News GOOD NEWS FROM THE USA, NUMBER ONE WINE MARKET IN THE WORLD: ACCORDING TO EXPERTS, THANKS TO "MILLENNIALS" GROWTH POTENTIAL IS BETTER THAN EVER OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS, PEOPLE ARE SPENDING MORE IN RESTAURANTS AND CONSUMER CONFIDENCE IS GROWING 04 May 2013
News EL CELLER DE CAN ROCA, REDZEPI AND BOTTURA (OSTERIA FRANCESCANA): THESE ARE THE TOP THREE OF THE WORLD'S 50 BEST RESTAURANTS. BEST ALL TIME RESULT FOR ITALY. AT THE TOP ALSO SCABIN, CRIPPA AND ALAJMO. AWARD FOR SANTINI 30 April 2013
News “WORLD WIDE SOMMELIER ASSOCIATION”: THE WORLD CHAMPION OF SOMMELIER IS ONCE AGAIN ITALIAN - LUCA MARTINI FROM AREZZO HAS WON OVER 22 OPPONENTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD AND HAS TAKEN THE CROWN FROM LUCA GARDINI 26 April 2013
News BORDEAUX: CHATEAU MARGAUX VINTAGE 2012 PRICES ARE DOWN A THIRD. SAINT EMILLON PAVIE AND ANGELUS RECORDED THE LARGEST INCREASE IN VALUE, BUT WERE EXCEPTIONS. IS THE PRICE RISE "FEVER" OVER? 26 April 2013
News ALZANO, DUNNUNI, LUCIGNOLA, USIRIOTO, ORISI, NOCERA, VITRAROLO, GROSSONERO, INZOLIA NERA, ZIBIBBO NERO, VISPAROLA, ZUCCATARO: THESE ARE THE NAMES OF THE SICILIAN "ANCIENT GRAPES". TASTING TOMORROW IN PALERMO. FOCUS - THE NUMBERS OF SICILY 26 April 2013
News ANOTHER "PIECE" OF BORDEAUX BECOMES CHINESE: THE BAIJIU MOUTAI GROUP IS ABOUT TO BUY CHATEAU LOUDENNE THAT PRODUCES MEDOC CRU BOURGEOIS WINES. 50 CHATEAUX NOW BELONG TO OWNERS FROM BEIJING 26 April 2013
News ITALIAN WINE IN THE USA STARTED OUT WITH A BANG IN 2013: +10.7% QUANTITY AND +14.2% VALUE, REVEALED THE ITALIAN WINE & FOOD INSTITUTE HEADED BY LUCIO CAPUTO. 24 April 2013
News THE CONSORTIUM OF BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO HAS DECIDED TO SUE (AND EXPEL) GIANFRANCO SOLDERA: "EXTREMELY OFFENSIVE STATEMENTS MADE TO “CORRIERE DELLA SERA” ON MARCH 26TH, WHERE HE CALLED THE CONSORTIUM’S PROPOSAL TO DONATE WINE FOR SOLIDARITY A “SCAM” 23 April 2013
News IT'S OFFICIAL: AS WINENEWS ANTICIPATED, KERIN O'KEEFE HAS BEEN CONFIRMED THE NEW "ITALIAN EDITOR" OF THE FAMOUS US MAGAZINE "WINE ENTHUSIAST". AND SOON THE OFFICIAL WORD- MONICA LARNER TO "THE WINE ADVOCATE" 23 April 2013
News FROM BOLGHERI WINES TO "BOLGHERI STYLE": THE FUTURE OF ONE OF THE TOP ITALIAN WINE TERRITORIES, IN THE WORDS OF ITS "FOUNDERS" PIERO AND LODOVICO ANTINORI, INCISA DELLA ROCCHETTA, MELETTI CAVALLARI AND SATTA. FOCUS: CASTELLO BANFI IN BOLGHERI 22 April 2013
News LOOK AT THE PRICE: THE FEAR OF SURPLUS, CONSUMPTION GROWING IN THE WORLD AND PRICES INCREASING, CONSUMERS MIGHT "FLEE". THIS IS THE ALARM THE FIRST 2013 RABOBANK REPORT LAUNCHED 18 April 2013
News FROM ONE WINE WRITER TO ANOTHER: THERE IS NOTHING OFFICIAL YET, BUT LOUDER AND LOUDER RUMORS HAVE IT THAT THE FORMER DECANTER WRITER KERIN O’KEEFE WILL TAKE THE PLACE OF MONICA LARNER AT "WINE ENTHUSIAST" 18 April 2013
News MORE IN CHINA, RUSSIA AND BRAZIL BUT WITH DIFFERENT STYLES, MASS RETAIL AND THE WEB. THESE ARE THE WINE TRENDS ACCORDING TO GABRIELE MICOZZI’S STUDY (LUISS AND UNIVERSITY OF MARCHE) ON 10.000 IMPORTERS AND CONSUMERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD 16 April 2013
News THE "WINE KIT" AFFAIR: EUROPE HAS THE BIGGEST E-COMMERCE SITES FROM AMAZON TO EBAY IN THEIR TARGETS. THE EU DECLARES "WAR" ON E COMMERCE GIANTS THAT ARE SELLING "DO IT YOURSELF" WINE KITS AND VIOLATING EU RULES AGAINST FAKES AND IMITATIONS 15 April 2013
News FOOD & E-COMMERCE: EATALY NET, THE "MADE IN ITALY" E-COMMERCE... THE COMPANY IS EATALY GROUP AND THE "360 CAPITAL PARTNERS"FUND 15 April 2013
News 50 BILLION EUROS, OVER 340.000 COMPANIES AND 1.2 MILLION EMPLOYEES: THESE ARE THE NUMBERS OF ITALIAN WINE’S EXTENDED SUPPLY CHAIN. ITALIAN WINE EXPORTS WERE UP 6.5% IN 2012 AND, IF HANDLED PROPERLY SHOULD INCREASE, SAYS FEDERVINI 13 April 2013
News "PARTICIPATE IN STOCKS OF MASS RETAIL STORES ALREADY ON FOREIGN MARKETS, TO GET AROUND THE ABSENCE OF ITALIAN MASS RETAIL ABROAD, CREATING A SINGLE INVESTMENT FUND". THIS IS MARCO CAPRAI’S CONTROVERSIAL IDEA 07 April 2013
News "OPERAWINE" GOES TO CHINA? IT IS JUST AN IDEA, BUT THOMAS MATTHEWS OF "WINE SPECTATOR" SAYS PROMOTING A SELECTION OF ITALIAN WINES "MAY BE A BETTER WAY TO COMMUNICATE THE VARIETY OF ITALIAN WINES TO THE CHINESE " 06 April 2013
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
