News RUSSIANS ARE “HUNTING” IN TUSCANY: AFTER PURCHASING GANCIA IN PIEDMONT, BILLIONAIRE ROUSTAM TARIKO (HEAD OF RUSSIAN STANDARD CORPORATION, 5 BILLION DOLLARS IN ASSETS) IS LOOKING FOR A “ BUEN RITIRO” IN DANTE’S HOMELAND 04 April 2012
News WINE SPECTATOR’S FIRST TIME: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THOMAS MATTHEWS TELLS WINENEWS WHY THEY DECIDED, TOGETHER WITH OPERAWINE TO BET HEAVY ON ITALY, “A COUNTRY THAT HAS MANY LOVERS IN THE STATES” 30 March 2012
News VINITALY 2012 – THE U.S. MARKET: HOW IT WORKS AND HOW IT CHANGES. THE DOWN FALL OF RATINGS AND THE SO-CALLED "AMERICAN TASTE", A RISE IN SENSITIVITY FOR MORE GENUINE PRODUCTS 29 March 2012
News VINITALY 2012 – OFFICIAL MAPS OF BAROLO AND BARBARESCO CRUS. “IT IS DIFFICULT FOR OTHER TERRITORIES BECAUSE THE CONCEPT OF CRU IS NOT DEEPLY ROOTED," SAID ALEXANDER MASNAGHETTI, CONSULTANT ON THE BAROLO CONSORTIUM PROJECT 29 March 2012
News MORE AMERICA AND LESS EUROPE: CHANGING WINE CONSUMPTION IN THE WORLD. EUROPE 64.9% (72.1% IN 1995), AMERICA 21.6% (19.4% IN 1995) AND ASIA 7.9% (4.2 % IN 1995). CHINA IS THE FUTURE WITH 12% PER YEAR GROWTH 29 March 2012
News AMARONE, BAROLO AND BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO REDS; GEWÜRTZTRAMINER FRANCIACORTA WHITES: "CIVILTA DEL BERE" SURVEY OF 103 WINERIES REVEALS ITALIANS FAVORITE WINES 28 March 2012
News UNDER 35ERS DRIVE CONSUMPTION UPWARDS, REVEALS VINITALY-UNICAB STUDY AFTER THE "BIG CRISIS." NEW TASTES: ORGANIC, LOW ALCOHOL AND SULPHITES REQUESTED AT RESTAURANTS AND WINE BARS 28 March 2012
News WINENEWS ANALYSIS – DROP IN CONSUMPTION IN WINE PRODUCING COUNTRIES, BUT EXPORTS ARE GROWING. ITALY, FRANCE AND SPAIN HIT RECORD LOWS, ONE BOTTLE IN THREE PRODUCED IN THE WORLD CONSUMED ABROAD NOT IN THE ORIGINAL "HOMELAND" 26 March 2012
News FOREIGN INVESTMENTS FOR ITALIAN WINE: EVEN IN TIMES OF CRISIS, THE DECADES LONG TREND ATTRACTS INVESTORS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. THE MOST RECENT CASE HISTORIES FROM GANCIA TO RUFFINO 23 March 2012
News WINE LEAVES THE CELLARS AND ENTERS MUSEUMS, THEATERS, BOOKSTORES, CINEMAS AND STADIUMS. IT TRAVELS ON TRAINS, WINEBUSES, CRUISES AND THERE ARE WINE TASTINGS IN AIRPORTS. MULTI-TASTING ENTERS CONSUMERS’ HOMES “VIA” RADIO AND TV, SAYS WINENEWS 22 March 2012
News WINE HUNTERS (FOR TOP TIER CLIENTS), WINE PROMOTERS (WINE AND EVENTS), WINE DRIVERS (LICENSE-SAVERS), WINE BLOGGERS AND ALSO SOCIAL WINE WRITERS ALWAYS CONNECTED: THE WINE WORLD IS REINVENTING ITSELF- WINENEWS’ IDENTIKIT OF WINE PROFESSIONS 21 March 2012
News EXPORTS SOAR TO 4.4 BILLION EUROS, BUT CONSUMPTION IS FLAT. 1 OUT 5 BOTTLES OF WINE IN THE WORLD IS ITALIAN. CIA SAYS, NEED BETTER REDISTRIBUTION OF EXTRA ADDED VALUE 19 March 2012
News BRUNELLO AT THE OLYMPICS: THE MONTALCINO WINE WILL BE THE FLAGBEARER AT THE 2012 LONDON OLYMPICS, WITH ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS NAMES, CASTELLO BANFI. THE “OLYMPIC” LIST REVEALED BY THE BRITISH WINE MERCHANT “BIBENDUM” 19 March 2012
News AUCTIONS? FRANCE DOMINATES AND ITALY HAS SPACE TO GROW, PIERO ANTINORI SAYS AND URGES ITALIAN WINE MAKERS TO BE ALERT TO THE PHENOMENON AND RESPOND TO COLLECTORS’ NEEDS WITH LONG-AGEING WINES 16 March 2012
News 100 WINERIES WILL REPRESENT ITALY AT THE FIRST WINE TASTING IN EUROPE ORGANIZED BY THE AMERICAN MAGAZINE. WINE SPECTATOR AND VERONAFIERE HONOR ITALY IN VERONA. VINITALY “WANTS YOU”. SANDERSON (WS): “VISIBILITY FOR ALL ITALIAN REGIONS… 15 March 2012
News QUALITY WINE IN LARGE RETAIL STORES: THE CASE OF BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MADE IN ITALY WINE FLAGSHIPS HAS GROWN 14.8% OVER 2010, REVEALS THE SYMPHONY-IRI STUDY AT VINITALY (VERONA MARCH 25-28TH) 14 March 2012
News WHAT ARE BIG STARS LIKE MATT DAMON, ROBIN WILLIAMS AND PAUL GIAMATTI DOING IN VALPOLICELLA? THEY ARE THE PROTAGONISTS OF THE NEW ROMEO AND JULIET FILM BY CARLO CARLEI TO BE FILMED IN AN EXCEPTIONAL LOCATION: VILLA DELLA TORRE OF THE ALLEGRINI BRAND 12 March 2012
News LADY GAGA IN THE VINEYARDS? THE WORLD RENOWNED ROCK STAR COULD BE THE LATEST FAMOUS VICTIM OF BACCHUS. BUT, DESPITE HER ITALIAN ORIGINS (HER REAL NAME IS STEFANI GERMANOTTA), ACCORDING TO RUMORS, HER WINE PRODUCTION IS IN CALIFORNIA… 07 March 2012
News WINE 2.0: ITALIAN WINERIES MORE AND MORE ON SOCIAL NETWORKS -80% OF ITALIAN PRODUCERS USE THEM, REVEALS A STUDY BY “OPERAWINE”, WINE SPECTATOR-VINITALY TASTING (VERONA, MARCH 24TH). FACEBOOK AND TWITTER ARE TOP… 06 March 2012
News STARTING JULY 1, 2012, IN FRANCE, HOME OF NOBLE WINES AND NOBLE DRINKING, THE PORTABLE BREATHALYZER WILL BE REQUIRED IN ALL AUTOMOBILES. TO STIMULATE CONSUMER CONSCIOUSNESS, PREVENTION AND FEWER ROAD CHECKS 05 March 2012
News IN FRANCE (LIKE IN ITALY) IF YOU ENJOY THE ALLURE OF A DENOMINATION YOU HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE TO BUILDING AND PROTECTING IT, FINANCIALLY, TOO - SENTENCED THE CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL OF PARIS, ON THE “BORDEAUX CASE” 02 March 2012
News THE “HONEYMOON” IS OVER BETWEEN THE KING OF ITALIAN CHEFS, GUALTIERO MARCHESI AND THE BIGGEST FAST FOOD CHAIN IN THE WORLD, MCDONALD’S. THE CHEF HIMSELF DECLARED HIS LOVE FOR “PURE CUISINE” WHERE THE ESSENCE OF FOOD WINS 01 March 2012
News 49.000 DOLLARS FOR A NABUCODONOSOR (15 LITERS) OF ORNELLAIA ESTATE’S 2007 MASSETO AT SOTHEBY’S AUCTION IN NEW YORK PAID BY AN ASIAN COLLECTOR. A GOOD SIGN FOR ALL ITALIAN FINE WINES 01 March 2012
News "SAVE THE LANDSCAPE, DEFEND THE TERRITORIES": THIS IS THE "FORUM MOVEMENT FOR LAND AND LANDSCAPE" CAMPAIGN. A CENSUS TO STOP CONSUMING OUR COUNTRY'S LAND. A WAY TO RE-THINK URBAN PLANNING AND TO APPROVE "ZERO GROWTH" PROJECTS 29 February 2012
News WILL ANTONIO GALLONI TAKE ROBERT PARKER’S PLACE? THE AMERICAN SUPER CRITIC AND FOUNDER OF “THE WINE ADVOCATE” INDICATED HIS SUCCESSOR THE ITALO-AMERICAN, WHO IS THE ITALY AND CHAMPAGNE EDITOR FOR THE MAGAZINE. 27 February 2012
News CHIANTI CLASSICO, WINE BY THE GLASS TEST: THE VINTAGES (2010 AND 2009 RESERVE) TASTED CONFIRMED THE EXCELLENCE OF GALLO NERO. 2010 ROBUST AND INTENSE, 2009 WARM AND MEDITERRANEAN 24 February 2012
News WORLD MARKETS AS SEEN BY…THE WORLD: THE UK, USA, CHINA AND GERMANY DEMAND LOWER ALCOHOL CONTENT AND ETHICAL WINES, SAYS WINE INTELLIGENCE-PROWEIN. IN CHINA “WHITE” IS THE TREND (WINE & SPIRIT RESEARCH-VINEXPO) 22 February 2012
News “WARNINGS” & TAXES ON ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND NO MORE COMMERCIALS: ASSOUTENTI- ITALIAN ASSOCIATION OF ALCOHOLISM’S POPULAR INITIATIVE, “BECAUSE THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SAYS THAT ALCOHOL CAUSES CANCER” BUT THE WINE WORLD SAYS IT DOES NOT 21 February 2012
News ALL TIME RECORD FOR EXPORTS - OVER 4 BILLION EUROS (+13%)… REVEALS COLDIRETTI ANALYSIS (ON ISTAT DATA). ASIAN COUNTRIES ARE THE BIG SURPRISE – CHINA +80%, RUSSIA AND THE US +16% 20 February 2012
News WHAT IF THE ART OF SOMMELIER WAS TAUGHT ON RADIO? IT IS! THE FIRST ON AIR COURSE FOR SOMMELIERS BY RAI RADIO 2 AND AIS, THE ITALIAN ASSOCIATION OF SOMMELIERS WILL GO ON AIR STARTING FEBRUARY 23RD, ON THE CULT PROGRAM DECANTER BY FEDE & TINTO 20 February 2012
News VINES AND FROST: “VINEYARD ITALY” IS NOT AT RISK AND SNOW IS A NATURAL WATER RESERVE, SAY THE AGRONOMIST LEONARDO VALENTI (UNIVERSITY OF MILAN) AND ATTILIO SCIENZA, ONE OF THE TOP EXPERTS ON VITICULTURE IN EUROPE 09 February 2012
News WHEN THE CLIMATE “CREATES” A WINE: THE CASE OF CHAMPAGNE, EXPLAINED BY PROFESSOR ATTILIO SCIENZA, FROM RED STILL WINE TO WHITE “DOSAGE” AND “SPARKLING” WINE (AND THE ENGLISH WERE THE FIRST TO INTRODUCE SECOND FERMENTATION IN THE BOTTLE) 06 February 2012
News U.S.A.: WINE COVERS 17.1% OF THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES MARKET (19.92 BILLION DOLLARS) AND IS GAINING GROUND ON BEER, WHICH IS STILL AMERICANS’ FAVORITE DRINK (49.2% OF THE MARKET) FOLLOWED BY HARD LIQUOR (33.6%) 31 January 2012
News WHAT ARE THE STRENGTHS OF THE GREAT AMARONE? DISTRIBUTION, VINEYARD, DRYING PROCEDURE. THE NUMBERS OF THE WORLDWIDE PHENOMENON (CULT IN THE USA). ACCORDINI: 2008 AMARONE ARE PRESTIGIOUS. THE BEST WINERIES AT “ANTEPRIMA”. IN MEMORY OF QUINTARELLI 30 January 2012
News WHAT ARE THE STRENGTHS OF THE GREAT AMARONE? DISTRIBUTION, VINEYARD, DRYING PROCEDURE. THE NUMBERS OF THE WORLDWIDE PHENOMENON. ACCORDINI: 2008 AMARONE ARE PRESTIGIOUS. THE BEST WINERIES AT “ANTEPRIMA”. IN MEMORY OF QUINTARELLI 27 January 2012
News 2008 TAURASI, “A GREAT WINE, DEEP, FULL-BODIED, STILL TO BE REVEALED” IS WHAT WINE LOVERS WILL TASTE IN THE GLASS, SAYS PIERO MASTROBERARDINO, ONE OF THE TERRROIR BRAND LEADERS. AND THE “EXPERTS” JUST BACK FROM THE “PREVIEW”, SAY… 27 January 2012
News WINE IS THE BEST AMBASSADOR FOR ITALY IN THE WORLD, CONFIRMED BY NONE OTHER THAN THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, GIORGIO NAPOLITANO WHO GAVE THE 2011 “LEONARDO AWARD” TO PIERO ANTINORI AT “ITALIAN QUALITY DAY” 26 January 2012
News GAETANO MANTI, EDITOR OF THE MAGAZINE “IL MIO VINO” SENTENCED TO PAY 15.000 EUROS DAMAGES. IN 2004, HE USED OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE IN HIS CRITIQUE OF PAOLO SCAVINO’S BAROLO ROCCHE DELL’ANNUNZIATA RESERVE 1997 25 January 2012
News WHERE DOES THE WINE IN YOUR GLASS COME FROM? SOON “DNA ANALYSIS” WILL TELL US (AND THERE’S NO NEED TO CALL ON “CSI” OR “RIS”). HI TECH WILL MAKE PRODUCTS SAFER AND HEALTHIER, SAYS CNR, THE NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER 24 January 2012
News DE CASTRO, THE EX- MINISTER OF AGRICULTURAL POLICIES AND PROFESSOR OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY AND POLICIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA HAS BEEN CONFIRMED PRESIDENT OF THE AGRICULTURE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN UNION PARLIAMENT 24 January 2012
