News TREASURY WINE ESTATES HAS JUMPED AHEAD OF EVERYONE, INCLUDING BUREAUCRACY. STARTING IN 2016, THE GIANT’S WINES WILL INDICATE CALORIES ON ITS LABELS, WHILE THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT IS STILL LEGISLATING THE NEW WINE LABEL 07 December 2015
News WINE GIANTS AND BUSINESS: CHANGYU, THE NUMBER ONE PRIVATE WINE INVESTOR IN CHINA HAS BOUGHT CHATEAU MIREFLEURS, ONE OF THE FRENCH LEADING WINE GROUP CASTEL’S BORDEAUX ESTATES, FOR 3.3 MILLION EUROS 03 December 2015
News IS WINE A CULTURAL HERITAGE IN ITALY? “ABSOLUTELY. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ITALIAN IDENTITIES IN THE WORLD”, THE MINISTER OF CULTURAL HERITAGE AND ACTIVITIES, DARIO FRANCESCHINI, REPLIED TO WINENEWS 23 November 2015
News “ALL WINES NAMED AFTER THEIR GRAPE VARIETY COULD BE REMOVED FROM THE LIST OF EU PROTECTED WINES”. ALARM SOUNDED IN BRUSSELS BY DE CASTRO AND HERBERT DORMANN, PRESIDENT OF WINE INTERGROUP. UIV MET ON MARKET AND LABELING 19 November 2015
News GAMBERO ROSSO SPA SHARES LISTED ON AIM ITALY ON THE ITALIAN STOCK EXCHANGE. 4,449,000 SHARES HAVE BEEN SOLD AT 1.60 EUROS FOR A TOTAL OF 7.1 MILLION. TRADING STARTED ON NOVEMBER 23RD 19 November 2015
News IN SICILY, THE WINERY SETTESOLI TRIED TO SAFEGUARD ITS ARTISTIC HERITAGE WITH A PROJECT TO COLLECT 500.000 EUROS FOR THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARK IN SELINUNTE AND CAVE DI CUSA, BUT BUREAUCRACY HAS MIRED IT 19 November 2015
News ON WINE SPECTATOR’S "TOP 100" LIST, ITALY IS RIGHT AFTER THE US (30 WINES) WITH 20 WINES, WIDELY EXCEEDING FRANCE AT ONLY 14 AND THE AMERICAN MARKET IS LOOKING MORE AND MORE TO THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE 17 November 2015
News FOLLOWING THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN ICANN AND EUROPEAN WINE PRODUCERS ORGANIZATIONS AT THE END OF JUNE, BRANDS ON CLEARINGHOUSE TRADEMARKS HAVE FIRST CLAIM ON DONUTS TO REGISTER “.WINE” AND “.VIN” DOMINIONS 17 November 2015
News THE ECHO OF THE ATTACKS THAT SHOCKED PARIS AND EUROPE LAST FRIDAY NIGHT HAS ARRIVED IN BEAUNE. THE 155TH “VENTE DES VINS DES HOSPICES DE BEAUNE” IN MEMORY OF THE VICTIMS AND IN SOLIDARITY TO THEIR FAMILIES. 16 November 2015
News “ITALIAN WINES ARE ON A PAR WITH FRENCH, BUT ITALY HAS TO BELIEVE. MY ALL TIME FAVORITE WINE IS SASSICAIA '85. TODAY THE WINE ADVOCATE IS NOT JUST ME BUT RATHER A TEAM AND IN ITALY IT IS MONICA LARNER”. WINENEWS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH ROBERT PARKER 02 November 2015
News TTIP & WINE - AREV (EUROPEAN WINE REGIONS) DEMANDS U.S. WAIVER THE RIGHT TO USE 17 GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS (INCLUDING CHIANTI AND MARSALA), THE RECOGNITION OF EU ORGANIC WINE AND "COLA" EXEMPTION 27 October 2015
News WHAT’S THE RISK GRAPES AROUND THE WORLD ARE FACING? BEING EATEN BY RACCOONS, WILD BOARS, BABOONS, BIRDS AND DEER THAT HAVE ALL CHOSEN GRAPES, RED OR GREEN AS THE KEY PART OF THEIR DIETS, REPORTS “DECANTER” 23 October 2015
News FINE WINES FROM VERONELLI’S PRIVATE CELLAR, SPECIAL FORMATS (MONFORTINO 1961 "QUARTO DI BRENTA" 13.7 LITRES) AND RARE VINTAGES OF MARGAUX (1900), ROMANÉE-CONTI (1959), KRUG (1938) TO BE AUCTIONED BY BOLAFFI ON NOVEMBER 17TH IN TURIN 22 October 2015
News THE CURTAIN IS UP ON THE 2013 CHATEAU MOUTON ROTHSCHILD LABEL. THE SOUTH KOREAN ARTIST LEE UFAN FOCUSED ON SIMPLICITY, WITH A PURPLE AND RED BRUSHSTROKE OVER THE CHATEAU LOGO 21 October 2015
News THE CHATEAU MARGAUX "EX-CELLAR" AUCTION AT SOTHEBY'S NEW YORK WAS A HUGE SUCCESS - 2.8 MILLION DOLLARS, DOUBLE THE ESTIMATES. THE TOP LOT WAS THE 2009 12 LITRE SOLD FOR 98.000 DOLLARS, AND A VERTICAL (1978-2012, MAGNUM) FOR 67.375 20 October 2015
News WORLD WINE EXPORTS ARE UP AND RUNNING. VOLUMES MARKED 3.4% IN THE PERIOD FROM JUNE 2014 TO JUNE 2015, AT 10.337 BILLION LITERS AND 5% GROWTH OF TOTAL TURNOVER, AT 26.924 BILLION EUROS 19 October 2015
News REMEMBER THE MENU OF THE LAST LUNCH ON BOARD THE TITANIC, SAVED BY A PASSENGER IN FIRST CLASS? IT WAS JUST AUCTIONED IN NEW YORK AND SOLD FOR 88.000 US DOLLARS (INITIAL ESTIMATE 50.000-70.000) BY ONLINE AUCTION HOUSE LION HEART AUTOGRAPHS 01 October 2015
News BARTOLO MASCARELLO’S 2011 BAROLO IS THE ONLY WINE AWARDED THE HIGHEST SCORE (20/20) ON THE 2016 "GUIDA VINI D’ITALIA" PUBLISHED BY THE WEEKLY "L'ESPRESSO". PIEDMONT AND TUSCANY AS USUAL VIE FOR MOST WINES AWARDED AND PIEDMONT WON 01 October 2015
News TAKE ANYTHING, BUT DON’T TOUCH MY CHAMPAGNE. EVEN IN PRISON OFF THE AFRICAN COAST ON THE ISLAND OF ST HELENA, NAPOLEON NEVER GAVE UP WHAT HE LOVED MOST: CHAMPAGNE. HE WAS ENTITLED TO A BOTTLE A DAY IN HIS GOLDEN JAIL 29 September 2015
News AUTUMN WINE AUCTIONS HAVE STARTED WITH A BANG FOR ITALIAN WINES - RECORD NUMBERS FROM SOTHEBY'S IN NEW YORK: 18.375 US DOLLARS FOR 12 BOTTLES OF SASSICAIA 1985. MASSETO, ORNELLAIA, BRUNELLO SOLDERA AND BAROLO GIACOSA ALSO SOLD AT HIGH PRICES 28 September 2015
News 2500 YOUNG FARMERS FROM 120 COUNTRIES TOGETHER WITH CARLO PETRINI, RAJ PATEL, SERGE LATOUCHE, DON LUIGI CIOTTI AND ALICE WATERS WILL SPEAK ABOUT THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES ON FOOD AT "TERRA MADRE GIOVANI", FROM OCTOBER 3RD TO 6TH IN MILAN 25 September 2015
News WINE AND FOOD DO NOT ALWAYS GO HAND IN HAND, LIKE IN BRITAIN, WHERE COOKS AND BUDDING CHEFS ARE STILL IN AWE OF WINE. FIONA BECKETT, WINE WRITER FOR "THE GUARDIAN" HAS CREATED "WINE FOR FOODIES" 23 September 2015
News MONTALCINO, CHIANTI, UMBRIA, FRANCIACORTA AND VALPOLICELLA – THESE TERRITORIES HAVE THE HIGHEST PROPERTY VALUES, REVEALED A STUDY ON THE SPECIALIZED PORTAL IDEALISTA.IT TOGETHER WITH WINENEWS 23 September 2015
News SERVING WINE AT THE RIGHT TEMPERATURE AND IN THE PROPER GLASS IS REALLY NOT ENOUGH. WINE MUST ALSO BE SIPPED IN THE RIGHT WAY, AS THE STUDY BY DR. PIOMBINO AND PROFESSOR MOIO OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II, REVEALED 21 September 2015
News A MEAGER SEASON AND SKY HIGH PRICES (1.500 EUROS / KILO) FOR THE 2015 VINTAGE OF WHITE TRUFFLES, PIEDMONT, TUSCANY, MARCHE AND UMBRIA TRUFFLE HUNTERS TOLD WINENEWS. GOURMETS AND RESTAURANTS ARE HAPPY BECAUSE IT WILL BE A LONG SEASON. 18 September 2015
News WORK ON CITÉ DU VIN IN BORDEAUX IS WELL ON ITS WAY AND THE FIRST INDISCRETIONS HAVE COME OUT ON THE "DECANTER" - THE 7TH FLOOR WILL HOST THE RESTAURANT “7ÈME”, MANAGED BY CHEF NICOLAS LASCOMBES 18 September 2015
News THE RENOWNED AMERICAN WINE MAGAZINE,"WINE ENTHUSIAST" HAS JUST GIVEN ITALIAN WINE ONE OF ITS MOST IMPORTANT AWARDS, THE "LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT WINE STAR AWARD" 2015 GOES TO THE PIEDMONT WINE PRODUCER ANGELO GAJA 15 September 2015
News CHATEAU LATOUR HAS ABANDONED THE SALES EN PRIMEUR SYSTEM THAT GUIDES THE BORDEAUX MARKET, AND HAS DISCOVERED A MORE “AMERICAN” WAY, LIKE A MAILING LIST, NAPA VALLEY STYLE, FOR DIRECT SALES OF ITS THREE WINES 14 September 2015
News EVEN SMALL DOSES OF ALCOHOL CONSUMED DURING PREGNANCY ARE A HEALTH RISK FOR THE CHILD, EMHASIZED THE ISS -INSTITUTE OF HEALTH STUDY PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL "CLINICAL CHEMISTRY & LABORATORY MEDICINE" 14 September 2015
News FRENCH WINE EXPORTS REACH 3.5 BILLION EUROS TURNOVER IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 2015 FOR 7% GROWTH INCREASE COMPARED TO THE SAME PERIOD IN 2014, REVEAL DATA FROM LVEF - FÉDÉRATION DES EXPORTATEURS DE VINS ET SPIRITUEUX 14 September 2015
News OVER THE LAST 52 WEEKS, IN THE UK, PROSECCO HAS GROWN 72% IN VALUE, TO 338 MILLION POUNDS, AND 78% IN VOLUME, TO 37 MILLION LITRES. CHAMPAGNE HAS SLOWED DOWN AND ALMOST STOPPED: 250 MILLION POUNDS AND 9.8 MILLION LITRES, REVEAL IRI FIGURES 20 August 2015
News MANY EXPERTS THE WORLD OVER HAVE SOUNDED THE ALARM, FROM CALIFORNIA TO AUSTRALIA TO FRANCE TO SPAIN, ABOUT VINE DISEASES. IN ITALY LEONARDO VALENTI AND ATTILIO SCIENZA TOLD WINENEWS: "IT IS NOT A DISASTER BUT WE MUST KEEP OUR GUARD UP" 19 August 2015
News THE ITALIAN RESTAURANT WORLD IS ENJOYING GOOD ECONOMIC HEALTH, THANKS TO SOME PASSIONATE THIRTY-YEAR OLDS. WINENEWS INTERVIEWED ENZO VIZZARI, WHO ANTICIPATED "SOMMELIER OF THE YEAR" IS ALBERTO PIRAS OF "IL LUOGO DI AIMO E NADIA". 18 August 2015
News WILD VINES, PERHAPS INZOLIA OR CATARRATTO AND PRE-PHYLLOXERA, GROWING IN THE SAND DUNES THREE METERS FROM THE SEA HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED ON LIDO FIORI BEACH IN MENFI, NEAR THE MANDRAROSSA VINEYARDS OF CANTINE SETTESOLI (HARVEST IN PROGRESS) 12 August 2015
News THE DRIVING FORCE OF ITALIAN WINE GROWTH IN EXPORTS AND THE DOMESTIC MARKET IN Q1 2015 WERE PDO WINES, ESPECIALLY SPARKLINGS THAT RECORDED DOUBLE DIGITS IN ITALY AND AROUND THE WORLD, REVEALED THE ISMEA REPORT 07 August 2015
News THE SAYING, PROSECCO FOR EVERY OCCASION, BUT CHAMPAGNE FOR WEDDINGS IS NOT TRUE ANYMORE, AT LEAST IN THE UK WHERE 2 OUT OF 3 COUPLES CHOOSE ITALIAN SPARKLINGS AND ONLY 1 OUT OF 12, FRENCH BUBBLES, REVEALED LAITHWAITES 05 August 2015
News THE US IS THE MOST ATTRACTIVE WINE TRADE MARKET IN THE WORLD. JAPAN IS IN THIRD PLACE, BRITAIN IS BACK IN THE TOP 5 AND CHINA FELL TO NUMBER 6, REVEALED THE "THE WINE INTELLIGENCE COMPASS REPORT 2015 -16" 03 August 2015
News SPI GROUP, FAMOUS FOR BRANDS LIKE STOLICHNAYA VODKA, IS INVESTING AGAIN IN WINE. FOLLOWING JOINT VENTURES FOR ORNELLAIA IN BOLGHERI AND CASTELGIOCONDO AND LUCE DELLA VITE IN MONTALCINO AND ACHÁVAL FERRER IN ARGENTINA, THEY ARE BUYING SPANISH ARÍNZANO 03 August 2015
News ROBERT PARKER, THE GURU OF WINE CRITICS, STEPS DOWN FROM RATING BORDEAUX. PERHAPS THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME FOR A UNIFORM POINT INDEX OF THE 13 MOST INFLUENTIAL CRITICS IN THE WORLD? THE UNIVERSITY OF BORDEAUX HAS CREATED "GLOBAL WINE SCORE" 24 July 2015
News RUSSIA TUMBLES, CHINA GROWS, US IS STABLE. WATCH OUT FOR DEVALUATION IN AUSTRALIA AND BRAZIL AND BULK WINE IN SPAIN, ACCORDING TO "NOMISMA WINE MONITOR" ON WORLD WINE EXPORTS IN 2015 24 July 2015
