News WHAT IS ONE OUT OF 2 WOMEN’S WORST “NIGHTMARE”? TWO THOUSAND CALORIES FOR DINNER AT A RESTAURANT: ONE-QUARTER AVOIDS EATING OUT BUT TWO THIRDS “INDULGE”, REVEALS A SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE COMPANY THAT PRODUCES WEIGHT LOSS PILLS 06 August 2010
News FOOD SAFETY: IN 2009, 470 THOUSAND CONTROLS AND 11.7% VIOLATIONS RECORDED. MARTINI, UNDERSECRETARY OF HEALTH: “ITALY IS LEADER IN EU CONTROLS. STRICTER PENALTIES ARE PLANNED”. THE NAS CONFISCATED ONE THOUSAND TONS FOR A TOTAL OF 3.5 MILLION EUROS 05 August 2010
News U.S. WINE WHOLESALERS UNION “PRESSURES” THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT FOR INCREASED FOOD SAFETY. IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2010, $500,000 SPENT ON THE CAMPAIGN TO RAISE AWARENESS IN CONGRESS ON THIS TOPIC 04 August 2010
News CMO WINE: 48 MILLION EURO TO PROMOTE WINE IN THIRD COUNTRIES IN 2011. MINISTER GALAN SAYS IT’S A “KEY TOOL”. THE ANNOUNCEMENT IS DOWNLOADABLE ON THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND WINENEWS WEB SITES 02 August 2010
News FRENCH WINES SPLIT: IN BORDEAUX PLANS TO “CUT” WINERIES THAT PRODUCE LOW COST “BASIC BORDEAUX” WHILE IN BURGUNDY 2 NEW NAMES ARE TRYING TO LAUNCH “CHEAP” WINES 30 July 2010
News IF VILLA BORGHESE IN ROME OR SEMPIONE PARK IN MILAN WERE VINEYARDS THEY WOULD ABSORB 2.000 TONS OF CO2 ANNUALLY: VINEYARDS COULD SAVE THE CITY FROM STIFLING HEAT AND UNHEALTHY AIR, ACCORDING TO A STUDY BY ORNELLAIA ESTATE AND UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE 29 July 2010
News IN ITALY 6 MILLION TONS OF FOOD IS WASTED BEFORE IT EVEN GETS TO THE TABLE. “WASTE IS FIRST PRIORITY ON THE EU COMMISSION AGENDA”, PROMISES DE CASTRO 27 July 2010
News THE “CHIANTI PROJECT”: THE CONSORTIUM LED BY NUNZIO CAPURSO AND THE REGIONAL FINANCE COMPANY, FIDI TOSCANA GET TOGETHER TO HELP TUSCAN COMPANIES GET CREDIT AND PROMOTE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT 26 July 2010
News FROM THE WORLD CUP TO THE VINEYARDS OF CASTILE, ANDRÉS INIESTA, THE CHAMPION OF THE “RED FURIES” PRODUCES WINE IN HIS CELLAR IN FUENTEALBILLA (ALBACETE), SPAIN 23 July 2010
News NUTRITIOUS, COLD MEALS AT A COLORFUL DINNER TABLE WITH THE FAMILY TO COUNTERACT SUMMERTIME OVEREATING: 6 OUT OF 10 NUTRITIONISTS RECOMMEND THE “SEASHORE DIET”. FOCUS: ITALIANS AND FOOD ON VACATION - THE 10 STEP PLAN 22 July 2010
News ON THE ROOF OF THE GRAND PALAIS IN PARIS, ON TOP OF SKYSCRAPERS IN NEW YORK AND IN GARDENS AND BALCONIES IN LONDON: THE STRANGEST PLACES BEES LIVE. WHERE IN ITALY? MILAN, ROME, FLORENCE ... ON THE AGENDA AT THE CONFERENCE IN MONTALCINO IN SEPTEMBER 20 July 2010
News JAMES SUCKLING HAS RETIRED: “WINE SPECTATOR” BROKE THE NEWS. BRUCE SANDERSON, SENIOR EDITOR AND TASTING DIRECTOR OF THE AMERICAN JOURNAL WILL HEAD TASTING ITALIAN WINES IN NEW YORK 19 July 2010
News RUFFINO, THE FAMOUS CHIANTI BRAND, WILL STAY IN THE FOLONARI FAMILY: THE INVESTINDUSTRIAL FUND SOLD ITS SHARES (9.9%) TO CONSTELLATION BRANDS, TAKING IT TO 49.9%. FOLONARI HAS 50.1% AND THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT 12 July 2010
News STARBUCKS OFFERS WINE AND BEER AGAIN: THE WORLD COFFEE GIANT RE- LAUNCHES THE PROJECT IN SEATTLE, WITH A NEW NAME AND A “TERRITORIAL” OFFER. TESTING ALSO IN SPAIN AND JAPAN IN VIEW OF OTHER INVESTMENTS... 09 July 2010
News 10% OF ITALIANS PREFER BUYING DIRECTLY FROM FARMS INSTEAD OF FARMERS MARKETS (2%), REVEALS THE ISPO STUDY BY RENATO MANNEHEIMER FOR CONFAGRICOLTURA THAT LAUNCHED THE PROJECT “FROM PRODUCER TO CONSUMER” 07 July 2010
News EVERYONE AGREES ON WINE BY THE GLASS, SAYS “LE MONDE”. BUT LET’S NOT OVERPRICE A TREND THAT HELPS RESTAURANTS, CONSUMERS AND PRODUCERS FIGHT THE CRISIS 05 July 2010
News THE WIND OF CHANGE IS BLOWING AT THE WINE COOPERATIVES IN TRENTO: NO MORE INSIDE COMPETITION WHILE VIS, CAVIT AND MEZZACORONA, PLUS THE SMALL PRODUCERS ARE WORKING TOGETHER TOWARDS A SHARED GOAL, DIFFERENT STRATEGIES AND THE “PEDRON PLAN” 05 July 2010
News FOR SUPER TUSCAN FANS AND WRITING FETISHISTS: THE SOLAIA OMAS LIMITED EDITION PEN - ONLY 1978 PIECES MADE FROM THE BARRELS WHERE THE GREAT ANTINORI WINE IS AGED 02 July 2010
News FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS IN FRANCE MUST BE LOCATED MORE THAN 200 METERS AWAY FROM SCHOOLS TO FIGHT CHILDHOOD OBESITY, JUST LIKE ADULT X RATED SHOPS. THE PROVOCATIVE PROPOSAL BY FRENCH PARLIAMENTARY PHILIPPE FOLLIOT 02 July 2010
News SHANGHAI: MORE THAN 1 MILLION VISITORS AT “EXPO ITALIA”. “MADE IN ITALY” WINE IS A STATUS SYMBOL, BUT THE CHINESE DON’T KNOW ITALIAN WINES. FABIO CARLESI OF ENOTECA ITALIANA SAYS, “TEACH ITALIAN WINE CULTURE” 01 July 2010
News PRICES OF GRAPES DOWN 40% BUT RESTAURANTS MARK-UP OVER 5 TIMES, SAYS PREVARIN, PRESIDENT OF ASSOENOLOGI. THE MANAGER, MARTELLI, SAYS “TEAMWORK” AND “CREATE ONE STOP SHOPS FOR INSPECTIONS. 25% OF WINEMAKERS’ WORK IS BUREAUCRACY” 28 June 2010
News WINE MEETS ART ON THE TUSCAN COAST: FROM JULY 18-31 THE “BOLGHERY MELODY” FESTIVAL WILL HOST FAMOUS ARTISTS: ROBERTO BOLLE, IRENE GRANDI, STEFANO BOLLANI, MASSIMO RANIERI, ROBERTO BENIGNI 25 June 2010
News THE FRENCH SOCIALIST PARTY LAUNCHED THE IDEA OF SPECIALIZED TV CHANNELS TO SPREAD HEALTHY AND RESPONSIBLE WINE DRINKING, BUT IT CLASHES WITH THE “EVIN LAW” WHICH PROHIBITS ADVERTISING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN FRANCE 23 June 2010
News HIGH LEVEL FARMHOUSE TOURISM, NATURE AND GOOD FOOD TOP PICKS FOR SUMMER HOLIDAYS, SAYS AGRITURIST 18 June 2010
News WINENEWS-VINITALY POLL: “SELECT” PASSIONS IN TIME OF CRISIS. WINE LOVERS CUT COSTS, BUT NOT QUALITY. IN THE LAST 2 YEARS 45% BOUGHT THE SAME NUMBER OF BOTTLES AND 47% KEPT THE SAME WINE BUDGET 17 June 2010
News 60% LESS PESTICIDES USING TECHNOLOGY AND PRECISION VITICULTURE, SAYS PROFESSOR ATTILIO SCIENZA, A LEADING EXPORT IN THE WINE WORLD, AT THE ASSOENOLOGI CONGRESS 16 June 2010
News WHAT'S NEW IN THE KITCHEN? “COOKING FOR IMPOSTORS” AMAZES GUESTS WITH HIGH QUALITY CANNED MEALS: LOW COST VIDEORECIPES ON YOUTUBE FROM THE ”TIN CAN CHEF”, MARCO SQUIZZATO 16 June 2010
News ITALIAN WINE: EXPORTS INCREASE IN VOLUME, DECREASE IN VALUE. DOMESTIC MARKET STALLED ON QUANTITY AND VALUE. LARGE DISTRIBUTION COUNTS MORE AND MORE AND STATE OF THE ART AT FEDERVINI ASSEMBLY IN ROME. POSITIVE SIGNALS ARE ON THE WAY... 15 June 2010
News TOO MANY IMPORT BARRIERS BUT ITALIAN EXPORTS TO CHINA ARE ON THE RISE, +32.6% IN 2009 AND +72.9% IN FIRST QUARTER 2010, SAYS FEDERALIMENTARE 14 June 2010
News WINE CITIES / CENSIS: HERE ARE THE 10 STRENGTHS OF NEW WINE TOURISM IN ITALY. “ENOGASTRONOMIC TOURISM COUNTRIES” (IN TUSCANY UNTIL JUNE 6) LAUNCHES PROPOSALS FOR GROWTH TO NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. THE CASE OF FRANCE AND SPAIN 10 June 2010
News WHAT IS THE PRESIDENT OF BRUNELLO OF MONTALCINO CONSORTIUM PLANNING TO DO? NEWLY ELECTED EZIO RIVELLA EXPLAINS HIS PLANS FOR RE-LAUNCHING ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS VINEYARDS IN THE WORLD, IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH WINENEWS 09 June 2010
News LAURA LA TORRE, GENERAL MANAGER OF INSPECTORATE FOR QUALITY CONTROL AND FRAUD PROSECUTION, SAID TO WINENEWS: “CONTROLS ON PGI WINES ARE FAIR, OTHERWISE THESE WOULD DISTORT COMPETITION. INSPECTORS CAN DO CONTROLS, BUT ONLY ON SAMPLES ... “ 07 June 2010
News “BEER, AND YOU KNOW WHAT YOU’RE DRINKING! MEDITATE PEOPLE, MEDITATE!” IN A 1980 COMMERCIAL, RENZO ARBORE INVITED ITALIANS TO DRINK THIS EXCELLENT AND GENUINE BEVERAGE… WHAT ARE STATISTICS TODAY? ASSOBIRRA ANNOUNCED: 63% OF ITALIANS DRINK BEER” 04 June 2010
News INTERNATIONAL TASTE FAIR FROM 21 TO 25 OCTOBER AT LINGOTTOFIERE IN TURIN TAKES ON THE FIGHT AGAINST FOOD WASTE 03 June 2010
News ROMANÉE CONTI DOMINATED GELARDINI & ROMANI WINE AUCTION IN ROME: 4613 EUROS FOR A 2006 BOTTLE AND 3354 FOR A MONTRACHET 2003 VINTAGE. MAJOR AWARDS FOR ROEDERER CRISTAL, KRUG CHATEAU D’YQUEM ... ITALIAN WINES OK 01 June 2010
News THE NEW “REGULATIONS FOR THE CONTROL PLAN OF DENOMINATION OF ORIGIN AND GEOGRAPHIC INDICATION WINES” ARE “ABSURD, ONEROUS AND DANGEROUS”, SAYS ARMANDO BOTTEON, EDITOR (FOR THE PAST 30 YEARS) OF THE MAGAZINE “WINE LEGISLATION” 31 May 2010
News THE COUNCILOR FOR AGRICULTURE OF FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA, CLAUDIO VIOLINO, ANNOUNCED: “10 MILLION EUROS TO PROMOTE FRIULIAN (EX TOCAI) WINE” 28 May 2010
News SLOW FOOD ITALY CONVENTION IN ABANO TERME: “WE’RE BECOMING POLITICALLY VISIBLE” PETRINI SAYS. RIGHT AND LEFT ARE PAST HISTORY. THE NEW WAY IS A HOLISTIC VISION OF THE WORLD...“ 26 May 2010
News VERSATILITY IS THE “KEY” TO TOMORROW’S CUISINE, SAY THE EXPERTS AND RESTAURATEURS AT THE FOCUS EVENT IN CONTADI CASTALDI ORGANIZED BY GIACOMO MOJOLI (POLYTECHNIC OF MILAN): “WE MUST LOOK AT WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE THROUGH NEW EYES” 26 May 2010
