News NOT EVEN ONE ITALIAN ON THE LIST OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE WINES IN THE WORLD: ON THE "WINE SEARCHER" TOP 50 FRANCE DOMINATES ON THE WEB WITH 37 BURGUNDY WINES. ON "ITALY'S TOP 50" VENETO AND PIEDMONT ARE AHEAD OF TUSCANY 07 August 2013
News THE BEVERAGE INDUSTRY SENTIMENT IS "GROWTH" IN 2013, SAY MARKETERS, DISTRIBUTORS, IMPORTERS AND RETAILERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD IN THE "CONFIDENCE SURVEY 2013" BY "JUST-DRINKS.COM" ONE OF THE BENCHMARKS OF THE WORLDWIDE INDUSTRY 09 July 2013
News FACE-TO-FACE WITH ALAIN DUCASSE, ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS CHEFS IN THE WORLD, AT HIS ONLY ITALIAN EXPERIENCE THE BADIOLA, IN MAREMMA, OF THE TERRA MORETTI GROUP. HE TALKED ABOUT CUISINE, MEDIA AND FOOD MANAGEMENT... 03 July 2013
News WANT TO APPEAR SMARTER? PRETEND YOU ARE A WINE EXPERT. THAT IS WHAT THE BRITISH DO, ACCORDING TO A SURVEY OF 1000 OF HER MAJESTY’S SUBJECTS ON THE "ASK JEEVES" SITE... 03 July 2013
News TODAY CROATIA OFFICIALLY JOINED THE EU, AND THE FIRST CHALLENGES ARE ABOUT WINE: ITALY IS AGAINST THE USE OF THE NAME "PROSHEK" AND SLOVENIA DEFENDS ITS “TERRANO” 01 July 2013
News THIS TIME IT IS BYE-BYE: "JUNK FOOD" IN US SCHOOLS BANNED BY LAW, STARTING JULY 2ND. VICTORY FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND A STEP FORWARD IN THE FIGHT AGAINST OBESITY IN THE USA, HEADED BY THE FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA 29 June 2013
News ETNA IN SICILY AND THE MEDICI VILLAS IN TUSCANY ARE OFFICIALLY ON THE UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE LIST, AND THE NUMBER OF WINES COMING FROM THE TERRITORY PROTECTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION IS RISING... 25 June 2013
News A MOLECULE THAT "PREDICTS" THE AGEING OF RED WINE: ALEXANDRE PONS, RESEARCHER AT ISVV IN BORDEAUX WITH THE FAMOUS OENOLOGIST DENIS DUBOURDIEU EXPLAINED THE "3-METHYL-2,4-NONADIENE" MOLECULE TO WINENEWS. SCIENZA: "IMPORTANT DISCOVERY" 25 June 2013
News EXPORTS OF ITALIAN WINE CONTINUE TO SHINE, CONFIRMS THE ASSOENOLOGI STUDY CENTER. IN THE FIRST 3 MONTHS OF 2013 VALUE IS +10% OVER 2012, EVEN THOUGH VOLUME IS DOWN 1.1%. BOOM FOR SPARKLING WINES: +12% IN VOLUME AND +19.7% IN VALUE 24 June 2013
News TOP WINE BRANDS: AMONG THE LEADING WINERIES NOT ONE IS EUROPEAN. CALIFORNIA LEADS, FOLLOWED BY SOUTH AFRICA AND AUSTRALIA. THE SURPRISE IS NUMBER TWO, THE CHINESE GREAT WALL, OWNED BY THE BEIJING GOVERNMENT WITH 186 MILLION BOTTLES IN 2012 20 June 2013
News EXPORT IS THE WAY FOR OLD WORLD WINE PRODUCERS, CMO FUNDS HELP PROMOTION, AND ASIA IS THE FUTURE NUMBER ONE MARKET. AND EVEN VINEXPO IS INVESTING, ADDING TWO EVENTS IN CHINA AND JAPAN STARTING 2014 TO THE HONG KONG EVENT 19 June 2013
News WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF WINE CONSUMPTION IN ITALY? A SLOW DOWN. IN 2020 THE DECLINE WILL BE LESS 6.1% COMPARED TO 2012, 21.2 MILLION HECTOLITERS AND 34 LITERS PER CAPITA. IN 25 YEARS CONSUMPTION HAS DECREASED 62%, SAYS WINE MONITOR-NOMISMA 18 June 2013
News E-COMMERCE & WINE WILL BE A REAL BOOM IN THE FUTURE, XAVIER COURT CO-FOUNDER OF SOCIO-VENTE PRIVEE.COM, E-COMMERCE SITE LEADER AND NUMBER 2 IN THE WINE WORLD, TOLD WINENEWS. FROM VINEXPO TOP SITES AND IDENTIKIT OF WINE E-SHOPPERS 17 June 2013
News THE CONSORTIUM: A "DEVELOPMENT AGENCY" OF THE TERRITORY, WITH WINE CELLARS AT THE CENTER, A NEW "CODE OF ETHICS", TRAINING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND MORE: FABRIZIO BINDOCCI, CONFIRMED AS CHAIRMAN OF THE CONSORTIUM OF BRUNELLO, SPELLS OUT HIS GOALS 13 June 2013
News IS PROHIBITION BACK IN FRANCE AND THE UK? IN BORDEAUX AND CHAMPAGNE COUNTRY SOME ARE ASKING TO PROHIBIT ADS ON ALL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, INCLUDING WINE ON ALL THE MEDIA AND THE SOCIAL NETWORKS. 13 June 2013
News PETRINI SAYS: "THE FOOD YOU SEE ON TV IS 10-15% OF THE TOTAL, AND IT’S MORE LIKE FOOD PORNOGRAPHY”. AND ON SLOW FOOD: "BORN TO CHANGE A CRIMINAL PLANETARY FOOD SYSTEM, NOT TO SERVE BROTHERHOOD” 06 June 2013
News NUMBERS CONFIRM THE LOVE OF THE USA FOR ITALIAN WINE AND EVEN FOR THE NEW GENERATIONS ITALY SURPASSES FRANCE: THE FROM WINE TO FASHION ... REVEALS THE SURVEY "ITALY ACCORDING TO YOUNG AMERICANS" 04 June 2013
News THE FUTURE OF WINE IS LINKED TO COMMUNICATION AND TRAINING: THIS IS WHAT EMERGED FROM THE ROUND TABLE "WINE, ART AND CULTURE MADE IN ITALY" BY BIBENDA. TRADE MARKETING AND EDUCATION, ACCORDING TO ALBERTO MATTIACCI AND GIOVANNI NEGRI 03 June 2013
News ASIAN INVESTORS FINALLY HIT THE JACKPOT: A CHINESE BUSINESSMAN, SUTONG PAN, BOUGHT CHATEAU LE BON PASTEUR, OWNED BY THE FLYING WINEMAKER MICHEL ROLLAND. IT’S THE FIRST GRAND CRU TO END UP IN ASIAN HANDS 01 June 2013
News FAKE FINE WINES ARE EVER MORE STARS AT INTERNATIONAL AUCTIONS: ROMANÈE-CONTI MOSTLY AFFECTED. LATEST VICTIM WAS MAGNUM DE LA TÂCHE 1962 REMOVED JUST BEFORE CHRISTIE 'S AUCTION IN NEW YORK 01 June 2013
News LESS ITALIAN AND MORE “FOREIGN” WINES, EVEN IN 2013: ITALIAN WINERY TURNOVERS ARE GROWING BUT ONLY (ALMOST) DUE TO EXPORTS, SAY THE 25 TOP WINERIES (1.5 BILLION EUROS, 15% OF THE TOTAL) THAT WINENEWS "SURVEYED" 25 May 2013
News TRACEABILITY OF SANGIOVESE: LATEST RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF GENOMICS AND CHEMICAL ANALYSIS 24 May 2013
News WINE’S REPUTATION IS EXCELLENT EVEN ON THE WEB, REVEALS THE BUSINESS INFORMATION FIRM CRIBIS D & B REPORT, AND CROWNS VINITALY, SANGIOVESE, PINOT, BRUNELLO AND MUSCAT AS THE MOST QUOTED AND PRESTIGIOUS KEYWORDS ON LINE 23 May 2013
News THE BIONDI SANTI BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO RESERVES SAFEGUARDED IN THE GREPPO ESTATE: TWO 1888 VINTAGE RESERVES, FIVE 1891 BOTTLES, THREE 1925, FIVE 1945 AND 258 1955 RESERVE (WINE SPECTATOR RANKED IT THE BEST ITALIAN WINE OF THE 20TH CENTURY) 22 May 2013
News FORGET ABOUT COOKING MANIA ON TV OR THE WEB: 71% OF ITALIANS LEARN TO COOK FROM THEIR MOTHERS AND GRANDMOTHERS. AND 76% SHARE RECIPES BY WORD OF MOUTH OR WRITING THEM DOWN. TRADITION IS THE "NEW" TREND IN THE KITCHEN, REVEALS THE DOXA-AIC SURVEY 22 May 2013
News IN THE USA, WOMEN ARE THE DRIVING FORCE OF WINE CONSUMPTION: THEY MAKE TWO THIRDS OF PURCHASES IN STORES, AND WINE BY THE GLASS SOARS. MAGAZINE REVIEWS ARE NOT THEIR THING-THEY ARE GUIDED BY CURIOSITY AND EXPERIENCE 13 May 2013
News "HONG KONG'S FINEST ITALIAN WINE AUCTION" HELD ON MAY 25TH IN THE CITY CONSIDERED THE WORLD THE WORLD CAPITAL OF WINE AUCTIONS, BY ZACHYS AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN COLLABORATION WITH VINITALY INTERNATIONAL. DREAM WINES 09 May 2013
News THIS IS THE WINE FOR POPE FRANCIS: GRIGNOLINO, LABELED "AST T'ASPETA A BRAS DUERT" (ASTI IS WAITING FOR YOU WITH OPEN ARMS) INVITING MARIO BERGOGLIO TO HIS LAND OF ORIGIN (THE FAMILY WAS FROM ASTI) AND TO RAISE FUNDS FOR CHARITY 08 May 2013
News CROATIA WILL JOIN THE EUROPEAN UNION ON JULY 1, 2013 AND FROM THAT DATE CAN NO LONGER USE THE NAME "PROSEK" FOR ITS SWEET WINE BECAUSE IT SOUNDS TOO MUCH LIKE THE ITALIAN PROSECCO. THE CROATIAN PRODUCERS ARE PROMISING A BATTLE. 07 May 2013
News IMPORT-EXPORT OF WINE IN ANCIENT POMPEII: THE NEARBY VILLA OPLONTIS WAS THE CENTER OF WINE DISTRIBUTION, A SORT OF "ANTIQUE CO-OPERATIVE AND NEGOCÌANT", SAYS THE CALIFORNIAN ARCHEOLOGIST AND WINE PRODUCER, MICHAEL THOMAS 07 May 2013
News GOOD NEWS FROM THE USA, NUMBER ONE WINE MARKET IN THE WORLD: ACCORDING TO EXPERTS, THANKS TO "MILLENNIALS" GROWTH POTENTIAL IS BETTER THAN EVER OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS, PEOPLE ARE SPENDING MORE IN RESTAURANTS AND CONSUMER CONFIDENCE IS GROWING 04 May 2013
News EL CELLER DE CAN ROCA, REDZEPI AND BOTTURA (OSTERIA FRANCESCANA): THESE ARE THE TOP THREE OF THE WORLD'S 50 BEST RESTAURANTS. BEST ALL TIME RESULT FOR ITALY. AT THE TOP ALSO SCABIN, CRIPPA AND ALAJMO. AWARD FOR SANTINI 30 April 2013
News “WORLD WIDE SOMMELIER ASSOCIATION”: THE WORLD CHAMPION OF SOMMELIER IS ONCE AGAIN ITALIAN - LUCA MARTINI FROM AREZZO HAS WON OVER 22 OPPONENTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD AND HAS TAKEN THE CROWN FROM LUCA GARDINI 26 April 2013
News BORDEAUX: CHATEAU MARGAUX VINTAGE 2012 PRICES ARE DOWN A THIRD. SAINT EMILLON PAVIE AND ANGELUS RECORDED THE LARGEST INCREASE IN VALUE, BUT WERE EXCEPTIONS. IS THE PRICE RISE "FEVER" OVER? 26 April 2013
News ALZANO, DUNNUNI, LUCIGNOLA, USIRIOTO, ORISI, NOCERA, VITRAROLO, GROSSONERO, INZOLIA NERA, ZIBIBBO NERO, VISPAROLA, ZUCCATARO: THESE ARE THE NAMES OF THE SICILIAN "ANCIENT GRAPES". TASTING TOMORROW IN PALERMO. FOCUS - THE NUMBERS OF SICILY 26 April 2013
News ANOTHER "PIECE" OF BORDEAUX BECOMES CHINESE: THE BAIJIU MOUTAI GROUP IS ABOUT TO BUY CHATEAU LOUDENNE THAT PRODUCES MEDOC CRU BOURGEOIS WINES. 50 CHATEAUX NOW BELONG TO OWNERS FROM BEIJING 26 April 2013
News ITALIAN WINE IN THE USA STARTED OUT WITH A BANG IN 2013: +10.7% QUANTITY AND +14.2% VALUE, REVEALED THE ITALIAN WINE & FOOD INSTITUTE HEADED BY LUCIO CAPUTO. 24 April 2013
News THE CONSORTIUM OF BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO HAS DECIDED TO SUE (AND EXPEL) GIANFRANCO SOLDERA: "EXTREMELY OFFENSIVE STATEMENTS MADE TO “CORRIERE DELLA SERA” ON MARCH 26TH, WHERE HE CALLED THE CONSORTIUM’S PROPOSAL TO DONATE WINE FOR SOLIDARITY A “SCAM” 23 April 2013
News IT'S OFFICIAL: AS WINENEWS ANTICIPATED, KERIN O'KEEFE HAS BEEN CONFIRMED THE NEW "ITALIAN EDITOR" OF THE FAMOUS US MAGAZINE "WINE ENTHUSIAST". AND SOON THE OFFICIAL WORD- MONICA LARNER TO "THE WINE ADVOCATE" 23 April 2013
News FROM BOLGHERI WINES TO "BOLGHERI STYLE": THE FUTURE OF ONE OF THE TOP ITALIAN WINE TERRITORIES, IN THE WORDS OF ITS "FOUNDERS" PIERO AND LODOVICO ANTINORI, INCISA DELLA ROCCHETTA, MELETTI CAVALLARI AND SATTA. FOCUS: CASTELLO BANFI IN BOLGHERI 22 April 2013
