News SICILIAN WINE CELEBRATED IN SYRACUSE AND NOTO. THE THEME FOR THE 2009 EDITION OF “SICILIA EN PRIMEUR” WAS “SICILY AS A WINE CONTINENT” 25 March 2009
News A MYTH ENDS: “APHRODISIACAL FOODS DO NOT EXIST, IT IS ALWAYS THE MIND THAT DECIDES…”. A DECLARATION MADE BY THE ITALIAN SOCIETY FOR REPRODUCTION PHYSIOTHERAPY (SIFR) AND THE ITALIAN SOCIETY OF ANDROLOGY AND MEDICE (SIAM) 24 March 2009
News DIVORCE OFFICIAL BETWEEN GAMBERO ROSSO AND SLOW FOOD. THE VINI D’ITALIA WINE GUIDE WILL BE PUBLISHED SOLELY BY GAMBERO ROSSO WHILE SLOW FOOD HAS A NEW GUIDE SET TO BE RELEASED BY 2010 18 March 2009
News “THE SAFEGUARDING OF AGRICULTURE IS MORE ATTENTIVE THAN THAT OF MONUMENTS. WINE IS BETTER TODAY THAN FIFTY YEARS AGO”. WINENEWS INTERVIEWS VITTORIO SGARBI 17 March 2009
News ROBERT BEYNAN, GENERAL DIRECTOR OF VINEXPO: “NOTWITHSTANDING THE ECONOMIC CRISIS AND THE RECESSION, THE FUTURE OF WINE IN THE WORLD LOOKS ROSY, THANKS ESPECIALLY TO TWO COUNTRIES: RUSSIA AND CHINA” 16 March 2009
News AND WHO IS A WOMAN’S BEST FRIEND? WINE. DRINKING ONE GLASS PER DAY INCREASES A WOMAN’S SEXUAL DESIRE ACCORDING TO A STUDY CONDUCTED AT THE SANTA MARIA ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL IN FLORENCE 13 March 2009
News WINE BEATS BEER THANKS TO ITS POLYPHENOLS ACCORDING TO A SURVEY ON 1,500 EUROPEANS. THEY INCREASE THE PRODUCTION OF OMEGA 3 FATTY ACIDS IN THE BLOOD, WHICH PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN PROTECTION AGAINST HEART DISEASE 12 March 2009
News ITALIAN EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL WORTH 600 MILLION IN THE U.S. THE FIRST “PORTFOIL” CATALOGUE IS PUBLISHED IN ENGLISH, FRENCH, AND SPANISH: A LIST OF 150 TOP OLIVE OIL PRODUCERS PUT TOGETHER WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE ITALIAN MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE 11 March 2009
News ITALY’S MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE RESPONDS TO ACCUSATIONS OF FOOD RACISM BY BRITISH NEWSPAPERS THE GUARDIAN AND TIMES: “THERE IS NO GASTRONOMIC RACISM IN ITALY. BUT THE IDENTITY OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE MUST BE DEFENDED…” 09 March 2009
News THE BEST CHOCOLATE IN THE WORLD IS ITALIAN. AMEDEI WINS THE COVETED GOLDEN BEAR AWARD 05 March 2009
News THE DUEMILAVINI GUIDE CELEBRATES 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY BY CHOOSING ITS FAVORITE 30 WINES FROM AMONG THE 319 THAT HAVE RECEIVED THE TOP “CINQUE GRAPPOLI” (FIVE GRAPE CLUSTER) SCORE 03 March 2009
News THE ITALIAN MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE HAS NO DOUBTS THAT “IT IS NECESSARY TO PROTECT AGRICULTURE WITH POSSIBLE IMPORT DUTIES” 02 March 2009
News CHIANTI CLASSICO VAUNTS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF ATTEMPTED IMITIATIONS WORLDWIDE. THE “BLACK ROOSTER” SPENDS 200,000 EUROS EVERY YEAR IN DEFENSE AGAINST FALSE IMITATIONS PRODUCED IN THE EU, U.S., AND AUSTRALIA 24 February 2009
News EU - U.S.: “NO PROTECTIONISM”. OBAMA GIVES HIS WORD BUT TWO COMMERCIAL BATTLE FRONTS COULD STILL BE STEEL AND AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES 23 February 2009
News ITALIAN WINE & FOOD INSTITUTE: IN 2008 ITALIAN WINE EXPORTS TO THE U.S. FALL BY 6.5% IN QUANTITY (BUT UP 1% IN VALUE). IT REMAINS THE LEADING EXPORT COUNTRY. CAPUTO: “DAMAGES CONTAINED IN A DIFFICULT YEAR” 21 February 2009
News THE CRISIS HAS EVEN HIT HARRY’S BAR IN VENICE WHERE STIPENDS AND WORK HOURS MAY BE CUT 19 February 2009
News AFTER TUSCANY AND UMBRIA, SAIAGRICOLA, THE INVESTMENT COMPANY BEHIND CONSTRUCTOR SALVATORE LIGRESTI, ATTEMPTS TO CONQUER WINERY PRODUCTION IN PIEDMONT. A NEW STAKE IN BARBERA AND MOSCATO D’ASTI PRODUCTION WITH THE ARBIOLA ESTATE 18 February 2009
News A FAREWELL TO CALIFORNIA WINES BY 2100. THE APOCALYPTIC HYPOTHESIS MADE BY U.S. SECRETARY OF ENERGY AND NOBEL PRIZE WINNER STEVEN CHU: “THE AMERICAN PUBLIC DOES NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT COULD HAPPEN” 17 February 2009
News ITALY’S ANTI-CRISIS TRENDS: THE RETURN TO CLASSIC GOODS IN FASHION, DESIGN, FOOD AND WINE. CHIANTI CLASSICO AT THE TOP OF THE HIT LIST FOR TIMELESS WINES- SOCIOLOGIST COLUSSI: “CONSUMERS? LESS GLAMOUR AND MORE VALUE” 16 February 2009
News LUXURY GROUP LVMH REGISTERS PROFITS OF 2 BILLION EUROS IN 2008. THE WINE AND ALCOHOL SECTOR REGISTERED AN INCREASE OF 0.2% WITH TOTAL EARNINGS OF 1.06 BILLION EUROS 14 February 2009
News THE MEDITERRANEAN DIET BOOM: EXPORTS UP 13%, MAKING ITALIAN FOOD THE LEADING PERFORMER AMONG ALL ITALIAN PRODUCTS 13 February 2009
News NO ECONOMIC CRISIS FOR ITALY’S NATIONAL DISH: PASTA IS STILL ITALY’S FAVORITE FOOD ACCORDING TO CIA, THE ITALIAN FARMERS CONFEDERATION 12 February 2009
News ITALY GOES TO “PRUNING SCHOOL”: AN IDEA BY AGRONOMISTS SIMONIT AND SIRCH TO TEACH VITICULTURALISTS HOW TO PREVENT DISEASE AND PROLONG THE LIFESPAN OF A GRAPEVINE. THE METHOD ALREADY INTRODUCED AT IMPORTANT WINEMAKING ESTATES 11 February 2009
News THE IMAGES OF FRANCE AND ITALY UNITED BY FOOD, WINE, AND FASHION. THOUGH THE BRAND NAME COUNTS MORE THAN THE ORIGIN OF THE PRODUCT, THE BRANDS OF “INSTITUTIONAL LUXURY” ARE GOING STRONG THANKS TO THE LINKS WITH THEIR TERRRITORIES 09 February 2009
News ITALY TRIUMPHS IN THE UNITED STATES… PIERO ANTINORI, HEAD OF THE HISTORIC FLORENTINE WINEMAKING FAMILY, RECEIVES THE “GEI FRIENDSHIP AWARD” AND THE “LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD” FROM ‘WINE ENTHUSIAST’ 06 February 2009
News “TAILOR MADE” WINE IS THE NEW FRONTIER IN LUXURY FOR AMERICAN MILLIONAIRES. EXCLUSIVE BOTTLES CREATED TO FIT THE EXACT WISHES OF THOSE WHO BUY IT 05 February 2009
News THE PRESTIGIOUS ‘REVUE DU VIN DE FRANCE’ REVEALS THE DYNAMICS OF THE STELLAR PRICES OF DOM PÉRIGNON, PETRUS AND ROUMIER. AN ANALYSIS OF THE DIFFERENT WAYS OF DOING BUSINESS IN THE FRENCH WINE WORLD 04 February 2009
News EUROPEAN UNION COMMISSION AND PARLIAMENT SAY YES TO THE MEDITERRANEAN DIET AS A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE 03 February 2009
News WHEN THE “FLYING WINEMAKER” IS ITALIAN: RICCARDO COTARELLA AND HIS PROJECTS OUTSIDE HIS COUNTRY’S BORDERS. “THE HUMANITY THAT IS ENCOUNTERED IN COUNTRIES THAT ARE EXPERIENCING WINE FOR THE FIRST TIME CREATES THE DESIRE TO NEVER RETIRE” 29 January 2009
News A GREAT ARTIST FOR A GREAT CHAMPAGNE: SANDRO CHIA, ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS ITALIAN ARTISTS IN THE WORLD, HAS CREATED A LIMITED EDITION LABEL FOR THE PRESTIGIOUS MAISON PAILLARD 28 January 2009
News PRINCE CHARLES LOVES CULATELLO SO MUCH HE HAS ENTRUSTED HIS PIGS TO MASSIMO SPIGAROLI, ITALIAN PIG FARMER AND PRESIDENT OF THE CULATELLO DI ZIBELLO CONSORTIUM 23 January 2009
