News SIX ITALIAN COMPANIES AMONG THE TEN OLDEST FAMILY-RUN BUSINESSES IN THE WORLD. ITALY TAKES SECOND PLACE AND THE LIST INCLUDES TWO TUSCANS: BARONE RICASOLI AND MARCHESI ANTINORI. THE LIST MADE BY THE AMERICAN MAGAZINE ‘FAMILY BUSINESS’ 22 January 2009
News FOOD-RELATED HOLIDAY SOUVENIRS ARE THE MOST POPULAR IN 2008: FOOD & WINE TOURISM GROWS AND EARNS 5 BILLION EUROS ACCORDING TO COLDIRETTI 20 January 2009
News INFLATION: FOUR OUT OF TEN ITALIANS CHANGED EATING HABITS IN 2008. COLDIRETTI: 5 BILLION MORE WAS SPENT AT DINNER TABLES FOR THE SAME QUANTITY. RECORD PRICE HIKES FOR PASTA 19 January 2009
News ITALY’S ANIMAL RIGHTS GROUP LAV PROPOSES A MORE HUMANE ITALIAN STYLE VEGETARIAN MEAL 19 January 2009
News A STOP TO PLASTIC BOTTLES – THE NEW TREND IS “DO-IT-YOURSELF” CARBONATED DRINKS. DOMESTIC GASIFIERS ARE MONEY SAVING AND LOWER THE IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT 16 January 2009
News THE ITALIAN COCKTAIL ‘SPRITZ’ IS THE HOTTEST DRINK IN THE U.S.: FROM NEW YORK TO LOS ANGELES, PROSECCO MIXED WITH APEROL IS ALL THE RAGE 15 January 2009
News EDOARDO NARDUZZI (AD SYNCHRONYA): “THE CRISIS LAUNCHES ‘WINE FUNDS’ AS A TRULY ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT. THE FINANCIAL CRISIS IS MORE COMPLEX AND PROFOUND, MORE SPACE TO AFFIRM ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS” 14 January 2009
News ONE OF THE MOST AUTHORITATIVE ENTREPRENEURS OF ITALY, ANGELO GAJA, WRITES TO WINENEWS ON WHAT THE BRUNELLO EPISODE SHOULD HAVE TAUGHT ITALY. “ONE FACT IS CERTAIN: WITH THIS PRECEDENCE, FOR ITALIAN WINES, IT CAN NO LONGER BE AS IT WAS BEFORE” 13 January 2009
News “2009 BEGINS IN THE MIDST OF A CRISIS, BUT IF ITALIAN WINEMAKING COMPANIES KNOW HOW TO ACT WITH RATIONALITY, THEY WILL NOT MISS SUCCESS”: THE FORECAST BY ANDREA SARTORI, PRESIDENT OF THE ITALIAN WINE UNION (UIV) 13 January 2009
News ONE OF THE MOST AUTHORITATIVE ENTREPRENEURS OF ITALY, ANGELO GAJA, WRITES TO WINENEWS ON WHAT THE BRUNELLO EPISODE SHOULD HAVE TAUGHT ITALY. “ONE FACT IS CERTAIN: WITH THIS PRECEDENCE, FOR ITALIAN DOC AND DOCG WINES, IT CAN NO LONGER BE AS IT WAS BEFORE…” 13 January 2009
News “LOOK WHAT WE’VE DONE”: ITALY’S MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE LUCA ZAIA OFFERS A PRESS RELEASE ON WHAT THE MINISTRY HAS DONE FOR THE WINE SECTOR FROM MAY TO DECEMBER 2008 12 January 2009
News “WINE AND ART: THE WAYS TO DRINK” – INCISIONS AND PRINTS OWNED BY FERRUCCIO FERRAGAMO ON SHOW AT THE DEL BORRO ESTATE IN SAN GIUSTINO VALDARNO. WORKS BY FLEMISH ARTISTS FROM THE 1600’S, MANTEGNA, AND SPAGNOLETTO… 09 January 2009
News NO LAY-OFFS FOR THE GAMBERO ROSSO CHANNEL BUT IT WILL CUT UPC SRL, THE SUB-CONTRACTED COMPANY D.GUSTO SRL. CELLINI: “THE WORK RELATIONS FOR THAT COMPANY ARE NOT A QUESTION UNDER OUR COMPETENCY… TV IS A CENTRAL STRATEGY OF GAMBERO ROSSO” 07 January 2009
News ITALIAN WINE IS NOT MOVING AHEAD ON THE INTERNET: THE GAP GROWS BETWEEN THAT OF THE OTHER ‘AMBASSADORS’ OF ITALIAN GOODS. THE WINNERS OF WINENEWS ‘WINERIES ON THE WEB’ 8TH EDITION TOP SITES: SANTA MARGHERITA, DONNAFUGATA, PLANETA, TASCA D’ALMERITA. 05 January 2009
News “TERRE ALTE DI BRISIGHELLA”: THE “DOUBLE” ZONING PROJECT FOR WINE AND OLIVE OIL BEGINS. THERE ARE TOO FEW ZONES IN ITALY ACCORDING TO LEONARDO VALENTI OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MILAN 02 January 2009
News REPORT NUMBER 11 ON THE COMPETITIVENESS OF ITALIAN AGRICULTURE IN THE FACE OF NEW SCENARIOS 29 December 2008
News NEW YEAR’S CELEBRATIONS DON’T HOLD BACK ON THE “BUBBLY”. GIAMPIERO COMOLLI, THE HEAD OF THE OBSERVATORY ON THE ITALIAN SPUMANTE FORUM: “80 MILLION BOTTLES WILL BE CORKED, 7 MILLION FOREIGN ONES, FOR A VALUE OF 600 MILLION EUROS” 29 December 2008
News IN 2007, THE VALUE OF LAND IN ITALY INCREASED ACCORDING TO A RECENT INEA STUDY. THE BEST QUOTES FOR MONTALCINO, VALDOBBIADENE, CALDARO, TRENTO, FRANCIACORTA, CHIANTI CLASSICO 26 December 2008
News GALLO NERO WITH A CLICK: AN ONLINE SHOP AT CHIANTICLASSICO.COM. HOLIDAY BASKETS AND A NEW LINE FOR THE BLACK ROOSTER BRAND NOW ARRIVE FROM THE CHIANTI REGION DIRECTLY TO ONE’S HOME 22 December 2008
News “A NEW CLASSIFICATION OF DOC/DOCG FOLLOWING THE BURGUNDY MODEL… IT COULD RESOLVE THE CURRENT MONTALCINO CRISIS”: THE PROPOSAL BY PROFESSOR MARIO FREGONI, PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION OF VINE AND WINE 19 December 2008
News TWO MILLION FAMILIES IN ITALY MAKE IT ONLY TO THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH ACCORDING TO A CONFESERCENTI-SWG SURVEY. “CHRISTMAS COULD BE THE LAUNCHING PAD FOR RETURNING TRUST TO THE ECONOMY” 15 December 2008
News TALKING ABOUT WINE WITH SUSANNA AGNELLI - NOSTALGIA FOR CHATEAU MAARGAUX, SOLD BY THE FAMILY IN 2003, AND SOLIDARITY WITH ITALIAN WINE: THE THEMES OF THE WINENEWS INTERVIEW WITH ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WOMEN OF MODERN ITALIAN HISTORY 14 December 2008
News THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS THREATENS “FINE WINE” STOCKS: THE HISTORIC AUCTION AT HOSPICE DI BEAUNE EARNS JUST 2.8 MILLION EUROS, DOWN FROM 4.2 MILLION EARNED IN 2007. -12.4% ON LIV-EX 100 FINE WINE INDEX 13 December 2008
News BEER CRISIS IN GREAT BRITAIN: IN 2008 SALES HAVE FALLEN BY 7.2% ACCORDING TO THE BEER & PUB ASSOCIATION 12 December 2008
News COUNTING FOOD SPENDING COSTS TO THE DIME AND ACQUISITIONS MADE BASED ON TRADITION AND LOCAL GOODS: WHAT ITALIANS ARE EATING DURING THE CRHISTMAS AND NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS ACCORDING TO A CIA SURVEY 11 December 2008
News A MILLION DOLLAR DIAMOND TOGETHER WITH TUSCANY’S MOST PRECIOUS TRUFFLES: THE EVENT AT THE TRUFFLE FAIR IN SAN MINIATO (PISA) WAS ALSO THE WORLD PREMIER OF A NEW CUT FOR THE PRECIOUS STONE 09 December 2008
News WHEN A WINERY GETS RISQUE: AMONG THE BARRIQUE OF THE CANTINA SOCIALE DI APPIANO (BOLZANO) A PLAYBOY MODEL CAUSES A RUCKUS 08 December 2008
News FRANCE: THE CRISIS CAUSES OUTDOOR CAFES TO CLOSE… ONCE AN INALIENABLE TRADITION, THE MID MORNING APERITIF ENDS. A FALL IN WINE AND BEER SALES 05 December 2008
News ITALIAN WINE ON THE SCENE IN BEIJING, SHANGHAI, AND MACAO. “VINITALY CHINA” (19/22 NOVEMBER) A PROGRAM THAT PROMOTES THE CULTURE OF WINE AND COMMERCIAL RELATIONS IN A COUNTRY WHERE CONSUMPTION IS CONTINUOUSLY GROWING 04 December 2008
News WINE SPECTATOR’S TOP 100 LIST FOR 2008: 15 ITALIANS MAKE IT ONTO THE COVETED ANNUAL CLASSIFICATION OF THE AMERICAN WINE MAGAZINE. TUSCANY REGION RECEIVES THE MOST RECOGNITION WITH 7 LABELS ON THE LIST, FOLLOWED BY PIEDMONT WITH 3 LABELS 03 December 2008
News “THE SPECULATIVE FOOD BUBBLE HAS FINALLY BURST AND THE CRISIS HAS ARRIVED: NOW PRODUCERS WILL LOWER PRICES”: A STATEMENT MADE BY NUTRITIONIST GIORGIO CALABRESE AT THE “FOOD AND HEALTH” CONVENTION HELD IN ROME 01 December 2008
News E-COMMERCE – ACQUISITIONS IN ITALY FOR 2008 SURPASS 6 BILLION EUROS (+20% OVER 2007) BUT PENETRATION INTO THE COUNTRY IS STILL INFERIOR TO 1%. 29 November 2008
News AND THE WINNERS ARE… THE PRESTIGIOUS U.S. MAGAZINE, ‘WINE ENTHUSIAST’ HAS MADE ITS CHOICES FOR THE 2008 “WINE STAR AWARDS”: THE ONLY ITALIAN ON THE LIST IS THE MARCHESE PIERO ANTINORI, WHO CLAIMED THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 28 November 2008
News WINE BUS - THE “ITINERANT ENOTECA” TO PROMOTE TYPICAL WINES AND PRODUCTS OF ETNA. THE AMERICAN MADE BUS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR USE BY PUBLIC ENTITIES, WINERIES, AND PRIVATE COMPANIES FOR WINE & FOOD EVENTS AND TOURIST FAIRS 27 November 2008
News MEDIOBANCA STUDY: “WINE IS LIKE GOLD, A REFUGE GOOD. ONE OF THE WORLD’S GREAT WINES FOR ‘PARACHUTE’ INVESTORS AGAINST THE CRISIS”. MASSETO BY ORNELLAIA IS THE TOP ITALIAN WINE AT THE PLACE DE BORDEAUX 26 November 2008
News THE FIRST “ANTI-MAFIA” STORE OPENS IN ROME. THE ASSOCIATION LIBERA BY DON CIOTTI INAUGURATES THE “BOTTEGA OF FLAVORS AND KNOWLEDGE OF LEGALITY” 24 November 2008
News INTERNATIONAL WINE FAIR HELD IN CASABLANCA AND ORGANIZED BY MARTINI & ROSSI CAUSES UPROAR AMONG MOROCCAN MUSLIMS 21 November 2008
News PINOT GRIGIO BY CAVIT AND PINOT GRIGIO ECCO DOMANI BY MEZACORONA ARE THE ITALIN WINES DRUNK MOST OFTEN IN U.S. RESTAURANTS ACCORDING TO A SURVEY BY THE AMERICAN MAGAZINE ‘RESTAURANT WINES’ 20 November 2008
