News JAMES SUCKLING HAS RETIRED: “WINE SPECTATOR” BROKE THE NEWS. BRUCE SANDERSON, SENIOR EDITOR AND TASTING DIRECTOR OF THE AMERICAN JOURNAL WILL HEAD TASTING ITALIAN WINES IN NEW YORK 19 July 2010
News RUFFINO, THE FAMOUS CHIANTI BRAND, WILL STAY IN THE FOLONARI FAMILY: THE INVESTINDUSTRIAL FUND SOLD ITS SHARES (9.9%) TO CONSTELLATION BRANDS, TAKING IT TO 49.9%. FOLONARI HAS 50.1% AND THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT 12 July 2010
News STARBUCKS OFFERS WINE AND BEER AGAIN: THE WORLD COFFEE GIANT RE- LAUNCHES THE PROJECT IN SEATTLE, WITH A NEW NAME AND A “TERRITORIAL” OFFER. TESTING ALSO IN SPAIN AND JAPAN IN VIEW OF OTHER INVESTMENTS... 09 July 2010
News 10% OF ITALIANS PREFER BUYING DIRECTLY FROM FARMS INSTEAD OF FARMERS MARKETS (2%), REVEALS THE ISPO STUDY BY RENATO MANNEHEIMER FOR CONFAGRICOLTURA THAT LAUNCHED THE PROJECT “FROM PRODUCER TO CONSUMER” 07 July 2010
News EVERYONE AGREES ON WINE BY THE GLASS, SAYS “LE MONDE”. BUT LET’S NOT OVERPRICE A TREND THAT HELPS RESTAURANTS, CONSUMERS AND PRODUCERS FIGHT THE CRISIS 05 July 2010
News THE WIND OF CHANGE IS BLOWING AT THE WINE COOPERATIVES IN TRENTO: NO MORE INSIDE COMPETITION WHILE VIS, CAVIT AND MEZZACORONA, PLUS THE SMALL PRODUCERS ARE WORKING TOGETHER TOWARDS A SHARED GOAL, DIFFERENT STRATEGIES AND THE “PEDRON PLAN” 05 July 2010
News FOR SUPER TUSCAN FANS AND WRITING FETISHISTS: THE SOLAIA OMAS LIMITED EDITION PEN - ONLY 1978 PIECES MADE FROM THE BARRELS WHERE THE GREAT ANTINORI WINE IS AGED 02 July 2010
News FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS IN FRANCE MUST BE LOCATED MORE THAN 200 METERS AWAY FROM SCHOOLS TO FIGHT CHILDHOOD OBESITY, JUST LIKE ADULT X RATED SHOPS. THE PROVOCATIVE PROPOSAL BY FRENCH PARLIAMENTARY PHILIPPE FOLLIOT 02 July 2010
News SHANGHAI: MORE THAN 1 MILLION VISITORS AT “EXPO ITALIA”. “MADE IN ITALY” WINE IS A STATUS SYMBOL, BUT THE CHINESE DON’T KNOW ITALIAN WINES. FABIO CARLESI OF ENOTECA ITALIANA SAYS, “TEACH ITALIAN WINE CULTURE” 01 July 2010
News PRICES OF GRAPES DOWN 40% BUT RESTAURANTS MARK-UP OVER 5 TIMES, SAYS PREVARIN, PRESIDENT OF ASSOENOLOGI. THE MANAGER, MARTELLI, SAYS “TEAMWORK” AND “CREATE ONE STOP SHOPS FOR INSPECTIONS. 25% OF WINEMAKERS’ WORK IS BUREAUCRACY” 28 June 2010
News WINE MEETS ART ON THE TUSCAN COAST: FROM JULY 18-31 THE “BOLGHERY MELODY” FESTIVAL WILL HOST FAMOUS ARTISTS: ROBERTO BOLLE, IRENE GRANDI, STEFANO BOLLANI, MASSIMO RANIERI, ROBERTO BENIGNI 25 June 2010
News THE FRENCH SOCIALIST PARTY LAUNCHED THE IDEA OF SPECIALIZED TV CHANNELS TO SPREAD HEALTHY AND RESPONSIBLE WINE DRINKING, BUT IT CLASHES WITH THE “EVIN LAW” WHICH PROHIBITS ADVERTISING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN FRANCE 23 June 2010
News HIGH LEVEL FARMHOUSE TOURISM, NATURE AND GOOD FOOD TOP PICKS FOR SUMMER HOLIDAYS, SAYS AGRITURIST 18 June 2010
News WINENEWS-VINITALY POLL: “SELECT” PASSIONS IN TIME OF CRISIS. WINE LOVERS CUT COSTS, BUT NOT QUALITY. IN THE LAST 2 YEARS 45% BOUGHT THE SAME NUMBER OF BOTTLES AND 47% KEPT THE SAME WINE BUDGET 17 June 2010
News 60% LESS PESTICIDES USING TECHNOLOGY AND PRECISION VITICULTURE, SAYS PROFESSOR ATTILIO SCIENZA, A LEADING EXPORT IN THE WINE WORLD, AT THE ASSOENOLOGI CONGRESS 16 June 2010
News WHAT'S NEW IN THE KITCHEN? “COOKING FOR IMPOSTORS” AMAZES GUESTS WITH HIGH QUALITY CANNED MEALS: LOW COST VIDEORECIPES ON YOUTUBE FROM THE ”TIN CAN CHEF”, MARCO SQUIZZATO 16 June 2010
News ITALIAN WINE: EXPORTS INCREASE IN VOLUME, DECREASE IN VALUE. DOMESTIC MARKET STALLED ON QUANTITY AND VALUE. LARGE DISTRIBUTION COUNTS MORE AND MORE AND STATE OF THE ART AT FEDERVINI ASSEMBLY IN ROME. POSITIVE SIGNALS ARE ON THE WAY... 15 June 2010
News TOO MANY IMPORT BARRIERS BUT ITALIAN EXPORTS TO CHINA ARE ON THE RISE, +32.6% IN 2009 AND +72.9% IN FIRST QUARTER 2010, SAYS FEDERALIMENTARE 14 June 2010
News WINE CITIES / CENSIS: HERE ARE THE 10 STRENGTHS OF NEW WINE TOURISM IN ITALY. “ENOGASTRONOMIC TOURISM COUNTRIES” (IN TUSCANY UNTIL JUNE 6) LAUNCHES PROPOSALS FOR GROWTH TO NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. THE CASE OF FRANCE AND SPAIN 10 June 2010
News WHAT IS THE PRESIDENT OF BRUNELLO OF MONTALCINO CONSORTIUM PLANNING TO DO? NEWLY ELECTED EZIO RIVELLA EXPLAINS HIS PLANS FOR RE-LAUNCHING ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS VINEYARDS IN THE WORLD, IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH WINENEWS 09 June 2010
News LAURA LA TORRE, GENERAL MANAGER OF INSPECTORATE FOR QUALITY CONTROL AND FRAUD PROSECUTION, SAID TO WINENEWS: “CONTROLS ON PGI WINES ARE FAIR, OTHERWISE THESE WOULD DISTORT COMPETITION. INSPECTORS CAN DO CONTROLS, BUT ONLY ON SAMPLES ... “ 07 June 2010
News “BEER, AND YOU KNOW WHAT YOU’RE DRINKING! MEDITATE PEOPLE, MEDITATE!” IN A 1980 COMMERCIAL, RENZO ARBORE INVITED ITALIANS TO DRINK THIS EXCELLENT AND GENUINE BEVERAGE… WHAT ARE STATISTICS TODAY? ASSOBIRRA ANNOUNCED: 63% OF ITALIANS DRINK BEER” 04 June 2010
News INTERNATIONAL TASTE FAIR FROM 21 TO 25 OCTOBER AT LINGOTTOFIERE IN TURIN TAKES ON THE FIGHT AGAINST FOOD WASTE 03 June 2010
News ROMANÉE CONTI DOMINATED GELARDINI & ROMANI WINE AUCTION IN ROME: 4613 EUROS FOR A 2006 BOTTLE AND 3354 FOR A MONTRACHET 2003 VINTAGE. MAJOR AWARDS FOR ROEDERER CRISTAL, KRUG CHATEAU D’YQUEM ... ITALIAN WINES OK 01 June 2010
News THE NEW “REGULATIONS FOR THE CONTROL PLAN OF DENOMINATION OF ORIGIN AND GEOGRAPHIC INDICATION WINES” ARE “ABSURD, ONEROUS AND DANGEROUS”, SAYS ARMANDO BOTTEON, EDITOR (FOR THE PAST 30 YEARS) OF THE MAGAZINE “WINE LEGISLATION” 31 May 2010
News THE COUNCILOR FOR AGRICULTURE OF FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA, CLAUDIO VIOLINO, ANNOUNCED: “10 MILLION EUROS TO PROMOTE FRIULIAN (EX TOCAI) WINE” 28 May 2010
News SLOW FOOD ITALY CONVENTION IN ABANO TERME: “WE’RE BECOMING POLITICALLY VISIBLE” PETRINI SAYS. RIGHT AND LEFT ARE PAST HISTORY. THE NEW WAY IS A HOLISTIC VISION OF THE WORLD...“ 26 May 2010
News VERSATILITY IS THE “KEY” TO TOMORROW’S CUISINE, SAY THE EXPERTS AND RESTAURATEURS AT THE FOCUS EVENT IN CONTADI CASTALDI ORGANIZED BY GIACOMO MOJOLI (POLYTECHNIC OF MILAN): “WE MUST LOOK AT WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE THROUGH NEW EYES” 26 May 2010
News UNESCO, THE PROSECCO HILLS OF CONEGLIANO AND VALDOBBIADENE PROPOSED FOR WORLD HERITAGE, ANNOUNCED GIANCARLO GALAN, MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE. 25 May 2010
News CONCERTS, TASTING EVENTS, SHOWS, HAPPENINGS AT “OPEN CELLARS” ALL OVER ITALY ON MAY 30TH. PARTNERS ARE ENEL.SI, MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, CONSORTIUM RILEGNO, HERTZ AND ITALIAN WINE CELLAR... 24 May 2010
News AMERICA IS BACK TO THE GARDEN TO FIGHT OBESITY AND THE CRISIS: FROM THE FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA AT THE WHITE HOUSE TO BIG COMPANIES (TOYOTA, PEPSI, GOOGLE, YAHOO!) EMPLOYEES GROW VEGETABLES 21 May 2010
News ARGENTINA SAYS “ADIOS” T0 ITALIAN PASTA. AND ALSO TO GERMAN BEER AND MANY OTHER FOREIGN FOODS. BUENOS AIRES STOPS FOREIGN IMPORTS TO PROTECT DOMESTIC PRODUCTION, REPORTED THE PRESS AGENCY “IL VELINO” 19 May 2010
News EVERY CLOUD HAS A SILVER LINING: THE WEAK EURO HELPS OUT ITALIAN WINE EXPORTS TO THE U.S.A. 18 May 2010
News THE “GELARDINI & ROMANI” SPRING AUCTION WILL BE HELD IN ROME ON MAY 20 COUNTING 1400 MAGNUMS AND JEROBOAMS. FROM BURGUNDY (LEFLAIVE, ROMANÉE CONTI...) TO CHAMPAGNE TO THE ITALIAN MONTEVETRANO, TERRA DI LAVORO, SAGRANTINO CAPRAI, TURRIGA BY ARGIOLAS 17 May 2010
News AT “THE STATE OF WINE”, CONFERENCE EMILIO PEDRON (GIV) SAID, “THE CRASH OF ORIGINAL PRICES IS NOT THE MARKET’S FAULT, IT’S THE PRODUCERS’ LACK OF MARKET CULTURE: VALUES ARE LOST, THE PRODUCT MINIMIZED. AND CONSUMER PRICES ARE INCREASING ...” 13 May 2010
News ”BIG BROTHER” IN YOUR SHOPPING CART. THE “FOOD LION” PROJECT IN THE U.S.A. WILL STUDY CONSUMER BEHAVIOR USING CAMERAS AND SOFTWARE FOR VISUAL RECOGNITION 11 May 2010
News AT “THE STATE OF WINE” CONFERENCE, ZONIN SAID, “WINE IS EIGHTH ON LARGE-SCALE DISTRIBUTION EARNINGS... PRODUCERS MUST RETURN TO DIRECT MARKETING TO GET BACK INTO CONTACT WITH CONSUMERS AND NOT RELY ON THE INTERVENTION OF MEDIAS” 10 May 2010
News NO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES SERVED IN PUBLIC PLACES AFTER 2 AM, READS THE AMENDMENT BY SENATOR GRILLO (PDL) ON THE BILL FOR THE NEW HIGHWAY CODE. ON MAY 4 IN THE SENATE, THEN THE HOUSE. 07 May 2010
News MONTEPULCIANO IS A TOP CHOICE EUROPEAN CITY, THANKS TO ITS NOBILE WINE. IT IS THE FOURTH MOST PREFERRED DESTINATION BY WINE TOURISTS ON THE TRIP ADVISOR STANDINGS AND THE MOST LOVED IN THE WEB COMMUNITY OF “GOURMAND” TRAVELERS 06 May 2010
