News “OUT OF SIGHT MARKUPS”: 400% FROM WINE CELLAR TO BAR. IN 2009 WINE CONSUMPTION WAS 43 LITERS PER CAPITA COMPARED TO 45 LITERS IN 2007, SAYS ASSOENOLOGI, WHICH REPRESENTS 90% OF ITALIAN ENOLOGISTS 02 September 2010
News HALF THE ITALIANS ARE FASCINATED BY EXOTIC FLAVORS: A SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE MORESSA FOUNDATION REVEALS CHINESE RESTAURANTS ARE THE MOST POPULAR 01 September 2010
News “12.000 FAMILIES CANNOT COUNT ON ECONOMIC SECURITY.IN THE FUTURE” CLAIMS THE “PAID” AD IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER “LA STAMPA” TO EXPLAIN THE PLIGHT OF THE PIEDMONT WINE GROWERS AND ASK FOR HELP. THERE WILL BE A “WINE RALLY” IN ASTI ON SEPTEMBER 2ND 31 August 2010
News BUBBLES: THE NEW TREND IS SPARKLING WINES MADE FROM ANTIQUE GRAPE CULTIVATIONS AND IT’S FULL OF SURPRISES. THE WEALTH OF “ITALIAN VINEYARDS” IS A STRONG POINT 30 August 2010
News “MARE NOSTRUM” IN A GLASS: AN EXHIBITION OF THE 6,000 YEAR OLD HISTORY OF WINE AT THE PITTI PALACE IN FLORENCE... FOCUS - “THE MEDITERRANEAN, A SEA OF WINE” BY THE ART CRITIC MAURIZIA TAZARTES 28 August 2010
News 2010 HARVEST: THE GRAPE MARKET IS DOWN. PRODUCERS ARE AT RISK EXCEPT FOR MEMBERS OF COOPERATIVES. WINE SALES ABROAD ARE POSITIVE BUT NOT THE REST OF THE CHAIN 26 August 2010
News GMO DISPUTE EXPLODES: COLDIRETTI SAYS CULTIVATING GM0s IS PUNISHABLE BY LAW. THE PRESIDENT OF CONFAGRICOLTURA VECCHIONI SAYS, “THE IDEOLOGICAL CLASH ON GM PUTS RESTRICTIONS ON FREE ENTERPRISE AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH” 25 August 2010
News VINITALY, AMBASSADOR OF ITALIAN WINES, AND EATALY TOGETHER FOR THE BEST OF ITALIAN “FOOD & WINE” AT “VINITALY DAY”. THE EVENT OPENS OCTOBER 25TH AT THE EATALY “BRANCH” IN NEW YORK - A NEW BEGINNING FOR PROMOTING WINE IN THE USA 24 August 2010
News FULL IMMERSION TASTING FOR WINE-LOVERS ON HOLIDAY: 95% ORDER WINE AT RESTAURANTS, 92% GO WINE SHOPPING AND 94% GO FOOD SHOPPING. DREAM PLACES ABROAD? FRANCE, CALIFORNIA AND AUSTRALIA. IN ITALY: TRENTINO, TUSCANY, PIEDMONT AND SICILY 23 August 2010
News THE 2010 VINTAGE WILL BE A VERY GOOD YEAR. EXCELLENT IN PIEDMONT, TRENTINO, EMILIA ROMAGNA AND UMBRIA, SAYS CONFAGRICOLTURA 23 August 2010
News MINISTER OF AGRICULTURAL POLICIES GALAN: “ITALY LEADS EUROPE WITH 210 GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS” 18 August 2010
News WINE SPECTATOR BEGINS THE “AFTER JAMES SUCKLING” ERA: ITALIAN WINE IMPORTERS WILL SEND WINES TO THE TASTING MANAGER BRUCE SANDERSON, IN NEW YORK 16 August 2010
News IACOMO TACHIS: I AM NO LONGER CONSULTANT FOR ANY WINERY MUCH LESS THE SAN GUIDO ESTATE AND I HAVE NOT SUGGESTED ANY NAMES TO TAKE MY PLACE, BECAUSE THAT DECISION IS UP TO THE OWNERS” 13 August 2010
News THE U.S. MARKET: WINE IS THE FASTEST GROWING DRINK IN THE USA. OCCASIONAL USERS ARE PREDOMINANTLY WOMEN. YOUNG PEOPLE PREFER FOREIGN WINE AND ARE BECOMING TRUE FANS 11 August 2010
News AFTER MCITALY NOW IT’S “MOZZARILLO”: THE NEW SANDWICH AT MCDONALD’S WITH A MADE IN ITALY TASTE 09 August 2010
News WHAT IS ONE OUT OF 2 WOMEN’S WORST “NIGHTMARE”? TWO THOUSAND CALORIES FOR DINNER AT A RESTAURANT: ONE-QUARTER AVOIDS EATING OUT BUT TWO THIRDS “INDULGE”, REVEALS A SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE COMPANY THAT PRODUCES WEIGHT LOSS PILLS 06 August 2010
News FOOD SAFETY: IN 2009, 470 THOUSAND CONTROLS AND 11.7% VIOLATIONS RECORDED. MARTINI, UNDERSECRETARY OF HEALTH: “ITALY IS LEADER IN EU CONTROLS. STRICTER PENALTIES ARE PLANNED”. THE NAS CONFISCATED ONE THOUSAND TONS FOR A TOTAL OF 3.5 MILLION EUROS 05 August 2010
News U.S. WINE WHOLESALERS UNION “PRESSURES” THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT FOR INCREASED FOOD SAFETY. IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2010, $500,000 SPENT ON THE CAMPAIGN TO RAISE AWARENESS IN CONGRESS ON THIS TOPIC 04 August 2010
News CMO WINE: 48 MILLION EURO TO PROMOTE WINE IN THIRD COUNTRIES IN 2011. MINISTER GALAN SAYS IT’S A “KEY TOOL”. THE ANNOUNCEMENT IS DOWNLOADABLE ON THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND WINENEWS WEB SITES 02 August 2010
News FRENCH WINES SPLIT: IN BORDEAUX PLANS TO “CUT” WINERIES THAT PRODUCE LOW COST “BASIC BORDEAUX” WHILE IN BURGUNDY 2 NEW NAMES ARE TRYING TO LAUNCH “CHEAP” WINES 30 July 2010
News IF VILLA BORGHESE IN ROME OR SEMPIONE PARK IN MILAN WERE VINEYARDS THEY WOULD ABSORB 2.000 TONS OF CO2 ANNUALLY: VINEYARDS COULD SAVE THE CITY FROM STIFLING HEAT AND UNHEALTHY AIR, ACCORDING TO A STUDY BY ORNELLAIA ESTATE AND UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE 29 July 2010
News IN ITALY 6 MILLION TONS OF FOOD IS WASTED BEFORE IT EVEN GETS TO THE TABLE. “WASTE IS FIRST PRIORITY ON THE EU COMMISSION AGENDA”, PROMISES DE CASTRO 27 July 2010
News THE “CHIANTI PROJECT”: THE CONSORTIUM LED BY NUNZIO CAPURSO AND THE REGIONAL FINANCE COMPANY, FIDI TOSCANA GET TOGETHER TO HELP TUSCAN COMPANIES GET CREDIT AND PROMOTE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT 26 July 2010
News FROM THE WORLD CUP TO THE VINEYARDS OF CASTILE, ANDRÉS INIESTA, THE CHAMPION OF THE “RED FURIES” PRODUCES WINE IN HIS CELLAR IN FUENTEALBILLA (ALBACETE), SPAIN 23 July 2010
News NUTRITIOUS, COLD MEALS AT A COLORFUL DINNER TABLE WITH THE FAMILY TO COUNTERACT SUMMERTIME OVEREATING: 6 OUT OF 10 NUTRITIONISTS RECOMMEND THE “SEASHORE DIET”. FOCUS: ITALIANS AND FOOD ON VACATION - THE 10 STEP PLAN 22 July 2010
News ON THE ROOF OF THE GRAND PALAIS IN PARIS, ON TOP OF SKYSCRAPERS IN NEW YORK AND IN GARDENS AND BALCONIES IN LONDON: THE STRANGEST PLACES BEES LIVE. WHERE IN ITALY? MILAN, ROME, FLORENCE ... ON THE AGENDA AT THE CONFERENCE IN MONTALCINO IN SEPTEMBER 20 July 2010
News JAMES SUCKLING HAS RETIRED: “WINE SPECTATOR” BROKE THE NEWS. BRUCE SANDERSON, SENIOR EDITOR AND TASTING DIRECTOR OF THE AMERICAN JOURNAL WILL HEAD TASTING ITALIAN WINES IN NEW YORK 19 July 2010
News RUFFINO, THE FAMOUS CHIANTI BRAND, WILL STAY IN THE FOLONARI FAMILY: THE INVESTINDUSTRIAL FUND SOLD ITS SHARES (9.9%) TO CONSTELLATION BRANDS, TAKING IT TO 49.9%. FOLONARI HAS 50.1% AND THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT 12 July 2010
News STARBUCKS OFFERS WINE AND BEER AGAIN: THE WORLD COFFEE GIANT RE- LAUNCHES THE PROJECT IN SEATTLE, WITH A NEW NAME AND A “TERRITORIAL” OFFER. TESTING ALSO IN SPAIN AND JAPAN IN VIEW OF OTHER INVESTMENTS... 09 July 2010
News 10% OF ITALIANS PREFER BUYING DIRECTLY FROM FARMS INSTEAD OF FARMERS MARKETS (2%), REVEALS THE ISPO STUDY BY RENATO MANNEHEIMER FOR CONFAGRICOLTURA THAT LAUNCHED THE PROJECT “FROM PRODUCER TO CONSUMER” 07 July 2010
News EVERYONE AGREES ON WINE BY THE GLASS, SAYS “LE MONDE”. BUT LET’S NOT OVERPRICE A TREND THAT HELPS RESTAURANTS, CONSUMERS AND PRODUCERS FIGHT THE CRISIS 05 July 2010
News THE WIND OF CHANGE IS BLOWING AT THE WINE COOPERATIVES IN TRENTO: NO MORE INSIDE COMPETITION WHILE VIS, CAVIT AND MEZZACORONA, PLUS THE SMALL PRODUCERS ARE WORKING TOGETHER TOWARDS A SHARED GOAL, DIFFERENT STRATEGIES AND THE “PEDRON PLAN” 05 July 2010
News FOR SUPER TUSCAN FANS AND WRITING FETISHISTS: THE SOLAIA OMAS LIMITED EDITION PEN - ONLY 1978 PIECES MADE FROM THE BARRELS WHERE THE GREAT ANTINORI WINE IS AGED 02 July 2010
News FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS IN FRANCE MUST BE LOCATED MORE THAN 200 METERS AWAY FROM SCHOOLS TO FIGHT CHILDHOOD OBESITY, JUST LIKE ADULT X RATED SHOPS. THE PROVOCATIVE PROPOSAL BY FRENCH PARLIAMENTARY PHILIPPE FOLLIOT 02 July 2010
News SHANGHAI: MORE THAN 1 MILLION VISITORS AT “EXPO ITALIA”. “MADE IN ITALY” WINE IS A STATUS SYMBOL, BUT THE CHINESE DON’T KNOW ITALIAN WINES. FABIO CARLESI OF ENOTECA ITALIANA SAYS, “TEACH ITALIAN WINE CULTURE” 01 July 2010
News PRICES OF GRAPES DOWN 40% BUT RESTAURANTS MARK-UP OVER 5 TIMES, SAYS PREVARIN, PRESIDENT OF ASSOENOLOGI. THE MANAGER, MARTELLI, SAYS “TEAMWORK” AND “CREATE ONE STOP SHOPS FOR INSPECTIONS. 25% OF WINEMAKERS’ WORK IS BUREAUCRACY” 28 June 2010
News WINE MEETS ART ON THE TUSCAN COAST: FROM JULY 18-31 THE “BOLGHERY MELODY” FESTIVAL WILL HOST FAMOUS ARTISTS: ROBERTO BOLLE, IRENE GRANDI, STEFANO BOLLANI, MASSIMO RANIERI, ROBERTO BENIGNI 25 June 2010
News THE FRENCH SOCIALIST PARTY LAUNCHED THE IDEA OF SPECIALIZED TV CHANNELS TO SPREAD HEALTHY AND RESPONSIBLE WINE DRINKING, BUT IT CLASHES WITH THE “EVIN LAW” WHICH PROHIBITS ADVERTISING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN FRANCE 23 June 2010
