News SERGIO ZINGARELLI, OWNER OF ROCCA DELLE MACIE, IS THE NEW PRESIDENT OF CHIANTI CONSORTIUM (AS WINENEWS ANTICIPATED YESTERDAY). TWO NEW VICE-PRESIDENTS ALSO ELECTED: FILIPPO MAZZEI (MARQUIS MAZZEI) AND GIOVANNI MANETTI (Fontodi) 07 July 2012
News THE HIGH END JOINT VENTURE TO CONQUER CHINA IS TAKING SHAPE: HOW DID "TASTE CORTINA" COME ABOUT AND WHAT ARE ITS EXPECTATIONS? WE ASKED LUIGI BELLINI, WHO TOLD US ABOUT AN INNOVATIVE AND WINNING STRUCTURE 07 July 2012
News SOUTH KOREA IS ONE OF THE ASIAN MARKETS WHERE ITALY ALREADY EXPORTS 22 MILLION EUROS IN WINE, WHERE THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE NECTAR OF BACCHUS IS MORE ADVANCED THAN EXPECTED AND PER CAPITA SPENDING CAPACITY IS VERY SIMILAR TO ITALY 06 July 2012
News SINCE JULY 2ND, BUONITALIA IS IN LIQUIDATION AND ITALY RISKS A POOR SHOW: 20 MILLION EUROS STILL IN THE TREASURY, WHILE CREDITORS ARE WAITING AND WORKERS MIGHT BE LIABLE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE POLICIES 05 July 2012
News SINCE JULY 2ND, BUONITALIA IS IN LIQUIDATION AND ITALY RISKS A POOR SHOW: 20 MILLION EUROS STILL IN THE TREASURY, WHILE CREDITORS ARE WAITING AND WORKERS MIGHT BE LIABLE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE POLICIES 04 July 2012
News THE EUROPEAN UNION SPENDS MORE IN PUBLIC FUNDS FOR AGRICULTURE THAN OTHER COUNTRIES, IS A MYTH: THE U.S. SPENDS 3 TIMES MORE- 442 EUROS PRO CAPITA AGAINST 151 EUROS, REVEALS THE MOVEMENT FOR WORLD AGRICULTURE, MOMAGRI STUDY 02 July 2012
News BRUNO GIACOSA, MAESTRO OF BAROLO AND ONE OF THE GREAT ITALIAN WINE ARTISANS, WILL RECEIVE THE FIRST HONORIS CAUSE DEGREE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CULINARY SCIENCE IN POLLENZO ON JULY 10TH, IN ALBA. 02 July 2012
News WINE & ARCHITECTURE, A WINNING "COUPLE" AND MORE AND MORE WINERIES FROM NORTH TO SOUTH OF ITALY (BUT NOT ONLY) ARE DESIGNED BY TOP ARCHITECTS. THE “MARRIAGE” WAS CELEBRATED AT THE INTERNATIONAL CONTEST "SPAZIO DIVINO”. 01 July 2012
News EUROPEAN WINE… HERITAGE OF HUMANITY: OLD WORLD WINE IS IN UKRAINE TO PROMOTE WINE CULTURE AS A UNESCO HERITAGE OF HUMANITY AND IN PARIS TO TALK ABOUT COOPERATION 15 June 2012
News SCANDAL IN BURGUNDY: 4 FAMOUS WINE MERCHANTS INVESTIGATED FOR FRAUD. 500.000 BOTTLES SOLD AS BURGUNDY HAD OTHER WINES ADDED AND ANOTHER MILLION ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND HAD WRONG LABELS 15 June 2012
News THE CHARM OF TUSCANY CONQUERED PRINCESS MARIA CAROLINA OF BOURBON- PARMA WHO MARRIED THE FRENCH MILLIONAIRE ALBERT BRENNINKMEIJER AT VILLA I COLLAZZI, TOASTING WITH FRESCOBALDI’S CHIANTI CLASSICO AND ATTEMS PINOT GRIGIO FROM FRIULI 15 June 2012
News THE NEW FRONTIER OF WINE IS CLOTHES: THE FIRST DRESS MADE OUT OF FABRIC PRODUCED WITH A FERMENTATION PROCESS SIMILAR TO THAT USED FOR ALCOHOL, PATENTED BY RESEARCHERS OF THE WESTERN AUSTRALIA UNIVERSITY 13 June 2012
News WINE, LIKE GOLD AND DIAMONDS, HOLDS ITS OWN ON THE MARKET AND PROVES A BETTER INVESTMENT THAN STOCK MARKET. FOLLOWING THE U.S. AND CHINA, FRANCE NOW HAS ITS FIRST WINE INVESTMENT FUND, UZES GRANDS CRUS 13 June 2012
News WHAT ARE THE BEST MOVIES ABOUT WINE? THE WINE MAGAZINE “THE DRINK BUSINESS” COMPILED ITS RANKING, “TOP TEN WINE MOVIES” AND THE FIRST THREE POSITIONS WENT TO “SIDEWAYS”, “BOTTLE SHOCK” AND “A GOOD YEAR” 13 June 2012
News ITALY VS FRANCE: "WE ARE BETTER ON HIGH TIER WINES AND ITALY IS BETTER ON MID TIER. BUT WE ARE ON THE SAME SIDE ON MANY ISSUES", SAYS SERGE DUBOIS, PRESIDENT OF UNION INTERNATIONALE DES OENOLOGUES 08 June 2012
News ASSOENOLOGI CONVENTION - STREAMLINING PRODUCTION COSTS AND ELIMINATING WASTE WITHOUT AFFECTING QUALITY ARE NOT CHOICES BUT A DUTY IMPOSED BY CRISIS AND ETHICS. WHY WINE IS BUSINESS AND HOW TO DO IT. CAVIT, ANTESI AND ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT EXPLAIN 07 June 2012
News MEXICO VS ITALY 1-0: THE LAND OF THE MAYAS BEATS THE BELPAESE ON THE WEB. "MEXICAN FOOD" IS THE MOST GOOGLED KEYWORD IN THE WORLD. ITALY WINS THE SILVER MEDAL AND THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF CLICKS COME FROM AUSTRALIA, ACCORDING TO FOOD140 SURVEY 06 June 2012
News ITALIAN WINE BASED SPIRITS: ITALIANS ARE DRINKING LESS (-10% IN 2011 OVER 2010), SO COMPANIES ARE RELYING ON EXPORTS OF GRAPPA, SYMBOL OF MADE IN ITALY SPIRITS, +18% BOTTLED AND +37% BULK 01 June 2012
News THE BEST WEBSITE? WINENEWS WON THE “2012 WINE OSCARS", THE PRESTIGIOUS PRIZE BIBENDA /SOMMELIERS DEDICATE TO LEADERS IN THE WINE WORLD. WINENEWS: "AN AWARD TO OUR TEAM FOR OUR DAILY NEWS...” 01 June 2012
News THE BEST PIZZAIOLO IN THE WORLD IS ITALIAN: "CAPUTO TROPHY" GOES TO MARCELLO D'ERASMO; SECOND PLACE TO GENNARO NASTI OF PIZZERIA "VIA TRIBUNALI" IN PORTLAND (OREGON) AND THIRD TAKEHIKO CHIBA OF PIZZERIA "PADRINO DEL SHOZAN" IN SENDAI (MIYAGI) 25 May 2012
News CITIES OF WINE: " THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT DOES NOT CARE ABOUT FOOD & WINE TOURISM... THIS SECTOR INSTEAD HAS THE NUMBERS TO EXIT THE CRISIS”. CITIES OF WINE-CENSIS: HERE'S THE “TRADING DESK” OF ITALIAN WINE & FOOD 21 May 2012
News NOT ONLY THE "STARS" DO IT, NOW NOBEL AWARD WINNERS ARE MAKING WINE, TOO. IN THE VINEYARDS, ALONG SIDE SINGERS AND ACTORS, THE AMERICAN ASTROPHYSICIST BRIAN SCHMIDT HONORED IN 2011 FOR HIS STUDY ON EXPANDING UNIVERSE 19 May 2012
News 1774 VINTAGE, 38.300 EUROS IS THE RECORD PRICE AT CHRISTIE’S AUCTION YESTERDAY IN GENEVA FOR “VIN JAUNE” THE “WINE OF KINGS, THE KING OF WINES”, PRODUCED IN THE JURA REGION OF FRANCE BY THE VERCEL FAMILY 19 May 2012
News ITALY, LEADER IN VALUE AND ALSO IN VOLUME IN THE STATES, WITH 22.9% IN QUANTITY OF WINE IMPORTED AND 32.2% IN VALUE ... EVEN THOUGH THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2012 IS DOWN COMPARED TO 2011: DATA FROM ITALIAN WINE & FOOD INSTITUTE 18 May 2012
News RICHARD GERE’S OWN BRUNELLO ... THE HOLLYWOOD SUPERSTAR CREATES HIS PRIVATE LABEL OF THE GREAT TUSCAN RED WINE PRODUCED BY SAN FILIPPO IN MONTALCINO FOR "BEDFORD POST", THE “OFFICER AND GENTLEMAN’S" RELAIS & CHATEÂU IN NEW YORK 16 May 2012
News CIBUS, THE SHOWCASE OF MADE IN ITALY. IT’S A STRATEGIC INDUSTRY FOR THE ECONOMY OF THE COUNTRY, WORTH 245 BILLION EUROS. CIA: "EXPORTS OF ITALIAN PASTA, CHEESE, WINE AND OIL KNOW NO CRISIS BUT NEED MORE SECTOR PROMOTION AND UNITY” 11 May 2012
News HOLLYWOOD STARS ARE CRAZY FOR MADE IN ITALY CUISINE. THE HUNT IS ON FOR CULINARY SPECIALTIES. TOP PREFERENCES: MOZZARELLA DI BUFALA AND PARMIGIANO REGGIANO 10 May 2012
News COUNTDOWN TO "DIVINE TUSCANY" (FLORENCE, MAY 17/20), THE DELUXE EVENT (STARTING WITH PARTICIPATION FEES) BY SUCKLING & IMG ARTISTS WITH THE TOP TUSCAN PRODUCERS. NEW FEATURES: GRAND TASTINGS AND NEW ENTRY WINERIES 07 May 2012
News ALCOHOL & ADVERTISING: THE DEBATE IS ON. THE PROBLEM IS ABUSE, ESPECIALLY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES THAT HAVE NO CULTURE OF DRINKING. TALK OF BANS AND BEVERAGE COLOSSALS’ COMMITMENTS IN THE UK AND THE U.S. IS REVISING RULES ONLINE 05 May 2012
News CONSUMERS ARE DRINKING LESS BUT SPENDING MORE: WINES OVER 5 EUROS INCREASED 11% IN ITALY IN 2011 AND QUALITY–PRACTICAL (MEALS AND GIFTS) REPLACED THE PRICE-QUALITY RATIO. THAT IS WHY IN TUSCANY, NICOLÒ INCISA ROCCHETTA AND GIUSEPPE MEREGALLI ... 04 May 2012
News "IS WINE MORE SPECIAL THAN CLOTHING? OR TELEVISION SETS? I DO NOT THINK SO. IT IS JUST A DRINK", SAYS ANNETTE ALVAREZ-PETERS, HEAD OF THE U.S. GIANT COSTCO WINES THAT SELLS MORE THAN 1 BILLION DOLLARS OF WINE A YEAR 04 May 2012
News CHINA & WINE: ONLY 5 YEARS AGO IT WAS 20TH AMONG WINE IMPORTERS. TODAY IT IS ONE OF THE TOP FIVE "BIG SPENDERS". CHINA (SAYS ISMEA) SPENT OVER 1 BILLION EUROS ON WINE IMPORTS IN 2011, JUST BEHIND THE U.S., UK, GERMANY AND CANADA 30 April 2012
News EVERYONE DREAMS ABOUT A REFINED AND ELEGANT MEAL PREPARED BY A TOP CHEF BUT THEN, THE POPULAR MEAL ALWAYS WINS FOR ITALIANS. THE IDEAL MENU IS THE CLASSIC LASAGNA, ROAST CHICKEN AND TIRAMISU, SAYS "FOCUS" 27 April 2012
News "DON’T CALL THEM BUBBLES,” SAYS MAURIZIO ZANELLA, PRESIDENT OF THE FRANCIACORTA CONSORTIUM. "CALL WINES WITH THEIR PROPER NAMES AND NOT WITH TERMS THAT GENERALIZE AND STANDARDIZE THEIR CHARACTERISTICS" 27 April 2012
News UNITED KINGDOM: THE NEW LEGISLATION AGAINST ALCOHOL ABUSE, HIGHLY DESIRED BY PREMIER DAVID CAMERON, IS REALITY: FROM JANUARY 1, 2014 A MINIMUM PRICE OF 40 PENCE PER ALCOHOLIC UNIT AND A BOTTLE OF WINE WILL COST 3.60 POUNDS MORE 26 April 2012
News ETNA IS NOT A TREND BUT A REAL TERROIR, HOLDING ITS OWN WITH THE GREATEST. ITS CHARACTERISTICS SAY SO, ATTILIO SCIENZA AND THE MOST IMPORTANT PRODUCERS IN THE AREA ARE CONVINCED. FOCUS: SICILIAN WINE... 24 April 2012
News WOODY ALLEN MAKES ITALIAN WINE THE STAR ON THE BIG SCREEN. FROM FEUDI SAN GREGORIO TO FERRARI, THE NEW YORK FILM DIRECTOR’ DEDICATION TO THE ETERNAL CITY RENEWS A LONG-TIME LOVE AFFAIR, FROM "THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS" TO "HEREAFTER" 24 April 2012
News CMO PROMOTION, OPEN CALL FOR 2012-2013 PROJECTS, WHICH MUST BE PRESENTED BY JUNE 11, 2012. 82 MILLION EUROS AVAILABLE: 24.7 MILLION EUROS AT NATIONAL LEVEL, AND 57.6 MILLION EUROS FROM REGIONS 23 April 2012
News AGRIBUSINESS DISTRICTS IN THE LEAD: IN 2011 TURNOVER +7.6% OVER 2010, THANKS PRIMARILY TO EXPORTS. WINE IS THE LEADER, SAYS INTESA SAN PAOLO. BUT THERE IS CONCERN FOR THE ITALIAN MARKET. FOCUS, CIA-CONFAGRICOLTURA: FOOD EXPORTS SUFFER IN 2012 19 April 2012
News ITALIAN WINE IS IN GOOD HEALTH: DESPITE THE CRISIS, +7% TURNOVER IN 2011 (COMPARED TO 2010), MOSTLY THANKS TO EXPORTS. CANTINE RIUNITE & CIV TOP FOR SALES, ANTINORI TOP FOR PROFIT. "THE WORLD" SURVEY BY ANNA DI MARTINO 16 April 2012
