News THE TOP WINES OF “GRAND CRU OF ITALY” AT GELARDINI & ROMANI WINE AUCTION (AVERAGE BIDS 40% OVER BASE PRICE)... AND COLLECTORS AUCTION FAVORITES 25 November 2010
News THE PRESS OFFICE - RESEARCH: ITALIAN WINERIES AMONG LEADERS OF EXPORT RECOVERY. THE MPS BANK RESEARCH DEPARTMENT STUDY ANALYZES TRENDS AND PROSPECTS ON THE WINE MARKET 24 November 2010
News THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT CHAIRMAN OF THE AGRICULTURE COMMISSION, PAUL DE CASTRO, CALLS ON THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT TO WASTE LESS TIME PASSING LABEL LAWS BECAUSE MEMBER COUNTRIES HAVE NO “LEGISLATIVE POWER” ON THEM 23 November 2010
News FOOD & WINE…SIGNS OF OPTIMISM COME FROM EXPORTS: FROM THE MEAT INDUSTRY (ASSICA-CONFINDUSTRIA) TO THE FOOD, FEDERALIMENTARE, FROM THE ITALIAN WINE & FOOD INSTITUTE TO ASSOENOLOGI. ISMEA SURVEY: CONFIDENCE GROWING IN THE FOOD SECTOR 22 November 2010
News AT GRINZANE CAVOUR WORLD AUCTION, TRUFFLES SOLD FOR 305.000 EUROS. PROCEEDS GO TO CHARITY. A TRUFFLE WAS GIVEN TO THE POPE. ALL THE DETAILS... FOCUS: SAN MINIATO IN TUSCANY, PRICES FROM 1.000 TO 1.500 EUROS A KILO FOR WHITE TRUFFLES 18 November 2010
News ITALIAN CUISINE IS THE MOST LOVED IN EUROPE, REVEALS A SURVEY ON THE GERMAN TOURIST PORTAL “ZOOVER”. SPAIN, FRANCE, GREECE AND GERMANY ALSO IN THE “TOP FIVE” 15 November 2010
News THE ITALIAN WINE GROUP (300 MILLION EUROS AND 1,250 HECTARES OF VINEYARDS) IS LOOKING TO ACQUIRE LAMBRUSCO AND CAVICCHIOLI IN MODENA (25 MILLION EUROS TURNOVER) 11 November 2010
News EATALY, THE ITALIAN WINE & FOOD STORE, “CONQUERS” THE HEART OF MANHATTAN: 15.000 VISIT THE FLAVORS OF ITALY EVERY DAY. THE WINE SHOP SOLD 500 BOTTLES “IN ONE DAY” AND HAS A TURNOVER OF 300.OOO DOLLARS A WEEK… 09 November 2010
News FOOD & BEVERAGE GIANTS PROFITS SOAR EVEN IN TIMES OF CRISIS: IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2010, DANONE UP 15% (4.347 BILLION EUROS), PERNOD RICARD UP 14% (1.879 BILLION EUROS) AND MCDONALD’S UP 10% (1.39 BILLION DOLLARS) 08 November 2010
News “THAT’S THE WAY”- ITALIAN WINE IN THE U.S. IS ALWAYS IN THE NUMBER ONE SPOT FOR FANS, BUT SELLING METHODS ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. AND IT IS ESSENTIAL TO KNOW WINES… “VINITALY IN THE WORLD” DISCOVERS THE BUSINESS 04 November 2010
News VINEYARD PLANTING RIGHTS LIBERALIZED IN 2015? ECONOMY, QUALITY AND LANDSCAPE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WINE PRODUCTION AREAS IN THE WORLD ARE AT RISK. SARKOZY IN FRANCE AND MERKEL IN GERMANY HAVE ALREADY SAID “NO” 02 November 2010
News FROM APPLE AND PEAR PEEL SOUP IN RUSSIA TO GRATED WILD ORCHID ROOTS IN TURKEY: THOSE WHO LEAVE THEIR COUNTRIES ALWAYS PUT SOMETHING FROM THE HOMELAND IN THEIR “CARDBOARD SUITCASES” 29 October 2010
News “ITALY NEEDS AN ”AGRICULTURAL REHABILITATION” POLICY FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESSES, LIKE THE VITICULTURE MODEL THAT FOCUSES ON QUALITY, NOT QUANTITY” LORETTA NAPOLEONI TOLD WINENEWS 27 October 2010
News SLOW FOOD: MAYBE FIAT CAN DO WITHOUT ITALY, BUT THE FOOD INDUSTRY CANNOT... ALL THE NUMBERS OF THE 2010 EDITION OF SALONE DEL GUSTO 27 October 2010
News “A EUROPEAN LAW ON LABELS WILL GUARANTEE BETTER CONSUMER INFORMATION AND ALLOW PRODUCERS TO TALK UP THEIR PRODUCTS”, THE EU AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER DACIAN CIOLOS TOLD WINENEWS AT THE SALONE DEL GUSTO 25 October 2010
News WINE TASTING, CONFERENCES, DINNERS AND MEETINGS WITH THE PRODUCERS: WINENEWS HAS SELECTED THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE 2010 “SALONE DEL GUSTO” 19 October 2010
News “GOOD, CLEAN AND FAIR” WINERIES AND “EVERYDAY WINES”: SLOW FOOD’S NEW GUIDE TO WINES “SLOW WINE” GIVES FIRST PLACE TO THE PIEDMONT REGION (54 “GRANDI VINI”). THREE AWARD-WINNING WINES FROM LANGA: GAJA, CONTERNO AND GIACOSA... 18 October 2010
News VINITALY WORLD TOUR IN USA (25-28 October) WITH THE “WINERIES THAT HAVE MADE ITALIAN WINE FAMOUS”. AT EATALY IN NEW YORK VINITALY AND CIVILTA’ DEL BERE WILL HOST THE EXCELLENT WINERIES “PIONEERS” OF MADE IN ITALY WINE EXPORTS 15 October 2010
News THE COMPLETE LIST OF THE GAMBERO ROSSO “TRE BICCHIERI” 2011 AWARDS: THE TOP 402 WINES (FIRST PIEDMONT WITH 81, FOLLOWED BY TUSCANY, 69). AMONG THE SPECIAL AWARDS THE BEST ITALIAN RED WINE IS BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO RESERVE 2004 BIONDI SANTI 13 October 2010
News GRAPE HARVEST 2010: THE PRICE OF GRAPES STEADY AT 2009 QUOTES. WHITE GRAPES ARE BETTER WHILE MARKET FOR REDS IS SLOW. DEMAND MAY EXCEED PRODUCTION OF GUARANTEED 2010 HARVEST 11 October 2010
News THE BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO CASE IS NOW CLOSED: FOUR BARGAINS, ONE ACQUITTAL ON FALSE INFORMATION TO A PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (PAUL HARRI, EX BANFI WINEMAKER), ONE INDICTMENT: SO DECIDED THE JUDGE IN SIENA 08 October 2010
News THE QUEEN OF THE GELARDINI & ROMANI “AUTUMN AUCTION” IS A 2005 IMPERIAL OF CHATEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD SOLD FOR 8,386 EUROS. BIDS WERE 117% OF THE AUCTION BASE QUOTE. AMONG ITALIAN WINES, MASSETO AND ORNELLAIA DID VERY WELL 06 October 2010
News THE GAMBERO ROSSO “2011 ITALIAN WINES” SPECIAL AWARDS THAT WINENEWS REVEALED YESTERDAY WILL BE PRESENTED ON 17 OCTOBER IN ROME. THE PIEDMONT REGION RECEIVED THE MOST AWARDS, FOLLOWED BY TUSCANY AND VENETO 05 October 2010
News AFGHANISTAN: SAFFRON VS OPIUM, IT’S “WAR” IN THE WEST AGAINST DRUG TRAFFICKING. IN SHINDAND THE RACE TO GET TONS OF THE BULBS DISTRIBUTED BY THE ITALIAN PRT 04 October 2010
News THE FOOD INDUSTRY IS HOLDING ITS OWN: 83% OF CORPORATIONS CLOSED 2009 AT A PROFIT, ACCORDING TO THE ESG89 GROUP SURVEY 30 September 2010
News “PRODUCING FOOD IN THE CITY IS GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH,” SAYS FAO, AND URBAN AGRICULTURE IS THE KEY TO HEALTHY AND NUTRITIOUS FOOD, SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS AND BETTER HEALTH CONDITIONS IN POOR COUNTRIES 29 September 2010
News AGRICULTURE COUNCIL: ITALY, FRANCE AND GERMANY REQUEST BRUSSELS TO DECIDE ON GMO. CONFAGRICOLTURA SAYS, “RESPONSIBLE POSITION” 29 September 2010
News THE AMARONE ART FAMILIES LAUNCH AN IDENTITY MANIFESTO AND A HOLOGRAM TO CERTIFY AMARONE EXCELLENCE. “OVERPRODUCTION AND LOW PRICES THREATEN QUALITY AND PRESTIGE OF THE VALPOLICELLA WINE" 27 September 2010
News PANDOLFINI WINE AUCTION IN FLORENCE ON OCTOBER 7TH, FOR THE “L’ESPRESSO 2011” GUIDES. THE “TOP PICKS”? A BOTTLE OF 1895 CHATEAU D’YQUEM AND A COMPLETE VERTICAL “MASSETO” (1986-2010) 24 September 2010
News WINE AUCTION: ON OCTOBER 2ND IN ROME, GELARDINI & ROMANI WILL AUCTION 500 LOTS. THE ABSOLUTE PROTAGONISTS ARE 4 UNIQUE PRIVATE LABEL COLLECTIONS... THE BEST OF ITALY AND THE WORLD, EVEN IN LARGE FORMATS, FOR SALE 23 September 2010
News USA: ITALY IS AGAIN LEADER OF IMPORTED WINES. ONE MILLION HECTOLITERS FOR $ 521 MILLION EUROS, THE ITALIAN NECTAR INCREASES IN QUANTITY (+10.5%) AND VALUE (+11.6%), TOTALING 32% OF “FOREIGN” WINES ON THE US MARKET 20 September 2010
News THE INSTITUTE OF MASTERS OF WINE AND THE INSTITUTE OF “GRANDI MARCHI” HAVE TEAMED UP ... TO TAKE “THE DIVERSITY OF ITALY” EVENTS AROUND THE WORLD IN 2010 TO NEW YORK, HONG KONG AND TOKYO 18 September 2010
News SOLAIA BY MARQUIS ANTINORI IS ON SALE AT THE PRESTIGIOUS “PLACE DE BORDEAUX”. THE NÉGOCIANTS HAVE ACCEPTED A SMALL SUPPLY OF THE FAMOUS SUPERTUSCAN. THEY HAVE ONLY TWO ITALIAN WINES: SOLAIA (ANTINORI) AND MASSETO (ORNELLAIA ESTATE) 15 September 2010
News AS PRICES OF GRAPES KEEP FALLING SMALL COMPANIES WILL DISAPPEAR, SAYS EDOARDO NARDUZZI, EXPERT IN WINE ECONOMY. “IT’S A STRUCTURAL PROBLEM: SUPPLY IS TOO HIGH. CONTRIBUTIONS FOR VINE EXTIRPATION IS NOT ENOUGH” 10 September 2010
News “BOTTEGA DEL VINO”: THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE GIANCARLO GALAN, ENTREPRENEURS AND PRODUCERS JOIN TO KEEP ON TOASTING AT THE FAMOUS CULT WINE SHOP IN VERONA. THE HISTORIC SHOP HAS A CAPITAL IN BOTTLES OF 4-5 MILLION EUROS. THE INTERVIEW WITH BARZAN 09 September 2010
News SHEPHERDS PROTEST: WAKE UP AT 5 AM TO EARN 60 CENTS. MILKING A SHEEP IS WORTH LESS THAN THE PRICE OF A CUP OF COFFEE, SAYS COLDIRETTI 09 September 2010
News SOTHEBY’S IS SELLING RARE, VINTAGE AND ORGANIC VEGETABLES AT $ 1000 PER BOX. PROCEEDS TO BENEFIT GROWNYC, A PROJECT THAT HELPS IMMIGRANTS BECOME FARMERS AND THE SYLVIA CENTER PROGRAM THAT TEACHES CHILDREN HEALTHY EATING 07 September 2010
News HERE ARE THE NOMINATIONS FOR THE “2010 WINE STAR AWARDS” GIVEN BY “WINE ENTHUSIAST”, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WINE MAGAZINES IN THE WORLD. FOR ITALY, MASTROBERARDINO, LIBERA TERRA AND PROSECCO 06 September 2010
News DOOR TO DOOR WINE IN FRANCE: FREE TASTING AND NO OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE. THE “VIGNERONS A LA MAISON” COMING IN SEPTEMBER … 05 September 2010
