News THE CRISIS, BUT NOT ONLY, IS CHANGING THE MARKET AND EVEN HOW TO NARRATE WINE. PEOPLE NO LONGER WANT TECHNOLOGICAL FACTS, BUT CULTURE. WINENEWS FACE TO FACE WITH CHARLIE ARTURAOLA, THE "300.000 KM A YEAR" SOMMELIER 28 November 2012
News ITALY IN THE PRESTIGIOUS "TOP 100" 2012 OF THE INFLUENTIAL AMERICAN MAGAZINE "WINE SPECTATOR", WEIGHING IN LIGHTER THAN 2011 ... BUT REPRESENTED BY 16 (20 in 2011) AWARD-WINNING WINES, 7 FROM TUSCANY AND 5 FROM PIEDMONT... 26 November 2012
News IT IS FINALLY HERE. RIGHT NOW, ONLY IN THE STATES AND FOR AMERICAN WINES ONLY: THE E-COMMERCE GIANT AMAZON (IN SEPTEMBER 2012 THEY INVOICE MORE THAN 3.8 MILLIION US DOLLARS, ED) HAS LAUNCHED ITS WINE SECTION 12 November 2012
News FROM WHITE BARBERA TO POWDERED BAROLO AND GRATED GORGONZOLA: THE "CULT" OF FALSE MADE IN ITALY PRODUCTS IS STILL IN THE SPOTLIGHT AND "STEALS" 60 BILLION EUROS A YEAR FROM HONEST FARMERS, REPORTS COLDIRETTI 02 November 2012
News INTERPOL AND NAC ALSO FIGHTING FALSE BAROLO, CHIANTI, VALPOLICELLA, MONTEPULCIANO AND NERO D'AVOLA PRODUCTS IN THE UK. 3.500 KG OF FAKE ITALIAN PRODUCTS AND OVER 1 TON OF HEALTH HAZARDOUS EASTERN EUROPE PRODUCTS SEIZED BY NAS IN MILAN 02 November 2012
News THE FRENCH TAKE MADE IN ITALY TO CHINA: THE FRENCH CHAIN AUCHAN IS TAKING "A TASTE OF THE REGIONS" TO THE ORIENT (UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE). "BECAUSE EVERYONE WANTS TO TASTE ITALIAN FOOD AND IT DOESN’T MATTER WHO SELLS IT" 01 November 2012
News ZONIN: "CALIFORNIA DREAM"? ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MADE IN ITALY WINE GROUPS (2 THOUSAND HECTARES OF VINEYARDS IN ALL OF ITALY) HAS JUST OPENED "ALTEMURA" IN APULIA, AND IS ALREADY THINKING ABOUT THEIR NEXT STEP: THE UNITED STATES (AND NOT ONLY) 22 October 2012
News CORKS & CO: THE FUTURE USES & APPLICATIONS OF THIS 100% RECYCLABLE MATERIAL INCLUDE A GRAMOPHONE, POWER OUTLET, HEADPHONES, CHAIRS, SLIPPERS AND EVEN A BEEHIVE (BY ANNA LOSKIEWICZ) DESIGNED BY YOUNG DESIGNERS AND AWARDED BY AMORIM 10 October 2012
News TASTE IDENTITY 2013 BY PAOLO MARCHI: THE BEST MALE / FEMALE CHEF (ANTONINO CANNAVACCIUOLO, ANTONIA KLUGMANN) THE BEST FOREIGN CHEF (DANIEL HUMM), TOP SOMMELIER (MAURO MATTEI), THE SURPRISE OF THE YEAR (SILVIO SALMOIRAGHI). THESE ARE THE YOUNG STARS 09 October 2012
News MASSIMO BOTTURA (OSTERIA FRANCESCANA), HEINZ BECK (LA PERGOLA) AND GIANFRANCO VISSANI (VISSANI OF BASCHI) WITH 95/100 ARE THE MAGNIFICENT THREE AT THE TOP OF THE ITALIAN FOOD OLYMPICS: HERE ARE "THE RESTAURANTS OF ITALY" 2013 BY GAMBERO ROSSO 09 October 2012
News "IT’S AN INSULT TO THOSE WHO MAKE REAL WINE AND I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF IT WERE ALSO AN AN ATTEMPT ON CONSUMERS’ HEALTH". THE AGRICULTURE CHAIRMAN OF THE VENETO REGION MANZATO, IS AGAINST THE DO IT YOURSELF WINE KITS WITH DOC NAMES SOLD IN THE UK 26 September 2012
News THE BEST ITALIAN WINE IS TREBBIANO D’ABRUZZO 2007 BY VALENTINI, THEN BAROLO RESERVE MONPRIVATO CÀ D'MORISSIO 2004 BY MASCARELLO AND SASSICAIA 2009 BY SAN GUIDO ESTATE. THE "BEST ITALIAN WINE AWARDS-THE 50 BEST WINES OF ITALY" 25 September 2012
News THE WINE OF ZUCCO: FROM DUKE OF AUMALE TO PRESIDENT ZAMPARINI. SICILY REDISCOVERS THE PRODUCTION STARTED BY THE ORLEANS AT THE END OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. LIDIA RIZZO’S DOCUMENTARY FILM TRACES ITS HISTORY. WHO WILL CARRY ON THE LEGACY? 25 September 2012
News ITALIANS CAN REST ASSURED: FOOD ON THEIR PLATES IN 2011, FRUIT, VEGETABLES AND MEAT WAS 99.8% SAFE, REVEAL DATA FROM THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH. CONFAGRICOLTURA: "THANKS TO FARMERS" 20 September 2012
News IN A FEW YEARS THE POPE WILL TOAST WITH HIS OWN “KM O” WINE. JUST A LITTLE PATIENCE TO WAIT FOR THE ROWS OF TREBBIANO AND CESANESE FROM AFFILE (PHOTO) THAT COLDIRETTI DONATED TO THE FARM OF HIS HOLINESS IN CASTEL GANDOLFO 20 September 2012
News THEFT OF CHAMPAGNE GRAPES: THE GARDE RÉPUBLICAINE IN PARIS SENT THE CAVALRY DES CÉLESTINS TO PROTECT THE PRECIOUS BUNCHES THAT SELL FOR 6.50 EUROS A KILO ON THE MARKET, A REAL TREASURE 20 September 2012
News METHANOL MAKES EUROPE TREMBLE: THE CZECH REPUBLIC GOVERNMENT PROHIBITS THE SALE OF ALCOHOL OVER 20° AFTER THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH CONFIRMED THE DEATH OF 20 PEOPLE BY INTOXICATION FROM METHANOL. IN ITALY A WOMAN DIED IN GELA 19 September 2012
News FRENCH WINE AND SPIRITS SOAR AND REACH + 14% IN THE FIRST QUARTER 2012, DRIVEN BY ASIAN DEMAND FOR BORDEAUX AND COGNAC WITH A SALES INCREASE OF NEARLY 600 MILLION EUROS, REVEALS FEVS 11 September 2012
News THE EU COURT SAYS NO TO ALL HEALTH CLAIMS ON WINE AND SPIRITS AS THEY DO NOT MENTION EFFECTS OF ABUSE, ARE MISLEADING AND ASSUME CONSUMPTION OF OTHER WINES OR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES PROVOKE ADVERSE EFFECT 10 September 2012
News WINE & ART: THE OLDEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL COMBINATION HAS BEEN RENEWED. IN SWITZERLAND VIGNERON YVO MATHIER (THE "CAVE BEC FIN") PUTS THE ART OF 8 YOUNG "GRAFFITI" ARTISTS ON THE LABEL...AND ON BOXES OF WINE 10 September 2012
News "WINE IS A NATURAL PRODUCT AND CLIMATE DICTATES THE AMOUNT OF GRAPES. THE SKY IS THE VINEYARDS ROOFTOP. WINE IS NOT PRODUCED IN A FACTORY, LIKE STEEL AND THIS IS A CONCEPT THAT OFTEN ESCAPES THE FINANCIAL WORLD”, SAYS ANGELO GAJA 07 September 2012
News THE SECRET OF THE HISTORY OF VITICULTURE IS A HANDFUL OF SEEDS, PERFECTLY CONSERVED, FOUND IN A WELL DATING FIRST CENTURY A.C. IN THE TERRITORY OF BADIA A COLTIBUONO, BY FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY ARCHAEOLOGIST, NANCY DE GRUMMOND 06 September 2012
News WINE AND "SOCIAL NETWORK": HOW TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF INTERNET TO IMPROVE SALES. “WORD OF MOUTH IS ESSENTIAL FOR SALES AND SOCIAL MEDIA ARE THE DIGITAL AGE’S MOUTH,” SAYS KAREN RICE OF CONSTANT CONTACT 23 August 2012
News "THE CHINESE ARE ALREADY FED UP CULTIVATING ONLY FRENCH VARIETIES FOR THEIR WINES, SO THE UNIVERSITY OF BEIJING ASKED ITALY TO STUDY NEW GRAPE VARIETIES WITH THEM”, PROFESSOR ATTILIO SCIENA (UNIVERSITY OF MILAN) TOLD WINENEWS 10 August 2012
News IS ALS (LOU GEHRIG’S DISEASE) MORE WIDESPREAD IN AGRICULTURE THAN IN FOOTBALL? THE QUESTION ASKED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TURIN, DURING THE INVESTIGATION LED BY THE MAGISTRATE GUARINIELLO IS FOLLOWING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCCER AND SCLEROSIS 02 August 2012
News "ITALY MUST SEND TOP WINES TO THE USA, BECAUSE THEIR “MEMORY” IS WANING, EFFECTING LOW PRICE WINES, TOO AND IDENTITY IS AT RISK. THE ALARM SOUNDED BY THE ITALIAN WINE & FOOD INSTITUTE IN THE STATES 01 August 2012
News WHAT ARE THE TYPICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF WINE? CLIMATE, VINES, MAN AND ... WASPS AND HORNETS! THE YEAST RESPONSIBLE FOR FERMENTATION IS IN THEIR STOMACHS ALL WINTER. DISCOVERED BY THE MACH FOUNDATION, UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE AND THE MONTPELLIER CNRS 01 August 2012
News BEEKEEPING AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES: NEW GREEN TECHNOLOGY IS NOW PART OF A THOUSAND YEAR OLD PROFESSION. CREATING VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES, E-COMMERCE, AND BEEHIVE REMOTE CONTROL: HIGH TECH SUPPORTS BEEKEEPERS 01 August 2012
News FROM THE FACULTY OF ECONOMY TO THE VINEYARD: ITALIAN WINE TODAY AS SEEN BY THE PROF AND PRODUCER PIERO MASTROBERARDINO, HEAD OF THE FAMOUS WINERY IN CAMPANIA. STRENGTHS TO SAVE AND WEAKNESSES TO ELIMINATE 31 July 2012
News A SIGNATURE WINERY IN SOAVE, INSPIRED BY ITS VINEYARDS AND HILLS AND OF COURSE, COMPATIBLE: HOW 8 YOUNG ARCHITECTS ACCEPTED THE CHALLENGE, LAUNCHED BY "DOMUS ACADEMY" OF MILAN AND THE CONSORTIUM OF SOAVE 26 July 2012
News THE WINE “SPREAD” AWARDS ITALY: THE PRICE OF SUPER TUSCANS GREW 9% IN 2011, WHILE BORDEAUX PREMIER CRUS FELL 30%, REVEALS THE JULY LIV-EX REPORT THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME INTRODUCES THE LIV-EX SUPER TUSCAN 50 26 July 2012
News GOOD ITALIAN FOOD ACROSS THE BORDER? IN LONDON, BRUNELLO “5 CIRCLES” AND MR. MARONI’S “NATIONAL TEAM” OF ITALIAN WINES ACCOMPANY THE ITALIAN TEAM TO THE OLYMPICS, THE REAL SURPRISE FOR GOURMETS IS OUTSIDE THE GAMES ... EXCEPT FOR VINO (POLIS) 25 July 2012
News WHAT IF THERE WERE A “UNIVERSAL GRAFTHOLDER" TO PROTECT AGAINST THERMAL CLIMATE CHANGE AND DISEASE? THIS IS THE GOAL OF THE INTER-UNIVERSITY AND MADE IN ITALY "AGER" SERRES PROJECT, EXPLAINED BY THE CO-ORDINATOR, ATTILIO SCIENZA 25 July 2012
News AGRO FOOD PRODUCTS: AGRICULTURAL COMPENSATION “WEIGHS” 20% ON THE FINAL PRICE. WHAT MAKES UP THE REST? TAXES, LOGISTICS, DISTRIBUTIO AND SALES, REVEALS THE ISMEA REPORT "CHECK UP 2012: ITALIAN AGRO FOOD COMPETITIVENESS" 25 July 2012
News THE BRITISH MEDICAL ORGANIZATION, UK FACULTY OF PUBLIC HEALTH, CALLS FOR A HEALTH "WARNING" LABEL ON BOTTLES OF WINE AND SPIRITS WHILE "THE DRINK BUSINESS" LISTS THE TOP 10 STUDIES ON THE BENEFITS OF MODERATE DRINKING... 20 July 2012
News SIDEWAYS? "THE DRINK BUSINESS" SAYS THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK, REX PICKETT, ASKED THE FILM DIRECTOR ALEXANDER PAYNE TO SHOOT A NEW FILM BASED ON HIS NOVEL "VERTICAL" 18 July 2012
News QUALITY FOOD INTO EUROPEANS SHOPPING CARTS. 96% FIRST LOOK AT QUALITY, THEN PRICE (91%) AND ORIGIN (71%). AGRICULTURE PROTECTS RURAL LANDSCAPES (89%), REVEALS THE EUROBAROMETER SURVEY FOR THE EU COMMISSION 13 July 2012
News THE WORLD IS THIRSTY FOR WINE. CONSUMPTION IS UP. WHO DRINKS THE MOST WINE? FRANCE, THE USA AND ITALY. EXPORT VOLUME UP FROM 60 MILLION HECTOLITRES IN 2000 TO 99 MILLION IN 2011, REVEALS THE GERMAN "WEIN-PLUS" STUDY 12 July 2012
News ITALY PLAYS A PART IN STARBUCKS “REVOLUTION”: THE FAMOUS AMERICAN COFFEE SHOP CHAIN HAS BEEN SERVING WINE FOR A FEW YEARS, WITH GROWING SUCCESS. AND NOW HAS ALSO CHOSEN VILLA SANDI’S PROSECCO 12 July 2012
News ITALY PLAYS A PART IN STARBUCKS “REVOLUTION”: THE FAMOUS AMERICAN COFFEE SHOP CHAIN HAS BEEN SERVING WINE FOR A FEW YEARS, WITH GROWING SUCCESS. AND NOW HAS ALSO CHOSEN VILLA SANDI’S PROSECCO 12 July 2012
