UNION BETWEEN BACCHUS AND CARTOONS HAS CREATED THE "MICKEY MOUSE RED" CHIANTI WINE "MADE EXCLUSIVELY FOR DISNEY PARKS"; THAT IS, "PRODUCED EXCLUSIVELY FOR DISNEY THEME PARKS". IT IS PRODUCED BY CONTE PLACIDO AND ON SHELVES AT 17 DOLLARS 17 January 2014
News WINE TOURISM & NEW FRONTIERS. WHAT’S COOL? WEDDING TOURISM. GETTING MARRIED IN THE MOST EXCLUSIVE ITALIAN VINEYARDS WITH LOTS OF WINE & FOOD TO CELEBRATE. A MARKET WORTH 315 MILLION EUROS AND MORE THAN 1 MILLION PEOPLE 15 January 2014
News AFTER LAST YEAR’S REJECTION, BURGUNDY AND CHAMPAGNE ARE OFFICIALLY ON THE SHORT LIST (AND NOT COMPETING AGAINST EACH OTHER) THAT THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT WILL PRESENT TO UNESCO FOR 2015 14 January 2014
News “WE MUST NOT THINK THAT WE ARE THE ONLY ONES TO ENJOY THE EXCLUSIVITY OF MAKING WINES FROM INDIGENOUS OR HISTORICAL VARIETIES. SPAIN ALSO HAS ITS OWN”, ANGELO GAJA TOLD WINENEWS. 13 January 2014
News ROBERT PARKER, THE AUTHORITATIVE AND MOST ACCLAIMED SIGNATURE IN THE WINE WORLD HAS DECIDED TO GO INTO THE WORLD OF WINE MAKING EVENTS, WITH "ROBERT PARKER'S WINE ADVOCATE THE GRAND WORLD TOUR" THAT WILL TOUCH ALL CONTINENTS 10 January 2014
News WHAT ARE TRENDS FOR FOOD & DRINK IN 2014? "THE DRINKS BUSINESS" LOOKED INTO THE CRYSTAL BALL AND LISTED THE TOP 10 TRENDS OF THE YEAR - HIPSTERS AND PORK WINE, "NIKKEI" CUISINE AND "TASTY"COCKTAILS 09 January 2014
News HOW MUCH DOES A HECTACRE OF VINEYARD COST IN BORDEAUX? UP TO 2.5 MILLION DOLLARS. SOUTH AFRICA IS MORE AFFORDABLE AT 600.000 AND IN CALIFORNIA, 588.000. “KNIGHT FRANK” QUOTATIONS OF VINEYARDS IN THE WORLD 09 January 2014
News IN 2013 THE "MANTRA” IN THE WINE WORLD WAS "SUSTAINABILITY" AND IN 2014 THE "LEITMOTIV" COULD BE "AGROMETEOROLOGY", CONSIDERING THE "USUAL" CLIMATE ANOMALIES. WINENEWS INTERVIEWED LEONARDO VALENTI, PROFESSOR OF VITICULTURE (UNIVERSITY OF MILAN) 09 January 2014
News CABERNET SAUVIGNON, MERLOT, AIREN: THESE ARE THE THREE MOST POPULAR GRAPE VINES IN THE WORLD, REVEALS A STUDY BY THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE ON 44 PRODUCING COUNTRIES (DATA 2010). IN ITALY, SANGIOVESE, MONTEPULCIANO AND WHITE CATARRATTO DOMINATE 07 January 2014
News THE CHINESE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT WINE: 13.000 BOTTLES OF SPANISH WINE DID NOT MEET TRANSPORTATION STANDARDS AND WERE UNCORKED AND DESTROYED IN THE “PUBLIC SQUARE” 30 December 2013
News WHICH COUNTRY IN THE WORLD CONSUMES THE MOST ALCOHOL? ACCORDING TO THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION REPORT MOLDOVIANS DRINK MORE LITERS OF PURE ALCOHOL PER CAPITA PER YEAR, AT 18.22. ITALY IS NUMBER 37 AT 10.68 30 December 2013
News IAN D'AGATA COMES TO VINITALY INTERNATIONAL TO HEAD ITS ACADEMY, WHICH WILL DEEPEN KNOWLEDGE OF ITALIAN WINE, FROM THE U.S. TO CHINA 23 December 2013
News UK AND JAPAN: TWO IMPORTANT MARKETS FOR THE WINE WORLD, NOT KEY SIZE WISE, BUT HIGHLY CONSIDERED. DAVID PEARSON (OPUS ONE) AND ANGELO GAJA EXPLAIN WHY 20 December 2013
News WINE IS NOT JUST A PRODUCT OF THE EARTH, BUT ALSO THE FRUIT OF CULTURAL PROCESSES, WHICH NEED TO COMMUNICATE SIMPLY, LIKE THE FRENCH WEB FORMAT "LES VINS DE CHINEURS" THAT WILL SOON BE ON LINE 13 December 2013
News A WINE RE-BORN IN THE VINEYARD OF ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL HISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREAS IN THE WORLD. IT IS "DIODOROS", WINE OF THE VALLEY OF THE TEMPLES FRUIT OF A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PROJECT BETWEEN THE PARK AND THE PRODUCERS IN THE TERRITORY 11 December 2013
News EN PRIMEUR SALES, AFTER THE DISAPPOINTMENTS IN RECENT YEARS AND THE MEDIOCRE HARVEST, THE CHATEAUX BORDEAUX 2014 CAMPAIGN SEEMS INEVITABLY DOOMED. IS THIS THE END OF AN ERA? 09 December 2013
News THE “LIVING LIBRARY OF GRAPE VINES” THAT HAS COLLECTED 7.000 DIFFERENT SPECIES OF VINES IN DOMAINE DE VASSAL, WILL BE MOVING TO NARBONNE IN A FEW YEARS. THE REASONS ARE ECONOMICAL AND SECURITY, BUT THERE IS ALARM FOR THE OLDER SPECIES 02 December 2013
News MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: BRING GOURMET FOOD TO MUSEUMS. MAYBE THE OPPOSITE IS POSSIBLE. EATALY’S GOURMET RESTAUARNAT IN ROME DEDICATES AN ENTIRE WALL WITH THREE ORIGINAL WORKS OF THE MAESTRO AMEDEO MODIGLIANI. 29 November 2013
News HAUTE CUISINE HAS BECOME AN ART BUT RESTAURANTS REMAIN BUSINESSES. THERE ARE MANY FAMOUS FACES FROM TV ON THE "TOP 21" RANKING OF THE RICHEST CHEFS IN THE WORLD 26 November 2013
News WINE PRODUCERS COMMENT ON WINE SPECTATOR’S "TOP 100". THE “CLASSICS”, LIKE PIEDMONT AND TUSCANY DOMINATE THE RANKING, BUT THERE IS MORE ATTENTION TO LESS KNOWN TERRITORIES FROM VALTELLINA TO SICILY... 19 November 2013
News LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION: EVERYTHING IS READY TO START SHOOTING "THE DUEL OF WINE", THE SECOND FILM STARRING THE FAMOUS SOMMELIER CHARLIE ARTURAOLA, AFTER THE SUCCESS OF "EL CAMINO DEL VINO". AND, ITALY IS ALL OVER THE BIG SCREEN 18 November 2013
News "SUSTAINABILITY. NOW WE NEED ONE CLEAR AND DETAILED DOCUMENT THAT UNITES THE EXPERIENCES OF MAGIS, TERGEO AND VIVA, SAID PROFESSOR ATTILIO SCIENZA. AND MAGIS PUTS IT ON LABELS. 14 November 2013
News COUNT CAMILLO BENSO DI CAVOUR’S VINEYARD IS A SYMBOL IN ITALY AND IS MAKING A COMEBACK WITH DOCG BAROLO, PRODUCED FOR THE BOTTARI LATTES FOUNDATION TO PROMOTE THE TERRITORY 14 November 2013
News THE "MANIFESTO" IN MERANO IS BETTING ON "TERRITORY, ALLIANCES, ONE CONTACT, EXPORTS AND INTERNATIONAL FORUM" AT THE 2015 EXPO IN MILAN WITH "THE COMMITTEE OF WISE MEN" AND THE ROLE OF VERONAFIERA. ITALIAN WINE DESIGNS THE FUTURE 11 November 2013
News "TRUFFLES FROM ALBA, BAROLO & BARBARESCO" STOLE THE SHOW IN HONG KONG: PROCEEDS REACHED 262.500 EUROS IN ASIAN CITIES IN CONJUNCTION WITH "THE WORLD AUCTION OF ALBA TRUFFLES" IN GRINZANE CAVOUR, WHERE THEY MADE 34.200 EUROS 11 November 2013
News ITALIANS IN THE KITCHEN ACCORDING TO LOVRINOVICH (MICHELIN GUIDE): "LOVE FOR FOOD IS TRUE AWARENESS AND RESTAURANTS HAVE RESPONDED IN THE NAME OF DEMOCRACY, UNITING TRADITION WITH EXOTIC AND SIMPLE COOKING" 06 November 2013
News THE UNITED KINGDOM LOVES SPECIAL OFFERS SO MUCH THAT 60% OF THE WINE ON SHELVES IN SUPERMARKET CHAINS IS ON SALE, EVEN IF ONE BOTTLE MIGHT CHANGE PRICES 4 TIMES IN JUST A FEW MONTHS AND THE OFFER IS OFTEN A SCAM… 05 November 2013
News "MICHELIN ITALY" GUIDE 2014 - NIKO ROMITO ("REALE" OF CASTEL DI SANGRO) JOINS THE TOP OF ITALIAN FOOD, WHICH NOW HAS 8 "THREE STARS". FORTY "TWO STARS" WITH 2 NEW ENTRIES, FOR A TOTAL OF 281 "STARS", (20 MORE THAN 2013) 05 November 2013
News THE HARVEST WAS LATE EVEN IN POMPEII, WHERE THANKS TO THE MASTROBERARDINO BRAND AND THE DEPARTMENT OF ARCHAEOLOGY THE WINE OF THE ANCIENT ROMANS HAS BEEN REVIVED: "VILLA OF MYSTERIES", MODERN INTERPRETATION OF IMPERIAL AGE WINE 31 October 2013
News ITALY COUNTS 17 WINES OUT OF 100 AND 13 ARE TUSCAN (ESPECIALLY BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO AND BOLGHERI), ON WINE ENTHUSIAST’S "TOP 100 CELLAR SELECTION" THAT HAS SELECTED THE BEST WINES ON THE MARKET IN 2013 TO BE AGED IN CELLARS 31 October 2013
News "A COMMITTEE OF ‘WISE MEN’ FOR THE PAVILION AT EXPO 2015 IN MILAN MANAGED BY THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE”. MINISTER NUNZIA DE GIROLAMO EXPLAINED TO WINENEWS, "WINE IS AN EXAMPLE FOR THE COUNTRY AND POLITICS" 29 October 2013
News THE FRENCH WINE WORLD IS A LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT THE 2013 HARVEST, BUT THEY CAN RELAX, AS THE “ECONOMIC FRUITS” OF THEIR 2012 VINTAGE EXPORTS WAS CLOSE TO 10 BILLION EUROS 25 October 2013
News BETWEEN 2008 AND 2012, TOTAL IMPORTS OF WINE GREW 182% IN HONG KONG, FOR A VALUE OF 1 BILLION DOLLARS. ITALY WILL BE WITH VINITALY INTERNATIONAL AT THE INTERNATIONAL WINE & SPIRITS FAIR FROM NOVEMBER 7TH TO 9TH 23 October 2013
News THE SCREW ON CAP CAN NOW BE USED FOR DOCG WINES. THE SOAVE CONSORTIUM IS INVESTING HEAVILY ON THEM AND HAS GATHERED POSITIVE OPINIONS FROM THE UK, GERMANY AND NORTHERN EUROPEAN MARKETS 21 October 2013
News 10 BOTTLES OF FRENCH DOMAINE CHAMBERTIN DUGAT PY-FROM 1999 TO 2010 AT 8.200 EUROS AND 3 OF 3 BOTTLES OF ITALIAN SASSICAIA 1985 SAN GUIDO ESTATE AT 2.400 EUROS: THESE ARE THE HIGHEST PAID LOTS AT THE PANDOLFINI AUCTION IN FLORENCE 18 October 2013
News AFTER WHITE WINE, PRISON INMATES ON GORGONA ISLAND ARE NOW PRODUCING CHEESE. A NEW STEP IN THE PROJECT PROMOTED BY FRESCOBALDI, INVOLVING THE CHEESE MAESTRO ALBERTO MARCOMINI, AND THE PRESTIGIOUS PINCHIORRI WINE RESTAURANT 16 October 2013
News 195.000 DOLLARS FOR 12 LITERS: IT IS NOT THE ABSOLUTELY MOST EXPENSIVE WINE IN THE WORLD, BUT IT CERTAINLY IS VALUABLE. IT IS A BALTHAZAR (12 liters) OF CHATEAU MARGAUX 2009 ON SALE IN A SHOP AT DUBAI AIRPORT... 14 October 2013
