News ITALIAN HAM, BACON AND MORTADELLA CONQUEST THE WORLD: IN 2009 EXPORTS WERE UP 3.6% IN QUANTITY AND 3.3% IN VALUE, SAYS THE ASSOCIATION OF MEAT INDUSTRIES (ASSICA) 03 May 2010
News PARMA, CAPITOL OF ”FOODLAND” AT “CIBUS” THE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FAIR FROM 10 TO 13 MAY. TASTING AND MUCH MORE WITH THE BEST OF THE ITALIAN AND INTERNATIONAL FOOD INDUSTRY 03 May 2010
News AN AMERICAN BILLIONAIRE ACCUSES CHRISTIE’S OF SELLING FALSE VINTAGE WINES: WILLIAM KOCH FILES A SUIT AT NEW YORK COURTHOUSE (SOURCE: APCOM) 23 April 2010
News GARDENING IS MORE FUN THAN PLAYSTATION SAY 60% OF CHILDREN IN THE “FARM FRIENDLY EDUCATION” PROJECT BY COLDIRETTI. 21 April 2010
News CHILE: THE TITLE OF BEST SOMMELIER IN THE WORLD GOES TO THE ENGLISHMAN, GERARD BASSET 19 April 2010
News GERARD DEPARDIEU: “MY DREAM IS TO HAVE A SMALL VINEYARD IN FRIULI, PERHAPS WITH MY FRIEND AND WINEMAKER ROLAND MICHEL”, SAYS THE FRENCH ACTOR WITH AN ITALIAN HEART. “FRIULIAN WINE IS THE MOST ELEGANT IN THE WORLD” 16 April 2010
News GIACOMO TACHIS THE “FATHER” OF SASSICAIA AND TIGNANELLO WINES AND ONE OF THE LEADERS OF THE ITALIAN WINE “RENAISSANCE”, RETIRES TO PRIVATE LIFE 13 April 2010
News WINE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN PALERMO:THE “CONCOURS MONDIAL DE BRUXELLES”, ONE OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS INTERNATIONAL AWARDS IS ON STAGE FROM APRIL 23-25. THE 2010 EDITION WILL BE HELD FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ITALY. 12 April 2010
News COUNTER-TREND INVESTMENTS: THE PHARMACEUTICAL GROUP ANGELINI BUYS OUT PUIATTI, ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS BRANDS OF WINE IN FRIULI. THE WINERY WILL ENHANCE THE “ANGELINI ESTATES” IN TUSCANY (MONTALCINO, MONTEPULCIANO, CHIANTI CLASSICO) AND THE MARCHE 09 April 2010
News A NEW STAR IS BORN IN THE WINE WORLD- THE “STAR OF BETHLEHEM” A WHITE WINE FROM THE CREMISAN WINERY, NEAR JERUSALEM. A SOCIAL PROJECT IN THE HOLY LAND WITH THE COLLABORATION OF THE WINE EXPERT RICCARDO COTARELLA 08 April 2010
News MINIMALIST TREND: WINE TASTING IS CHANGING TO SIMPLE AND BASIC, AS WELL AS ENVIRONMENT AND WALLET FRIENDLY. WINE ENTHUSIASTS ARE STEPPING AWAY FROM THE RITUALS AND CEREMONY OF RECENT YEARS. 06 April 2010
News VINITALY 2010 IN VERONA FROM 8-12 APRIL. ACCORDING TO THE WINE TASTERS ORGANIZATION CHINA IS GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER: ANOTHER PLAN TO PROMOTE THE CULTURE OF WINE IN PEKING 05 April 2010
News WINE & INSTITUTIONS - THE ITALIAN PRESIDENT GIORGIO NAPOLITANO WILL BE AT VINITALY ON APRIL 9TH 02 April 2010
News THE GERMANS SAY “ITALIAN WINE ÜBER ALLES”. IN THE HOME OF BEER, WINE EXPORTS FROM ITALY INCREASE (517 MILLION LITERS IN 2009, +4,1% OVER 2008) AS MUCH AS FRANCE, SPAIN AND CHILE ALL TOGETHER… 31 March 2010
News WINENEWS POLL - VINITALY THERE IS A GROWING INTEREST IN WINE IN THE FEMALE WORLD: 74% ATTEND WINE TASTING, 49% BUY GUIDES AND MAGAZINES, 73% BROWSE SITES AND BLOGS DAILY. THE WOMAN WHO KNOWS WINE IS ABSOLUTELY SEXY 25 March 2010
News “FINDING THE LOST BOTTLE”: THE TREND OF TASTING RARE AND OLD WINES IS DEFINITELY ON THE RISE AND OFFERED BY MORE AND MORE WINERIES BUT ALSO AT WINE EVENTS… 22 March 2010
News EXPO 2015 – “SHOWCASE OF MADE IN ITALY AND AGRO-FOOD INDUSTRY, SAYS PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI”. THE MINISTER OF HEALTH, FAZIO, SIGNS PROTOCOL FOR INITIATIVES ON FOOD SAFETY. AT EXPO 2015 IN PARMA THE INTERNATIONAL EVENT “CIBUS-EXPO” 17 March 2010
News BAD WEATHER - OVER 200 MILLION EUROS IN DAMAGES TO AGRICULTURE. CIA – THE ITALIAN FARMERS ASSOCIATION: “ DECLARE A STATE OF EMERGENCY” 16 March 2010
News THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS APPROVED THE REFORM OF LAW 164/92! MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE LUCA ZAIA SAYS, “IT’S A HISTORICAL MEASURE THAT MARKS AN IMPORTANT STEP IN CONSOLIDATING THE DEVELOPMENT OF ONE OF THE MAJOR INDUSTRIES IN ITALY “ 15 March 2010
News GIANNA NANNINI TALKS ABOUT THE WINES MADE ON HER FARM “LA CERTOSA” IN SIENA. HER THOUGHTS ON WINE AND HER HOMELAND ... ” TIME IS RUNNING WITHOUT THE WORLD”. GENERAL MANAGER OF ANTINORI WINERY RENZO COTARELLA IS THE SUPERVISOR 13 March 2010
News AN IMPERIAL TOAST: THE RETURN OF MAMERTINO, JULIUS CAESAR’S FAVORITE WINE! THE PLANETA WINERY, SYMBOL OF SICILIAN WINE, RE-DISCOVERED AND RECOVERED IT, IN AN “ARCHEO-ENOLOGY” ADVENTURE IN CAPO MILAZZO (MESSINA) 12 March 2010
News THE INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY “LA VIGNA” IN VICENZA, FOCUSES ON THE FARM WORLD, COUNTS 50,000 VOLUMES, IS UNIQUE IN ITS FIELD, A REFERENCE POINT FOR SCHOLARS AND PROMOTES PROGRESS IN AGRICULTURE 12 March 2010
News NO REMOVAL! VINEYARDS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED WOODLAND PLANTS AND RECEIVE FINANCING FOR CONSERVATION, NOT PRODUCTION. THIS IS THE IDEA OF DARIO CARTABELLOTTA, DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE OF VINES AND WINES OF SICILY 10 March 2010
News WINE ENTHUSIAST TOASTS 30 YEARS OF DOCG WITH THE ITALIAN WINE ICONS: GAJA, PIO CESARE, BERTANI, BARONE RICASOLI, ANTINORI, SAN GUIDO, BIONDI SANTI, ORNELLAIA, PLANETA, MASTROBERARDINO, BOLLA, MIONETTO, SANTA MARGHERITA, RIUNITE AND RUFFINO 08 March 2010
News THE “MAD HATTER’S” SECRET DREAM? “MAKING WINE IN SOUTHERN FRANCE” SAYS JOHNNY DEPP, THE AMERICAN ACTOR WHO WILL BE ON THE SCREEN IN CINEMAS AROUND THE WORLD AS THE LEGENDARY CHARACTER IN “ ALICE IN WONDERLAND” DIRECTED BY TIM BURTON 05 March 2010
News COLDIRETTI: THE AMARONE GENOME HAS BEEN MAPPED; NOW AN ANTI-CLONE DNA BANK IS NEEDED FOR 355 INDIGENOUS GRAPES RICH IN UNIQUE QUALITIES 04 March 2010
News MADE IN ITALY: “A 60 BILLION EUROS FOOD THEFT”, SAYS THE CIA - ITALIAN FARMERS CONFEDERATION. THE RANKINGS OF THE MOST COPIED PRODUCTS 02 March 2010
News AFTER THE “PREVIEW” OF THE TUSCANS, THE PRESENT IS CONTRASTING WITH RAYS OF LIGHT SHOWING A POSITIVE SIGNAL FOR THE FUTURE OF ITALIAN WINES. EXPORTS REMAIN THE CRITICAL POINT, U.S.A. FIRST. 01 March 2010
News “A RAY OF LIGHT” FOR ITALIAN WINE: AN ANALYSIS BY ANGELO GAJA, ONE OF THE MOST ENLIGHTENED ENOLOGISTS IN ITALY. “PROSPECTS FOR 2010 EXPORTS ARE OPTIMISTIC” 26 February 2010
News IN ITALY “BACCHUS” TOURISM KNOWS NO CRISIS. FOOD AND WINE COUNTERS THE NEGATIVE TREND OF TOURISM IN 2009: 6 MILLION WINE TOURISTS AND 3 BILLION EUROS (+20% OVER 2008). DATA FROM “OBSERVATORY ON WINE TOURISM” WINE CITIES/ CENSIS LTD 23 February 2010
News BRUNELLO 2009 AWARDED 4 STARS. THE CELEBRATIVE PLAQUE WAS SIGNED BY THE BROTHERS TADASHI AGI AND OKIMOTO SHU, CREATORS OF THE FAMOUS JAPANESE COMIC “THE DROPS OF GOD” 22 February 2010
News 4 STARS AWARDED TO THE 2009 HARVEST OF NOBILE DI MONTEPULCIANO. THE PRESIDENT OF VINO NOBILE CONSORTIUM, FEDERICO CARLETTI, COMMENTED: “ANOTHER GREAT YEAR FOR OUR WINE” 19 February 2010
News IN 2010, 50,000 AGRICULTURAL BUSINESSES RISK CLOSING DOWN, SAYS THE CIA- ITALIAN FARMERS CONFEDERATION 19 February 2010
News “BOCUSE D’OR EUROPE 2010”: 16 CHEFS FROM 8 REGIONS IN ITALY AND DENMARK SELECTED FOR THE PRESTIGIOUS ITALIAN COMPETITION CREATED BY THE GREAT FRENCH CHEF PAUL BOCUSE, IN BERGAMO ON 15 AND 16 MARCH 18 February 2010
News PREVIEWS OF TUSCAN WINES START AMONG GOOD EXPORT SALES AND AN OPTIMISTIC ATMOSPHERE. FROM CLASSIC CHIANTI TO BRUNELLO OF MONTALCINO TO THE NOBILE OF MONTEPULCIANO, POSITIVE SIGNALS FROM MARKETS FOR 2010 AND QUALITY VINTAGES OF WINES 12 February 2010
News MORE THAN WINE SHOPPING TRIPS: NOW THERE ARE COURSES ON WINE AND CUSTOMIZED TOURS TO DISCOVER ALL THE FACES OF BACCHUS “LIVE”. WINE CELLARS CHANGE TO “BOUTIQUE WINERIES”, A NEW FRONTIER FOR WINE TOURISTS 11 February 2010
News “DIVORCE IN CHIANTI”: AFTER 78 YEARS CHIANTI CLASSICO VINEYARDS WILL FINALLY PRODUCE EXCLUSIVELY GRAPES FOR GALLO NERO LABEL WINES”…”CHIANTI CLASSICO COLLECTION” ON STAGE IN FLORENCE, FEBRUARY 16-17 11 February 2010
News WINE AND HEALTH? THE “TRUTH” IN TEN POINTS FROM THE “INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC WORKSHOP”, THE SYMPOSIUM OF INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS WHO DISCUSSED THE FUTURE IN RESEARCH, AWARENESS, AND PREVENTION 08 February 2010
News EMILIO PEDRON, CEO OF THE ITALIAN WINES GROUP (GIV) STEPS DOWN. GIV: REVENUE INCREASED TOPPING 300 MILLION EUROS IN 2009. PEDRON: “ I STEP DOWN FROM A GROUP THAT HAS BECOME THE MAIN PLAYER IN THE ITALIAN WINE WORLD” 04 February 2010
