News AFTER WEEKS OF TASTING AND FORECASTS, THE EN PRIMEUR BORDEAUX 2014 VINTAGE CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN LAUNCHED AND THE FIRST PREMIER GRANDS CRUS CLASSÉS ON THE MARKET ARE CHATEAU MOUTON ROTHSCHILD, 282 EUROS PER BOTTLE, SAME AS 2013 29 April 2015
News ITALIAN CONSUMER SPENDING FROM POSTWAR TO TODAY HAS TOPPLED: FOOD AND BEVERAGE SHOPPING HAS DROPPED FROM 80% IN 1945 (54% DURING THE WAR) TO 18.5% TODAY, REVEALS THE MOST RECENT CONFCOMMERCIO SURVEY 29 April 2015
News MORE SARDINES AND HERRING ON THE FISH MENU IS THE COMMITMENT 20 WORLD FAMOUS CHEFS, INCLUDING MASSIMO BOTTURA, HAVE MADE FOR THE CAMPAIGN "SAVE THE OCEANS: FEED THE WORLD" AGAINST EXPLOITING THE SEAS 09 April 2015
News WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF PRICES OF EN PRIMEUR CHAMPAGNE IN BORDEAUX INCREASE? EVERYONE IS ASKING FOR A CUT OFF PRICE, BUT VINTAGE 2014 IS HIGHER THAN 2013 AND THE CHATEAUX, DESPITE DIFFICULTIES IN THE EAST, ARE HOLDING TIGHT (RISKING A FIASCO) 07 April 2015
News KEY WINE WORDS ON TWITTER: “WINE, OF COURSE, THEN QUALITY, HISTORY, EARTH AND DAY, RELATED TO DAILY LIFE IN WINERIES, VINEYARDS AND TERRITORY. IT IS STILL A VERY TRADITIONAL LANGUAGE”, SAYS PAOLO ERRICO OF "MAXFONE" 02 April 2015
News TWO HUNDRED CHEFS IN A TEMPORARY RESTAURANT WILL TEACH ALL ABOUT FOOD. IT’S CALLED "IDENTITY EXPO" AND FOR 6 MONTHS AT EXPO 2015, ITALIAN AND INTERNATIONAL CHEFS WILL ALTERNATE, FROM BOTTURA TO CRACCO AND OLDANI 01 April 2015
News ONLY ONE STABLE IN FIVE HAS SURVIVED THE MILK QUOTA REGIME IN EFFECT FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS AND ENDING TODAY. THERE ARE ONLY 36.000 DAIRY FARMS LEFT IN ITALY AND THE DANGER IS NEW FINES AND THE INVASION OF MILK FROM ABROAD (40%), SAID COLDIRETTI 31 March 2015
News HOW TO BRING YOUNG PEOPLE BACK TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH? INSTEAD OF BRINGING THEM CLOSER TO GOD IN CHURCH, IT’S BETTER TO OPEN A…BAR. THIS IS THE IDEA OF THE CHURCH IN LILLE THAT THANKS TO CHURCH FUNDS HAS OPENED "BAR CANA" 30 March 2015
News IT’S THE YEAR OF MARRONETO WINERY’S BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO. "THE WINE ADVOCATE"AWARDED 100/100, 99/100 FOR MADONNA DELLE GRAZIE 2010 AND IS THE NUMBER 1 WINE FOR THE US MAGAZINE "THE WINE ENTHUSIAST BUYING GUIDE" 30 March 2015
News THE MADE IN ITALY LABEL WILL ARRIVE MID APRIL, BUT WILL GO ON SHELVES AND NOT ON INDIVIDUAL PACKAGES, ANNOUNCED MINISTER MARTINA WHO DEFENDS THE PARTICIPATION OF COCA COLA AND MCDONALD'S AT EXPO: "WITHOUT THEIR BUSINESS EXPO IS INCOMPLETE" 27 March 2015
News "THERE ARE A FEW DETAILS TO WORK OUT, BUT THE DECISION HAS BEEN MADE". ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT VERDICCHIO WINE COMPANIES, FAZI BATTAGLIA, IS JOINING BERTANI DOMAINS, OF THE ANGELINI WINE GROUP, THE CEO EMILIO PEDRON CONFIRMED TO WINENEWS 18 March 2015
News THE PROWEIN-WINE INTELLIGENCE SURVEY ON DISTRIBUTION TRENDS IN THE WINE WORLD REVEALED "CONVENIENCE STORES", ON LINE MARKETS AND SOME TOP MASS RETAIL CHAINS ARE GROWING. 17 March 2015
News WHEN IT COMES TO WINE THE ONLY RULE IS COMMON SENSE, ASSOCIATING IT TO ONLY ALCOHOL, AND OF COURSE WHEN YOU DRINK IT. THIS WAS THE SIMPLE REFLECTION ON A COMPLEX THEME AT THE UIV ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION, “ALCOHOL, REASON AND FEELING” 12 March 2015
News FRENCH EAT MORE PIZZATHAN ITALIANS ACCORDING TO "LE PARISIEN”. THE FRENCH MAKE MORE THAN 809 MILLION PIZZAS A YEAR – AN AVERAGE OF 5 KG PER PERSON. MORE THAN THE ITALIANS, BUT LESS THAN THE AMERICANS 06 March 2015
News FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE PALIO DI SIENA, THE "PALIO" OR "CENCIO" TO THE WINNING CONTRADA WILL BE PAINTED WITH WINE BY THE FLORENTINE ARTIST AND CREATOR OF WINE ART TECHNOLOGY, ELISABETTA ROGAI 05 March 2015
News TIGNANELLO, JEWEL OF ANTINORI WINE, AT NUMBER 12 AND ZONIN, ONE OF THE TOP ITALIAN WINE BRANDS AT NUMBER 18 ON THE 2015 "WORLD'S MOST ADMIRED WINE BRANDS" RANKING BY "DRINKS INTERNATIONAL". THE SPANISH WINE, TORRES IS NUMBER ONE 04 March 2015
News MORE THAN 1,000 CHEFS IN EVERY CORNER OF THE FIVE CONTINENTS WILL HONOR FRENCH CUISINE ON MARCH 19TH. "GOUT DE FRANCE / GOOD FRANCE ", FRENCH AND ITALIAN CHEFS WILL MEET FOR HEALTHIER AND NATURAL CUISINE 02 March 2015
News THERE IS NOTHING OFFICIAL YET, BUT RUMORS ARE BEGINNING TO SPREAD THAT BRUNELLO CUCINELLI IS GOING FROM FASHION TO THE WINE WORLD, TALKING ABOUT 6 ACRES OF VINEYARDS OF NATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL VARIETIES AND A TRADITIONAL CELLAR 02 March 2015
News VENICE REDISCOVERS ITS ANCIENT WINE HERITAGE. AFTER THE BISOL EXPERIENCE ON MAZZORBO ISLAND, HENRI DARNAT, VIGNERON OF MEURSAULT (BURGUNDY) IS ON TH E ISLAND OF SANT'ERASMO, BETTING HEAVILY ON THE LAGUNA 02 March 2015
News “ 5.1 BILLION EUROS IN EXPORTS IN 2014 IS A GREAT RESULT FOR A VERY PARTICULAR YEAR, AND THE GOAL TO DOUBLE EXPORTS FOR 2020 IS STILL WITHIN REACH”, THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, MAURIZIO MARTINA TOLD WINENEWS 27 February 2015
News TOUR DE FRANCE 2015 "SNUBS" FRENCH WINE. NOT ONLY WILL THE OFFICIAL WINE (FOR THE NEXT 3 YEARS) BE THE CHILEAN COMPANY CONO SUR, BUT NO STAGE OF THE TOUR WILL GO THROUGH ANY OF THE MOST FAMOUS FRENCH WINE AREAS 26 February 2015
News THE WORLD FAMOUS FATHER OF THE "CHAMPENOISE" METHOD IS THE MONK DOM PÉRIGNON, BUT THE TITLE OF FIRST WINE TASTER GOES TO KING LOUIS XV, WHO FIRST RECOGNIZED AND APPRECIATED THE CHAMPAGNE BUBBLES 24 February 2015
News SAGRANTINO, THE SECRET IS IN THE TANNINS, WHICH BY TYPE AND CONCENTRATION, MAKES IT A UNIQUE GRAPE VARIETY AND THE KING OF WINES IN MONTEFALCO, EXPLAINED FULVIO MATTIVI (MACH FOUNDATION IN SAN MICHELE ALL'ADIGE). 24 February 2015
News WINE & FOOD DISTRICTS ARE THE BEST: 5 OUT OF 15 ARE BEST FOR GROWTH AND PROFIT, ACCORDING TO INTESA SAN PAOLO. THEY ARE LINKED TO WINE (CHIANTI, PROSECCO OF CONEGLIANO AND VALDOBBIADENE AND VERONA AREA WINES) AND FOOD (PIEDMONT CONFECTIONERY) 24 February 2015
News HALF WAY BETWEEN AN AUCTION AND AN EN PRIMEUR SALE THE "PREMIERE NAPA VALLEY WINES AUCTION" SETS ANOTHER RECORD: 200 LOTS OF CALIFORNIAN WINE VINTAGE 2013 STILL IN BARREL, REACHED 5.9 MILLION DOLLARS 23 February 2015
News "WELCOME BRUNELLO": AS WINENEWS ANTICIPATED, "THREE STARS" FOR THE 2014 HARVEST CELEBRATED ON THE TILE DESIGNED BY THE FOUNDER OF SLOW FOOD CARLO PETRINI, WHO WROTE " EARTH WISDOM FUTURE” AND THE WINE MARK, SYMBOL OF HAPPINESS 21 February 2015
News THERE ARE 1368 WINE GRAPE VARIETIES IN THE WORLD, AND ONLY SOME HAVE EMERGED ON WORLD MARKETS. MANY, LIKE PAIS, TEROLDEGO, NERELLO MASCALESE AND AGIORGITIKO ARE READY TO CONQUER PALATES AROUND THE WORLD 10 February 2015
News “THE EXPO OF IDEAS": THE ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER RENZI SAID, "THE EXPO WILL BE THE TEST FOR ITALY’S AMBITIONS". "ITALY MUST WIN ITS EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL BET AND VALORIZE THE MEANING OF FOOD" AND, "EXPO IS NOT JUST A SHOW" 07 February 2015
News "EXPO OF IDEAS": PETRINI (SLOW FOOD) SAID, " IF THERE ARE NO FARMERS, IT’S AN EVENT BUILT ON SAND", ADDING, "WE MUST NOT FOCUS ONLY ON MILLIONS OF TOURISTS VISITING THE SHOW, BUT ON FARMERS AND RANCHERS WHO ARE SUFFERING" 07 February 2015
News "2010, EXTRAORDINARY YEAR FOR BRUNELLO AND BAROLO. SOUTHERN ITALIAN AND SPARKLING WINES DOING WELL ON THE US MARKET", KERIN O 'KEEFE, ITALIAN EDITOR OF "WINE ENTHUSIAST" TOLD WINENEWS. FOCUS: BRUNELLO 2010 IN THE US 05 February 2015
News THE "LIV-EX POWER 100" RANKS THE TOP WINE BRANDS. BUT, BORDEAUX IS TOPS IN QUANTITY TRADED AND CHATEAU MOUTON ROTHSCHILD IS NUMBER ONE, REVEALS THE "TOP 10 MOST POWERFUL FINE WINE BRANDS" 05 February 2015
News THE AUSTERITY MEASURES IMPOSED BY BEIJING ARE OVER AND CHINA IS READY TO START UP AGAIN, SAID GUILLAUME DÉGLISE, VINEXPO CEO, CITING THE LATEST IWSR STUDY AND HE IS BETTING ON 24.8% CONSUMPTION GROWTH IN 2018 04 February 2015
News ITALIAN WINE EXPORTS (MAYBE A NEW RECORD IN 2014?) HAVE OVERCOME THE CRISIS (+ 45% VALUE, + 23% VOLUMES, 2008-2013), EURO EFFECT AND THIRD COUNTRIES HAVE GROWN MORE THAN EU. THANKS TO OCM AND CASE HISTORY TEAMWORK LIKE GRANDI MARCHI 03 February 2015
News THE WHITE HOUSE CHEF COMING TO EXPO IN MILAN: CRISTETA COMERFORD WILL BE THE CHEF AT THE JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION RESTAURANT OPENING IN MILAN DURING EXPO 2015 02 February 2015
News IMU AGRICULTURE AND WINE: THE "MAP" OF PAYING AND NON PAYING TOP ITALIAN WINE TERRITORIES, ACCORDING TO THE 2015 DECREE NUMBER 4. MANY DISSIMILARITIES IN THE SAME DOC. WHY TERROIR MAKES A DIFFERENCE FOR TAXES 27 January 2015
News IN 2018 GERMANS WILL DRINK MORE WINE THAN ITALIANS: 3.3 BILLION BOTTLES TO 3.28 BILLION. WORLD WINE CONSUMPTION IS ON THE RISE, ESTIMATED +35%, 2.5 BILLION 9-LITER CASES, REVEALS THE IWSR RESEARCH FOR VINEXPO 21 January 2015
News CHAMPAGNE STILL DECLINING ON THE DOMESTIC MARKET. THE GOOD NEWS COMES FROM ABROAD WHERE EXPORTS GREW IN 2014: 308 MILLION BOTTLES SOLD AND 4.5 BILLION EUROS IN TURNOVER 19 January 2015
News THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC GIORGIO NAPOLITANO HAS RESIGNED. THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE MAURIZIO MARTINA SAID "THANK YOU FOR 9 YEARS OF TOTAL ALLEGIANCE TO THE REPUBLIC" AND THE TIME YOU CAME TO VINITALY, AND THE MEETING WITH CITTÀ DEL VINO... 14 January 2015
News WINE COMMUNICATION IS ESSENTIALLY ON THE WEB, AND IN THE US THE MOST INFLENTIAL WINE SITES ARE WINE SEARCHER, WINE SPECTATOR AND WINE ENTHUSIAST -THE TOP THREE ON "THE WINE WEB POWER" BY "VINEPAIR" 12 January 2015
News FRENCH WINE JOURNALISTS SALUTE THE MEMORY OF STEPHANE CHARBONNIER, JEAN CABUT, BERNARD VERLHAC AND GEORGES WOLINSKI, THE CARTOONISTS KILLED AT "CHARLIE HEBDO" IN PARIS 08 January 2015
