News NOT ONLY FRANCE: AUSTRALIAN WINE MAKERS BETTING HEAVY ON NATIVE ITALIAN GRAPES SAGRANTINO, SANGIOVESE, NEGROAMARO, FIANO, BARBARESCO, NEBBIOLO AND MOSCATO FOR A WINE REBIRTH... 09 January 2013
News FROM CASHMERE TO WINE: BRUNELLO CUCINELLI’S NEW ADVENTURE AT SOLOMEO. THE WINEMAKER IS MICHELE BAIOCCO. RUMORS SAY DUE TO THE ENTREPRENEUR’S PASSION FOR SUPERTUSCANS, THE ACCENT WILL BE ON "INTERNATIONAL" REDS. 31 December 2012
News NEW YEAR'S EXPORTS OF ITALIAN SPARKLING WINE TO FRANCE DOUBLED (+91%) AND IS GROWING IN THE REST OF THE WORLD, SAID COLDIRETTI. AND THE CIA IN ITALY, 9 FAMILIES ON 10 WILL CHOOSE "MADE IN ITALY" BUBBLES FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT TOAST OF THE YEAR 28 December 2012
News THERE IS A WORLD OF WINE WITH ANCIENT ROOTS IN "VOLCANOES" AND THEIR TERRITORIES FROM SOAVE TO ETNA, GIVING LIFE TO TRULY UNIQUE WINES THAT DESERVE TO BE STUDIED AND NARRATED BETTER AND MORE. THIS IS THE MESSAGE FROM "VULCANIA NAPOLI" 10 December 2012
News ITALY AND FRANCE – COMMON DESTINY: THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF WINE TIED TO LOWER CONSUMPTION AND THE SMALLEST HARVEST IN DECADES ON DOMESTIC MARKETS WHILE FOREIGN MARKETS, ABOVE ALL U.S. AND CHINA, SHOW A POSTIVE PERFORMANCE 06 December 2012
News “A PREMEDITATED, CRIMINAL, VANDALISTIC ACT OF EXTREME GRAVITY FOR THE ENTIRE TERRITORY”: THE STATEMENT OF THE SOLDERA FAMILY AFTER THE ENTIRE 2007-1012 PRODUCTION OF THE CASE BASSE WINERY HAS BEEN DESTROYED BY “UNKNOWNS” 04 December 2012
News VANDALS IN MONTALCINO: DESTROYED IN THE NIGHT THE ENTIRE PRODUCTION (2007-2012) OF CASE BASSE WINERY, A SMALL BUT PRESTIGIOUS PRODUCER OF BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO. THE OWNER GIANFRANCO SOLDERA TOLD WINENEWS 03 December 2012
News MEDIOBANCA REPORT ON THE LEADING COMPANIES (TURNOVER 2011): THE BIG ITALIAN WINE COMPANIES ARE STRONGER THAN THE CRISIS. TOP GIV (368 MILLION), ZONIN FOR GROWTH (+17%), ANTINORI FOR NET OPERATING INCOME (41 MILLION). DOWN ONLY THE "RUSSIAN" GANCIA 03 December 2012
News WINE ALARM IN CHINA: THE CHINA ALCOHOLIC DRINKS ASSOCIATION (NGO NON-PROFIT) SAYS IN ALL WINES PRODUCED IN THE COUNTRY, CONCENTRATION OF "PLASTICIZING" SUBSTANCES IS MORE THAN DOUBLE PERMITTED BY LAW 03 December 2012
News IT IS CERTAIN: VINTAGE 2012 WILL NOT GO DOWN IN HISTORY BUT IT’S NOT THAT BAD, EITHER, SAY TOP ITALIAN WINEMAKERS NOW THAT THE WHITE AND RED GRAPES HAVE BECOME WINE 30 November 2012
News THE CRISIS, BUT NOT ONLY, IS CHANGING THE MARKET AND EVEN HOW TO NARRATE WINE. PEOPLE NO LONGER WANT TECHNOLOGICAL FACTS, BUT CULTURE. WINENEWS FACE TO FACE WITH CHARLIE ARTURAOLA, THE "300.000 KM A YEAR" SOMMELIER 28 November 2012
News ITALY IN THE PRESTIGIOUS "TOP 100" 2012 OF THE INFLUENTIAL AMERICAN MAGAZINE "WINE SPECTATOR", WEIGHING IN LIGHTER THAN 2011 ... BUT REPRESENTED BY 16 (20 in 2011) AWARD-WINNING WINES, 7 FROM TUSCANY AND 5 FROM PIEDMONT... 26 November 2012
News IT IS FINALLY HERE. RIGHT NOW, ONLY IN THE STATES AND FOR AMERICAN WINES ONLY: THE E-COMMERCE GIANT AMAZON (IN SEPTEMBER 2012 THEY INVOICE MORE THAN 3.8 MILLIION US DOLLARS, ED) HAS LAUNCHED ITS WINE SECTION 12 November 2012
News FROM WHITE BARBERA TO POWDERED BAROLO AND GRATED GORGONZOLA: THE "CULT" OF FALSE MADE IN ITALY PRODUCTS IS STILL IN THE SPOTLIGHT AND "STEALS" 60 BILLION EUROS A YEAR FROM HONEST FARMERS, REPORTS COLDIRETTI 02 November 2012
News INTERPOL AND NAC ALSO FIGHTING FALSE BAROLO, CHIANTI, VALPOLICELLA, MONTEPULCIANO AND NERO D'AVOLA PRODUCTS IN THE UK. 3.500 KG OF FAKE ITALIAN PRODUCTS AND OVER 1 TON OF HEALTH HAZARDOUS EASTERN EUROPE PRODUCTS SEIZED BY NAS IN MILAN 02 November 2012
News THE FRENCH TAKE MADE IN ITALY TO CHINA: THE FRENCH CHAIN AUCHAN IS TAKING "A TASTE OF THE REGIONS" TO THE ORIENT (UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE). "BECAUSE EVERYONE WANTS TO TASTE ITALIAN FOOD AND IT DOESN’T MATTER WHO SELLS IT" 01 November 2012
News ZONIN: "CALIFORNIA DREAM"? ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MADE IN ITALY WINE GROUPS (2 THOUSAND HECTARES OF VINEYARDS IN ALL OF ITALY) HAS JUST OPENED "ALTEMURA" IN APULIA, AND IS ALREADY THINKING ABOUT THEIR NEXT STEP: THE UNITED STATES (AND NOT ONLY) 22 October 2012
News CORKS & CO: THE FUTURE USES & APPLICATIONS OF THIS 100% RECYCLABLE MATERIAL INCLUDE A GRAMOPHONE, POWER OUTLET, HEADPHONES, CHAIRS, SLIPPERS AND EVEN A BEEHIVE (BY ANNA LOSKIEWICZ) DESIGNED BY YOUNG DESIGNERS AND AWARDED BY AMORIM 10 October 2012
News TASTE IDENTITY 2013 BY PAOLO MARCHI: THE BEST MALE / FEMALE CHEF (ANTONINO CANNAVACCIUOLO, ANTONIA KLUGMANN) THE BEST FOREIGN CHEF (DANIEL HUMM), TOP SOMMELIER (MAURO MATTEI), THE SURPRISE OF THE YEAR (SILVIO SALMOIRAGHI). THESE ARE THE YOUNG STARS 09 October 2012
News MASSIMO BOTTURA (OSTERIA FRANCESCANA), HEINZ BECK (LA PERGOLA) AND GIANFRANCO VISSANI (VISSANI OF BASCHI) WITH 95/100 ARE THE MAGNIFICENT THREE AT THE TOP OF THE ITALIAN FOOD OLYMPICS: HERE ARE "THE RESTAURANTS OF ITALY" 2013 BY GAMBERO ROSSO 09 October 2012
News "IT’S AN INSULT TO THOSE WHO MAKE REAL WINE AND I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF IT WERE ALSO AN AN ATTEMPT ON CONSUMERS’ HEALTH". THE AGRICULTURE CHAIRMAN OF THE VENETO REGION MANZATO, IS AGAINST THE DO IT YOURSELF WINE KITS WITH DOC NAMES SOLD IN THE UK 26 September 2012
News THE BEST ITALIAN WINE IS TREBBIANO D’ABRUZZO 2007 BY VALENTINI, THEN BAROLO RESERVE MONPRIVATO CÀ D'MORISSIO 2004 BY MASCARELLO AND SASSICAIA 2009 BY SAN GUIDO ESTATE. THE "BEST ITALIAN WINE AWARDS-THE 50 BEST WINES OF ITALY" 25 September 2012
News THE WINE OF ZUCCO: FROM DUKE OF AUMALE TO PRESIDENT ZAMPARINI. SICILY REDISCOVERS THE PRODUCTION STARTED BY THE ORLEANS AT THE END OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. LIDIA RIZZO’S DOCUMENTARY FILM TRACES ITS HISTORY. WHO WILL CARRY ON THE LEGACY? 25 September 2012
News ITALIANS CAN REST ASSURED: FOOD ON THEIR PLATES IN 2011, FRUIT, VEGETABLES AND MEAT WAS 99.8% SAFE, REVEAL DATA FROM THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH. CONFAGRICOLTURA: "THANKS TO FARMERS" 20 September 2012
News IN A FEW YEARS THE POPE WILL TOAST WITH HIS OWN “KM O” WINE. JUST A LITTLE PATIENCE TO WAIT FOR THE ROWS OF TREBBIANO AND CESANESE FROM AFFILE (PHOTO) THAT COLDIRETTI DONATED TO THE FARM OF HIS HOLINESS IN CASTEL GANDOLFO 20 September 2012
News THEFT OF CHAMPAGNE GRAPES: THE GARDE RÉPUBLICAINE IN PARIS SENT THE CAVALRY DES CÉLESTINS TO PROTECT THE PRECIOUS BUNCHES THAT SELL FOR 6.50 EUROS A KILO ON THE MARKET, A REAL TREASURE 20 September 2012
News METHANOL MAKES EUROPE TREMBLE: THE CZECH REPUBLIC GOVERNMENT PROHIBITS THE SALE OF ALCOHOL OVER 20° AFTER THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH CONFIRMED THE DEATH OF 20 PEOPLE BY INTOXICATION FROM METHANOL. IN ITALY A WOMAN DIED IN GELA 19 September 2012
News FRENCH WINE AND SPIRITS SOAR AND REACH + 14% IN THE FIRST QUARTER 2012, DRIVEN BY ASIAN DEMAND FOR BORDEAUX AND COGNAC WITH A SALES INCREASE OF NEARLY 600 MILLION EUROS, REVEALS FEVS 11 September 2012
News THE EU COURT SAYS NO TO ALL HEALTH CLAIMS ON WINE AND SPIRITS AS THEY DO NOT MENTION EFFECTS OF ABUSE, ARE MISLEADING AND ASSUME CONSUMPTION OF OTHER WINES OR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES PROVOKE ADVERSE EFFECT 10 September 2012
News WINE & ART: THE OLDEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL COMBINATION HAS BEEN RENEWED. IN SWITZERLAND VIGNERON YVO MATHIER (THE "CAVE BEC FIN") PUTS THE ART OF 8 YOUNG "GRAFFITI" ARTISTS ON THE LABEL...AND ON BOXES OF WINE 10 September 2012
News "WINE IS A NATURAL PRODUCT AND CLIMATE DICTATES THE AMOUNT OF GRAPES. THE SKY IS THE VINEYARDS ROOFTOP. WINE IS NOT PRODUCED IN A FACTORY, LIKE STEEL AND THIS IS A CONCEPT THAT OFTEN ESCAPES THE FINANCIAL WORLD”, SAYS ANGELO GAJA 07 September 2012
News THE SECRET OF THE HISTORY OF VITICULTURE IS A HANDFUL OF SEEDS, PERFECTLY CONSERVED, FOUND IN A WELL DATING FIRST CENTURY A.C. IN THE TERRITORY OF BADIA A COLTIBUONO, BY FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY ARCHAEOLOGIST, NANCY DE GRUMMOND 06 September 2012
News WINE AND "SOCIAL NETWORK": HOW TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF INTERNET TO IMPROVE SALES. “WORD OF MOUTH IS ESSENTIAL FOR SALES AND SOCIAL MEDIA ARE THE DIGITAL AGE’S MOUTH,” SAYS KAREN RICE OF CONSTANT CONTACT 23 August 2012
News "THE CHINESE ARE ALREADY FED UP CULTIVATING ONLY FRENCH VARIETIES FOR THEIR WINES, SO THE UNIVERSITY OF BEIJING ASKED ITALY TO STUDY NEW GRAPE VARIETIES WITH THEM”, PROFESSOR ATTILIO SCIENA (UNIVERSITY OF MILAN) TOLD WINENEWS 10 August 2012
News IS ALS (LOU GEHRIG’S DISEASE) MORE WIDESPREAD IN AGRICULTURE THAN IN FOOTBALL? THE QUESTION ASKED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TURIN, DURING THE INVESTIGATION LED BY THE MAGISTRATE GUARINIELLO IS FOLLOWING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCCER AND SCLEROSIS 02 August 2012
News "ITALY MUST SEND TOP WINES TO THE USA, BECAUSE THEIR “MEMORY” IS WANING, EFFECTING LOW PRICE WINES, TOO AND IDENTITY IS AT RISK. THE ALARM SOUNDED BY THE ITALIAN WINE & FOOD INSTITUTE IN THE STATES 01 August 2012
News WHAT ARE THE TYPICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF WINE? CLIMATE, VINES, MAN AND ... WASPS AND HORNETS! THE YEAST RESPONSIBLE FOR FERMENTATION IS IN THEIR STOMACHS ALL WINTER. DISCOVERED BY THE MACH FOUNDATION, UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE AND THE MONTPELLIER CNRS 01 August 2012
News BEEKEEPING AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES: NEW GREEN TECHNOLOGY IS NOW PART OF A THOUSAND YEAR OLD PROFESSION. CREATING VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES, E-COMMERCE, AND BEEHIVE REMOTE CONTROL: HIGH TECH SUPPORTS BEEKEEPERS 01 August 2012
News FROM THE FACULTY OF ECONOMY TO THE VINEYARD: ITALIAN WINE TODAY AS SEEN BY THE PROF AND PRODUCER PIERO MASTROBERARDINO, HEAD OF THE FAMOUS WINERY IN CAMPANIA. STRENGTHS TO SAVE AND WEAKNESSES TO ELIMINATE 31 July 2012
News A SIGNATURE WINERY IN SOAVE, INSPIRED BY ITS VINEYARDS AND HILLS AND OF COURSE, COMPATIBLE: HOW 8 YOUNG ARCHITECTS ACCEPTED THE CHALLENGE, LAUNCHED BY "DOMUS ACADEMY" OF MILAN AND THE CONSORTIUM OF SOAVE 26 July 2012
