News THE EUROPEAN COMMISSIONER FISCHER BOEL APPROVES PRODUCT INFO ON ALL LABELS. ON WINE FRONT FEDERDOC NOT SATISFIED. CONFAGRICOLTURA SAYS OK 05 June 2009
News BETWEEN PROHIBITION AND EXCESS, MODERATION WINS. ANTONIO ARGIOLAS FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF THE SARDINIAN WINE CELLAR IS 102 YEARS OLD AND DRINKS 2 GLASSES OF WINE A DAY... 03 June 2009
News LUXURY RESTAURANTS IN THE STATES FEEL THE CRISIS… GIORGIO ARMANI OPENS A RESTAURANT ON 5TH AVENUE 29 May 2009
News FRUIT “ SOMMELIER” IN SCHOOLS: ANNOUNCED BY THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY AND RESEARCH AND COLDIRETTI 27 May 2009
News THE TOP TEN LIST OF THE BEST WINE TOURISM SPOTS IN THE WORLD ACCORDING TO THE PRESTIGIOUS AMERICAN JOURNAL “FORBES”: THE BANFI CASTLE IN MONTALCINO IS NUMBER ONE AND THE ONLY ITALIAN SITE ON THE LIST 26 May 2009
News ON MAY 29 AND 30 “TERRA MADRE” WILL BE IN TANZANIA TO START A COMMUNITY NETWORK OF FOOD BASED ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY. PROMOTED BY NGO CEFA, SLOW FOOD, SLOW FOOD FOUNDATION FOR BIODIVERSITY AND FAIR TRADE ITALY 25 May 2009
News ITALY’S MINISTER OF TOURISM MICHELA BRAMBILLA AND THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURAL POLICIES LUCA ZAIA BEGIN A NEW COURSE IN ENOGASTRONOMIC TOURISM IN ROME 20 May 2009
News ITALIAN WINE SALES FEEL THE CRISIS - IN THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF 2009, 17.5% FALL IN QUANTITY AND 19.2% FALL IN VALUE. SPARKLING WINES ARE HOLDING UP WELL. WINE CONSUMPTION IS CHANGING IN THE STATES: LESS AT RESTAURANTS AND MORE AT HOME. 18 May 2009
News YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE CULTURE OF DRINKING: THE HABITS OF YOUNG ITALIANS COMPARED TO YOUNG ADULTS IN THREE OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES… A STUDY BY ISPO (Renato Mannheimer) FOR FEDERVINI 15 May 2009
News GETTING THROUGH THE CRISIS: MORE AND MORE PARISIANS RANSACK THEIR CELLARS AND TAKE BOTTLES OF WINE TO PAWN SHOPS 14 May 2009
News FORGET CHAMPAGNE AND OYSTERS: EXPERTS SAY THE REAL APHRODISIAC FOOD IS “MADE IN ITALY”. FIRST PLACE CHILI, FOLLOWED BY CHEESE AND HONEY 13 May 2009
News “COUNCIL ON INFORMATION ABOUT WINE” HELD IN BRUSSELS TO PROMOTE SCIENTIFIC INFO AND RESPONSIBLE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION IN EU 11 May 2009
News OPEN LETTER TO ITALY’S AGRICULTURAL MINISTER: “...SARKOZY LOWERED VAT TAX TO RE-LAUNCH RESTAURANTS… DO LIKEWISE FOR ITALIAN RESTAURANTS AND WINE, BASIC ELEMENT OF THE MEDITERRANEAN DIET…” 08 May 2009
News GOMBERG-FREDRIKSON & ASSOCIATES STUDY FOR THE CALIFORNIA WINE INSTITUTE: THE WINE MARKET IN THE U.S. FALLS IN VALUE, GROWS IN VOLUME 06 May 2009
News “COUNCIL ON INFORMATION ABOUT WINE” HELD IN BRUSSELS TO PROMOTE SCIENTIFIC INFO AND RESPONSIBLE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION IN EU 05 May 2009
News THE STATE OF NEW YORK TO APPLY A “PAVEMENT TAX” ON WINE AND BEER: AN UNFAIR TAX ON STORAGE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ECONOMIC CENTERS IN AMERICA 30 April 2009
News G8 AGRICULTURE - A 13 POINT DOCUMENT FOR THE FUTURE OF THE INDUSTRY. AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY TOP THE INTERNATIONAL AGENDA 29 April 2009
News FINAL DECLARATION OF THE G8 AGRICULTURAL MINISTERS - AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY TOP THE INTERNATIONAL AGENDA 28 April 2009
News ITALIAN WINE CONTINUES TO TAKE ON THE CHALLENGE OF ASIA’S MEGA-MARKETS. CHINA THE RECORD BREAKER: 6 OUT OF 10 BOTTLES ON THE ENTIRE MARKET ARE CONSUMED IN THIS COUNTRY. IN JAPAN, WINE IS A COMIC BOOK HERO: A MANGA CELEBRATES IT AND SALES BOOM 27 April 2009
News CHIANTI CLASSICO LIFESTYLE: THE SPREAD OF THE BLACK ROOSTER LABEL. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ITALY, A WINE CONSORTIUM PUTS ITS LABEL ON MERCHANDISE RANGING FROM ESSENCES TO T-SHIRTS, NOTEBOOKS, AND MOUSEPADS 20 April 2009
News THE WORLD WINE MARKET RESISTS THE CRISIS: ACCORDING TO A VINEXPO/IWSR STUDY 2009 WILL BE AN ATYPICAL YEAR BUT IN 2012 EARNINGS WILL RISE TO 166 BILLION DOLLARS, +14% IN CONSUMPTION, ITALY WILL BE THE LEADING EXPORTER, CHINA AND RUSSIA TOP CONSUMERS 17 April 2009
News YOUNG WINE ENTREPRENEURS: “ALCOHOL LIMIT CHARTS ARE INCOMPREHENSIBLE”. EUROPEAN UNION GIVES GO AHEAD FOR “WINE IN MODERATION” CAMPAIGN 16 April 2009
News CRISIS AND AGRICULTURE- CONFAGRICOLTURA WANTS STATE LAND TO BE GIVEN TO PRIVATE ENTERPRISES (10 BILLION EUROS WORTH) 14 April 2009
News CONSUMPTION HABITS: THE COCOONING EFFECT SPREADS – ITALIANS ENJOY DRINKING WINE WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS, BUT NOW THEY PREFER TO DO IT AT HOME… TO SAVE MONEY AND AVOID BREATHALYZER TESTS 10 April 2009
News MICHELE BERNETTI, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PRODUCERS OF VERDICCHIO PROCLAIMS, “WHITE WINE AGAINST THE CRISIS… THANKS TO IT LOWER PRICES AND AGEING CAPACITIES OF THE MOST IMPORTANT VARIETALS, IT IS CONQUERING WINE ENTHUSIASTS” 09 April 2009
News EXPORT SAVES 2008 BUT 2009 REMAINS UNCERTAIN ACCORDING TO MEDIOBANCA STUDY. ITALY’S UNDERSECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ADOLFO URSO: “AGRICULTURE IS STILL A SALVATION” 08 April 2009
News CRISTINA MARIANI, JEANNIE CHO LEE, AND LIDIA BASTIANICH RECEIVE THE 2009 INTERNATIONAL VINITALY AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION, THE DISPERSION OF THE WINE CULTURE IN ASIA, AND THE PROMOTION OF THE ITALIAN WINE AND FOOD CULTURE IN THE U.S. 08 April 2009
News “PROMOTING SAFETY AT MEALTIME STARTING WITH PRESCHOOLS”: THE PROPOSAL MADE BY EMANUELE SCARELLO OF THE ASSOCIATION JEUNES RESTAURATEURS D’EUROPE ITALIA 07 April 2009
News IN TIMES OF CRISIS BOTTLED WATER IS STILL POPULAR: SAN BENEDETTO CANCELS LAY-OFFS AND ANNOUNCES INVESTMENTS FOR 20 MILLION EUROS IN 2009 04 April 2009
News HARD TO TALK ABOUT A CRISIS FOR COLLECTIBLE WINES ACCORDING TO THE GELARDINI & ROMANI WINE AUCTION, THE TOP AUCTION HOUSE IN ITALY SPECIALIZED IN WINE. STELLAR BIDS RECEIVED FOR MASSETO TENUTA DELL’ORNELLAIA 2001 AND ROMANEE CONTI LA TACHE 1942-1943 03 April 2009
News A SOMMELIER AT THE SUPERMARKET: LARGE-SCALE DISTRIBUTION MAY BE THE NEW FRONTIER FOR WINE EXPERTS BECAUSE SUPERMARKET CLIENTS NOW BUY 60% OF ALL WINE CONSUMED 02 April 2009
News ENOLOGIST COTARELLA GIVES VOTE ON SICILY: “THE 2008 HARVEST IS ALMOST PERFECT” STEPS AHEAD FOR SICILY’S DOC WINES WITH AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN PLANETA AND LA VIA (SICILY REGION COUNCILOR): “DOC IS THE UMBRELLA UNDER WHICH DIVERSITY WILL BE VALORIZED” 01 April 2009
News EUROPE’S PUSH FOR MANDATORY DESCRIPTIONS OF FOOD ORIGINS AND GMO USE ON FOOD LABELS, SUPPORTING ORGANIC, AND MORE FARMER’S MARKETS: THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT SUPPORTS ITALY IN ITS BATTLE TO SAFEGUARD FOOD IN EUROPE 31 March 2009
News AGREEMENT BETWEEN CIBUS AND TUTTOFOOD. THE FOOD VALLEY AND CIBUS PARMA WILL PUT TOGETHER THEIR FOOD SECTOR KNOW-HOW AT THE 2015 EXPO IN MILAN. WINE WILL BE COVERED BY VERONAFIERE 30 March 2009
News STING TURNS TO FARMING AND WINEMAKING IN THE TUSCAN COUNTRYSIDE: “THE CREAM OF THE CROP IS NOT READY. IT STILL DOESN’T HAVE A NAME BUT IT WILL SOON ARRIVE” 27 March 2009
News THE WINE & FOOD CRISIS IN THE U.S.? “IT EXISTS BUT IT IS NOT AS GRAVE AS THEY MAKE IT SEEM. IT’S MORE A WAITING PHASE FOR THE FUTURE. THIS ALSO GOES FOR WINE…” LIDIA BASTIANICH, ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS ITALIAN CHEFS IN AMERICA, TALKS ABOUT CRISIS 26 March 2009
