News COUNTDOWN TO "DIVINE TUSCANY" (FLORENCE, MAY 17/20), THE DELUXE EVENT (STARTING WITH PARTICIPATION FEES) BY SUCKLING & IMG ARTISTS WITH THE TOP TUSCAN PRODUCERS. NEW FEATURES: GRAND TASTINGS AND NEW ENTRY WINERIES 07 May 2012
News ALCOHOL & ADVERTISING: THE DEBATE IS ON. THE PROBLEM IS ABUSE, ESPECIALLY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES THAT HAVE NO CULTURE OF DRINKING. TALK OF BANS AND BEVERAGE COLOSSALS’ COMMITMENTS IN THE UK AND THE U.S. IS REVISING RULES ONLINE 05 May 2012
News CONSUMERS ARE DRINKING LESS BUT SPENDING MORE: WINES OVER 5 EUROS INCREASED 11% IN ITALY IN 2011 AND QUALITY–PRACTICAL (MEALS AND GIFTS) REPLACED THE PRICE-QUALITY RATIO. THAT IS WHY IN TUSCANY, NICOLÒ INCISA ROCCHETTA AND GIUSEPPE MEREGALLI ... 04 May 2012
News "IS WINE MORE SPECIAL THAN CLOTHING? OR TELEVISION SETS? I DO NOT THINK SO. IT IS JUST A DRINK", SAYS ANNETTE ALVAREZ-PETERS, HEAD OF THE U.S. GIANT COSTCO WINES THAT SELLS MORE THAN 1 BILLION DOLLARS OF WINE A YEAR 04 May 2012
News CHINA & WINE: ONLY 5 YEARS AGO IT WAS 20TH AMONG WINE IMPORTERS. TODAY IT IS ONE OF THE TOP FIVE "BIG SPENDERS". CHINA (SAYS ISMEA) SPENT OVER 1 BILLION EUROS ON WINE IMPORTS IN 2011, JUST BEHIND THE U.S., UK, GERMANY AND CANADA 30 April 2012
News EVERYONE DREAMS ABOUT A REFINED AND ELEGANT MEAL PREPARED BY A TOP CHEF BUT THEN, THE POPULAR MEAL ALWAYS WINS FOR ITALIANS. THE IDEAL MENU IS THE CLASSIC LASAGNA, ROAST CHICKEN AND TIRAMISU, SAYS "FOCUS" 27 April 2012
News "DON’T CALL THEM BUBBLES,” SAYS MAURIZIO ZANELLA, PRESIDENT OF THE FRANCIACORTA CONSORTIUM. "CALL WINES WITH THEIR PROPER NAMES AND NOT WITH TERMS THAT GENERALIZE AND STANDARDIZE THEIR CHARACTERISTICS" 27 April 2012
News UNITED KINGDOM: THE NEW LEGISLATION AGAINST ALCOHOL ABUSE, HIGHLY DESIRED BY PREMIER DAVID CAMERON, IS REALITY: FROM JANUARY 1, 2014 A MINIMUM PRICE OF 40 PENCE PER ALCOHOLIC UNIT AND A BOTTLE OF WINE WILL COST 3.60 POUNDS MORE 26 April 2012
News ETNA IS NOT A TREND BUT A REAL TERROIR, HOLDING ITS OWN WITH THE GREATEST. ITS CHARACTERISTICS SAY SO, ATTILIO SCIENZA AND THE MOST IMPORTANT PRODUCERS IN THE AREA ARE CONVINCED. FOCUS: SICILIAN WINE... 24 April 2012
News WOODY ALLEN MAKES ITALIAN WINE THE STAR ON THE BIG SCREEN. FROM FEUDI SAN GREGORIO TO FERRARI, THE NEW YORK FILM DIRECTOR’ DEDICATION TO THE ETERNAL CITY RENEWS A LONG-TIME LOVE AFFAIR, FROM "THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS" TO "HEREAFTER" 24 April 2012
News CMO PROMOTION, OPEN CALL FOR 2012-2013 PROJECTS, WHICH MUST BE PRESENTED BY JUNE 11, 2012. 82 MILLION EUROS AVAILABLE: 24.7 MILLION EUROS AT NATIONAL LEVEL, AND 57.6 MILLION EUROS FROM REGIONS 23 April 2012
News AGRIBUSINESS DISTRICTS IN THE LEAD: IN 2011 TURNOVER +7.6% OVER 2010, THANKS PRIMARILY TO EXPORTS. WINE IS THE LEADER, SAYS INTESA SAN PAOLO. BUT THERE IS CONCERN FOR THE ITALIAN MARKET. FOCUS, CIA-CONFAGRICOLTURA: FOOD EXPORTS SUFFER IN 2012 19 April 2012
News ITALIAN WINE IS IN GOOD HEALTH: DESPITE THE CRISIS, +7% TURNOVER IN 2011 (COMPARED TO 2010), MOSTLY THANKS TO EXPORTS. CANTINE RIUNITE & CIV TOP FOR SALES, ANTINORI TOP FOR PROFIT. "THE WORLD" SURVEY BY ANNA DI MARTINO 16 April 2012
News RUSSIANS ARE “HUNTING” IN TUSCANY: AFTER PURCHASING GANCIA IN PIEDMONT, BILLIONAIRE ROUSTAM TARIKO (HEAD OF RUSSIAN STANDARD CORPORATION, 5 BILLION DOLLARS IN ASSETS) IS LOOKING FOR A “ BUEN RITIRO” IN DANTE’S HOMELAND 04 April 2012
News WINE SPECTATOR’S FIRST TIME: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THOMAS MATTHEWS TELLS WINENEWS WHY THEY DECIDED, TOGETHER WITH OPERAWINE TO BET HEAVY ON ITALY, “A COUNTRY THAT HAS MANY LOVERS IN THE STATES” 30 March 2012
News VINITALY 2012 – THE U.S. MARKET: HOW IT WORKS AND HOW IT CHANGES. THE DOWN FALL OF RATINGS AND THE SO-CALLED "AMERICAN TASTE", A RISE IN SENSITIVITY FOR MORE GENUINE PRODUCTS 29 March 2012
News VINITALY 2012 – OFFICIAL MAPS OF BAROLO AND BARBARESCO CRUS. “IT IS DIFFICULT FOR OTHER TERRITORIES BECAUSE THE CONCEPT OF CRU IS NOT DEEPLY ROOTED," SAID ALEXANDER MASNAGHETTI, CONSULTANT ON THE BAROLO CONSORTIUM PROJECT 29 March 2012
News MORE AMERICA AND LESS EUROPE: CHANGING WINE CONSUMPTION IN THE WORLD. EUROPE 64.9% (72.1% IN 1995), AMERICA 21.6% (19.4% IN 1995) AND ASIA 7.9% (4.2 % IN 1995). CHINA IS THE FUTURE WITH 12% PER YEAR GROWTH 29 March 2012
News AMARONE, BAROLO AND BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO REDS; GEWÜRTZTRAMINER FRANCIACORTA WHITES: "CIVILTA DEL BERE" SURVEY OF 103 WINERIES REVEALS ITALIANS FAVORITE WINES 28 March 2012
News UNDER 35ERS DRIVE CONSUMPTION UPWARDS, REVEALS VINITALY-UNICAB STUDY AFTER THE "BIG CRISIS." NEW TASTES: ORGANIC, LOW ALCOHOL AND SULPHITES REQUESTED AT RESTAURANTS AND WINE BARS 28 March 2012
News WINENEWS ANALYSIS – DROP IN CONSUMPTION IN WINE PRODUCING COUNTRIES, BUT EXPORTS ARE GROWING. ITALY, FRANCE AND SPAIN HIT RECORD LOWS, ONE BOTTLE IN THREE PRODUCED IN THE WORLD CONSUMED ABROAD NOT IN THE ORIGINAL "HOMELAND" 26 March 2012
News FOREIGN INVESTMENTS FOR ITALIAN WINE: EVEN IN TIMES OF CRISIS, THE DECADES LONG TREND ATTRACTS INVESTORS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. THE MOST RECENT CASE HISTORIES FROM GANCIA TO RUFFINO 23 March 2012
News WINE LEAVES THE CELLARS AND ENTERS MUSEUMS, THEATERS, BOOKSTORES, CINEMAS AND STADIUMS. IT TRAVELS ON TRAINS, WINEBUSES, CRUISES AND THERE ARE WINE TASTINGS IN AIRPORTS. MULTI-TASTING ENTERS CONSUMERS’ HOMES “VIA” RADIO AND TV, SAYS WINENEWS 22 March 2012
News WINE HUNTERS (FOR TOP TIER CLIENTS), WINE PROMOTERS (WINE AND EVENTS), WINE DRIVERS (LICENSE-SAVERS), WINE BLOGGERS AND ALSO SOCIAL WINE WRITERS ALWAYS CONNECTED: THE WINE WORLD IS REINVENTING ITSELF- WINENEWS’ IDENTIKIT OF WINE PROFESSIONS 21 March 2012
News EXPORTS SOAR TO 4.4 BILLION EUROS, BUT CONSUMPTION IS FLAT. 1 OUT 5 BOTTLES OF WINE IN THE WORLD IS ITALIAN. CIA SAYS, NEED BETTER REDISTRIBUTION OF EXTRA ADDED VALUE 19 March 2012
News BRUNELLO AT THE OLYMPICS: THE MONTALCINO WINE WILL BE THE FLAGBEARER AT THE 2012 LONDON OLYMPICS, WITH ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS NAMES, CASTELLO BANFI. THE “OLYMPIC” LIST REVEALED BY THE BRITISH WINE MERCHANT “BIBENDUM” 19 March 2012
News AUCTIONS? FRANCE DOMINATES AND ITALY HAS SPACE TO GROW, PIERO ANTINORI SAYS AND URGES ITALIAN WINE MAKERS TO BE ALERT TO THE PHENOMENON AND RESPOND TO COLLECTORS’ NEEDS WITH LONG-AGEING WINES 16 March 2012
News 100 WINERIES WILL REPRESENT ITALY AT THE FIRST WINE TASTING IN EUROPE ORGANIZED BY THE AMERICAN MAGAZINE. WINE SPECTATOR AND VERONAFIERE HONOR ITALY IN VERONA. VINITALY “WANTS YOU”. SANDERSON (WS): “VISIBILITY FOR ALL ITALIAN REGIONS… 15 March 2012
News QUALITY WINE IN LARGE RETAIL STORES: THE CASE OF BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MADE IN ITALY WINE FLAGSHIPS HAS GROWN 14.8% OVER 2010, REVEALS THE SYMPHONY-IRI STUDY AT VINITALY (VERONA MARCH 25-28TH) 14 March 2012
News WHAT ARE BIG STARS LIKE MATT DAMON, ROBIN WILLIAMS AND PAUL GIAMATTI DOING IN VALPOLICELLA? THEY ARE THE PROTAGONISTS OF THE NEW ROMEO AND JULIET FILM BY CARLO CARLEI TO BE FILMED IN AN EXCEPTIONAL LOCATION: VILLA DELLA TORRE OF THE ALLEGRINI BRAND 12 March 2012
News LADY GAGA IN THE VINEYARDS? THE WORLD RENOWNED ROCK STAR COULD BE THE LATEST FAMOUS VICTIM OF BACCHUS. BUT, DESPITE HER ITALIAN ORIGINS (HER REAL NAME IS STEFANI GERMANOTTA), ACCORDING TO RUMORS, HER WINE PRODUCTION IS IN CALIFORNIA… 07 March 2012
News WINE 2.0: ITALIAN WINERIES MORE AND MORE ON SOCIAL NETWORKS -80% OF ITALIAN PRODUCERS USE THEM, REVEALS A STUDY BY “OPERAWINE”, WINE SPECTATOR-VINITALY TASTING (VERONA, MARCH 24TH). FACEBOOK AND TWITTER ARE TOP… 06 March 2012
News STARTING JULY 1, 2012, IN FRANCE, HOME OF NOBLE WINES AND NOBLE DRINKING, THE PORTABLE BREATHALYZER WILL BE REQUIRED IN ALL AUTOMOBILES. TO STIMULATE CONSUMER CONSCIOUSNESS, PREVENTION AND FEWER ROAD CHECKS 05 March 2012
News IN FRANCE (LIKE IN ITALY) IF YOU ENJOY THE ALLURE OF A DENOMINATION YOU HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE TO BUILDING AND PROTECTING IT, FINANCIALLY, TOO - SENTENCED THE CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL OF PARIS, ON THE “BORDEAUX CASE” 02 March 2012
News THE “HONEYMOON” IS OVER BETWEEN THE KING OF ITALIAN CHEFS, GUALTIERO MARCHESI AND THE BIGGEST FAST FOOD CHAIN IN THE WORLD, MCDONALD’S. THE CHEF HIMSELF DECLARED HIS LOVE FOR “PURE CUISINE” WHERE THE ESSENCE OF FOOD WINS 01 March 2012
News 49.000 DOLLARS FOR A NABUCODONOSOR (15 LITERS) OF ORNELLAIA ESTATE’S 2007 MASSETO AT SOTHEBY’S AUCTION IN NEW YORK PAID BY AN ASIAN COLLECTOR. A GOOD SIGN FOR ALL ITALIAN FINE WINES 01 March 2012
News "SAVE THE LANDSCAPE, DEFEND THE TERRITORIES": THIS IS THE "FORUM MOVEMENT FOR LAND AND LANDSCAPE" CAMPAIGN. A CENSUS TO STOP CONSUMING OUR COUNTRY'S LAND. A WAY TO RE-THINK URBAN PLANNING AND TO APPROVE "ZERO GROWTH" PROJECTS 29 February 2012
News WILL ANTONIO GALLONI TAKE ROBERT PARKER’S PLACE? THE AMERICAN SUPER CRITIC AND FOUNDER OF “THE WINE ADVOCATE” INDICATED HIS SUCCESSOR THE ITALO-AMERICAN, WHO IS THE ITALY AND CHAMPAGNE EDITOR FOR THE MAGAZINE. 27 February 2012
News CHIANTI CLASSICO, WINE BY THE GLASS TEST: THE VINTAGES (2010 AND 2009 RESERVE) TASTED CONFIRMED THE EXCELLENCE OF GALLO NERO. 2010 ROBUST AND INTENSE, 2009 WARM AND MEDITERRANEAN 24 February 2012
News WORLD MARKETS AS SEEN BY…THE WORLD: THE UK, USA, CHINA AND GERMANY DEMAND LOWER ALCOHOL CONTENT AND ETHICAL WINES, SAYS WINE INTELLIGENCE-PROWEIN. IN CHINA “WHITE” IS THE TREND (WINE & SPIRIT RESEARCH-VINEXPO) 22 February 2012
