News “BRAVEHEART” LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO LAY DOWN HIS ARMS IN CHIANTI: THE ACTOR, MEL GIBSON, IS HUNTING FOR A VILLA IN THE FAMOUS TUSCAN TERRITORY. KEY PREREQUISITE: PRODUCING VINEYARDS 20 July 2011
News 30 PENCE FOR A BOTTLE OF CHÂTEAU LAFITE 2004: ONLINE LOW BID WINE AUCTIONS (OR BETS?) ON THE UNIQUEWINEAUCTIONS.COM UK WEBSITE. SUCCESS OF A PHENOMENON THAT GOES BEYOND NUMBERS AND CONFIRMS GREAT WINES ARE OBJECTS OF DESIRE 18 July 2011
News AT THE BEACH, WITH THE FAMILY, PREFERABLY EATING ITALIAN FOOD. THIS IS HOW ITALIANS IMAGINE SUMMER LUNCH. THE BEST DISH TO EAT ON THE BEACH? RICE SALAD, REVEALS THE POLLI COOKING LAB SURVEY 18 July 2011
News PROSECCO IS A "DEMOCRATIC" SUCCESS, FROM "ENTRY LEVEL" TO "TOP QUALITY". THE SECRETS OF ITALIAN SPARKLING WINE SUCCESS AS TOLD BY BISOL AND CARPENÈ MALVOLTI. EVEN CHAMPAGNE MAKERS LIKE IT... 15 July 2011
News BACK TO THE BEGINNING WHEN GLOBAL MARKETS ARE THE TREND: GANCIA, HOME OF THE CLASSIC ITALIAN METHOD, IS CONCENTRATING ALL EFFORTS ON PIEDMONT SPARKLING WINES – ASTI, MOSCATO DOCG, ALTA LANGA. WINENEWS INTERVIEWED CEO PAOLO FONTANA 15 July 2011
News IN 10 YEARS FARMS HAVE DROPPED IN NUMBER (32.2% LESS) BUT ARE BIGGER IN SIZE (FROM 5.5 HECTARES to 7.9), AND THERE MORE WOMEN AND YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS, REVEAL THE (TEMPORARY) RESULTS FROM ISTAT SIXTH GENERAL CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 13 July 2011
News RISING FUEL COSTS HAVE PUSHED PRICE OF GAS TO A NEW RECORD HIGH AND NOW IT COSTS MORE THAN WINE, REVEALS COLDIRETTI 12 July 2011
News MORE AND MORE STUDENTS ARE CHOOSING THE FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE AND GETTING JOBS WITHIN ONE YEAR OF GRADUATION. THE CONFAGRICOLTURA/CENSIS STUDY TRACES THE IDENTIKIT OF THE MODERN FARMER: EDUCATED, INNOVATIVE AND WORLD MARKET-ORIENTED 11 July 2011
News ITALIAN EXPORTS: WINE & FOOD AHEAD OF AUTOMOBILES AND AGRO FOOD IS THE LEADER IN 2011. WINE & FOOD EARN 7.1 BILLION EUROS COMPARED TO 6.6 FOR AUTOMOBILES, REVEALS COLDIRETTI. NEW ANTI-CRISIS TRADES: THE “BUTTERFLY WEDDING”, ROOFTOP VEGETABLE GARDENS 08 July 2011
News FOR AN UNFORGETTABLE ROMANTIC DATE: CHOOSE THE RIGHT WINE, ESSENTIAL FOR A PERFECT TÊTE-Á TÊTE, REVEALED THE VINEXPO POLL ON 10.500 WOMEN IN 5 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES 08 July 2011
News EUROPEAN AGRICULTURE IS FAR BEHIND THE USA: SUPPORT FOR THE PRIMARY SECTOR IN EUROPE IS LOW, WHILE IN THE UNITED STATES BETWEEN 2006 AND 2009 AID INCREASED BY 65%. CIA ASKS THAT THE 572 MILLION EUROS RETURNING FROM EUROPE BE UTILIZED FOR AGRICULTURE 07 July 2011
News FIRST STARBUCKS NOW BURGER KING OFFERS BEER AND WINE. IT IS BEING TESTED IN THE UNITED STATES AND PROMISES TO REVOLUTIONIZE CONSUMER HABITS AND OFFER NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO WINEMAKERS... 06 July 2011
News WINE PRODUCTION AND VINEYARD AREA DECREASE BUT CONSUMPTION INCREASES: THE OVERALL PICTURE OF WINE IN THE WORLD 2010 BY O.I.V. CASTELLUCCI: “THE TOTAL VOLUME OF WINE EXPORTED IS STILL MUCH HIGHER THAN 2006” 05 July 2011
News BORDEAUX SOARS! AFTER THE RECORD YEAR 2009, THE GREAT CHATEAUX BORDEAUX “FUTURES” SEE PRICES INCREASE 10-20% THANKS TO ASIAN MARKETS THAT OFFSET THE “WEAK” U.S. MARKET 04 July 2011
News A BOOK, “ROMA CAPUT VINI. WHAT THE ITALIANS DO NOT KNOW AND THE FRENCH DO NOT WANT TO KNOW,” EXPLAINS THAT WITHOUT ”MADE IN SPQR” WINE, THE NECTAR OF BACCHUS, WOULD NEVER HAVE BECOME AN ICON 01 July 2011
News VINEXPO: ITALIAN PRODUCERS ARE TICKLED PINK. NEW MARKETS CHINA, INDIA, BRAZIL AND RUSSIA, AND HISTORIC MARKETS EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES ARE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT ITALIAN WINES MAINLY BECAUSE OF LOCAL TRADITIONS AND GREAT QUALITY / PRICE RATIO 29 June 2011
News FAKE MADE IN ITALY, THE “LONG HAND” OF AGRO-MAFIA. THE “REPORT ON FOOD CRIME IN ITALY” BY COLDIRETTI AND EURISPES, REVEALS TIES BETWEEN MAFIA AND FOOD SCAMS AND PROPOSES THE CREATION OF A TRANSPARENT MADE IN ITALY FOOD CHAIN 24 June 2011
News ITALY PRODUCES MORE WINE THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY. SO WHAT? THE ANALYSIS OF AN ALLEGED TRIUMPH SAYS EVERYTHING AND NOTHING. FRANCE PRODUCES LESS BUT EARNS ALMOST TWICE IN EXPORTS, EVEN IF ITALY “STEALS” A FEW MARKET SHARES... 20 June 2011
News ANSA - ITALY OVERTAKES FRANCE AND IS NOW THE NUMBER ONE WINE PRODUCER IN THE WORLD. COLDIRETTI: THE 2010-2011 HARVEST IN ITALY, 49.6 MILLION HECTOLITERS. THE MINISTER: “ITALIAN WINE CAN COUNT ON A 500 MILLION EURO BUDGET FOR EXPORTS” 20 June 2011
News “IT’S TIME FOR WINE TO TAKE BACK CONTROL OF ITS DESTINY”: THE AMERICAN JOURNALIST MONTY PREISER ENCOURAGES THE WORLD OF WINE TO GO BEYOND “GURU” ROBERT PARKER 13 June 2011
News FOR AN UNFORGETTABLE ROMANTIC DATE: CHOOSE THE RIGHT WINE, ESSENTIAL FOR A PERFECT TÊTE-Á TÊTE, REVEALED THE VINEXPO POLL ON 10.500 WOMEN IN 5 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES 10 June 2011
News TUSCAN WINE PLAYS THE LEADING ROLE IN OR OUT OF THE HOME. WHY? WINENEWS ASKED “GURU” JAMES SUCKLING WHO HAS CREATED “FORMULA DIVINO TUSCANY”: A NETWORK OF TOP WINERIES IN THE MOST UNIQUE TERRITORY IN THE WORLD 07 June 2011
News NINETEEN YEARS AGO THE ANTIMAFIA JUDGE GIOVANNI FALCONE DIED: PAST INDIGNATION HAS BECOME THE REDEMPTION OF A GENERATION, THANKS TO INITIATIVES LIKE DON CIOTTI’S “LIBERA”…WINENEWS INTERVIEWED FARAONE, PRESIDENT OF “PLACIDO RIZZOTTO" 06 June 2011
News JUNK FOOD TAX: EXPERTS AT THE BARILLA CENTER FOR FOOD & NUTRITION SEMINAR PROPOSED A TAX ON JUNK FOOD TO RESOLVE THE PARADOX WHERE ONE BILLION PEOPLE IN THE WORLD ARE OVERWEIGHT AND ONE BILLION DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH FOOD 06 June 2011
News THE EU PARLIAMENT APPROVES THE REQUESTS OF THE COUNTRIES OPPPOSED TO ABOLISHING VINEYARD PLANTING RIGHTS IN 2015. SAVERIO ROMANO, MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE SAYS: “THE PROBLEM IS NOT OVER YET, BUT IT IS AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR VITICULTURE”. 03 June 2011
News POPE BENEDICT XVI TO THE PRESIDENT OF WINE CITIES, GIAMPAOLO PIOLI: “WE WILL DRINK IT WITH JOY, MY BLESSING TO ALL THE ITALIAN WINE COMMUNITIES. WINE IS JOY AND BROTHERHOOD AND THE SYMBOL OF THE BLOOD OF CHRIST” 02 June 2011
News QUALIVITA ATLAS 2011: QUALITY ITALIAN PRODUCTS INCREASED TO 227 PDO, PGI AND STG. NEWS AND INFO ABOUT THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNIFICATION OF ITALY. “QUALIGUIDA” INDICATES WHERE TO FIND QUALITY RESTAURANTS. 02 June 2011
News FARMLAND: 2 MILLION HECTARES ABANDONED. THE GEORGOFILI ACADEMY STUDY: “TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL-ADMINISTRATIVE RESEARCH APPLIED TO AGRICULTURE IS A NECESSARY SUPPORT TO REVERSE THE TREND” 02 June 2011
News MINISTER SAVERIO ROMANO: WINE & FOOD IS THE BLACK GOLD OF ITALY. “AMONG MY COMMITMENTS, COORDINATING RESOURCES FOR COMMUNICATION IN ITALY AND ABROAD”... “VINI NEL MONDO” IN SPOLETO JUNE 2ND TO 5TH 01 June 2011
News “UNAWARE”, EXCEPTIONAL TESTIMONIAL: THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, BARACK OBAMA DRINKS A PINT OF GUINNESS AND MAKES EXTRAORDINARY PUBLICITY AROUND THE WORLD 31 May 2011
News AT CHRISTIE’S RECENT AUCTION IN GENEVA, DEDICATED TO “FINE WINES” A 1945 ROMANÉE CONTI WAS SOLD FOR 87.800 EUROS 30 May 2011
News FEDERVINI: ITALIAN WINE IS NUMBER ONE THANKS TO EXPORTS; IT IS FIRST ON THE “FOOD EXPORTS” LIST AND RANKS THIRD OVER ALL EXPORTED ITEMS. REVENUE WAS 10 BILLION EUROS IN 2010 - HALF (4.6 BILLION EUROS) COMES FROM ABROAD 30 May 2011
News FOOD & SCHOOL – FEDERALIMENTARE COLLABORATES WITH THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, UNIVERSITIES AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH “FOR A HEALTHY DIET”. THE THREE-YEAR “SCHOOL AND FOOD” PROGRAM 26 May 2011
News WHILE MORE AND MORE EU COUNTRIES ARE AGAINST ABOLISHNG VINEYARD PLANTING RIGHTS ( 2015) THE EUROPEAN DENOMINATION OF WINES AND FEDERDOC ARE MEETING IN FLORENCE (MAY 26). CURBASTRO SAYS: “DRAMATIC CONSEQUENCES” 26 May 2011
News ISTAT: THE ITALIAN TABLE IS GETTING MORE AND MORE”BARE”. 6 FAMILIES IN 10 HAVE CHANGED MENUS. HARD TIMES HAVE MADE ITALIANS CHANGE THEIR EATING HABITS. SALES ARE HIGHER FOR LOW QUALITY PRODUCTS, HARD DISCOUNT PURCHASES AND PROMOTIONS 26 May 2011
News WHILE MORE AND MORE EU COUNTRIES ARE AGAINST ABOLISHNG VINEYARD PLANTING RIGHTS ( 2015) THE EUROPEAN DENOMINATION OF WINES AND FEDERDOC ARE MEETING IN FLORENCE (MAY 26). CURBASTRO SAYS: “DRAMATIC CONSEQUENCES” 26 May 2011
News WINE, CONSUMERS AND NEWS AROUND THE WORLD: ITALIAN WINES SURPASS FRENCH IN GB AND THE U.S.A., THANKS TO THE “PINOT GRIGIO EFFECT” AND PROSECCO. IN FRANCE 1 IN 4 BOTTLES OF WINE OPENED IN 2010 WERE ROSÈ. MOËT & CHANDON LAUNCH CHAMPAGNE ON THE ROCKS 23 May 2011
News FOREIGN TRADE: AN EXCEPTIONAL BOOM IN WINE (+11%) AND PARMESAN CHEESE (+33%) EXPORTS: “IN JANUARY ITALIAN AGRI-FOOD EXPORTS INCREASED 13% 20 May 2011
News IT IS OFFICIAL: GRAZIANA GRASSINI- WOMAN, BIOLOGIST, CHEMIST, WINEMAKER – IS THE “NEW FACE” OF SAN GUIDO ESTATE’S SASSICAIA, ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS WINES IN THE WORLD 19 May 2011
News TACHIS IS THE “GARIBALDI” OF ITALIAN WINE: THE WINE WORLD (SOMMELIERS) PAID TRIBUTE TO ONE OF THE GREATEST WINEMAKERS OF ALL TIME AT BIBENDA DAY. WINENEWS: “HE IS THE CREATOR OF ITALIAN WINEMAKING AND CHANGED THE COURSE OF ITALIAN WINE IN THE WORLD” 18 May 2011
