News THE HISTORIC ROMAN GELATERIA FASSI, AFTER 134 YEARS OF ACTIVITY IS NOW PART OF THE LIST OF WINE & FOOD COMPANIES IN FOREIGN HANDS AND HAS BECOME MADE IN KOREA. GLOBAL FRANCHISE BRAND IN THE FUTURE 10 July 2014
News JAZZ IS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL WINE AND MUSIC PAIRINGS THAT DESERVES “A PLACE IN PARADISE”. AND, ONE OF THE LONGEST RUNNING INTERNATIONAL MUSIC EVENTS IS “JAZZ & WINE IN MONTALCINO” WITH CASTELLO BANFI WINES AND A HOST OF MUSIC STARS (JULY 15-20) 09 July 2014
News ONE OF THE UNFORGETTABLE MUSIC EVENTS IN HISTORY: PINK FLOYD IN VENICE. 25 YEARS AFTER THE "CONCERT OF THE CENTURY", A TOAST WITH PROSECCO PONTE WHILE WAITING FOR THE ROCK BAND’S NEW ALBUM, 20 YEARS LATER 09 July 2014
News COMPETITION, SUSTAINABILITY, COMMUNITY AGRICULTURAL POLICY, FARMERS' INCOME, FRUIT&VEGETABLE REFORM, REGULATION OF ORGANIC PRODUCTS, "MILK PACKAGE": THIS IS THE AGRICULTURAL PROGRAM FOR THE FIRST SEMESTER (AND BEYOND) OF THE ITALIAN EU PRESIDENCY 02 July 2014
News THE FIRST MUSICAL DECANTER IN THE WORLD. IN THE UNIVERSE OF WINE ACCESSORIES THERE IS NOW "HORN", A CLASSIC DECANTER FOR SERVING WINE AS WELL AS A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT THAT MAKES THE SOUND OF A HORN, INVENTED BY RIEDEL 01 July 2014
News FROM THE MOST FAMOUS NOSES TO THE MOST REFINED PALATES, HERMÈS LAUNCHES HISTOIRE D'OR, A DESIGNER EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL 100% MADE IN ITALY, IN AN ELEGANT EAU DE PARFUM BOTTLE AND THE TASTE AND COLORS OF SOUTH SALENTO IN THE APULIA REGION 01 July 2014
News WINE & VIP: MICK HUCKNALL, FORMER LEADER OF SIMPLY RED IS SELLING HIS ESTATE “IL CANTANTE” ON MOUNT ETNA, FOR 650.000 EUROS, REVEALED THE REAL ESTATE AGENCY ENGEL & VÖLKERS 01 July 2014
News IS THERE YEAST CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINES WITH A LOW ALCOHOL CONTENT? YES. TESTING HAS BEGUN IN FRANCE BY INRA, NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL, IN CONJUNCTION WITH LALLEMAND, LEADER IN PRODUCTION OF WINE PRODUCTS 30 June 2014
News "LANGHE & UNESCO": ANGELO GAJA TOLD WINENEWS, “THE PROJECT BELONGS OT EVERYONE. NOW THAT THE DREAM HAS COME TRUE, WE HAVE TO LEARN TO LOOK UP AND FAR AWAY WHILE PROTECTING THE LOCATIONS OF EXCELLENCE INSTEAD OF TURNING THEM INTO OPEN AIR BOUTIQUES” 23 June 2014
News PRICES IN ITALY ARE IN THE EU AVERAGE BUT FOOD, HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS ARE AMONG THE HIGHEST IN EUROPE. 112% OVER THE AVERAGE IN 2013, THE SEVENTH HIGHEST PRICE, AND 110%, EIGHTH PLACE AFTER FRANCE BUT BEFORE SPAIN, REVEALS EUROSTAT 21 June 2014
News VEUVE CLICQUOT HAS A WINE CELLAR IN THE SEA. HUNDREDS OF THE MAISON’S BOTTLES WILL BE AGED FOR 50 YEARS IN THE DEPTHS OF THE BALTIC SEA WHILE THE SAME AMOUNT WILL STAY IN REIMS, TO EVALUATE THE DIFFERENCES 20 June 2014
News THE COST OF VINEYARDS IN BURGUNDY KEEPS GROWING. IN 2013, ACCORDING TO THE FRENCH MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, AN ACRE OF GRAND CRU COST ON AVERAGE 4 MILLION EUROS, MUCH MORE THAN IN BORDEAUX OR CHAMPAGNE 19 June 2014
News “I DON’T THINK THERE IS ANY RIVALRY WITH PROSECCO BECAUSE CHAMPAGNE HAS NOTHING TO FEAR. AND, THERE IS ROOM FOR ALL ON THE WORLD MARKET PLACE”, SAID THIERRY GASCO, CHEF DE CAVE OF ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS FRENCEH BRANDS, POMMERY 18 June 2014
News MASTERS OF WINE: HOW TO WIN THE "WINE MARKET WAR"? MAINTAINING PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS, CONFIDENCE IN YOUR BRAND AND INCREASING TRANSPARENCY, SAID ALVAREZ-PETERS (COSTCO), PETRASSI (WAITROSE), LARSSON (SYSTEMBOLAGET) E KLINGER (AWMB) 17 June 2014
News THE NEW WORLD WIDE FOOD MANIFESTO WILL BE MADE IN ITALY, OR BETTER MADE IN PIEDMONT. THE TEACHERS AND RESEARCHERS OF THE CULINARY SCIENCES UNIVERSITY IN POLLENZO (THAT CELEBRATES 10 YEARS OF ACTIVITY) ARE FINISHING IT 16 June 2014
News THE WINEBOW GROUP “GIANT” -1200 EMPLOYEES AND A TURNOVER OF 600 MILLION DOLLARS- IS THE MERGER WITH THE VINTNER GROUP AND WILL BE THE ONLY ITALIAN WINE IMPORT COMPANY DISTRIBUTING DIRECTLY IN 15 US STATES 11 June 2014
News PAY WITH A KISS IS THE ACT OF LOVE THAT WINERIA IN MILAN OFFERS ITS CUSTOMERS AT HAPPY HOUR WITH # PAGACONUNBACIO (STARTING JUNE 18TH). HOW DOES IT WORK? A COUPLE ORDERS TWO GLASSES OF WINE AND STARTS FLIRTING 09 June 2014
News ALEX FERGUSON’S WINES CONTINUE TO TOP THE AUCTIONS. 3.8 MILLION DOLLARS IN MAY AND NOW CHRISTIE'S HAS BEAT 1.1 MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE LEGENDARY COACH OF MANCHESTER’S WINES. FIRST OF ALL, BURGUNDY. ITALY WITH SASSICAIA, ORNELLAIA AND GAJA 09 June 2014
News “NOT ONLY FOOD BUT COOKING SHOULD BE SUSTAINABLE, TOO. MY DREAM? FINDING THE ESSENCE OF VEGETARIAN CUISINE. MY FAVORITE ITAIAN DISHES? I LOVE TAJARIN AND FOCACCIA”, SAID RENÉ REDZEPI, NUMBER ONE CHEF IN THE WORLD 03 June 2014
News IT IS PIZZA MARGHERITA’S BIRTHDAY - 125 YEARS OLD, AS A LETTER DATED JUNE 1889 FROM THE HEAD OF TABLE SERVICES FOR THE ROYAL PALACE DOCUMENTS, ASKING CHEF ESPOSITO TO PREPARE HIS FAMOUS PIZZAS FOR HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN 02 June 2014
News WHO IS WILLING TO PAY MORE FOR WINE? GENERATION Y, THE MILLENIALS- UNDER 35 - ARE THE FUTURE OF THE WINE INDUSTRY, SAYS THE WINE INTELLIGENCE REPORT "CARPE VINUM" FOR THE UK LONDON WINE FAIR 30 May 2014
News ONE YEAR AFTER HE RESIGNED FROM SOCCER, ALEX FERGUSON SAYS GOOD BYE TO HIS HUGE WINE COLLECTION. THE FIRST PART, AUCTIONED BY CHRISTIE’S IN HONG KONG, SOLD FOR ALMOST 4 MILLION EUROS. THE TOP SELLERS, OF COURSE, WERE ROMANÉE-CONTI AND SASSICAIA 26 May 2014
News “RESPECT AND COURAGE WILL COUNTERACT THE DECLINE OF WINE CONSUMPTION IN ITALY, CREATED BY THOSE WHO PRODUCE, SELL AND NARRATE IT”, SAID ANGELO GAJA, ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS ITALIAN PRODUCERS IN THE WORLD 26 May 2014
News CMO WINE: VENETO (11.7 MILLION EUROS) SICILY (8.8) AND TUSCANY (7.4) ARE THE REGIONS WITH MOST FUNDS FOR PROMOTION. THE ITALIAN WINE CONSORTIUM, GRANDI MARCHI, GRUPPO ITALIANO VINI AND CAMPARI AT THE TOP FOR NATIONAL FUNDING 26 May 2014
News MASTERS OF WINE SYMPOSIUM: HOW TO KEEP UP SUCCESS IN THE WINE WORLD? LOOKING AT THE LONG TERM AND TRUSTING IN UNIQUENESS, ACCORDING TO SEELY (AXA MILLÉSIMES), SAMANT (SULA), HEPP (SCHLOSS VOLLRADS) AND OSCAR FARINETTI 16 May 2014
News MASTERS OF WINE SYMPOSIUM: THE GENETICIST JOSÉ VOUILLAMOZ SAID THAT IN 50 YEARS COUNOISE AND VERDESS GRAPES WOULD BE TOP IN FRANCE AND LAGREIN AND NIEDDERA IN ITALY. 16 May 2014
News THE "SOUND SOMMELIER": “SOMMELIER WHO RESEARCHES THE RIGHT SOUNDS TO MAKE WINE TASTING EVEN MORE PLEASANT”. WINENEWS INTERVIEWED PAOLO SCARPELLINI: "WINE IS A MATTER OF SENSES, INCLUDING THE SENSE OF HEARING”. 14 May 2014
News IN 1927 MAN COULD RECOGNIZE 10.000 DIFFERENT SMELLS WHILE TODAY THE STUDY BY PROFESSOR LESLIE VOSSHALL, ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK COUNTS A THOUSAND BILLION... 13 May 2014
News IT IS IMPORTANT TO NARRATE THE ORIGINS OF ITALIAN FOOD&WINE, AND OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS FARINETTI WILL BRING BITS OF ITALY TO EATALY IN MAHATTAN, FROM THE MILAN CATHEDRAL TO THE ROYAL ORCHESTA OF TORINO 12 May 2014
News SLOW FOOD ITALY. THE AGRONOMIST FROM CAMPANIA, GAETANO PASCALE, NEWLY ELECTED PRESIDENT FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, SAID, "WE ARE NO LONGER TWO TEAMS, BUT ONE, GREAT ASSOCIATION" 11 May 2014
News EVEN WINE LEGENDS SURRENDER TO THE CHARM OF THE WEB. NONE LESS THAN THE SACRED CHATEAU D'YQUEM WILL BE THE STAR OF ITS FIRST "FLASH SALE", WITH 3 VINTAGES (1996, 1998, 2000) ON EUROPE’S LEADING SITE, VENTE-PRIVEE.COM 09 May 2014
News MONO BRANDS: "MASI WINE BAR" OPENS IN ZURICH. IT IS “A NEW ROAD, MADE OF EMOTIONS AND EXPERIENCES”, SAID RAFFAELE BOSCAINI. IN THE COMPANY OF NAMES SUCH AS ANTINORI, FRESCOBALDI, FERRARI, ZONIN, CHIANTI… 09 May 2014
News HOW WE PERCEIVE THE TASTE OF WINE IS NOT DUE TO TASTE AND SMELL BUT THE TRIGEMINAL NERVE. A STUDY BY SCIENTISTS AT THE RUHR UNIVERSITY IN BOCHUM (GERMANY), DISCOVERED THIS PROVOCATIVE THEORY, PUBLISHED BY "CHEMICAL SENSES" 09 May 2014
News REDISCOVERING REAL FARMERS THAT INDUSTRIALIZATION HAS BEEN OBSCURING, THE AGRICULTURAL DIMENSION AND AGRICULTURE AS A SCHOOL OF LIBERATION: THE “PASIONARIA”, SILVIA PEREZ-VITORIA 07 May 2014
News ANTI-COUNTERFEIT: THE FRANCE-CHINA LINE HAS TAKEN GIANT STEPS, INCLUDING PREVENTION AND REPRESSION. THE "PROTECTED ECO ORIGIN OF PRODUCTS" LABEL CERITIFIES THE ORIGIN OF FRENCH WINE AND DECLARES WAR ON COUNTERFEITOR SHIPS 07 May 2014
News REDISCOVERING REAL FARMERS THAT INDUSTRIALIZATION HAS BEEN MAKING DISAPPEAR, THE AGRICULTURAL DIMENSION, AND AGRICULTURE AS A SCHOOL OF LIBERATION: THE “PASIONARIA”, SILVIA PEREZ-VITORIA 07 May 2014
News THE 17TH EDITION OF CIBUS OPENED ON THE WAVE OF GROWING EXPORTS, TIMID MARKET COMEBACK, ORGANIC, HEALTH CONSCIOUSNESS, BATTLE AGAINST WASTE AND A LOOK AT WORLD MARKETS FOR WINE & FOOD, EVER MORE THE SYMBOL OF ITALY AND EXPO 2015 05 May 2014
News ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND FAMOUS ITALIAN WINE LANDSCAPES HAS TAKEN ANOTHER STEP TOWARDS THE UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE: LANGHE-ROERO AND MONFERRATO CLOSER TO THE "WORLD HERITAGE LIST". THE DECISION IN JUNE IN DOHA 30 April 2014
News MASSIMO BOTTURA (OSTERIA FRANCESCANA) CONFIRMS THIRD PLACE BEHIND THE DANISH RENÉ REDZEPI (NOMA) AND THE SPANISH ROCA BROTHERS (EL CELLER DE CAN ROCA): HERE IS THE "THE WORLD'S 50 BEST RESTAURANTS" 2014, WITH CRIPPA And ALAJMO, BUT NOT SCABIN 29 April 2014
News THE ITALIAN FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP IS COMING TO A CLOSE, SO FANS ARE NOW FOCUSED ON THE WORLD CUP IN BRAZIL, WHERE FOOTBALL WILL ENCOUNTER WINE, THE NEW "GREEN GOLD" PASSION, ESPECIALLY IF IT IS ITALIAN: CHIANTI, BAROLO AND BARBERA, FIRST OF ALL 29 April 2014
