News EU TO ITALY: “ITALIAN ORIGIN LABELING LAW IS NOT APPROPRIATE” AND REQUESTS POSTPONING IT UNTIL A EU REGULATION IS ADOPTED. GALAN: “WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE WITH THE EU ON LABELING” 04 February 2011
News THE FINE WINES AUCTION SEASON STARTED IN HONG KONG WITH A BANG... RECORD SALES OF 34.7 MILLION DOLLARS IN JANUARY. THE HIGHEST PRICED LOT? 8 BOTTLES OF 1985 HENRI JAYER RICHEBOURG AT 100 THOUSAND 103 DOLLARS… 02 February 2011
News RESTAURANTS ARE BACK TO BASICS FROM PRODUCTION TO SERVICE, EVEN FOR THE MORE ENTERPRISING CHEFS: “LUXURY OF SIMPLICITY” WILL BE THE THEME OF “IDENTITA’ GOLOSE 2011” TO BE HELD IN MILAN, JANUARY 30 TO FEBRUARY 1ST 28 January 2011
News WANT AN “INTOXICATING” WEDDING? THE NOVEL IDEA FROM WINE TOURISM AND AIS- ITALIAN SOMMELIER ASSOCIATION: “MATRIMONIO DI VINO” FROM GIFT LIST TO CEREMONY IN THE WINE CELLAR TO HONEYMOON IN THE LAND OF WINE 26 January 2011
News ORIGIN LABELING IS LAW: UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE HOUSE. COLDIRETTI: 5 BILLION EUROS LOST WITHOUT IT. CIA: RECOUPING 13 MILLION EUROS A DAY AND PROTECTING CONSUMERS. CONFAGRICOLTURA AND FEDERCONSUMATORI: NOW WE NEED DECREES AND THE EU OPINION 24 January 2011
News THE FINE WINES OF BORDEAUX? THEY EARNED MORE THAN GOLD, OIL AND STOCKS, SAYS LIV-EX, WHICH MONITORED THE 2010 INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE OF FINE WINES. 5 ITALIAN WINES ON THE LIST: SASSICAIA, MASSETO, ORNELLAIA, GAJA, SOLAIA (ANTINORI) 18 January 2011
News AN ITALIAN PROFESSOR, ATTILIO SCIENZA, WILL BE ONE OF THE “GUIDES” IN THE AMERICAN TV SERIES “JOURNEY IN THE ITALY OF WINES” BY ANTONIO GALLONI, HEAD OF ITALIAN WINES IN ROBERT PARKER’S MAGAZINE “WINE ADVOCATE” 13 January 2011
News FOOD EDUCATION: A NECESSITY, NOT A LUXURY. FROM MICHELLE OBAMA IN AMERICA TO “LE FIGARO” IN FRANCE, EVERYONE IS FIGHTING OBESITY, STARTING WITH YOUNG CHILDREN. ACCORDING TO A STUDY BY “ALLIANZ”, KIDS WILL LIVE LONGER AND BE SMARTER BUT FATTER, TOO 10 January 2011
News “FINE WINES” TOPS EVEN IN 2011 AND ASIA IS THE FRONT RUNNER. FRENCH WINES (ESPECIALLY BORDEAUX) ARE LEADERS. THERE IS INCREASING INTEREST IN ITALIAN WINES, THANKS TO ITALIAN CUISINE 06 January 2011
News WIKILEAKS DID NOT SPARE THE AGRICULTURAL WORLD: THE ENGLISH NEWSPAPER “THE GUARDIAN” REVEALS U.S.A. PLOTS TO IMPOSE GMO IN EUROPE 05 January 2011
News THE MICHELIN “3 STARS” CHRISTMAS MENU - LUISA VALAZZA (AL SORRISO), NADIA SANTINI (DAL PESCATORE), MASSIMILIANO ALAJMO (LE CALANDRE), ANNIE FEOLDE (PINCHIORRI), ENRICO CEREA (DA VITTORIO) E HEINZ BECK (LA PERGOLA) REVEAL THEIR SPECIALTIES TO WINENEWS 04 January 2011
News AUCTIONS AND WINE: RECESSION? NOT FOR FINE WINES - CHRISTIE’S SOARED TO 71 MILLION DOLLARS. RIVAL SOTHEBY DID VERY WELL, TOO. BOURGOGNE AND BORDEAUX TOP BOTTLES 23 December 2010
News THE ITALIAN WINE & FOOD INSTITUTE HAS NO DOUBTS THAT MORE AND MORE AMERICANS DRINK ITALIAN: MADE IN ITALY WINES RECORDED A HIGH INCREASE IN 2010 (+7%) AND ARE THE MOST IMPORTED TO THE STATES. EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE OF SPARKLING WINES 21 December 2010
News MADE IN ITALY IN MANHATTAN: IN MAY 2011, JUST A FEW METERS FROM “EATALY”, ZONIN WILL OPEN THEIR “FLAGSHIP STORE” - “GUSTAVO” - WHICH IN TWO YEARS HAS ALREADY WON OVER TOKYO AND BY END 2011 WILL BE IN LONDON 21 December 2010
News A DOCTOR’S CERTIFICATE TO INDICATE THE LEVEL OF WINE CONSUMPTION TOLERANCE: COLDIRETTI LAUNCHED THE IDEA AND DOCTORS HAVE “ENDORSED” IT 20 December 2010
News 10 FOOD COMMANDMENTS OF RESPONSIBLE EATING OVER CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. EXPERT ADVICE FROM THE GRANA PADANO NUTRITIONAL CENTER TO LIMIT INTAKE OF CHOLESTEROL AND SATURATED FATS DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON 20 December 2010
News “PYRRHIC VICTORY” OF MADE IN ITALY FOOD: THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT READY TO APPROVE LABELING BILL, BUT THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL GOES IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION TO VOLUNTEER LABELING OF PRODUCT ORIGIN 16 December 2010
News BACK TO GROWING TYPICAL AND NATIVE VINES WITHIN THE ANCIENT WALLS OF SIENA: THE “SENARUM VINEA” MISSION IS A PROJECT BY THE CITIES OF WINE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF SIENA AND AN EXAMPLE OF GOOD PRACTICE AND LANDSCAPE PROTECTION FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION 15 December 2010
News FOR THE FIRST TIME AN ITALIAN WINE IS NUMBER 1 ON THE “WINE ENTHUSIAST” 2010 EDITION “TOP 100”: IT’S THE 2006 BAROLO MARCENASCO OF RENATO RATTI. ITALY IS ALSO ON OTHER RANKINGS WITH BAROLO, BRUNELLO, BOLGHERI, SUPERTUSCAN AND SPARKLING TRENTINO WINES 14 December 2010
News AT CHRISTMAS LUXURY FOOD IS A STEAL: A 4% INCREASE IN SUPERMARKET THEFTS, OVER 2009, OF FINE WINES, CAVIAR AND TRUFFLES. COLDIRETTI SAYS CHRISTMAS SHOPLIFTING “TURNOVER” IS 660 MILLION EUROS 13 December 2010
News AT CHRISTMAS LUXURY FOOD IS A STEAL: A 4% INCREASE IN SUPERMARKET THEFTS, OVER 2009, OF FINE WINES, CAVIAR AND TRUFFLES. COLDIRETTI SAYS CHRISTMAS SHOPLIFTING “TURNOVER” IS 660 MILLION EUROS 13 December 2010
News FOR THE FIRST TIME AN ITALIAN WINE IS NUMBER ONE ON THE “WINE ENTHUSIAST” 2010 EDITION “TOP 100”: IT’S THE 2006 BAROLO MARCENASCO OF RENATO RATTI. ITALY IS ALSO ON OTHER RANKINGS WITH BAROLO, BRUNELLO, BOLGHERI, SUPERTUSCAN AND SPARKLING TRENTINO 09 December 2010
News BACK TO GROWING TYPICAL AND NATIVE VINES WITHIN THE ANCIENT WALLS OF SIENA: THE “SENARUM VINEA” MISSION IS A PROJECT BY THE CITIES OF WINE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF SIENA AND AN EXAMPLE OF GOOD PRACTICE AND LANDSCAPE PROTECTION FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION 09 December 2010
News CHRISTMAS: NATURAL DECORATIONS (APPLES, PINE CONES, TANGERINES...) NO RISKS AND SAVINGS UP TO 300%. YOU NEED ONLY SOME IMAGINATION TO DECORATE A TREE NATURALLY AND IT COSTS 4-5 TIMES LESS, SAYS COLDIRETTI 09 December 2010
News CAN A SMALL ITALIAN WINERY PRODUCE WINE FOR A FOREIGN GIANT? YES, IF IT TELLS THE STORY OF THE TERRITORY AND THE WINE GROWERS, LIKE GIOVANNA TANTINI, WHO PRODUCES WINES FOR “FORTNUM & MASON”… 04 December 2010
News “BOROLI WINE FORUM” - THE FUTURE OF WINE ACCORDING TO PARKER: FRANCE “DISASTER”, NEW STARS NAPA VALLEY, SPAIN AND CENTRAL-SOUTHERN ITALY “DECLINE” ... HLASTALA (WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY) AND CONTROVERSIAL BREATHALYZER AND DE CASTRO... 03 December 2010
News THE EU CONDEMNS ITALY FOR INDICATING “PURE CHOCOLATE” ON LABELS THAT ALSO CONTAIN VEGETABLE FATS. COLDIRETTI:“THE EU ACCEPTS WINE MADE WITHOUT GRAPES”. CIA: “ ITALIAN BUSINESSES DAMAGED”. CODACONS: “EU TAKES A STEP BACKWARD ON QUALITY”. AND GALAN… 01 December 2010
News WINE SPECTATOR HERALDS “CALIFORNIA SUN”. THE BEST WINE OF THE “TOP 100” IS PASO ROBLES 2007 JAMES BERRY SAXUM VINEYARD. IN THE TOP 10 ONLY ONE ITALIAN WINE AND MADE IN U.S.A. WINES DOMINATE 29 November 2010
News THE TOP WINES OF “GRAND CRU OF ITALY” AT GELARDINI & ROMANI WINE AUCTION (AVERAGE BIDS 40% OVER BASE PRICE)... AND COLLECTORS AUCTION FAVORITES 25 November 2010
News THE PRESS OFFICE - RESEARCH: ITALIAN WINERIES AMONG LEADERS OF EXPORT RECOVERY. THE MPS BANK RESEARCH DEPARTMENT STUDY ANALYZES TRENDS AND PROSPECTS ON THE WINE MARKET 24 November 2010
News THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT CHAIRMAN OF THE AGRICULTURE COMMISSION, PAUL DE CASTRO, CALLS ON THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT TO WASTE LESS TIME PASSING LABEL LAWS BECAUSE MEMBER COUNTRIES HAVE NO “LEGISLATIVE POWER” ON THEM 23 November 2010
News FOOD & WINE…SIGNS OF OPTIMISM COME FROM EXPORTS: FROM THE MEAT INDUSTRY (ASSICA-CONFINDUSTRIA) TO THE FOOD, FEDERALIMENTARE, FROM THE ITALIAN WINE & FOOD INSTITUTE TO ASSOENOLOGI. ISMEA SURVEY: CONFIDENCE GROWING IN THE FOOD SECTOR 22 November 2010
News AT GRINZANE CAVOUR WORLD AUCTION, TRUFFLES SOLD FOR 305.000 EUROS. PROCEEDS GO TO CHARITY. A TRUFFLE WAS GIVEN TO THE POPE. ALL THE DETAILS... FOCUS: SAN MINIATO IN TUSCANY, PRICES FROM 1.000 TO 1.500 EUROS A KILO FOR WHITE TRUFFLES 18 November 2010
News ITALIAN CUISINE IS THE MOST LOVED IN EUROPE, REVEALS A SURVEY ON THE GERMAN TOURIST PORTAL “ZOOVER”. SPAIN, FRANCE, GREECE AND GERMANY ALSO IN THE “TOP FIVE” 15 November 2010
News THE ITALIAN WINE GROUP (300 MILLION EUROS AND 1,250 HECTARES OF VINEYARDS) IS LOOKING TO ACQUIRE LAMBRUSCO AND CAVICCHIOLI IN MODENA (25 MILLION EUROS TURNOVER) 11 November 2010
News EATALY, THE ITALIAN WINE & FOOD STORE, “CONQUERS” THE HEART OF MANHATTAN: 15.000 VISIT THE FLAVORS OF ITALY EVERY DAY. THE WINE SHOP SOLD 500 BOTTLES “IN ONE DAY” AND HAS A TURNOVER OF 300.OOO DOLLARS A WEEK… 09 November 2010
News FOOD & BEVERAGE GIANTS PROFITS SOAR EVEN IN TIMES OF CRISIS: IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2010, DANONE UP 15% (4.347 BILLION EUROS), PERNOD RICARD UP 14% (1.879 BILLION EUROS) AND MCDONALD’S UP 10% (1.39 BILLION DOLLARS) 08 November 2010
News “THAT’S THE WAY”- ITALIAN WINE IN THE U.S. IS ALWAYS IN THE NUMBER ONE SPOT FOR FANS, BUT SELLING METHODS ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. AND IT IS ESSENTIAL TO KNOW WINES… “VINITALY IN THE WORLD” DISCOVERS THE BUSINESS 04 November 2010
News VINEYARD PLANTING RIGHTS LIBERALIZED IN 2015? ECONOMY, QUALITY AND LANDSCAPE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WINE PRODUCTION AREAS IN THE WORLD ARE AT RISK. SARKOZY IN FRANCE AND MERKEL IN GERMANY HAVE ALREADY SAID “NO” 02 November 2010
