News THE ALCOHOL & TOBACCO TAX & TRADE BUREAU PROPOSES A REVOLUTIONARY WINE BOTTLE LABEL INDICATING ALLERGENS AND NUTRITIONAL VALUE, LEAVING LITTLE SPACE FOR DENOMINATION AND VINEYARD 01 December 2011
News ORNELLAIA, MASSETO (FRESCOBALDI), TIGNANELLO (ANTINORI) AND AMARONE (ALLEGRINI) LEAD THE RISE OF MADE IN ITALY WINES IN HONG KONG: AT CHRISTIE’S AUCTION (NOVEMBER 25TH) ITALY TOP, FRANCE “FLOP”. 01 December 2011
News RESEARCH ON VINES AND WINE KNOWS NO BOUNDS: EVEN MINNESOTA, DESPITE THE COLD CLIMATE, THANKS TO UNIVERSITY STUDIES HAS COLD RESISTANT VINEYARDS PRODUCING WINE. THE GOAL IS TO IMPROVE IT 01 December 2011
News RESEARCH ON VINES AND WINE KNOWS NO BOUNDS: EVEN MINNESOTA, DESPITE THE COLD CLIMATE, THANKS TO UNIVERSITY STUDIES HAS COLD RESISTANT VINEYARDS PRODUCING WINE. THE GOAL IS TO IMPROVE IT 30 November 2011
News PROSECCO IS THE NUMBER ONE DOC WINE IN ITALY FOR VOLUME AND VALUE. 50 MILLION BOTTLES AND 6% DEMAND PER YEAR INCREASE BUT FRAUD IS GROWING TOO. STARTING IN 2012, STATE SEAL OF SECURITY ON ALL BOTTLES 30 November 2011
News “OPERAWINE: FINEST ITALIAN WINES, 100 GREAT PRODUCERS”, WINE SPECTATOR AND VERONAFIERE’S PREVIEW OF VINITALY 2012 IS BORN “UNDER A LUCKY STAR”: DAVID THORNE, U.S. AMBASSADOR IN ITALY CHRISTENED IT TODAY IN MILAN 30 November 2011
News ITALIAN WINE IN HONG KONG IS A RECORD SUCCESS: 3.300.000 HK DOLLARS (OVER 300.OOO EUROS) AT GELARDINI & ROMANI’S FIRST 100% MADE IN ITALY AUCTION. 94% OF THE VALUE SOLD, CONTERNO’S BAROLO MONFORTINO TOP (78.00.00 HK DOLLARS) 28 November 2011
News MPS BANK FORUM ON ITALIAN WINE: THE “MAIN DRIVER” IS EXPORTS. 2011 WAS A RECORD YEAR BUT 2012 LOOKS NOT SO ROSY. HERE IS THE ITALIAN WINE SCENE ACCORDING TO MPS BANK 25 November 2011
News WINE SPECTATOR’S “TOP 100”: CALIFORNIA TAKES FIRST PLACE, BUT 1 BOTTLE IN 5 IS ITALIAN. BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO (4 BOTTLES) AND BAROLO (3 BOTTLES) ARE TOPS FOR QUALITY. TWO BOTTLES FOR ALLEGRINI 24 November 2011
News A SMALL “MIRACLE” IN THE ITALIAN WINE WORLD: RESTORING ANCIENT VINES LIKE MAJOR ART WORKS. MORE AND MORE WINERIES ADOPT THE “GRAPE PREPARERS” SIMONIT & SIRCH METHOD 22 November 2011
News “THE ARTISANS OF ITALIAN WINE SHOULD BE PROUD, BUT ALSO BE FRIENDS AND ALLIES WITH THE “INDUSTRIALS”, TO WHOM ITALIAN WINE OWES A LOT OF ITS SUCCESS”, SAYS THE MOST FAMOUS ARTISAN WINEMAKER, ANGELO GAJA 21 November 2011
News WINENEWS SURVEY - IN 2011, THANKS TO EXPORTS WINERIES INCREASED SALES 93%. THE FUTURE? POSITIVE FOR 53%, SAY THE 25 MOST IMPORTANT WINERIES IN ITALY THAT TOGETHER TURNOVER 1.8 BILLION EUROS 21 November 2011
News WINENEWS SURVEY - IN 2011, THANKS TO EXPORTS WINERIES INCREASED SALES 93%. THE FUTURE? POSITIVE FOR 53%, SAY THE 25 MOST IMPORTANT WINERIES IN ITALY THAT TOGETHER TURNOVER 1.8 BILLION EUROS 18 November 2011
News THE DIVERSITY OF TERRITORIES AND GRAPE VARIETIES UNEQUALED IN ANY OTHER COUNTRY, THE SIMPLICITY OF PAIRING WINE WITH FOOD AND THE HISTORIC CHARM OF CERTAIN AREAS, THESE ARE THE FOUR ACES OF ITALIAN WINE, SAYS ANTONIO GALLONI, MR.WINE ADVOCATE EUROPE 16 November 2011
News “WINE FUTURE” WILL BE MORE SOCIAL: CREATE RELATIONS BETWEEN CONSUMERS AND WINE FIRST, AND THEN DO BUSINESS. NETWORKS GREATLY INCREASE THE POWER OF “WORD OF MOUTH” WHICH ARE 70% OF PURCHASES, SAY THE “GURUS” IN HONG KONG 16 November 2011
News WINE & THE STOCK MARKET - NOSIO, THE COMMERCIAL SECTOR OF THE MEZZACORONA COOPERATIVE IN TRENTO LISTED ON “MAC”, THE SMALL BUSINESSES STOCK EXCHANGE. GREEN LIGHT BY DECEMBER 7. MEZZACORONA’S NUMBERS... 14 November 2011
News “IN 25 YEARS, MARKET DEMAND FOR PROSECCO WILL EXCEED A BILLION BOTTLES”, SAID GIANLUCA BISOL AT WINE FUTURE IN HONG KONG, MOMENTARILY WINE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD 12 November 2011
News ITALY LOSES FIRST PLACE; SO FRANCE IS BACK AT NUMBER ONE IN PRODUCTION. “LE MONDE: FRANCE PRODUCED 49.6 MILLION HECTOLITERS AGAINST ITALY’S 42.2 MILLION. CASTELLUCCI, HEAD OF OIV: “CONSUMPTION IS DOWN BECAUSE OF ECONOMIC CRISIS” 11 November 2011
News SUSTAINABILITY, LESS “EDUCATIONAL” AND MORE “EMOTIONAL” WITH CONSUMERS, “NEW MEDIA”: THESE ARE THE TOPICS AT WINEFUTURE HONG KONG (NOVEMBER 6 TO 8), WITH WORLD FAMOUS OPINION LEADERS. WINENEWS “SPECIAL INVITE” 10 November 2011
News ITALIAN FINE WINES SOLD BY THE GLASS TO SPREAD AWARENESS. SAGRANTINO COLPETRONE (SAIAGRICOLA) AND BAROLO SERRALUNGA D’ALBA FONTANAFREDDA, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH WINEFIT, ARE THE RAGE ALL OVER ITALY 08 November 2011
News ASIAN WINE IS HONG KONG AND HONG KONG CALLS ASIA: “WINEFUTURE”, OUTLOOK ON THE THREE TOP ASIAN MARKETS: JAPAN, CHINA AND INDIA. ALL DIFFERENT BUT WITH ONE THING IN COMMON: THE IMPORTANCE OF RELATIONSHIPS WITH PRODUCERS 08 November 2011
News “ROMA CAPUT VINI” - THE BOOK IS THE HISTORY OF WINE ORIGINS AND THE DISCOVERY OF A GENE, THANKS TO ATTILIO SCIENZA, ONE OF THE GREATEST VITICULTURE SCHOLARS IN THE WORLD. WINENEWS HAS EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW OF MAIN CHAPTERS 07 November 2011
News BILL GATES WENT TO CANNES TO REMIND THE TOP 20 WORLD LEADERS THAT THE WAY TO FIGHT POVERTY AND HUNGER WHICH STILL AFFECT 925 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE SOUTH OF THE WORLD, IS AGRICULTURE 04 November 2011
News ITALIAN WINE EXPORTED TO THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE WORLD: FROM THE U.S. TO RUSSIA AND FROM HONG KONG TO THE BALTIC STATES, EVENTS & WINERIES ON TOUR. FOCUS: “MADE IN ITALY” WINE PURCHASED MORE ABROAD THAN AT HOME 02 November 2011
News WINE-FINANCE: LIV-EX FEELS THE CRISIS WHILE MEDIUM AND LONG-TERM “FINE WINES” KEEP THEIR APPEAL. MORE AND MORE OPERATORS WANT THEM IN INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS LIKE GOLD, SILVER AND ART 28 October 2011
News ARGENTINA DEMANDS “SWAP” TRADING WITH THEIR WINE. EVEN THE JAPANESE CAR GIANT NISSAN HAS TO EXPORT 52 MILLION DOLLARS IN ARGENTINEAN WINE TO SELL CARS 26 October 2011
News IN 20 YEARS CHINA WILL BECOME THE FIRST WINE MARKET IN THE WORLD. THE HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL WINE & SPIRITS FAIR WITH ITALY AS “PARTNER COUNTRY” HELD NOVEMBER 3-5TH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENT ON ASIAN MARKETS 24 October 2011
News MASSIMO BOTTURA (OSTERIA FRANCESCANA IN MODENA) AND GIANFRANCO VISSANI (VISSANI IN BASCHI) SCORED 95/100 IN THE 2012 GAMBERO ROSSO “RESTAURANTS OF ITALY”. FOCUS – THE “THREE FORKS” 18 October 2011
News “VIN 65”, LEADER IN WEB MANAGEMENT AND E-COMMERCE FOR WINERIES, LAUNCHED AN “APP” TO BUY WINE DIRECTLY ON FACEBOOK AND DISCOVERED HOW WINERIES MAKE PROFIT ON THE SOCIAL NETWORK 14 October 2011
News SUPERTUSCANS CONQUER THE ORIENT: MASSETO AND SASSICAIA DOMINATE THE GELARDINI & ROMANI AUCTION (ON ITS WAY TO HONG KONG) PUTTING SUPERTUSCANS BACK IN THEIR RIGHTFUL POSITION AS ABSOLUTE TOP ITALIAN WINE 13 October 2011
News AND HERE ARE THE… “FANTASTIC 4”! MONFORTINO BAROLO, BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO CERBAIOLO (SALVIONI), BOLGHERI SASSICAIA, MANDURIA ES OF PRIMITIVE GIANFRANCO FINO. ALL THE GUIDES AGREE - GAMBERO ROSSO, AIS, L’ESPRESSO, VERONELLI AND SLOW FOOD 10 October 2011
News NO TRADE FOR VINEYARDS: CONFAGRICOLTURA SAYS QUOTATIONS ARE DOWN, EXCEPT FOR THE TOP ITALIAN WINE TERRITORIES. BUT, WHERE THEY COST TOO MUCH, THERE ARE NO BUYERS AND WHERE THEY HAVE LOST VALUE NO ONE WANTS TO SELL… 07 October 2011
News COLDIRETTI - IN 2011, WINE & FOOD TOURISM EARNED MORE THAN 5 BILLION EUROS, PROVING IT IS THE REAL FORCE BEHIND MADE IN ITALY HOLIDAYS AND THE ONLY SECTOR IN CONSTANT GROWTH 05 October 2011
News AGRICULTURE & CONSUMPTION: ZERO KM MARKETS HAVE CAPTURED THE COVER OF “MICKEY MOUSE”. COLDIRETTI: A SALES SLUMP IN HIS SUPERMARKETS PUSH UNCLE SCROOGE TO VISIT FARMERS MARKETS WHERE HIS NEPHEWS SHOP 04 October 2011
News WINE & FOOD TOURISM BEATS ART IN ITALY, CRITIC PHILIPPE DAVERIO TOLD WINENEWS AT “WORLD TOURISM DAY” IN MILAN. THE MINISTER OF TOURISM MICHELA BRAMBILLA: FOOD & WINE TOURISM IS THE MAIN TOURIST ATTRACTION IN ITALY” 03 October 2011
News 2011 GRAPE HARVEST – OPTIMISTIC FOR BIG RED WINES (PIEDMONT, TUSCANY, VENETO, SICILY), ESPECIALLY SOUTHERN ITALY. QUANTITY IS LOW EVERYWHERE. COMPANIES COMMENT... 03 October 2011
News WINE ORIGIN VERIFIED WITH DNA: U.S. TTB CHOSE THE SERGE-GENOMICS, A SPIN-OFF FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SIENA, METHOD. PROFESSOR ATTILIO SCIENZA: IT’S LEGITIMATE, BUT NOT YET DEMONSTRATED IN SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE” 03 October 2011
News THE TOP BRANDS OF ITALIAN WINE? GAJA, CA’ DEL BOSCO, SAN LEONARDO, ANTINORI, CAPRAI, FEUDI DI SAN GREGORIO, DE CASTRIS, TASCA, ARGIOLAS... “COMPANY OF THE YEAR 2011” CHOSEN BY WINE LOVERS FOR BIBENDA-DUEMILAVINI. WINENEWS PUBLISHES SNEAK PREVIEW 01 October 2011
News COOKING SHOWS: ITALIAN WINERIES ARE SENDING THEIR CHEFS AROUND THE WORLD TO TEACH ITALIAN CUISINE. WHAT’S HAPPENING IN ITALY? CLASSES, COMPANY EVENTS, BOOM OF CHEFS ON TV, IN MAGAZINES - COOKING COURSES ARE EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK 30 September 2011
News WHEN WINE IS POLITICS: IN FRANCE A YOUNG VIGNERON FROM BULLY, PITIOR PIERRE, IS OPENLY AGAINST THE PREMIER WITH AN UNEQUIVOCAL LABEL: “FUCKS@RKOZY.COM”. AN “ANTIGOVERNMENT” TOAST 28 September 2011
