News ITALIANS ABROAD: 1 OUT OF 5 PREFERS "ITALIAN" CUISINE. ITALIAN TRAVELERS LIKE TO EXPERIMENT WITH LOCAL SPECIALTIES EVEN THOUGH "FAKE" MADE IN ITALY PRODUCTS ARE EVERYWHERE, REVEALS A COLDIRETTI SURVEY 18 August 2011
News WHEN THE ICE CREAM MAN BECOMES A "PSYCHOLOGIST": HERE ARE THE "PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILES" OF ICE CREAM FANS, ACCORDING TO THE "ANTICA GELATERIA DEL CORSO" SURVEY- FROM THE "SUPER SWEET TOOTH FANS WHO EAT ALL FLAVORS" TO THE "NOT VERY INTERESTED"... 17 August 2011
News EVEN FINE WINES ARE CAUGHT UP IN THE FURY OF THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS. LIV-EX INDEX FALLS WHILE MILLIONAIRE COLLECTORS IN EUROPE AND U.S.A. ARE DISCOURAGED BY OVER THE TOP PRICE INCREASES DICTATED BY ASIAN DEMAND 16 August 2011
News “AB ORIGIN” NOT JUST THE WINE, BUT ALSO ITALIAN CUTTINGS ARE GOING ABROAD. WHAT ARE THE REFERENCE MARKETS? EUROPE, ARGENTINA, BRAZIL AND U.S.A. CHINA, FOR NOW, CAN WAIT, SAYS RAUSCEDO OF THE VIVAI COOPERATIVE 12 August 2011
News READY-SET-GO: THE 2011 HARVEST HAS STARTED! THE CASTELLO BONOMI ESTATE (PALADIN) IN FRANCIACORTA CUT THE FIRST GRAPES FOR SPARKLING WINE AT THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST. VALENTI (UNIVERSITY OF MILAN) SAYS: THE NORTH IS EARLY, CENTRAL AND SOUTH IN THE NORM 09 August 2011
News “FERMENTATION”, THE BEST BLOG IN THE WORLD (IN ENGLISH) ABOUT WINE. EXPERTS AND READERS OF THE “2011 WINE BLOG AWARDS” VOTED IT NUMBER ONE AT THE “WINE BLOGGER CONFERENCE” 06 August 2011
News WHEN THE CHINESE MARKET, DOMINATED BY FRENCH WINES, GIVES THE TOP PRIZE TO AN ITALIAN WINE: ALLEGRINI’S 2007 AMARONE DELLA VALPOLICELLA IS THE BEST OF THE OLD WORLD RED WINE, ACCORDING TO CHINA WINE CHALLENGE, THE MOST IMPORTANT COMPETITION IN CHINA 05 August 2011
News PROSECCO ROAD IN AUSTRALIA: ITALIAN ORIGIN GRAPE GROWERS HAVE CREATED A “WINE ROAD” IN KING VALLEY, DEDICATED TO THE FAMOUS VENETIAN GRAPEVINE. TALK ABOUT “ITALIAN SOUNDING”… 03 August 2011
News ITALIAN PASTA IN NUMBERS: 3.3 MILLION TONS PER YEAR PRODUCED BY 139 PASTA FACTORIES FOR 4.3 BILLION EUROS. THIS IS THE PICTURE OF THE PASTA INDUSTRY BY RICCARDO FELICETTI, MANUFACTURER AND PRESIDENT OF UNION OF ITALIAN PASTA MAKERS (UNIPI) 02 August 2011
News WORK IN DOWNING STREET, VACATION IN THE VINEYARDS OF TUSCANY: AFTER THE FORMER PREMIER TONY BLAIR VACATIONED AT THE CUSONA ESTATE (SAN GIMIGNANO), DAVID CAMERON CHOSE THE PETROLO ESTATE (VALDARNO) FOR HIS SUMMER HOLIDAYS… WITH A GLASS OF GOOD WINE 02 August 2011
News FRENCH WINE AND FOOD MERGE AND PRESENT THE SAME LOGO: BON APPETIT, DESIGNED BY SOPEXA AND THE MINISTRY. THE LOGO WILL BE ON PUBLICITY CAMPAIGNS AND FOOD AND WINE LABELS 01 August 2011
News AN ANALYTICAL MAP OF BAROLO AND BARBARESCO TO INDICATE POTENTIALLY SUITABLE AREAS FOR PRODUCING THE TWO GREAT PIEDMONT WINES 01 August 2011
News THE RACE TO RAISE PRICES OF BORDEAUX WINES HAS BROUGHT BACK OPTIMISM IN FRANCE, BUT AUSSINO CELLARS, LEADER AMONG THE “WINE RETAILERS” IN CHINA DOES NOT LIKE THE TREND AND DROPS THE RIVE GAUCHE FOR THE MORE AFFORDABLE RIVE DROITE 22 July 2011
News THE WINE MARKET IS HEALTHY. RUMORS SAY THAT COLLE MASSARI IS CLOSE TO PURCHASING POGGIO DI SOTTO, NEGOTIATIONS INVOLVING ANGELINI ESTATES IN VENETO AND PIEDMONT. OFFICIAL NEWS, ATTEMS OF FRIULI GOES TO FRESCOBALDI 21 July 2011
News “BRAVEHEART” LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO LAY DOWN HIS ARMS IN CHIANTI: THE ACTOR, MEL GIBSON, IS HUNTING FOR A VILLA IN THE FAMOUS TUSCAN TERRITORY. KEY PREREQUISITE: PRODUCING VINEYARDS 20 July 2011
News 30 PENCE FOR A BOTTLE OF CHÂTEAU LAFITE 2004: ONLINE LOW BID WINE AUCTIONS (OR BETS?) ON THE UNIQUEWINEAUCTIONS.COM UK WEBSITE. SUCCESS OF A PHENOMENON THAT GOES BEYOND NUMBERS AND CONFIRMS GREAT WINES ARE OBJECTS OF DESIRE 18 July 2011
News AT THE BEACH, WITH THE FAMILY, PREFERABLY EATING ITALIAN FOOD. THIS IS HOW ITALIANS IMAGINE SUMMER LUNCH. THE BEST DISH TO EAT ON THE BEACH? RICE SALAD, REVEALS THE POLLI COOKING LAB SURVEY 18 July 2011
News PROSECCO IS A "DEMOCRATIC" SUCCESS, FROM "ENTRY LEVEL" TO "TOP QUALITY". THE SECRETS OF ITALIAN SPARKLING WINE SUCCESS AS TOLD BY BISOL AND CARPENÈ MALVOLTI. EVEN CHAMPAGNE MAKERS LIKE IT... 15 July 2011
News BACK TO THE BEGINNING WHEN GLOBAL MARKETS ARE THE TREND: GANCIA, HOME OF THE CLASSIC ITALIAN METHOD, IS CONCENTRATING ALL EFFORTS ON PIEDMONT SPARKLING WINES – ASTI, MOSCATO DOCG, ALTA LANGA. WINENEWS INTERVIEWED CEO PAOLO FONTANA 15 July 2011
News IN 10 YEARS FARMS HAVE DROPPED IN NUMBER (32.2% LESS) BUT ARE BIGGER IN SIZE (FROM 5.5 HECTARES to 7.9), AND THERE MORE WOMEN AND YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS, REVEAL THE (TEMPORARY) RESULTS FROM ISTAT SIXTH GENERAL CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 13 July 2011
News RISING FUEL COSTS HAVE PUSHED PRICE OF GAS TO A NEW RECORD HIGH AND NOW IT COSTS MORE THAN WINE, REVEALS COLDIRETTI 12 July 2011
News MORE AND MORE STUDENTS ARE CHOOSING THE FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE AND GETTING JOBS WITHIN ONE YEAR OF GRADUATION. THE CONFAGRICOLTURA/CENSIS STUDY TRACES THE IDENTIKIT OF THE MODERN FARMER: EDUCATED, INNOVATIVE AND WORLD MARKET-ORIENTED 11 July 2011
News ITALIAN EXPORTS: WINE & FOOD AHEAD OF AUTOMOBILES AND AGRO FOOD IS THE LEADER IN 2011. WINE & FOOD EARN 7.1 BILLION EUROS COMPARED TO 6.6 FOR AUTOMOBILES, REVEALS COLDIRETTI. NEW ANTI-CRISIS TRADES: THE “BUTTERFLY WEDDING”, ROOFTOP VEGETABLE GARDENS 08 July 2011
News FOR AN UNFORGETTABLE ROMANTIC DATE: CHOOSE THE RIGHT WINE, ESSENTIAL FOR A PERFECT TÊTE-Á TÊTE, REVEALED THE VINEXPO POLL ON 10.500 WOMEN IN 5 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES 08 July 2011
News EUROPEAN AGRICULTURE IS FAR BEHIND THE USA: SUPPORT FOR THE PRIMARY SECTOR IN EUROPE IS LOW, WHILE IN THE UNITED STATES BETWEEN 2006 AND 2009 AID INCREASED BY 65%. CIA ASKS THAT THE 572 MILLION EUROS RETURNING FROM EUROPE BE UTILIZED FOR AGRICULTURE 07 July 2011
News FIRST STARBUCKS NOW BURGER KING OFFERS BEER AND WINE. IT IS BEING TESTED IN THE UNITED STATES AND PROMISES TO REVOLUTIONIZE CONSUMER HABITS AND OFFER NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO WINEMAKERS... 06 July 2011
News WINE PRODUCTION AND VINEYARD AREA DECREASE BUT CONSUMPTION INCREASES: THE OVERALL PICTURE OF WINE IN THE WORLD 2010 BY O.I.V. CASTELLUCCI: “THE TOTAL VOLUME OF WINE EXPORTED IS STILL MUCH HIGHER THAN 2006” 05 July 2011
News BORDEAUX SOARS! AFTER THE RECORD YEAR 2009, THE GREAT CHATEAUX BORDEAUX “FUTURES” SEE PRICES INCREASE 10-20% THANKS TO ASIAN MARKETS THAT OFFSET THE “WEAK” U.S. MARKET 04 July 2011
News A BOOK, “ROMA CAPUT VINI. WHAT THE ITALIANS DO NOT KNOW AND THE FRENCH DO NOT WANT TO KNOW,” EXPLAINS THAT WITHOUT ”MADE IN SPQR” WINE, THE NECTAR OF BACCHUS, WOULD NEVER HAVE BECOME AN ICON 01 July 2011
News VINEXPO: ITALIAN PRODUCERS ARE TICKLED PINK. NEW MARKETS CHINA, INDIA, BRAZIL AND RUSSIA, AND HISTORIC MARKETS EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES ARE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT ITALIAN WINES MAINLY BECAUSE OF LOCAL TRADITIONS AND GREAT QUALITY / PRICE RATIO 29 June 2011
News FAKE MADE IN ITALY, THE “LONG HAND” OF AGRO-MAFIA. THE “REPORT ON FOOD CRIME IN ITALY” BY COLDIRETTI AND EURISPES, REVEALS TIES BETWEEN MAFIA AND FOOD SCAMS AND PROPOSES THE CREATION OF A TRANSPARENT MADE IN ITALY FOOD CHAIN 24 June 2011
News ITALY PRODUCES MORE WINE THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY. SO WHAT? THE ANALYSIS OF AN ALLEGED TRIUMPH SAYS EVERYTHING AND NOTHING. FRANCE PRODUCES LESS BUT EARNS ALMOST TWICE IN EXPORTS, EVEN IF ITALY “STEALS” A FEW MARKET SHARES... 20 June 2011
News ANSA - ITALY OVERTAKES FRANCE AND IS NOW THE NUMBER ONE WINE PRODUCER IN THE WORLD. COLDIRETTI: THE 2010-2011 HARVEST IN ITALY, 49.6 MILLION HECTOLITERS. THE MINISTER: “ITALIAN WINE CAN COUNT ON A 500 MILLION EURO BUDGET FOR EXPORTS” 20 June 2011
News “IT’S TIME FOR WINE TO TAKE BACK CONTROL OF ITS DESTINY”: THE AMERICAN JOURNALIST MONTY PREISER ENCOURAGES THE WORLD OF WINE TO GO BEYOND “GURU” ROBERT PARKER 13 June 2011
News FOR AN UNFORGETTABLE ROMANTIC DATE: CHOOSE THE RIGHT WINE, ESSENTIAL FOR A PERFECT TÊTE-Á TÊTE, REVEALED THE VINEXPO POLL ON 10.500 WOMEN IN 5 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES 10 June 2011
News TUSCAN WINE PLAYS THE LEADING ROLE IN OR OUT OF THE HOME. WHY? WINENEWS ASKED “GURU” JAMES SUCKLING WHO HAS CREATED “FORMULA DIVINO TUSCANY”: A NETWORK OF TOP WINERIES IN THE MOST UNIQUE TERRITORY IN THE WORLD 07 June 2011
News NINETEEN YEARS AGO THE ANTIMAFIA JUDGE GIOVANNI FALCONE DIED: PAST INDIGNATION HAS BECOME THE REDEMPTION OF A GENERATION, THANKS TO INITIATIVES LIKE DON CIOTTI’S “LIBERA”…WINENEWS INTERVIEWED FARAONE, PRESIDENT OF “PLACIDO RIZZOTTO" 06 June 2011
News JUNK FOOD TAX: EXPERTS AT THE BARILLA CENTER FOR FOOD & NUTRITION SEMINAR PROPOSED A TAX ON JUNK FOOD TO RESOLVE THE PARADOX WHERE ONE BILLION PEOPLE IN THE WORLD ARE OVERWEIGHT AND ONE BILLION DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH FOOD 06 June 2011
News THE EU PARLIAMENT APPROVES THE REQUESTS OF THE COUNTRIES OPPPOSED TO ABOLISHING VINEYARD PLANTING RIGHTS IN 2015. SAVERIO ROMANO, MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE SAYS: “THE PROBLEM IS NOT OVER YET, BUT IT IS AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR VITICULTURE”. 03 June 2011
News POPE BENEDICT XVI TO THE PRESIDENT OF WINE CITIES, GIAMPAOLO PIOLI: “WE WILL DRINK IT WITH JOY, MY BLESSING TO ALL THE ITALIAN WINE COMMUNITIES. WINE IS JOY AND BROTHERHOOD AND THE SYMBOL OF THE BLOOD OF CHRIST” 02 June 2011
