News QUALIVITA ATLAS 2011: QUALITY ITALIAN PRODUCTS INCREASED TO 227 PDO, PGI AND STG. NEWS AND INFO ABOUT THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNIFICATION OF ITALY. “QUALIGUIDA” INDICATES WHERE TO FIND QUALITY RESTAURANTS. 02 June 2011
News FARMLAND: 2 MILLION HECTARES ABANDONED. THE GEORGOFILI ACADEMY STUDY: “TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL-ADMINISTRATIVE RESEARCH APPLIED TO AGRICULTURE IS A NECESSARY SUPPORT TO REVERSE THE TREND” 02 June 2011
News MINISTER SAVERIO ROMANO: WINE & FOOD IS THE BLACK GOLD OF ITALY. “AMONG MY COMMITMENTS, COORDINATING RESOURCES FOR COMMUNICATION IN ITALY AND ABROAD”... “VINI NEL MONDO” IN SPOLETO JUNE 2ND TO 5TH 01 June 2011
News “UNAWARE”, EXCEPTIONAL TESTIMONIAL: THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, BARACK OBAMA DRINKS A PINT OF GUINNESS AND MAKES EXTRAORDINARY PUBLICITY AROUND THE WORLD 31 May 2011
News AT CHRISTIE’S RECENT AUCTION IN GENEVA, DEDICATED TO “FINE WINES” A 1945 ROMANÉE CONTI WAS SOLD FOR 87.800 EUROS 30 May 2011
News FEDERVINI: ITALIAN WINE IS NUMBER ONE THANKS TO EXPORTS; IT IS FIRST ON THE “FOOD EXPORTS” LIST AND RANKS THIRD OVER ALL EXPORTED ITEMS. REVENUE WAS 10 BILLION EUROS IN 2010 - HALF (4.6 BILLION EUROS) COMES FROM ABROAD 30 May 2011
News FOOD & SCHOOL – FEDERALIMENTARE COLLABORATES WITH THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, UNIVERSITIES AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH “FOR A HEALTHY DIET”. THE THREE-YEAR “SCHOOL AND FOOD” PROGRAM 26 May 2011
News WHILE MORE AND MORE EU COUNTRIES ARE AGAINST ABOLISHNG VINEYARD PLANTING RIGHTS ( 2015) THE EUROPEAN DENOMINATION OF WINES AND FEDERDOC ARE MEETING IN FLORENCE (MAY 26). CURBASTRO SAYS: “DRAMATIC CONSEQUENCES” 26 May 2011
News ISTAT: THE ITALIAN TABLE IS GETTING MORE AND MORE”BARE”. 6 FAMILIES IN 10 HAVE CHANGED MENUS. HARD TIMES HAVE MADE ITALIANS CHANGE THEIR EATING HABITS. SALES ARE HIGHER FOR LOW QUALITY PRODUCTS, HARD DISCOUNT PURCHASES AND PROMOTIONS 26 May 2011
News WHILE MORE AND MORE EU COUNTRIES ARE AGAINST ABOLISHNG VINEYARD PLANTING RIGHTS ( 2015) THE EUROPEAN DENOMINATION OF WINES AND FEDERDOC ARE MEETING IN FLORENCE (MAY 26). CURBASTRO SAYS: “DRAMATIC CONSEQUENCES” 26 May 2011
News WINE, CONSUMERS AND NEWS AROUND THE WORLD: ITALIAN WINES SURPASS FRENCH IN GB AND THE U.S.A., THANKS TO THE “PINOT GRIGIO EFFECT” AND PROSECCO. IN FRANCE 1 IN 4 BOTTLES OF WINE OPENED IN 2010 WERE ROSÈ. MOËT & CHANDON LAUNCH CHAMPAGNE ON THE ROCKS 23 May 2011
News FOREIGN TRADE: AN EXCEPTIONAL BOOM IN WINE (+11%) AND PARMESAN CHEESE (+33%) EXPORTS: “IN JANUARY ITALIAN AGRI-FOOD EXPORTS INCREASED 13% 20 May 2011
News IT IS OFFICIAL: GRAZIANA GRASSINI- WOMAN, BIOLOGIST, CHEMIST, WINEMAKER – IS THE “NEW FACE” OF SAN GUIDO ESTATE’S SASSICAIA, ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS WINES IN THE WORLD 19 May 2011
News TACHIS IS THE “GARIBALDI” OF ITALIAN WINE: THE WINE WORLD (SOMMELIERS) PAID TRIBUTE TO ONE OF THE GREATEST WINEMAKERS OF ALL TIME AT BIBENDA DAY. WINENEWS: “HE IS THE CREATOR OF ITALIAN WINEMAKING AND CHANGED THE COURSE OF ITALIAN WINE IN THE WORLD” 18 May 2011
News ÇA VA SANS DIRE: THE REIMS CATHEDRAL, THAT WITNESSED THE CORONATION OF THE KINGS OF FRANCE UNTIL 1825, IS 800 YEARS OLD. WHAT HAVE THE FRENCH PLANNED? THE VIGNERONS OF CHAMPAGNE WILL RENOVATE THE STATUARY OF THE ROSE WINDOW IN THE CENTRAL FACADE 16 May 2011
News IT IS OFFICIAL TODAY: GRAZIANA GRASSINI- WOMAN, BIOLOGIST, CHEMIST, WINEMAKER – IS THE “NEW FACE” OF SAN GUIDO ESTATE’S SASSICAIA, ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS WINES IN THE WORLD 16 May 2011
News HE CHANGED THE COURSE OF ITALIAN WINE: TACHIS, WINEMAKER AND MAN OF GREAT VISION, HE DE-PROVINCIALIZED WINEMAKING AND LAUNCHED ITALY TO WORLD WIDE SUCCESS... THE SOMMELIERS ARE GIVING A “PARTY” IN HIS HONOR ON MAY 14 IN ROME 16 May 2011
News “COMPANIES & MARKETS” RESEARCH: BY 2015 THE WORLD MARKET OF ORGANIC FOOD WILL INCREASE 50%. ITALY LEADS WORLD EXPORTS OF ORGANIC PRODUCTS 13 May 2011
News WINE OF THE FUTURE – HEALTH, ISLAM, NEW PRODUCTION PHILOSOPHIES, A CRITIQUE AND BETTER COMMUNICATION WITH THE PUBLIC: THESE ARE THE NEXT CHALLENGES ITALIAN WINE FACES, ACCORDING TO THE CONVENTION HELD AT THE “PORTO CERVO WINE FESTIVAL” (6-8 MAY) 12 May 2011
News GREAT WINES AT HARD DISCOUNT PRICES? IN ITALY EVERYONE’S UP IN ARMS - IN FRANCE, IT’S A RESPECTED CHOICE. AND WHAT IF IT ISN’T A SCANDAL FOR LITTLE KNOWN BRANDS? 12 May 2011
News WINE OF THE FUTURE – HEALTH, ISLAM, NEW PRODUCTION PHILOSOPHIES, A CRITIQUE AND BETTER COMMUNICATION WITH THE PUBLIC: THESE ARE THE NEXT CHALLENGES ITALIAN WINE FACES, ACCORDING TO THE CONVENTION HELD AT THE “PORTO CERVO WINE FESTIVAL” (6-8 MAY) 12 May 2011
News COLDIRETTI: HIGH END WINE SOARS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES (+12%). EXCELLENT RESULTS ARE DUE TO THE POSITIVE PERFORMANCE OF OTHER MADE IN ITALY FOOD PRODUCTS 06 May 2011
News ITALY IS THE LEADING COUNTRY IN RESPONSIBLE DRINKING: 76% OF ITALIANS CHOOSE QUALITY OVER QUANTITY, AND ONLY 6% DRINK EXCESSIVELY. TRENDS AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE ARE CHANGING, REVEALED A FEDERVINI STUDY 06 May 2011
News 104 THOUSAND 500 DOLLARS FOR ANDY WARHOL’S TRIBUTE TO WINE: SIX SCREEN PRINTS, ENTITLED “GRAPES D.D.” DEPICTING DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF GRAPES. BUT THE INVENTOR OF POP ART HAD ALREADY MET BACCHUS - HE DESIGNED THE 1975 MOUTON-ROTHSCHILD LABEL 03 May 2011
News “CLIMATE CHANGE & WINE CONFERENCE” - KOFI ANNAN: “WINE IS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE”. RICCARDO COTARELLA (THE ONLY ITALIAN SPEAKER TOGETHER WITH CERNILLI): “...OUR TECHNICAL CONVICTIONS ARE REVERSED” 22 April 2011
News THE AMERICAN MARKET IS ON THE LOOK OUT FOR NOVELTY, WHICH ITALIAN WINES CAN GUARANTEE. PINOT GRIGIO IS A “MUST”, WHILE PROSECCO IS GROWING FAST, SAY THREE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT IMPORTERS: WINEBOW (LO CASCIO), FOLIOWINE (MONDAVI), PALM BAY (TAUB) 20 April 2011
News THE SPECIAL COMMISSIONER OF ARSIAL, MAZZOCCHI: “DOC ROMA” IS HERE… IT IS “AN INNOVATIVE MARKETING OPPORTUNITY PAIRING A POWERFUL NAME TO TWO WINES (ROMA RED AND ROMA WHITE)” 19 April 2011
News SOURCE: ANSA - THE MAESTRO OF AMERICAN CINEMA FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA “STEALS” PHILIPPE BASCAULES, GURU OF CHATEAU MARGAUX WINE FROM FRANCE, WITH AN “OFFER THAT HE CANNOT REFUSE”: HEAD OF RUBICON ESTATE IN NAPA VALLEY 13 April 2011
News “WINE REVOLUTION”: 20 YEARS FROM NOW THE WINE MARKET IN THE UNITED STATES WILL PREFER “VARIETY” IN VINEYARDS AND STYLES. THE FORECAST IS FROM THE REPORT AT THE LONDON INTERNATIONAL WINE FAIR 12 April 2011
News VINITALY 2011: AGEA FUNDS 87.5 MILLION EUROS FOR THE 2010-2011 WINE MARKETING CAMPAIGN AROUND THE WORLD. “TOP” COUNTRIES ARE U.S.A., CANADA AND CHINA. TUSCANY, PIEDMONT AND SICILY COUNT THE LARGEST NUMBER OF PROGRAMS APPROVED 11 April 2011
News THE AMERICAN MARKET IS ON THE LOOK OUT FOR NOVELTY, WHICH ITALIAN WINES CAN GUARANTEE. PINOT GRIGIO IS A “MUST”, WHILE PROSECCO IS GROWING FAST, SAY THREE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT IMPORTERS: WINEBOW (LO CASCIO), FOLIOWINE (MONDAVI), PALM BAY (TAUB) 11 April 2011
News ITALIAN WINE AS SEEN BY “WINE SPECTATOR”: IT IS TOP IN THE U.S.A. AND HAS THE KNOW-HOW TO MEET THE EVER CHANGING TASTES OF FANS, SAYS THOMAS MATTHEWS, EXECUTIVE EDITOR OF THE MOST FAMOUS MAGAZINE IN THE WINE WORLD, AT VINITALY 11 April 2011
News SOURCE: ANSA (ALFONSO NERI, AUTHOR) - SERBS AND MUSLIMS TOGETHER FORGET WAR IN BOSNIA. ITALY HELPS RECOVERY OF DESTROYED VINEYARDS, THE COOPERATIVE IS WORKING 11 April 2011
News ART & WINE - THE ART CRITIC SGARBI: “SINCE THE PERFECTION OF MICHELANGELO, DONATELLO AND LEONARDO, ART HAS GOTTEN WORSE OVER TIME AND IS NOW EXPERIENCING A PERIOD OF DECLINE. WINE ON THE CONTRARY, THANKS TO TECHNOLOGIES AND TECHNIQUES, HAS IMPROVED” 08 April 2011
News ITALIAN WINE AS SEEN BY “WINE SPECTATOR”: IT IS TOP IN THE U.S.A. AND HAS THE KNOW-HOW TO MEET THE EVER CHANGING TASTES OF FANS, SAYS THOMAS MATTHEWS, EXECUTIVE EDITOR OF THE MOST FAMOUS MAGAZINE IN THE WINE WORLD, AT VINITALY 08 April 2011
News 376 MILLION BOTTLES OF ITALIAN SPARKLING WINE (CHARMAT AND CLASSIC METHOD) SOLD IN ITALY AND THE WORLD IN 2010. OVCSE: “THERE IS POSITIVE SENTIMENT FOR 2011... SPARKLING WINE IS THE FUTURE” 05 April 2011
News “GRAN VINITALY 2011” FLIES TO ISRAEL TO AWARD THE “WORLD CUP” OF WINE TO GOLAN HEIGHTS WINERY IN KATZTRIN (ISRAEL) OUT OF 3720 WINES FROM 30 COUNTRIES. THE TOP ITALIAN COMPANY IS MILAZZO OF CAMPOBELLO DI LICATA (AGRIGENTO). THE WINNERS... 04 April 2011
News 2010, BOOM IN ITALIAN FOOD EXPORTS: RECORD 28 BILLION EUROS (UP 13% COMPARED TO 2009). TOP PERFORMERS ARE FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES AT 4.1 BILLION EUROS, PUSHING ITALIAN WINE DOWN TO SECOND PLACE AT 3.9 BILLION EUROS, SAYS COLDIRETTI ON ISTAT DATA 01 April 2011
News WHAT IS THE 2011 WINE FORECAST? THE SIGNS ARE POSITIVE, MAINLY THANKS TO EXPORTS, ACCORDING TO THE MEDIOBANCA SURVEY OF ITALIAN WINERIES WITH MORE THAN 25 MILLION EUROS TURNOVERS. THE BIGGER ISSUE IS RECOVERY OF PROFITS 31 March 2011
News NEW YORK: RIELLO AND MANTOVANI OF VERONAFIERE PRESENT “UNA” TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC NAPOLITANO DURING HIS VISIT IN THE U.S.A. IT IS THE FIRST OFFICIAL BOTTLE FROM VINITALY FOR THE CELEBRATION OF THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITY OF ITALY 29 March 2011
