News CRISTINA MARIANI-MAY (BANFI CASTLE) ON ITALIAN WINE: IN A "CONGESTED" INDUSTRY, ONE HAS TO "PRESENT ONESELF AS A RELIABLE LUXURY". WHAT ABOUT US CONSUMERS? "THEY ARE GOING BACK TO THE CLASSICAL STYLE," BRUNELLO INCLUDED, "BUT WE NEED TO EDUCATE" 14 April 2017
News VINITALY2017: THE WINE RESEARCH TEAM TASTING, COMPANIES LOOKING TO THE FUTURE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND CONSUMERS LOOKING AT SCIENCE, LED BY THE ITALIAN WINEMAKER, COTARELLA 12 April 2017
News PROSECCO DOC HAS REVERSED THE TREND - VALUE GROWING MORE THAN VOLUME. SUPPLY MANAGEMENT, TRACEABILITY AGREEMENT TO SHARE VALUE AMONG PRODUCTION COMPONENTS, AND SUSTAINABILITY CERTIFICATION ARE THE NEXT AIMS OF THE CONSORTIUM 10 April 2017
News THIRD COUNTRIES OBSERVATORY NOMISMA: ITALY IS ONLY THE FOURTH EXPORTER ON FUTURE WINE MARKETS, FROM SOUTHEAST ASIA TO AFRICA, WITH 11% SHARE (466 MILLION EUROS), WHILE FRANCE (33%), AUSTRALIA (15%) AND CHILE (12%) ARE DOING BETTER 10 April 2017
News ITALIAN WINE PRODUCTION GREW IN 2016 AND REACHED A RECORD IN VALUE OF 10.1 BILLION EUROS (+3%), THANKS TO EXPORTS. SLIGHT GROWTH IN DOMESTIC MARKET SALES TO 4.5 BILLION EUROS, THANKS TO MASS RETAIL (+ 1%), SAID COLDIRETTI 09 April 2017
News WELL-BEING, ENGAGE, CONNECT AND EXPRESS ARE THE FOUR MACRO TRENDS THAT IN 2017 CONVEY CONSUMPTION, AND NOT ONLY OF WINE, REVEALED THE "GLOBAL CONSUMER TRENDS" 2017 BY THE BRITISH WINE INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE 07 April 2017
News THE FRENCH GROUP EPI HAS OFFICIALLY ACQUIRED THE MAJORITY OF THE GREPPO ESTATE, WHERE BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO WAS CREATED. JACOPO BIONDI SANTI REMAINS PRESIDENT OF THE HOLDING, HIS SON TANCREDI BIONDI SANTI IS ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS 07 April 2017
News ANOTHER RECORD AUCTION: THE LOTS AUCTIONED AT THE "CELEBRATION OF BURGUNDY", ORGANIZED BY HART DAVIS HART, COLLECTED 5.6 MILLION DOLLARS AND 100% OF THE LOTS SOLD. ROMANÉE-CONTI AND ARMAND ROUSSEAU TOPS 06 April 2017
News MASSIMO BOTTURA HAS LOST THE TITLE OF BEST RESTAURANT IN THE WORLD, BUT IS STILL ON THE PODIUM OF THE WORLD'S 50 BEST RESTAURANTS, AT SPOT NUMBER 2. THE NUMBER ONE RESTAURANT IS ELEVEN MADISON PARK IN NEW YORK. 06 April 2017
News THE POTENTIAL OF CHINA, THE STABILITY OF THE USA AND THE UNSTOPPABLE FALL IN CONSUMPTION IN EUROPE, KEEP AN EYE ON JAPAN AND CANADA WHILE AFRICA IS OPENING ITS DOORS TO WINE. THIS IS THE 2020 WINE WORLD REPORT BY VINEXPO AND IWSR 04 April 2017
News WINE COMPANIES ARE AMONG THE HEALTHIEST IN THE SECTOR, THANKS TO RECORD EXPORTS (5.6 BILLION EUROS), RECOVERY OF THE DOMESTIC MARKET (+ 1%), AND VERY LOW DEFAULT RATES, REVEALED CRIF RATINGS OBSERVATORY - WINE MONITOR NOMISMA 03 April 2017
News ICE: TURNOVER IN 2016 FOR ITALIAN AGRI FOOD IN THE US WAS 4.558 BILLION DOLLARS (+ 4% ON 2015), AND 3.3% MARKET SHARE. WINE WAS NUMBER ONE (1.796 BILLION DOLLARS), THEN OLIVE OIL (558.4 MILLION) AND CHEESE (307.7 MILLION) 03 April 2017
News THE WHITE WINE BOOM IS NOT ONLY PROSECCO & BUBBLES. THE TREND NOW IS LESS ALCOHOLIC, LIGHTER AND MORE COMPATIBLE WINES, ACCORDING TO A WINENEWS ANALYSIS FOR VINITALY ON ISTAT DATA. WHITE WINES ARE ONCE AGAIN A TOP CHOICE IN CONSUMPTION 31 March 2017
News THE ITALIAN UNESCO COMMITTEE HAS NOMINATED THE "TRUFFLE CULTURE" TO INTANGIBLE HERITAGE, TO PROTECT AN INDUSTRY THAT ACCORDING TO COLDIRETTI IS WORTH MORE THAN HALF A BILLION EUROS. THE DECISION IN 2019 27 March 2017
News 140 MILLION EUROS TO REORGANIZE VINEYARDS, 101 MILLION FOR PROMOTION ABROAD, 45 MILLION FOR INVESTMENTS, AND A TOTAL OF 336 MILLION EUROS FOR OTHER MEASURES: THESE ARE THE CMO WINE ALLOTMENTS 2017-2018. SICILY IS TOP, AT 51 MILLION EUROS 24 March 2017
News FINDING FUTURE WINE LOVERS – MILLENNIALS IN THE USA PREFER DESIGN AND BRAND TO TYPE AND TERRITORY, ARE SENSITIVE TO PRICING, AND ARE VERY INTERESTED IN ORGANIC WINES, REVEALED THE NOMISMA STUDY FOR VERALLIA 23 March 2017
News THE FIRST "SPARKLING WINE" PRODUCED IN ENGLAND WILL BE NAMED POMMERY (PARTNERING WITH HATTINGLEY VALLEY). AND, THE MAISON WILL ALSO LAUNCH A SPARKLING WINE MADE IN THE USA, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CODORNIU) 23 March 2017
News ITALIAN WINE IS THE STAR OF WINE SPECTATOR’S "GRAND TOUR 2017", WHICH INCLUDES STOPS IN LAS VEGAS (MAY 6TH), CHICAGO (MAY 9TH) AND MIAMI (MAY 12TH). OPERA WINE, THE VINITALY PREVIEW, RETURNS TO VERONA ON APRIL 8TH WITH THE TOP OF ITALIAN PRODUCTION 23 March 2017
News PROWEIN KEEPS ON GROWING ON THE CHESSBOARD OF GREAT WINE FAIRS. THE NUMBERS OF EXHIBITORS AND VISITORS INCREASES EACH YEAR AND IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE IMPORTANT WITH THE PRESENCE OF IMPORTERS AS WELL AS ENTREPRENEURS AND TOP MANAGERS OF WINERIES 22 March 2017
News TENOR, VIGNERON AND NOW, RESTAURANT OWNER, ANDREA BOCELLI HAS OPENED "OFFICINE BOCELLI"IN HIS HOMETOWN LAJATICO IN TUSCANY. IT IS A MULTIFUNCTIONAL SPACE LINKING ART TO FOOD WHERE YOU CAN TASTE LOCAL FOOD, THE FAMILY WINES AND LISTEN TO OPERAS 21 March 2017
News WHEN DEMAND MEETS OFFER. THE US AUCTION HOUSE ACKER MERRALL & CONDIT HAS ANNOUNCED A PARTNERSHIP OFFERING APPRAISAL SERVICES OF COLLECTION AND INDIVIDUAL BOTTLES TO USERS OF THE WINE REVIEW WEBSITE, TASTINGBOOK.COM 13 March 2017
News SOCIAL MEDIA DEAL IN BIG NUMBERS, AND MARKET EXPERTS HAVE TAGGED IT PROMISED LAND FOR WINE, TOO, BUT DOES IT WORK? LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS, IT DOESN’T SEEM SO, OR AT LEAST, NOT AS MUCH AS EXPECTED, ACCORDING TO THE "WINE INTELLIGENCE"ANALYSIS 09 March 2017
News MICHELIN GOES TO THE CITY – WHICH EUROPEAN CITY HAS THE MOST STARS? PARIS, AWARDED A TOTAL OF 133 STARS, FOLLOWED BY LONDON (79) AND BARCELONA (29). ITALY’S TOP CITIES ARE MILAN (21) AND ROMA (20). 09 March 2017
News ANTINORI IS INVESTING AGAIN IN CHIANTI CLASSICO. WINENEWS RUMORS REVEAL ANOTHER MAJOR DEAL WITH ALIMENTA (AFTER SAN SANO IN 2015), PURCHASING THE CAPRAIA ESTATE (45 HECTARES OF VINEYARDS), IN CHIANTI CLASSICO’S "CONCA D'ORO" 08 March 2017
News E-COMMERCE FOOD HAS GROWN OVER 30% IN 2016 (DATA FROM POLITECNICO DI MILANO), GOURMET PRODUCTS SOLD ONLINE GREW 17%, AND THE MARKET LEADER VENTE-PRIVEE.COM TRACES THE IDENTIKIT OF THE ITALIAN ONLINE CONSUMER 07 March 2017
News STING, THE SUPER-ROCK STAR (AND WINE PRODUCER ON HIS TUSCAN ESTATE "IL PALAGIO") WILL GO ON A "HYBRID" TOUR - AN INTRIGUING EXAMPLE OF WINE CO-BRANDING, ALTERNATING WINE FAIRS WITH STADIUMS AND ARENAS ON HIS "57TH & 9TH WORLD TOUR" 06 March 2017
News MARILISA ALLEGRINI IS THE FIRST ITALIAN WOMAN WINE PRODUCER ON THE COVER OF "WINE SPECTATOR". THE MAGAZINE HAS DEDICATED ITS APRIL 2017 COVER STORY TO HER, "ITALY'S ALLEGRINI - A FAMILY SAGA LEADS TO GREAT WINES" 06 March 2017
News IF PEOPLE DIDN’T HAVE THE FREEDOM TO TRAVEL, RESTAURANT KITCHENS WOULDN’T EXIST. THE MELTING POT WHERE ANYONE, INCLUDING A DISHWASHER FROM GHANA, CAN BECOME PARTNERS WITH THE GREATEST CHEFS IN THE WORLD. THE STORY OF ALÌ AND RENÉ REDZEPI 03 March 2017
News CHIANTI CLASSICO COLLECTION 2017: 2015 WINES ARE VERY GOOD AND HAVE AN ESPECIALLY PLEASANT TASTE. 2014 RESERVES ARE MORE PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE OF THE VINTAGE YEAR, BUT THERE ARE EXCELLENT EXCEPTIONS. WINENEWS’ TOP 10 13 February 2017
News WHILE WAITING FOR THE BIG NAMES, HERE IS THE "REST OF THE WINE WORLD", MADE IN TUSCANY: MORELLINO, MAREMMA, COLLINE LUCCHESI, CARMIGNANO, VALDARNO DI SOPRA, PITIGLIANO, MONTECUCCO, VAL DI CORNIA, ELBA, ORCIA AND CORTONA IN WINENEWS’ 15 BEST TASTINGS 13 February 2017
News SASSICAIA 2013, ORNELLAIA 2013, SOLAIA 2013, TIGNANELLO 2013 AND I SODI DI SAN NICCOLÒ 2012 ARE THE FIVE TOP ITALIAN RED WINES ON THE SPECIAL "TOP 100" BY "GENTLEMAN" (PUBLISHED BY CLASS EDITORI) VOTED BY ITALIAN AND WORLD CRITICS 10 February 2017
News ITALY VS. FRANCE. THE MICHELIN GUIDE HAS NO DOUBTS AS FAR AS HIGH END RESTUARANTS GO. IN THE FRENCH EDITION OF THE RED GUIDE, THERE ARE 27 3 STARS (AND A NEW ENTRY, CHEF YANNICK ALLÉNO’S LE 1947), 86 2 STARS (12 NEW) AND 503 1 STARS (57 NEW) 10 February 2017
News WINE IMPORTS IN CHINA GREW EVEN IN 2016, - MORE THAN 638 MILLION LITERS (+ 15.2%) FOR 2.36 BILLION US DOLLARS (+ 16.38%). ITALY DID WELL, BUT STILL AT A DISTANT WITH ITS COMPETITORS, WHILE IT IS THE ONLY COUNTRY OF THE TOP 5 WHOSE AVERAGE PRICE GREW 08 February 2017
News IN THE AGE OF E-SHOPPING, BUYING AT WINERIES IS BACK IN FASHION IN THE USA. DIRECT SALES WENT OVER THE 2 BILLION DOLLAR MARK, AND 60 MILLION BOTTLES IN 2016. SMALL BUSINESSES DID VERY WELL AS DID TOP WINES, PINOT NOIR AND ZINFANDEL, ABOVE ALL 08 February 2017
News THE "NO-SHOW" PHENOMENON OR “WHEN A CUSTOMER BOOKS AND DOESN’T SHOW UP: HOW TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM? WHAT SOLUTIONS?” IDENTITA’ GOLOSE AND THEFORK INDICATE SIX COUNTERMEASURES 07 February 2017
News ANSA: THEY LEFT THEIR COUNTRY, AFRICA, ON A BOAT AND TODAY, SEEKING ASYLYUM IN ITALY, THEY ARE WORKING THE LAND AND REVIVING AN ANCIENT WINEMAKING TRADITION. THE MIGRANTS OF THE DIOCESES OF GENOA ARE WORKNG TO SAVE BIANCHETTA WINE 16 January 2017
News THERE IS A VINEYARD IN THE CAMPANIA REGION THAT IS STILL GROWN JUST LIKE THE ETRUSCANS HAD DONE, CALLED THE “AIR VINE”. IT’S THE ASPRINIO PDO IN AVERSA, WHERE VINES REACH HEIGHTS OF 15 METERS, CLIMBING ON POPLAR TREES THAT ARE THEIR GUARDIANS 16 January 2017
News LIV-EX IS NOT THE REAL MARKET. BORDEAUX WINES COLLAPSED ON THE UK MARKET (AND IT IS NOT BREXIT’S FAULT). EXPORTS OF BORDEAUX WINES FROM JUNE 2015-JUNE 2016 WERE ABOUT 1.7 BILLION EUROS (5.5% LESS) BUT CHINA AND HONG KONG ARE GROWING 12 January 2017
News THANKS TO THE EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCE OF PROSECCO, THE VENETO REGION HAS STRENGTHENED ITS LEADERSHIP IN EXPORTS AND, BY ITSELF, IS THE FOURTH LARGEST EXPORTER IN VALUE, AFTER FRANCE, ITALY AND SPAIN 11 January 2017
News PEOPLE TAKE SELFIES EVERYWHERE OF EVERTHING, ALONE OR NEXT TO A CELEBRITY. THE SYMBOLA FOUNDATION, HEADED BY ERMETE REALACCI HAS CHOSEN “10 SELFIES 2017” OF ITALY’S STRENGTHS TO HELP RESTART IT, INCLUDING AGRICULTURE 10 January 2017
