News AGRICULTURE & JOBS: DOMENICO DI MASI’S OPINION. THE LATEST COLDIRETTI AND SWG STUDY REVEALS 85% OF ITALIAN PARENTS ADVISE SONS AND DAUGHTERS TO GET A JOB IN AGRICULTURE, BUT ITALY’S FUTURE CANNOT BE SAVED IN THE FIELDS 04 April 2013
News THERE ARE A LOT OF “STRANGE” MEATS IN THE WORLD. LIKE LION MEAT, AN "EXOTIC" DISH FROM THE USA, BUT ILLINOIS HAS PROPOSED A BAN ON IT 01 April 2013
News FOR THE FIRST TIME VINEYARDS WITH MORE THAN 50% INCLINES WILL HAVE AN EXTRA 1000 EUROS PER HECTARE. THIS IS THE CASE OF 800 SORÌ WINEMAKERS: THE EPIC VINEYARDS OF ASTI MOSCATO THAT ARE STEEPER THAN THE HILLS IN THE TOUR OF ITALY AND TOUR DE FRANCE 30 March 2013
News 3.3% INCREASE IN MASS RETAIL, DUE TO SALES OF DENOMINATION WINES OVER 6 EUROS A BOTTLE. BUT, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 10 YEARS TOTAL VOLUME SET A RECORD DROP: 3.6% LESS OVER 2011. HERE ARE SYMPHONYIRI DETAILS FOR VINITALY 2013 25 March 2013
News IT’S HARD TO SAY EXACTLY HOW MANY JOBS AND HOW MUCH TURNOVER WINE AND ITS LINKED ACTIVITIES CREATE, BUT IT’S A PHENOMENON WORTH TENS OF BILLIONS OF EUROS. 22 March 2013
News BRAD PITT AND ANGELINA JOLIE’S ROSÈ WINE "MIRAVAL ROSE 2012" ALREADY SOLD OUT: THE 6000 BOTTLES PRODUCED IN FRANCE BY THE COUPLE WITH THE PERRIN FAMILY, WAS BOUGHT UP WITHIN A FEW HOURS ON THE WEB. BUT FANS WILL BE ABLE TO GET MORE 11 March 2013
News WHAT IF CHINESE WINE BECOMES GLOBAL: COFCO, FOOD & WINE GIANT CONTROLLED BY THE BEIJING GOVERNMENT IS READY TO LAUNCH ON THE MARKET CHINESE BRANDS "FRANCE GREAT WALL", "CHILEAN GREAT WALL" AND "AUSTRALIAN GREAT WALL", COUNSELLED BY MICHELLE ROLLAND 01 March 2013
News WINE DIVERSITY: MICHEL BETTANE, ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS CRITICS IN THE WORLD, TOGETHER WITH THIERRY DESSEAUVE HAS AUTHORED THE "GRAND GUIDE DES VINS DE FRANCE". 27 February 2013
News CITIES OF WINE / CENSIS: FOOD AND WINE TOURISM IN ITALY IS "GREEN", SOCIAL IS TRENDY BUT STILL A NICHE. ENVIRONMENT IS NUMBER ONE APPEAL FACTOR (23%) WHILE TOURISTS (89.2%) AND MUNICIPALITIES (83%) CLICK AWAY ON THE WEB 25 February 2013
News TUSCANY IS THE QUEEN OF WINE RESORTS: 65 TOP RESORTS IN ITS WINE TERRITORIES IDENTIFIED BY THE CENTER FOR PROMOTION OF TUSCANY. AND IT IS ONE OF THE TOP REGIONS FOR LUXURY AND SUPER LUXURY IN ITALY 19 February 2013
News ROBERT PARKER: "I WAS NOT SURPRISED AT ANTONIO GALLONI’S CHOICE. HE HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB AND HAS A BRILLIANT FUTURE. I WISH HIM ALL THE LUCK IN THE WORLD. "THE WINE ADVOCATE" WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE EXCELLENT ARTICLES 18 February 2013
News ANTONIO GALLONI LEAVES "THE WINE ADVOCATE": THE CRITIC FOR THE AMERICAN MAGAZINE (NOW IN ASIAN HANDS) IS STARTING A NEW VENTURE ONLINE AT ANTONIOGALLONI.COM. "I’LL BE ABLE TO SERVE MY READERS BETTER THAN BEFORE" 15 February 2013
News THE WINE WORLD CONQUERS BENETTON: ALEXANDER, THE NEW LEADER OF THE TEXTILE EMPIRE HAS BOUGHT FARNESE WINE. FROM APULIA AND ABRUZZO THE GOAL IS TO DOUBLE SALES FOCUSING ON HIGH-END WINES AND NEW MARKETS 14 February 2013
News “ITALIAN WINE HAS UNLIMITED POTENTIAL BECAUSE THERE IS A WORLDWIDE DESIRE FOR A PIECE OF MEDITERRANEAN LIFE, MADE IN ITALY AND THINGS THAT ONLY ITALY AND NO ONE ELSE HAS”, ANTONIO GALLONI ("THE WINE ADVOCATE") TOLD WINENEWS 13 February 2013
News “ITALIAN WINE HAS UNLIMITED POTENTIAL BECAUSE THERE IS A WORLDWIDE DESIRE FOR A PIECE OF MEDITERRANEAN LIFE, MADE IN ITALY AND THINGS THAT ONLY ITALY AND NO ONE ELSE HAS”, ANTONIO GALLONI ("THE WINE ADVOCATE") TOLD WINENEWS 13 February 2013
News FROM LODOVICO ANTINORI TO ALLEGRINI, GAJA AND SASSICAIA, THE SYMBOLS OF MADE IN ITALY PLAY A KEY ROLE IN WORLD AUCTIONS ... LIKE THE "NAPLES WINTER WINE FESTIVAL" THE MOST IMPORTANT CHARITY AUCTION IN THE USA 04 February 2013
News IN SPITE OF THE CRISIS, THE FUTURE IS WINE. THE WORLDWIDE CONSUMPTION OF WINE WILL GROW 5.31% BETWEEN 2012-2016, FOR 25.85 BILLION LITERS OF WINE DRUNK, ACCORDING TO VINEXPO AND ISWR 01 February 2013
News LUCIO MASTROBERARDINO, PRESIDENT OF ITALIAN WINE UNION (UIV) AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WINE ENTREPRENEURS IN CAMPANIA, HAS DIED. TERREDORA IS TODAY ONE OF THE LEADING WINE FIRMS IN SOUTHERN ITALY, WITH 200 ACRES OF VINEYARDS 30 January 2013
News "FROM ITALY WITH LOVE": JAMIE OLIVER, FOOD ENFANT PRODIGE, AT 37 OWNS THE RESTAURANT CHAIN "JAMIE'S ITALIAN". THE WINE CHOICE IS SICILIAN WINE CELLAR SETTESOLI IN HIS ITALIAN RESTAURANTS IN ENGLAND, DUBAI AND SIDNEY 29 January 2013
News CHINA IS SLOWING DOWN, EVEN FOR ITALY. AFTER THE EXPLOIT OF 2011, WHEN WINE IMPORTS MARKED + 39.4% OF IMPORTS FROM 6 MAJOR WORLD PRODUCERS, CHINA IS DROPPING DOWN TO "NORMAL" LEVELS: +9.5% IN 2012 25 January 2013
News WINE: BEIJING TO NEW YORK VIA MOSCOW. ITALIAN EXPORTS TO THE USA DOWN BUT THE STATES STILL HOLD THE LEAD, SHIPMENTS ARE GROWING IN CHINA, BUT FRANCE IS STILL DISTANT. AND RUSSIA FOUND A WAY TO "WORK AROUND" THE ADVERTISING BAN 15 January 2013
News AFTER TWO YEARS IN FREE FALL (LESS 9% IN 2012 AND LESS 15% IN 2011), THE AVERAGE PRICE OF FINE WINES IS READY TO GO UP IN 2013, BY 14%. THE OPTIMISTIC FORECAST IS BY CHRIS SMITH INVESTMENT MANAGER OF THE WINE INVESTMENT FUND 10 January 2013
News NOT ONLY FRANCE: AUSTRALIAN WINE MAKERS BETTING HEAVY ON NATIVE ITALIAN GRAPES SAGRANTINO, SANGIOVESE, NEGROAMARO, FIANO, BARBARESCO, NEBBIOLO AND MOSCATO FOR A WINE REBIRTH... 09 January 2013
News FROM CASHMERE TO WINE: BRUNELLO CUCINELLI’S NEW ADVENTURE AT SOLOMEO. THE WINEMAKER IS MICHELE BAIOCCO. RUMORS SAY DUE TO THE ENTREPRENEUR’S PASSION FOR SUPERTUSCANS, THE ACCENT WILL BE ON "INTERNATIONAL" REDS. 31 December 2012
News NEW YEAR'S EXPORTS OF ITALIAN SPARKLING WINE TO FRANCE DOUBLED (+91%) AND IS GROWING IN THE REST OF THE WORLD, SAID COLDIRETTI. AND THE CIA IN ITALY, 9 FAMILIES ON 10 WILL CHOOSE "MADE IN ITALY" BUBBLES FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT TOAST OF THE YEAR 28 December 2012
News THERE IS A WORLD OF WINE WITH ANCIENT ROOTS IN "VOLCANOES" AND THEIR TERRITORIES FROM SOAVE TO ETNA, GIVING LIFE TO TRULY UNIQUE WINES THAT DESERVE TO BE STUDIED AND NARRATED BETTER AND MORE. THIS IS THE MESSAGE FROM "VULCANIA NAPOLI" 10 December 2012
News ITALY AND FRANCE – COMMON DESTINY: THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF WINE TIED TO LOWER CONSUMPTION AND THE SMALLEST HARVEST IN DECADES ON DOMESTIC MARKETS WHILE FOREIGN MARKETS, ABOVE ALL U.S. AND CHINA, SHOW A POSTIVE PERFORMANCE 06 December 2012
News “A PREMEDITATED, CRIMINAL, VANDALISTIC ACT OF EXTREME GRAVITY FOR THE ENTIRE TERRITORY”: THE STATEMENT OF THE SOLDERA FAMILY AFTER THE ENTIRE 2007-1012 PRODUCTION OF THE CASE BASSE WINERY HAS BEEN DESTROYED BY “UNKNOWNS” 04 December 2012
News VANDALS IN MONTALCINO: DESTROYED IN THE NIGHT THE ENTIRE PRODUCTION (2007-2012) OF CASE BASSE WINERY, A SMALL BUT PRESTIGIOUS PRODUCER OF BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO. THE OWNER GIANFRANCO SOLDERA TOLD WINENEWS 03 December 2012
News MEDIOBANCA REPORT ON THE LEADING COMPANIES (TURNOVER 2011): THE BIG ITALIAN WINE COMPANIES ARE STRONGER THAN THE CRISIS. TOP GIV (368 MILLION), ZONIN FOR GROWTH (+17%), ANTINORI FOR NET OPERATING INCOME (41 MILLION). DOWN ONLY THE "RUSSIAN" GANCIA 03 December 2012
News WINE ALARM IN CHINA: THE CHINA ALCOHOLIC DRINKS ASSOCIATION (NGO NON-PROFIT) SAYS IN ALL WINES PRODUCED IN THE COUNTRY, CONCENTRATION OF "PLASTICIZING" SUBSTANCES IS MORE THAN DOUBLE PERMITTED BY LAW 03 December 2012
News IT IS CERTAIN: VINTAGE 2012 WILL NOT GO DOWN IN HISTORY BUT IT’S NOT THAT BAD, EITHER, SAY TOP ITALIAN WINEMAKERS NOW THAT THE WHITE AND RED GRAPES HAVE BECOME WINE 30 November 2012
News THE CRISIS, BUT NOT ONLY, IS CHANGING THE MARKET AND EVEN HOW TO NARRATE WINE. PEOPLE NO LONGER WANT TECHNOLOGICAL FACTS, BUT CULTURE. WINENEWS FACE TO FACE WITH CHARLIE ARTURAOLA, THE "300.000 KM A YEAR" SOMMELIER 28 November 2012
News ITALY IN THE PRESTIGIOUS "TOP 100" 2012 OF THE INFLUENTIAL AMERICAN MAGAZINE "WINE SPECTATOR", WEIGHING IN LIGHTER THAN 2011 ... BUT REPRESENTED BY 16 (20 in 2011) AWARD-WINNING WINES, 7 FROM TUSCANY AND 5 FROM PIEDMONT... 26 November 2012
News IT IS FINALLY HERE. RIGHT NOW, ONLY IN THE STATES AND FOR AMERICAN WINES ONLY: THE E-COMMERCE GIANT AMAZON (IN SEPTEMBER 2012 THEY INVOICE MORE THAN 3.8 MILLIION US DOLLARS, ED) HAS LAUNCHED ITS WINE SECTION 12 November 2012
News FROM WHITE BARBERA TO POWDERED BAROLO AND GRATED GORGONZOLA: THE "CULT" OF FALSE MADE IN ITALY PRODUCTS IS STILL IN THE SPOTLIGHT AND "STEALS" 60 BILLION EUROS A YEAR FROM HONEST FARMERS, REPORTS COLDIRETTI 02 November 2012
News INTERPOL AND NAC ALSO FIGHTING FALSE BAROLO, CHIANTI, VALPOLICELLA, MONTEPULCIANO AND NERO D'AVOLA PRODUCTS IN THE UK. 3.500 KG OF FAKE ITALIAN PRODUCTS AND OVER 1 TON OF HEALTH HAZARDOUS EASTERN EUROPE PRODUCTS SEIZED BY NAS IN MILAN 02 November 2012
News THE FRENCH TAKE MADE IN ITALY TO CHINA: THE FRENCH CHAIN AUCHAN IS TAKING "A TASTE OF THE REGIONS" TO THE ORIENT (UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE). "BECAUSE EVERYONE WANTS TO TASTE ITALIAN FOOD AND IT DOESN’T MATTER WHO SELLS IT" 01 November 2012
News ZONIN: "CALIFORNIA DREAM"? ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MADE IN ITALY WINE GROUPS (2 THOUSAND HECTARES OF VINEYARDS IN ALL OF ITALY) HAS JUST OPENED "ALTEMURA" IN APULIA, AND IS ALREADY THINKING ABOUT THEIR NEXT STEP: THE UNITED STATES (AND NOT ONLY) 22 October 2012
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