News BY APRIL 2010 GMOs WILL ENTER ITALIAN AGRICULTURE - GUARANTEED BY THE STATE COUNCIL SENTENCE 03 February 2010
News “HAPPY SOBRIETY” TO SAVE MAN AND THE PLANET EARTH, SAYS THE FRENCH GURU OF AGRO ECOLOGY PIERRE RABHI. “FOOD SHOULD NOT TRAVEL. ONLY A FEW PRODUCTS CAN TRAVEL WELL. WE MUST PRODUCE OUR FOOD LOCALLY AND LIVE IN MODERATION” 02 February 2010
News 2009 ENDED WITH A POSITIVE SIGN (+ 0.9 % OVER 2008) AFTER A DIFFICULT YEAR FOR THE LIV-EX INDEX THAT MONITORS PRICE TRENDS OF THE 100 MOST IMPORTANT AND SOUGHT AFTER BOTTLES OF WINE IN THE WORLD. FRANCE DOMINATES. FOR ITALY, THE TOP IS ORNELLAIA 28 January 2010
News ITALIAN WINE EXPORTS DOUBLED IN RUSSIA DESPITE HEAVY TAXES. MOSCOW RESTAURANTS CHARGE 10 TIMES THE STARTING CELLAR PRICE. THE RUSSIAN ANTITRUST: “CARTEL OF THE MAIN PLAYERS”. IMPORTERS: “TOO MANY TAXES” 27 January 2010
News WINENEWS POLL- FOR THE 25 MOST IMPORTANT ITALIAN WINERIES (HISTORY, ANNUAL REVENUE, IMAGE) 2009 INCOME FELL FROM 5% TO 10%. “FEELINGS” ABOUT 2010 “SPLIT” IN TWO (NEGATIVE / QUITE POSITIVE) 21 January 2010
News “THE ITALIAN EDGE”, HIGH TECH IS THE SECRET OF MADE IN ITALY IN THE WORLD: ICE (ITALIAN TRADE COMMISSION) REVEALS ITALY’S WINNING SECRET TO BUYERS. TECHNOLOGY AND ITS APPLICATIONS ARE THE FACTORS THAT BENEFIT FASHION, CARS, FOOD AND WINE IN THE WORLD 15 January 2010
News SAVE THESE DATES: A LIST OF THE EVENTS THAT WILL OFFER A PEAK AT THE TOP WINES OF ITALY PREMIERING IN 2010 13 January 2010
News AN EXHIBITION IN FLORENCE ON THE HISTORY OF WINE FROM JULY 2010 TO MAY 2011. A TRIP THROUGH ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA TO MODERN TIMES, WITH A SPECIAL STOP AT THE VINEYARDS OF POMPEII 11 January 2010
News GELARDINI & ROMANI CLOSES OUT 2009 AUCTION YEAR WITH A BANG. FRANCE IS THE TOP EARNER AT THE AUCTION HELD ON DECEMBER 19 IN ROME 08 January 2010
News PRICES CONTINUE TO FALL EVERYWHERE, OVERPRODUCTION PROBLEMS FOR THE NEW WORLD AND CHAMPAGNE PRODUCERS… AND KEEP AN EYE ON CHINA. HERE’S WINE IN 2010, ACCORDING TO JOHN MARIANI (BLOOMBERG) 08 January 2010
News 19 WINES HEAD THE RANKINGS OF GUIDES ACCORDING TO CESARE PILLON OF THE WEEKLY MAGAZINE ”MILANO FINANZA”. FIRST IS KURNI, THEN SOLAIA, MONTEVETRANO, TERMINUM, SORÌ TILDIN, SASSICAIA, SORÌ SAN LORENZO, TORGIANO VIGNA MONTICCHIO RESERVE LUNGAROTTI 04 January 2010
News VINITALY 2010: THE DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR 8 TO 12 APRIL FOR THE BIGGEST WINE FAIR IN ITALY 24 December 2009
News FINANCIAL POLICE SEQUESTER DOCG CHIANTI AND IGT TOSCANO. 17 ENOLOGISTS AND ENTREPRENEURS UNDER INVESTIGATION 21 December 2009
News “WHAT’S DOCG?” ENGLISH CONSUMERS ARE CONFUSED ABOUT THE ITALIAN CLASSIFICATION OF WINES AND ONLY A SMALL NICHE OF ENTHUSIASTS (3%) BUYS WINES THAT COST OVER 10 POUNDS 18 December 2009
News THE FIRST YES FOR THE DECREE TO SAFEGUARD DENOMINATIONS OF ORIGIN AND GEOGRAPHIC INDICATIONS FOR WINE 16 December 2009
News THE “GREEN ECONOMY” IS NECESSARY TO OVERCOME THE CRISIS AND INCREASE “MADE IN ITALY” PRODUCTION ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATIONS SYMBOLA AND FAREFUTURO 14 December 2009
News EUROPEAN UNION GIVES ITALY 101.6 MILLION EUROS FOR VINEYARD EXTIRPATION IN 2009/2010 09 December 2009
News THE CRISIS CHANGES ITALIAN MENUS: MORE RICE AND PASTA, LESS MEAT, FISH, AND WINE. RESTAURANTS ARE ALMOST COMPLETELY INACCESSIBLE FOR ONE OUT OF TWO ITALIANS 03 December 2009
News THE MICHELIN GUIDE ADDS ANOTHER ITALIAN RESTAURANT TO ITS COVETED THREE-STAR LIST. THE NEW ENTRY IS “DA VITTORIO” IN BRUSAPORTO (BERGAMO) 01 December 2009
News AUSTRALIAN WINE IN CRISIS: 17% OF VINEYARDS CONSIDERED “ANTI-ECONOMIC” AND 75% PRODUCE A SURPLUS EACH YEAR. THE “WINE RESTRUCTURING ACTION AGENDA” CREATED TO HELP SECTOR 23 November 2009
News ITALY’S GRAN CRU ACCORDING TO GELARDINI & ROMANI WINE AUCTION. A LIST OF 28 ITALIAN WINES THAT ARE A MUST FOR COLLECTORS AND INVESTORS 20 November 2009
News A TOAST TO VAMPIRES: MONTEPULCIANO PRESENTS A SPECIAL LIMITED SERIES WINE LABEL IN HONOR OF THE FILM ‘NEW MOON’, SET PARTLY IN TUSCANY’S HISTORIC WINE TOWN 19 November 2009
News WINENEWS SURVEY: ITALIANS CONTINUE TO DRINK WINE BUT PREFER IT AT HOME RATHER THAN IN RESTAURANTS. ITALY’S PRODUCERS ARE MORE WORRIED ABOUT THE ANTI-ALCOHOL CAMPAIGN THAN THE ECONOMIC CRISIS. A SLIGHT REBOUND HAS BEEN REGISTERED FOR EXPORTS 18 November 2009
News ITALIAN SPARKLING WINE REACHES RECORD NUMBERS WITH EXPORTS: IF NEW YEAR’S SALES GO AS PREDICTED ITALY’S BUBBLIES WILL SELL 345 MILLION BOTTLES. ESTIMATE BY THE SPUMANTE FORUM DIRECTOR, GIAMPIETRO COMOLLI 13 November 2009
News ITALY DIVIDED OVER ‘VINO NOVELLO’ (NEW WINE): WINENEWS-VINITALY SURVEY REVEALS 49% ALWAYS BY NEW WINE UPON ITS RELEASE WHILE 51% REFUSE TO BUY IT AND REMAIN FAITHFUL TO MORE TRADITIONAL WINE 12 November 2009
News VIGNERONS D’EUROPE 2009: THE EUROPEAN MEETING OF WINEMAKERS AND VITICULTURALISTS, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF SLOW FOOD, WILL ARRIVE IN TUSCANY FROM 5 TO 7 DECEMBER 10 November 2009
News ITALY WILL BE RESCUED FROM THE CRISIS WITH HELP FROM ITS HIGH QUALITY WINE & FOOD SECTOR 05 November 2009
News 17,000 EURO BID FOR A SALMANAZAR OF 2006 VINTAGE ORNELLAIA HIGHEST BY PINCHIORRI WAS THE HIGHEST MADE AT THE GELARDINI & ROMANI WINE AUCTION 02 November 2009
News THE NEW WINE “NOVELLO 2009” PREMIERE IN VERONA ON NOVEMBER 5 AND 6 TOGETHER WITH THE MOST IMPORTANT EQUESTRIAN EVENT IN EUROPE “FIERACAVALLI” 30 October 2009
News “THE ITALIAN WINE MASTER” FEBRUARY 2010 – A PROJECT BY FEDERDOC TO PROMOTE FOUR PRESTIGIOUS ITALIAN DENOMINATIONS IN THE U.S.: BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO, CHIANTI CLASSICO, NOBILE DI MONTEPULCIANO, AND PROSECCO DI CONEGLIANO-VALDOBBIADENE 30 October 2009
News THE GRAPE HARVEST IN POMPEI: AGREEMENT FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF MASTROBERARDINO’S “VILLA DEI MISTERI” WINE AND A PREVIEW OF THE EXHIBITION “VINUM NOSTRUM” TO BE HELD IN FLORENCE IN 2010 28 October 2009
News COLDIRETTI STUDY ON ITALIAN AGRICULTURE: 10% OF ITALIAN ENTERPRISES ON THE REBOUND, WITH FAMILY-RUN BUSINESSES DOING BEST THANKS TO LONGTERMACTIVITIES AND UNIQUE LOCALLY PRODUCED GOODS 27 October 2009
News “THE CLASSIFICATION OF ALL CLASSIFICATIONS” – TERMINUM LATE HARVEST 2007 BY TERMENO AND KURNI 2007 BY OASI DEGLI ANGELI ARE THE TWO “SUPER WINES” CHOSEN UNANIMOUSLY BY ALL OF ITALY’S MOST IMPORTANT WINE GUIDES 23 October 2009
News “FOODIES” ARRIVE IN ITALY: 4.5 MILLION ITALIANS DEVOTED TO GOOD FOOD & WINE AND EVEN TAKE THE TIME TO STUDY IT ON INTERNET ACCORDING TO A GPF STUDY DONE IN COLLABORATION WITH NEGRONI INC AND CONDUCTED BY MARILENA COLUSSI 21 October 2009
News WINE TYCOON – THE VIDEO GAME THAT ALLOWS PLAYERS TO BECOME VIGNERON IN BORDEAUX, BURGUNDY, OR CHAMPAGNE 20 October 2009
News CAN WINE BECOME ONE OF THE PROTAGONISTS OF ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS TO THE TRADITIONAL ASSET CLASSES? 19 October 2009
News WINE & EXPORT TRENDS FOR ITALIAN WINE – VOLUME INCREASES AND THE DECREASE IN VALUE SLOWS DOWN DURING THE FIRST HALF OF 2009 ACCORDING TO ASSOENOLOGI 15 October 2009
