News THE TTB - BRUNELLO “SUMMIT”: “A USEFUL EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION ON QUALITY AND CONTROLS”. BUT THE ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU HAD ACTUALLY PLANNED THEIR TRIP BEFORE THE NEWS OF THE MONTALCINO INVESTIGATION HAD EVEN BEEN LEAKED 19 June 2008
News AN APPEAL IN DEFENSE OF THE TYPICALNESS AND INTEGRITY OF ITALIAN WINE BY JOURNALISTS MARCO ARTURI AND SANDRO SANGIORGI. SUSTAINERS: “VINI VERI”, “VINNATUR” (ANGIOLINO MAULE), “TRIPLE A”, “RENAISSANCE DES AOC ITALIA”… 16 June 2008
News KOSHER WINE PRODUCERS ON THE RISE IN ITALY: EVEN FEUDI DI SAN GREGORIO LAUNCHES TWO LABELS BASED ON FIANO D’AVELLINO AND AGLIANICO VARIETALS 14 June 2008
News WINE CRITICISM IN THE MIDDLE AGES? ACCORDING TO HISTORIAN YANN GRAPPE, METHODS FOR ANALYZING WINES AND DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN DIFFERENT TYPES EXISTED EVEN IN THE SO-CALLED DARK AGES 13 June 2008
News THE ITALIAN WINE WORLD MAKES A GUINNESS WORLD RECORS: A TOAST WITH THE LARGEST GLASS OF WINE (16.5 LITERS) 11 June 2008
News THE “WINE OSCARS” GOES TO GIACOSA FOR THE “MYTHICAL” BAROLO ROCCHE DEL FALLETTO. THE OTHER WINES AWARDED: MASTROBERARDINO, LES CRÊTES, ZERBINA, AND MONTE ROSSA. BEST PRICE-QUALITY RELATION: ZONIN. WINENEWS AMONG THE NOMINEES 10 June 2008
News BRUNELLO: CONTROL MEASURES AND UNPRECEDENTED PROCEDURES. A ‘GUARANTEE BOARD’ CREATED AND, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ITALY, PRODUCERS OF MONTALCINO INTRODUCE ANALYTICAL TECHNOLOGIES AND METHODS TO GUARANTEE DOCG QUALITY. SALES OK: UP 16% OVER 2007 SALES 06 June 2008
News POSSIBLE OK FOR THE USE OF BAG-IN-BOX CONTAINERS FOR ITALIAN DENOMINATION OF ORIGIN WINES 04 June 2008
News THE “EXTENDED” ITALIAN WINE INDUSTRY IS WORTH 47.5 MILLION EUROS, EMPLOYS 200,000 PEOPLE, AND PRODUCES 4.7 BILLION EUROS IN EARNINGS. A REPORT BY THE UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA AND THE UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM OF INDUSTRIAL ECONOMY, SPONSORED BY FEDERVINI 03 June 2008
News ROMANÉE CONTI IS THE PROTAGONIST AT THE GELARDINI & ROMANI WINE AUCTION IN ROME: 9,786 EUROS FOR A 2005 VINTAGE AND 1,916 FOR A MONTRACHET 1994. TOP BIDS FOR OTHER CULT NAMES LIKE CRISTAL ROEDERER, KRUG, AND DOM PERIGNON 02 June 2008
News WINE AND ANALYSIS ACCORDING TO THE LABORATORY DIRECTOR OF THE ITALIAN WINE UNION, FRANCESCO PAVANELLO: “UNDERSTANDING ORIGINS AND VARIETALS BY ANALYZING A BOTTLE IS POSSIBILE WITH A SUFFICIENT DATABASE TO COMPARE WITH, BUT TODAY THIS DOES NOT EXIST 26 May 2008
News THE “FUTURE OF WINE” REPORT BY BERRY BROS & RUDD OF LONDON: CHINA THE TOP WINE PRODUCERS WORLDWIDE BY 2058; CLIMATE CHANGE WILL MOVE WINE REGIONS TO MORE TEMPERATE AREAS; THE “BRAND” FACTOR WILL INCREASE; WINES GENETICALLY MODIFIED 23 May 2008
News ITALY’S LEADERS WORKING HARD TO DEFEND BRUNELLO’S REPUTATION ON THE U.S. MARKET, WHICH CURRENTLY CONSUMES 25% OF BRUNELLO PRODUCTION 20 May 2008
News ITALY’S NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRARIAN ECONOMICS (INEA) IS PRISON BOUND: “AGRICULTURE IN PRISONS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR INMATES” 19 May 2008
News NEW BERLUSCONI GOVERNMENT HAS CHOSEN LUCA ZAIA FOR MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE. COLDIRETTI: “GOOD JOB”. VALENTINI (CITTA DEL VINO): “WORKING TOGETHER TO SAFEGUARD THE RURAL PATRIMONY AND INNOVATION IN WINE TERRITORIES”. CONFAGRICOLTURA: “WORK IN COMMON” 16 May 2008
News DOM PERIGNON 1959, BOLLINGER RD 1990, ROMANÉE-CONTI LA TACHE 1981, AND ROMANÉE-CONTI ECHEZEAUX 1971 ARE SOME OF THE “GEMS” OF THE GELARDINI & ROMANI WINE AUCTION SET FOR MAY 22. AN AUCTION DEDICATED TO THE ENOLOGICAL DELIGHTS OF FRANCE 15 May 2008
News EVEN THE ROLLING STONES ARE MAKING WINE: “SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL” IS THE CANADIAN ICEWINE PRODUCED BY THE EX NIHILO VINEYARDS THAT HAS ADDED THE BRITISH ROCK BAND’S CLASSIC TONGUE SYMBOL TO ITS LABEL 12 May 2008
News EVEN GELATO CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IF IT’S A MIX OF INTERCULTURAL INGREDIENTS AND RECIPES. “LOVE RECIPE” IS A PROJECT BY ARTIST MICHELANGELO PISTOLETTO THAT UNITES ART AND SWEETS FOR A MESSAGE OF PEACE BETWEEN COUNTRIES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN 10 May 2008
News AND THE STARS AREN’T JUST WATCHING OVER – THEY’RE COOKING! FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, ALL OF ITALY’S MICHELIN THREE-STAR CHEFS WILL REUNITE FOR THE BENEFIT LUNCH “NOON WITH STARS” ON JUNE 8, HOSTED BY CA’ DEL BOSCO IN ERBUSCO 07 May 2008
News “TODAY I THINK I’LL PICK MINT AND CLEMATIS VITALBA”. ITALIANS FIND A RENEWED ENTHUSIASM FOR PICKING WILD HERBS AND PLANTS 07 May 2008
News CONFAGRICOLTURA PRESIDENT, FEDERICO VECCHIONI, BELIEVES “THE NEW GOVERNMENT SHOULD RE-INITIATE GMO EXPERIMENTS” 06 May 2008
News THE PROJECT TO ELECT THE “MEDITERRANEAN DIET” AS A UNESCO IMMATERIAL WORLD HERITAGE HAS BEEN INITIATED 02 May 2008
News THE ITALIAN WINE UNION DEFENDS ITS PRODUCTS: “IN ITALY, CONTROLS WORK”, BUT THERE MUST BE A REFLECTION ON, “THE RPESENCE ON THE MARKET OF PRODUCTS SOLD AT UNJUSTIFIABLE PRICES”, AND A WAY TO, “NOT COMPROMISE A SERIOUS SECTOR WITH A GOOD IMAGE” 30 April 2008
News “RECENT EVENTS WILL NOT DISSUADE ME FROM BEING A CONVINCED BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO DRINKER…”: THE PRESIDENT OF ITALY, GIORGIO NAPOLITANO, DEFENDS ONE OF HIS PREFERRED WINES 29 April 2008
News THE CMO WINE REFORM DOES NOT CHANGE THE STATUS QUO FOR EU VITICULTURE, BUT THE HISTORIC ORDER OF ITALIAN WINES RISKS BEING CANCELLED. THE ADDITION OF VARIETAL NAME AND VINTAGE ON TABLE WINE LABELS COULD CAUSE CONFUSION FOR THE “QUALITY PYRAMID” 28 April 2008
News “INFORMATION IN ITALY IS BULIMIC, THERE IS A LOT OF QUANTITY TO THE DETRIMENT OF, AT TIMES, QUALITY”: LORENZO DEL BOCA, PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ITALIAN ASSOCIATION OF JOURNALISTS, COMMENTS ON THE HANDLING OF NEWS ON ITALY’S FOOD INDUSTRY 24 April 2008
News FOCUS USA – WOMEN, THE YOUNG, AND THE CULTURE OF WINE ARE THE MOTIVATING FACTORS BEHIND ITALIAN WINE’S CONTINUED SUCCESS IN THE UNITED STATES. THE WEAK DOLLAR DOESN’T STOP IMPORTS AND DEMAND AND OPPORTUNITIES ARE GROWING. 23 April 2008
News “WINE IN MODERATION”: THE FIRST EUROPEAN PROJECT FOR RESPONSIBLE WINE DRINKING. PIERO MASTROBERARDINO (FEDERVINI): “A TRUTHFUL OPERATION IN COMMUNICATION. OUR CONSUMPTION STYLE IS ONE TO EXPORT” 22 April 2008
News VINITALY 2008 - THE FUTURE HORIZONS FOR THE WORLD OF WINE? ACCORDING TO THIERRY DESSEAUVE, “EVEN TERROIR CAN BE EXPORTED OUT OF EUROPE AND THE HOMOGENIZATION OF FLAVORS IS ONLY A TEMPORARY DANGER” 22 April 2008
News ESPRESSO MAGAZINE’S WINE ADULTERATION “SCOOP” DISMANTLED BY THE EU HEALTH COMMISSIONER SPOKESPERSON WHO NOTES; HOWEVER, THAT RISKS STILL REMAIN. VERONAFIERE TAKES LEGAL ACTIONS TO SAFEGAURD THE “REPUTATION AND PRESTIGE OF VINITALY” 21 April 2008
News CHEMICAL ANALYSES REVEAL WHAT’S REALLY IN A BOTTLE OF WINE. PROFESSOR ATTILIO SCIENZA (UNIVERSITY OF MILAN) EXPLAINS TO WINENEWS THE VARIOUS METHODS THAT ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT REASONABLE COSTS 16 April 2008
News SLOW FOOD: THE BRUNELLO VICISSITUDES HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE WINE ADULTERATION SCANDAL 15 April 2008
News ITALIAN MINISTERS CASTRO AND TURCO RESPOND TO THE “VELENITALY” SCANDAL: “INVESTIGATIONS CONFIRM THAT IT IS A SWINDLE THAT INCLUDES JUST A FEW MALEFACTORS… BUT THAT RISKS DAMAGING THE ENTIRE SECTOR” 15 April 2008
News VINITALY 2008 – THE STRENGTHS OF ITALIAN WINE? AUTOCHTHONOUS GRAPES, COMPETITIVE CAPACITIES OF INDIVIDUAL PRODUCERS, ADAPTABILITY TO ALL CULTURES WORLDWIDE… THESE ARE THE REASONS BEHIND ITALY’S WINE BOOM IN 2007 14 April 2008
News 2008 COULD BE AN OLYMPIC YEAR FOR ITALY AS WELL. GROWING INTEREST ON THE CHINESE MARKET FOR ITALIAN WINE AT THE UPCOMING OLYMPICS IN BEIJING, THE 2010 EXPO IN SHANGHAI, AND THE BOOM IN MACAO 14 April 2008
News VINITALY 2008 – HAS THE WEATHER REALLY GONE WACKY? ACCORDING TO AGRI-METEOROLOGIST LUIGI MARIANI FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MILAN, IT COULD JUST BE A NATURAL CLIMATIC OSCILLATION 13 April 2008
News VITTORIO FRESCOBALDI: THE “CONDOTTIERE” OF ELITE WINES… KEEPING ITALY’S IMAGE HIGH BY DESIGNING ITALIAN “GRAND CRU” 10 April 2008
News FOCUS VINITALY – INDIA’S NEWLY RICH LIKE ITALIAN WINE: FROM NEW DELHI TO MUMBAI, THE DEMAND FOR WINE IS GROWING. FROM 2000 TO THE PRESENT IMPORTS HAVE INCREASED AN AVERAGE 30% PER YEAR 09 April 2008
News FOCUS VINITALY - THE BRAZILIAN SURPRISE: BRAZIL REGISTERS A 30% INCREASE IN VALUE FOR ITALIAN WINE IN 2007. VINITALY SAN PAOLO 2009 IS ALREADY IN THE WORKS 08 April 2008
