News CHINA IN EASTERN EUROPE: THE RED GATE FUND IS READY TO BUY ONE OF THE THREE VINARTE ESTATES IN ROMANIA. A 3.6 MILLION EUROS INVESTMENT FOR 94 ACRES OF VINEYARDS, WINE CELLAR, BRAND AND WAREHOUSE 29 April 2014
News IN FRANCE USING CHEMICALS IN VINEYARDS IS NOT A LAUGHING MATTER: AFTER THE GIBOULOT CASE, THE "BIO-VIGNERON" WHO REFUSED TO USE PESTICIDES, FOR THE FIRST TIME A BORDEAUX WINERY HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF PESTICIDE POISONING OF AN EMPLOYEE 28 April 2014
News IN EUROPE WINE CONSUMPTION CONTINUES TO FOLLOW A RELENTLESS NEGATIVE TREND, BUT THE USA IS "CELEBRATING" 20 YEARS OF GROWTH. IN 2013, 36.3 BILLION DOLLARS IN WINE, WAITING FOR THE NEW GENERATION BOOM 28 April 2014
News ANOTHER ROUGH YEAR FOR BORDEAUX CRUS. PRICES FOR THE 2013 HARVEST, ONE OF THE WORST IN RECENT YEARS, ARE ALL DOWN, FROM MOUTON TO LAFITE. BUT THE NÉGOCIANTS EXPECTED BETTER SO THEY REWARDED THE QUATRIÈME E CINQUIÉME CRU UNDER 40 DOLLARS 22 April 2014
News HOW TO WIN BACK YOUNG CONSUMERS IN THE "OLD WORLD", WHERE THE DECREASE IN CONSUMPTION OF WINE SEEMS RELENTLESS ESPECIALLY IN THE MOST IMPORTANT PRODUCTION COUNTRIES? FOCUSING ON SWEET AND FRUITY WINES, REVEALS THE "MINTEL" STUDY 18 April 2014
News WINE AUCTIONS STARTED WITH A BANG IN 2014: 34.1 MILLION DOLLARS IN THE FIRST 3 MONTHS IN THE US AND 28.4 MILLION IN HONG KONG, REVEALS THE WINE SPECTATOR AUCTION INDEX. ITALY IS DOING WELL WITH SASSICAIA AND SOLAIA. 18 April 2014
News THE GIRO D’ITALIA IS COMING BACK TO THE VINEYARDS THIS YEAR WITH “THE WINE TRIAL” FROM BAROLO TO BARBARESCO. THE PASSAGE OF THE PINK CARAVAN WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROMOTE THE TERRITORY AND ITS EXCELLENT WINES. 18 April 2014
News MOSCATO D'ASTI, BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO AND CHATEANEUF-DU-PAPE WERE THE TOP 3 MOST SEARCHED WINES AND TERRITORIES ON THE PORTAL WINE-SEARCHER.COM IN 2013. PARKER THE MOST SEARCHED CRITIC AND "FROM SEX TO SANGIOVESE, SAVANNA SAMSON" THE TOP NEWS ITEM. 14 April 2014
News ANTINORI WITH 39% OF THE INDEX, THE SICILIAN WINE CUSUMANO (33%) AND CANTINE FERRARI (30%): THESE ARE THE TOP THREE HIGHEST PROFIT FIRMS ON THE RANKING BY ANNA MARTINO FOR “CORRIERE ECONOMIA” 13 April 2014
News WINE E-COMMERCE IN ITALY IS STILL A MICRONICHE, AS ITS VALUE IS ESTIMATED AROUND 30 MILLION EUROS. BUT MANY BELIEVE IN IT, FROM THE VINITALY WINE CLUB TO THE GIANT "SALDIPRIVATI.COM” AND THE ITALIAN POST OFFICE 11 April 2014
News THE REAL ESTATE BUBBLE THAT HAD PUT VINEYARD PRICES OVER THE TOP BURST IN 2009. NOW THE WINE TERRITORY MARKET IS STARTING TO GROW AGAIN, ESPECIALLY IN TUSCANY, VENETO AND PIEDMONT. BUT PRICES START AT 1 MILLION EUROS 11 April 2014
News "I AM HERE TO MAKE A SERIOUS COMMITMENT BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT WANTS TO LISTEN AND SUPPORT THE WINE WORLD”, SAID THE ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER, MATTEO RENZI AT VINITALY. "THE GOAL FOR 2020 IS TO EXPORT 7.5 BILLION EUROS" 10 April 2014
News 3.9 BILLION EUROS IS THE TURNOVER FOR ITALIAN DESIGNATION WINES IN 2013: 2.7 BILLION EUROS FOR PDO WINES (1.9 BILLION, UP 6.3% OVER 2012) AND PGI (812 MILLION). LEADER IN TURNOVER FOR PDO and PGI WINES IS THE VENETO REGION. DATA FROM ISMEA AND ICQRF 07 April 2014
News THE LIV-EX FINE WINE 100 INDEX REPORTS YET ANOTHER DOWN MONTH (1.46% LESS), THE TWELFTH IN A ROW. BORDEAUX VINTAGE 2008 IS LOSING GROUND WHILE ORNELLAIA VINTAGE 2009 IS ONCE AGAIN THE STRONGEST: +8.5% AND 1.160 POUNDS STERLING PER CASE 03 April 2014
News THE WORLD'S BEST FEMALE CHEF DANCES THE SAMBA. THE UK MAGAZINE "THE RESTAURANT" AWARD, “VEUVE CLICQUOT WORLD’S BEST FEMALE CHEF” 2014 WENT TO THE BRAZILIAN HELENA RIZZO (RESTAURANT MANÌ, SAN PAULO). SHE DETHRONED THE ITALIAN SANTINI 31 March 2014
News THE "CAPITAL" OF ORGANIC WINE IS VERONA FROM APRIL 6TH TO 9TH WITH THE DEBUT OF "VINITALYBIO" BY VERONAFIERE & FEDERBIO. AND FROM APRIL 5TH TO 7TH IN CEREA, "VINIVERI" (WITH JOLY, NOSSITER, PÉREZ-VITORIA, GIBOULOT). THEN, IN SAREGO, VILLA-FAVORITA 28 March 2014
News WHEN THE SPLENDOR OF ANCIENT EGYPT WANED, IT BECAME ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PROVINCES IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE. AND ALSO AN IMPORTANT WINE REGION THREATENED BY GRAPE THEFT DURING HARVEST, AS A 2000 YEAR OLD FRAGMENT OF A PAPYRUS NARRATES 27 March 2014
News WINE BUSINESS IS MORE AND MORE MOBILE: THE CASE HISTORY OF VENTE-PRIVEE, NUMBER 1 IN EUROPE WITH 3.3 MILLION BOTTLES SOLD IN 2013 (+32% OVER 2012) FOR A TURNOVER OF 36 MILLION EUROS (+20%) AND MORE THAN 353.000 ORDERS 26 March 2014
News IT’S OFFICIAL: EATALY’S NEW YORK WINE SHOP ALCOHOL LICENSE SUSPENDED FOR SIX MONTHS BECAUSE A STATE LAW DOES NOT ALLOW A WINE PRODUCER (THE FAMILY BASTIANICH, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FARINETTI AND BATALI) TO OWN SHOPS AND LICENSES TO SELL ALCOHOL 26 March 2014
News “I CALL THE WINEMAKER”, I’M PLAYING THE CHEF”, “I PICKED THE SPONSOR” . AFTER MOVIES AND BOOKS ABOUT THE ITALIAN WINE WORLD, HERE IS THE COLLECTIBLE CARD GAME, “VITICULTURE: TUSCANY”. THE OBJECT IS TO BECOME THE TOP WINERY IN TUSCANY 25 March 2014
News HAPPY BIRTHDAY "LE CIRQUE"! SIRIO MACCIONI’S NEW YORK RESTAURANT CELEBRATES 40 YEARS OF ACTIVITY. SYMBOL OF MADE IN ITALY FOOD IN THE UNITED STATES, ESPECIALLY IN THE 70S AND 80S, IT WAS THE MEETING PLACE OF ALL THE AMERICAN STARS 24 March 2014
News ITALIAN WINE IS THE STAR IN GERMANY AT PROWEIN. THE STRENGTHS OF THE GERMAN MARKET ACCORDING TO SOME OF THE TOP ITALIAN PRODUCERS: SOLID ECONOMY, WINE CULTURE AND CURIOSITY 23 March 2014
News FROM CLASSICAL MUSIC IN THE VINEYARDS TO ROCK IN THE BARREL ROOMS, AND NOW IN CHILE THE WINEMAKER JUAN LEDESMA IS PUTTING MUSIC DIRECTLY INTO THE BARRIQUES TO AGE CABERNET AND MALBEC. IT’S CALLED “TERROIR SONORO” 19 March 2014
News THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT IS MAKING BIGGER CUTS THAN EUROPE AND BORDEAUX WINES, THE MOST LOVED BY BEIJING HEIRARCHY, ARE SUFFERING. IN 2013, ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL CIVB FIGURES, EXPORTS TO CHINA DROPPED 16% IN VOLUME AND 18% IN VALUE 19 March 2014
News AT THE WORLD CUP IN BRAZIL ITALIAN WINE HAS ALREADY WON. "FACES" IS THE OFFICIAL WINE CHOSEN BY FIFA, CURATED BY THE YOUNG ITALO-BRAZILIAN WINEMAKER, MONICA ROSSETTI. 18 March 2014
News SICILY IS ONE OF THE UP AND COMING REGIONS OF ITALIAN WINE, RICH IN WINERIES AND TERRITORIES. BUT COLDIRETTI HAS LAUNCHED AN ALARM - GRAPES ARE PAID 5 EUROS PER 100 KILOS. LI PETRI OF SETTESOLI SAYS, "A PROBLEM, BUT NOT FOR THOSE WHO BANK ON QUALITY" 13 March 2014
News EUROPEAN WINE PRODUCTION WILL BE 173 MILLION HECTOLITRES IN 2013-2014, INDICATE THE LATEST FORECASTS FROM THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION. SPAIN IS IN THE LEAD AT 42% GROWTH, FOLLOWED BY ITALY AND FRANCE. ROMANIA IS THE BIG SURPRISE. 12 March 2014
News IN ITALY, INMATES PRODUCE WINE AND SWEETS WHILE IN BRITAIN PRISONS TURN INTO RESTAURANTS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THERE ARE ALREADY THREE "THE CLINK RESTAURANT", WHERE CLIENTS EAT WITH PLASTIC CUTLERY, FOLLOWING STRICT CONTROLS AND THE METAL DETECTOR. 12 March 2014
News INTERNATIONALIZATION, BUYERS, EXPORT, BIO AND TRAINING: THESE ARE THE KEY WORDS OF THE 48TH EDITION OF VINITALY, THE MOST IMPORTANT ITALIAN WINE EVENT IN THE WORLD, TAKING PLACE APRIL 6-9 AT VERONAFIERE. FOCUS - RESEARCH, WINE TASTING, CONFERENCES 06 March 2014
News "I BELIEVE THAT A STRATEGIC AND COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR ITALIAN AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD FOR THE PRESENT BUT ALSO THE FUTURE IS CRUCIAL”, SAID THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE MARTINA AT HIS INAUGURATION IN VIA XX SETTEMBRE 24 February 2014
News THE MARKET IS SHOWING THE WAY, BEFORE THE LAW DOES. SAINSBURY, THE SECOND LARGEST CHAIN OF SUPERMARKETS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM HAS DECIDED TO INDICATE CALORIES ON WINE BOTTLE LABELS WITH THEIR LOGO 21 February 2014
News FOOTBALL, KING OF SPORTS AND TAITTINGER CHAMPAGNE, KING OF BUBBLES, COME TOGETHER FOR THE WORLD CUP IN BRAZIL, CROWNING THE HISTORY OF MAISON REIMS, TRADITIONALLY LINKED TO THE WORLD OF FOOTBALL 20 February 2014
News EVERYONE KNOWS WHICH COUNTRIES CONSUME MORE WINE, BUT PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION IS SURPRISING, REVEALS THE CALIFORNIA WINE INSTITUTE 2012 STUDY. THE TOP ARE VATICAN CITY, ANDORRA AND OF COURSE, FRANCE. 20 February 2014
News VIGNAMAGGIO, ONE OF THE PEARLS OF CHIANTI, HAS BEEN BOUGHT BY SOUTH AFRICAN CONTRACTORS (WITH FRENCH KNOW HOW): THE 13TH CENTURY ESTATE OF MONA LISA’S FAMILY HAS 42 ACRES OF VINEYARDS (TOTAL 160 HECTARES), AND HAS BEEN PRODUCING WINE SINCE 1404 19 February 2014
News THE FRIULI REGION IS INVESTING IN ITSELF. THE HISTORIC COMPANY SCHIOPETTO IN COLLIO, FOUNDED IN 1965 - 30 HECTARES OF VINEYARDS AND PRODUCTION 170.000 BOTTLES - IS ABOUT TO BE TAKEN OVER BY THE ROTOLO FAMILY (VOLPE PASISNI). FIGURES ARE TOP SECRET 18 February 2014
News DESTINIES CROSSING. MATTEO RENZI, NEWLY APPOINTED PRIME MINISTER, GAVE HIS FAREWELL SPEECH IN PALAZZO VECCHIO, HIS HOME AS MAYOR OF FLORENCE, IN THE SALONE DEL 500 WHERE THE NEW CHIANTI CLASSICO GRAN SELEZIONE WILL DEBUT 17 February 2014
News ACCESSING THE SECONDARY MARKET OF FINE WINES DIRECTLY ON THE WEB AND IN ALL CURRENCIES. A SORT OF WINE FOREX TO ALWAYS GET THE BEST QUOTES, THIS IS THE ENGLISH PLATFORM "WINE OWNERS" IDEA 14 February 2014
News 30 YEARS IN THE WINE WORLD AND THE FIRST "WINE CRITIC" IN HISTORY, PARKER HAS A WEAKNESS FOR BORDEAUX AND RHONE WINES. BUT ITALIAN WINES, WITH THEIR INCREDIBLE VARIETY, "HAVE GIVEN ME GREAT EMOTIONS OVER THE YEARS", HE TOLD THE MAGAZINE "THE ENOLOGIST" 13 February 2014
News 30% PRICE REDUCTION IN THE TOP 2013 BORDEAUX WINES DUE TO A ROUGH YEAR, SAID OLIVIER BERNARD, PRESIDENT OF THE UNION DES GRANDS CRUS DE BORDEAUX 12 February 2014
News HACK-WINE, THE ONLINE "BRAINSTORMING" (MARCH 1-2) BY H-FARM & VINITALY INTERNATIONAL WILL BRING NEW IDEAS AND NEW STRENGTH TO COMMUNICATION IN THE WINE WORLD. YOUNG PEOPLE AND TOP BRANDS OF ITALIAN WINE 11 February 2014
