News CRISIS DISTILLATION COMES TO THE WINE WORLD... THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE GIANCARLO GALAN: PIEDMONT, CALABRIA, LAZIO, SARDINIA USE IT EVEN FOR DOC WINES AND MARCHE AND PUGLIA, ONLY FOR ORDINARY WINES 03 March 2011
News “DECANTER” HAS ELECTED GIACOMO TACHIS “MAN OF THE YEAR 2011”. THE “FATHER OF ITALIAN WINE” AND ONE OF THE TOP ITALIAN ENOLOGISTS, IS THE THIRD ITALIAN (AFTER PIERO ANTINORI AND ANGELO GAJA) TO RECEIVE THE AWARD FROM THE TOP BRITISH MAGAZINE 02 March 2011
News WANT TO DRINK A GLASS OF WINE FROM ANCIENT EGYPT? TODAY YOU CAN. WINES PRODUCED IN THE MIDDLE EAST ARE MADE USING ANCIENT METHODS AND AGE-OLD GRAPE VINES. ANCIENT WINES ARE NOT FULL-BODIED AND HAVE MINERAL AND EARTHY TONES... 25 February 2011
News “PREVIEW” OF VINO NOBILE DI MONTEPULCIANO: 2008 WAS A GOOD HARVEST BUT THE 2007 RESERVE SEEMS TO HAVE A PLUS, SAYS WINENEWS (FRANCO PALLINI & ANTONIO BOCO) OF THE SAMPLE WINE TASTING 22 February 2011
News FEDERALISM ON THE TABLE: NOT ITALIAN CUISINE, RATHER, THE MANY ITALIAN CUISINES. A HERITAGE OF FOOD AND KNOWLEDGE THROUGHOUT THE PENINSULA HAS FORMED OUR CULTURE, SAYS PROFESSOR MASSIMO MONTANARI, EXPERT ON THE HISTORY OF FOOD 21 February 2011
News CHIANTI CLASSICO, NO DOUBTS THAT THE PRODUCTION TERRITORY IS OUTSTANDING. THE TASTE TEST OF VINTAGE 2009 AND 2008 RESERVE CONFIRMED THE CONSISTENT EXCELLENCE OF GALLO NERO 18 February 2011
News WINE & THE FAR EAST: SOME INVEST IN “DO-IT-YOURSELF”, SOME BUY PREMIUM VINEYARDS. THAILAND IMPORTS INTERNATIONAL “KNOW HOW” TO PRODUCE QUALITY WINES AND CHINA BUYS NOT JUST BOTTLES, BUT ENTIRE WINERIES 14 February 2011
News 2010 REVENUES GRATIFYING FOR CHIANTI CLASSICO: SALES UP 21% AND “GALLO NERO” SENDS ENCOURAGING SIGNALS FOR 2011. CHIANTI CLASSICO EXPORT MARKETS REMAIN THE UNITED STATES, CANADA AND GERMANY 10 February 2011
News “BIONDI SANTI” ARE US ... THE “BIONDI SANTI” WINES ARE PRODUCED ONLY BY THE HISTORIC MONTALCINO FAMILY, TODAY REPRESENTED BY FRANCO AND JACOPO BIONDI SANTI AND THEIR ESTATE “GREPPO - BIONDI SANTI” 09 February 2011
News WHERE DO LOWEST PRICE AUCTIONS MEET THE WINE WORLD? IN ENGLAND, THE HOME OF GAMBLERS. 5 POUNDS AND A LOT OF LUCK CAN BUY YOU A BOTTLE OF DOMAINE DE LA ROMANÉE CONTI – LA TACHE 2004, WORTH 900 POUNDS 09 February 2011
News RUFFINO: 100% BRAND OWNERSHIP GOING TO CONSTELLATION BRANDS (ALREADY AT 49.9%)? THE FOLONARI FAMILY, MAJORITY SHAREHOLDER, UTILIZED THE “PUT OPTION” TO “TRANSFER” THE OWNERSHIP OF THE BRAND TO THE AMERICANS, BUT IS REQUESTING ARBITRATION 08 February 2011
News WINE CONSUMPTION IS DOWN IN PRODUCING COUNTRIES - SPAIN, FRANCE AND ITALY, BECAUSE THE CRISIS AND ANTI-ALCOHOL LAWS TURN AWAY CONSUMERS, SAY OTTAVIO CAGIANO, MANAGER OF FEDERVINI AND THE WINE JOURNALIST, ANDREA GABBRIELLI 07 February 2011
News EU TO ITALY: “ITALIAN ORIGIN LABELING LAW IS NOT APPROPRIATE” AND REQUESTS POSTPONING IT UNTIL A EU REGULATION IS ADOPTED. GALAN: “WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE WITH THE EU ON LABELING” 04 February 2011
News THE FINE WINES AUCTION SEASON STARTED IN HONG KONG WITH A BANG... RECORD SALES OF 34.7 MILLION DOLLARS IN JANUARY. THE HIGHEST PRICED LOT? 8 BOTTLES OF 1985 HENRI JAYER RICHEBOURG AT 100 THOUSAND 103 DOLLARS… 02 February 2011
News RESTAURANTS ARE BACK TO BASICS FROM PRODUCTION TO SERVICE, EVEN FOR THE MORE ENTERPRISING CHEFS: “LUXURY OF SIMPLICITY” WILL BE THE THEME OF “IDENTITA’ GOLOSE 2011” TO BE HELD IN MILAN, JANUARY 30 TO FEBRUARY 1ST 28 January 2011
News WANT AN “INTOXICATING” WEDDING? THE NOVEL IDEA FROM WINE TOURISM AND AIS- ITALIAN SOMMELIER ASSOCIATION: “MATRIMONIO DI VINO” FROM GIFT LIST TO CEREMONY IN THE WINE CELLAR TO HONEYMOON IN THE LAND OF WINE 26 January 2011
News ORIGIN LABELING IS LAW: UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE HOUSE. COLDIRETTI: 5 BILLION EUROS LOST WITHOUT IT. CIA: RECOUPING 13 MILLION EUROS A DAY AND PROTECTING CONSUMERS. CONFAGRICOLTURA AND FEDERCONSUMATORI: NOW WE NEED DECREES AND THE EU OPINION 24 January 2011
News THE FINE WINES OF BORDEAUX? THEY EARNED MORE THAN GOLD, OIL AND STOCKS, SAYS LIV-EX, WHICH MONITORED THE 2010 INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE OF FINE WINES. 5 ITALIAN WINES ON THE LIST: SASSICAIA, MASSETO, ORNELLAIA, GAJA, SOLAIA (ANTINORI) 18 January 2011
News AN ITALIAN PROFESSOR, ATTILIO SCIENZA, WILL BE ONE OF THE “GUIDES” IN THE AMERICAN TV SERIES “JOURNEY IN THE ITALY OF WINES” BY ANTONIO GALLONI, HEAD OF ITALIAN WINES IN ROBERT PARKER’S MAGAZINE “WINE ADVOCATE” 13 January 2011
News FOOD EDUCATION: A NECESSITY, NOT A LUXURY. FROM MICHELLE OBAMA IN AMERICA TO “LE FIGARO” IN FRANCE, EVERYONE IS FIGHTING OBESITY, STARTING WITH YOUNG CHILDREN. ACCORDING TO A STUDY BY “ALLIANZ”, KIDS WILL LIVE LONGER AND BE SMARTER BUT FATTER, TOO 10 January 2011
News “FINE WINES” TOPS EVEN IN 2011 AND ASIA IS THE FRONT RUNNER. FRENCH WINES (ESPECIALLY BORDEAUX) ARE LEADERS. THERE IS INCREASING INTEREST IN ITALIAN WINES, THANKS TO ITALIAN CUISINE 06 January 2011
News WIKILEAKS DID NOT SPARE THE AGRICULTURAL WORLD: THE ENGLISH NEWSPAPER “THE GUARDIAN” REVEALS U.S.A. PLOTS TO IMPOSE GMO IN EUROPE 05 January 2011
News THE MICHELIN “3 STARS” CHRISTMAS MENU - LUISA VALAZZA (AL SORRISO), NADIA SANTINI (DAL PESCATORE), MASSIMILIANO ALAJMO (LE CALANDRE), ANNIE FEOLDE (PINCHIORRI), ENRICO CEREA (DA VITTORIO) E HEINZ BECK (LA PERGOLA) REVEAL THEIR SPECIALTIES TO WINENEWS 04 January 2011
News AUCTIONS AND WINE: RECESSION? NOT FOR FINE WINES - CHRISTIE’S SOARED TO 71 MILLION DOLLARS. RIVAL SOTHEBY DID VERY WELL, TOO. BOURGOGNE AND BORDEAUX TOP BOTTLES 23 December 2010
News THE ITALIAN WINE & FOOD INSTITUTE HAS NO DOUBTS THAT MORE AND MORE AMERICANS DRINK ITALIAN: MADE IN ITALY WINES RECORDED A HIGH INCREASE IN 2010 (+7%) AND ARE THE MOST IMPORTED TO THE STATES. EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE OF SPARKLING WINES 21 December 2010
News MADE IN ITALY IN MANHATTAN: IN MAY 2011, JUST A FEW METERS FROM “EATALY”, ZONIN WILL OPEN THEIR “FLAGSHIP STORE” - “GUSTAVO” - WHICH IN TWO YEARS HAS ALREADY WON OVER TOKYO AND BY END 2011 WILL BE IN LONDON 21 December 2010
News A DOCTOR’S CERTIFICATE TO INDICATE THE LEVEL OF WINE CONSUMPTION TOLERANCE: COLDIRETTI LAUNCHED THE IDEA AND DOCTORS HAVE “ENDORSED” IT 20 December 2010
News 10 FOOD COMMANDMENTS OF RESPONSIBLE EATING OVER CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. EXPERT ADVICE FROM THE GRANA PADANO NUTRITIONAL CENTER TO LIMIT INTAKE OF CHOLESTEROL AND SATURATED FATS DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON 20 December 2010
News “PYRRHIC VICTORY” OF MADE IN ITALY FOOD: THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT READY TO APPROVE LABELING BILL, BUT THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL GOES IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION TO VOLUNTEER LABELING OF PRODUCT ORIGIN 16 December 2010
News BACK TO GROWING TYPICAL AND NATIVE VINES WITHIN THE ANCIENT WALLS OF SIENA: THE “SENARUM VINEA” MISSION IS A PROJECT BY THE CITIES OF WINE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF SIENA AND AN EXAMPLE OF GOOD PRACTICE AND LANDSCAPE PROTECTION FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION 15 December 2010
News FOR THE FIRST TIME AN ITALIAN WINE IS NUMBER 1 ON THE “WINE ENTHUSIAST” 2010 EDITION “TOP 100”: IT’S THE 2006 BAROLO MARCENASCO OF RENATO RATTI. ITALY IS ALSO ON OTHER RANKINGS WITH BAROLO, BRUNELLO, BOLGHERI, SUPERTUSCAN AND SPARKLING TRENTINO WINES 14 December 2010
News AT CHRISTMAS LUXURY FOOD IS A STEAL: A 4% INCREASE IN SUPERMARKET THEFTS, OVER 2009, OF FINE WINES, CAVIAR AND TRUFFLES. COLDIRETTI SAYS CHRISTMAS SHOPLIFTING “TURNOVER” IS 660 MILLION EUROS 13 December 2010
News AT CHRISTMAS LUXURY FOOD IS A STEAL: A 4% INCREASE IN SUPERMARKET THEFTS, OVER 2009, OF FINE WINES, CAVIAR AND TRUFFLES. COLDIRETTI SAYS CHRISTMAS SHOPLIFTING “TURNOVER” IS 660 MILLION EUROS 13 December 2010
News FOR THE FIRST TIME AN ITALIAN WINE IS NUMBER ONE ON THE “WINE ENTHUSIAST” 2010 EDITION “TOP 100”: IT’S THE 2006 BAROLO MARCENASCO OF RENATO RATTI. ITALY IS ALSO ON OTHER RANKINGS WITH BAROLO, BRUNELLO, BOLGHERI, SUPERTUSCAN AND SPARKLING TRENTINO 09 December 2010
News BACK TO GROWING TYPICAL AND NATIVE VINES WITHIN THE ANCIENT WALLS OF SIENA: THE “SENARUM VINEA” MISSION IS A PROJECT BY THE CITIES OF WINE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF SIENA AND AN EXAMPLE OF GOOD PRACTICE AND LANDSCAPE PROTECTION FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION 09 December 2010
News CHRISTMAS: NATURAL DECORATIONS (APPLES, PINE CONES, TANGERINES...) NO RISKS AND SAVINGS UP TO 300%. YOU NEED ONLY SOME IMAGINATION TO DECORATE A TREE NATURALLY AND IT COSTS 4-5 TIMES LESS, SAYS COLDIRETTI 09 December 2010
News CAN A SMALL ITALIAN WINERY PRODUCE WINE FOR A FOREIGN GIANT? YES, IF IT TELLS THE STORY OF THE TERRITORY AND THE WINE GROWERS, LIKE GIOVANNA TANTINI, WHO PRODUCES WINES FOR “FORTNUM & MASON”… 04 December 2010
News “BOROLI WINE FORUM” - THE FUTURE OF WINE ACCORDING TO PARKER: FRANCE “DISASTER”, NEW STARS NAPA VALLEY, SPAIN AND CENTRAL-SOUTHERN ITALY “DECLINE” ... HLASTALA (WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY) AND CONTROVERSIAL BREATHALYZER AND DE CASTRO... 03 December 2010
News THE EU CONDEMNS ITALY FOR INDICATING “PURE CHOCOLATE” ON LABELS THAT ALSO CONTAIN VEGETABLE FATS. COLDIRETTI:“THE EU ACCEPTS WINE MADE WITHOUT GRAPES”. CIA: “ ITALIAN BUSINESSES DAMAGED”. CODACONS: “EU TAKES A STEP BACKWARD ON QUALITY”. AND GALAN… 01 December 2010
News WINE SPECTATOR HERALDS “CALIFORNIA SUN”. THE BEST WINE OF THE “TOP 100” IS PASO ROBLES 2007 JAMES BERRY SAXUM VINEYARD. IN THE TOP 10 ONLY ONE ITALIAN WINE AND MADE IN U.S.A. WINES DOMINATE 29 November 2010
