News CONSUMPTION HABITS: THE COCOONING EFFECT SPREADS – ITALIANS ENJOY DRINKING WINE WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS, BUT NOW THEY PREFER TO DO IT AT HOME… TO SAVE MONEY AND AVOID BREATHALYZER TESTS 10 April 2009
News MICHELE BERNETTI, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PRODUCERS OF VERDICCHIO PROCLAIMS, “WHITE WINE AGAINST THE CRISIS… THANKS TO IT LOWER PRICES AND AGEING CAPACITIES OF THE MOST IMPORTANT VARIETALS, IT IS CONQUERING WINE ENTHUSIASTS” 09 April 2009
News EXPORT SAVES 2008 BUT 2009 REMAINS UNCERTAIN ACCORDING TO MEDIOBANCA STUDY. ITALY’S UNDERSECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ADOLFO URSO: “AGRICULTURE IS STILL A SALVATION” 08 April 2009
News CRISTINA MARIANI, JEANNIE CHO LEE, AND LIDIA BASTIANICH RECEIVE THE 2009 INTERNATIONAL VINITALY AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION, THE DISPERSION OF THE WINE CULTURE IN ASIA, AND THE PROMOTION OF THE ITALIAN WINE AND FOOD CULTURE IN THE U.S. 08 April 2009
News “PROMOTING SAFETY AT MEALTIME STARTING WITH PRESCHOOLS”: THE PROPOSAL MADE BY EMANUELE SCARELLO OF THE ASSOCIATION JEUNES RESTAURATEURS D’EUROPE ITALIA 07 April 2009
News IN TIMES OF CRISIS BOTTLED WATER IS STILL POPULAR: SAN BENEDETTO CANCELS LAY-OFFS AND ANNOUNCES INVESTMENTS FOR 20 MILLION EUROS IN 2009 04 April 2009
News HARD TO TALK ABOUT A CRISIS FOR COLLECTIBLE WINES ACCORDING TO THE GELARDINI & ROMANI WINE AUCTION, THE TOP AUCTION HOUSE IN ITALY SPECIALIZED IN WINE. STELLAR BIDS RECEIVED FOR MASSETO TENUTA DELL’ORNELLAIA 2001 AND ROMANEE CONTI LA TACHE 1942-1943 03 April 2009
News A SOMMELIER AT THE SUPERMARKET: LARGE-SCALE DISTRIBUTION MAY BE THE NEW FRONTIER FOR WINE EXPERTS BECAUSE SUPERMARKET CLIENTS NOW BUY 60% OF ALL WINE CONSUMED 02 April 2009
News ENOLOGIST COTARELLA GIVES VOTE ON SICILY: “THE 2008 HARVEST IS ALMOST PERFECT” STEPS AHEAD FOR SICILY’S DOC WINES WITH AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN PLANETA AND LA VIA (SICILY REGION COUNCILOR): “DOC IS THE UMBRELLA UNDER WHICH DIVERSITY WILL BE VALORIZED” 01 April 2009
News EUROPE’S PUSH FOR MANDATORY DESCRIPTIONS OF FOOD ORIGINS AND GMO USE ON FOOD LABELS, SUPPORTING ORGANIC, AND MORE FARMER’S MARKETS: THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT SUPPORTS ITALY IN ITS BATTLE TO SAFEGUARD FOOD IN EUROPE 31 March 2009
News AGREEMENT BETWEEN CIBUS AND TUTTOFOOD. THE FOOD VALLEY AND CIBUS PARMA WILL PUT TOGETHER THEIR FOOD SECTOR KNOW-HOW AT THE 2015 EXPO IN MILAN. WINE WILL BE COVERED BY VERONAFIERE 30 March 2009
News STING TURNS TO FARMING AND WINEMAKING IN THE TUSCAN COUNTRYSIDE: “THE CREAM OF THE CROP IS NOT READY. IT STILL DOESN’T HAVE A NAME BUT IT WILL SOON ARRIVE” 27 March 2009
News THE WINE & FOOD CRISIS IN THE U.S.? “IT EXISTS BUT IT IS NOT AS GRAVE AS THEY MAKE IT SEEM. IT’S MORE A WAITING PHASE FOR THE FUTURE. THIS ALSO GOES FOR WINE…” LIDIA BASTIANICH, ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS ITALIAN CHEFS IN AMERICA, TALKS ABOUT CRISIS 26 March 2009
News SICILIAN WINE CELEBRATED IN SYRACUSE AND NOTO. THE THEME FOR THE 2009 EDITION OF “SICILIA EN PRIMEUR” WAS “SICILY AS A WINE CONTINENT” 25 March 2009
News A MYTH ENDS: “APHRODISIACAL FOODS DO NOT EXIST, IT IS ALWAYS THE MIND THAT DECIDES…”. A DECLARATION MADE BY THE ITALIAN SOCIETY FOR REPRODUCTION PHYSIOTHERAPY (SIFR) AND THE ITALIAN SOCIETY OF ANDROLOGY AND MEDICE (SIAM) 24 March 2009
News DIVORCE OFFICIAL BETWEEN GAMBERO ROSSO AND SLOW FOOD. THE VINI D’ITALIA WINE GUIDE WILL BE PUBLISHED SOLELY BY GAMBERO ROSSO WHILE SLOW FOOD HAS A NEW GUIDE SET TO BE RELEASED BY 2010 18 March 2009
News “THE SAFEGUARDING OF AGRICULTURE IS MORE ATTENTIVE THAN THAT OF MONUMENTS. WINE IS BETTER TODAY THAN FIFTY YEARS AGO”. WINENEWS INTERVIEWS VITTORIO SGARBI 17 March 2009
News ROBERT BEYNAN, GENERAL DIRECTOR OF VINEXPO: “NOTWITHSTANDING THE ECONOMIC CRISIS AND THE RECESSION, THE FUTURE OF WINE IN THE WORLD LOOKS ROSY, THANKS ESPECIALLY TO TWO COUNTRIES: RUSSIA AND CHINA” 16 March 2009
News AND WHO IS A WOMAN’S BEST FRIEND? WINE. DRINKING ONE GLASS PER DAY INCREASES A WOMAN’S SEXUAL DESIRE ACCORDING TO A STUDY CONDUCTED AT THE SANTA MARIA ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL IN FLORENCE 13 March 2009
News WINE BEATS BEER THANKS TO ITS POLYPHENOLS ACCORDING TO A SURVEY ON 1,500 EUROPEANS. THEY INCREASE THE PRODUCTION OF OMEGA 3 FATTY ACIDS IN THE BLOOD, WHICH PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN PROTECTION AGAINST HEART DISEASE 12 March 2009
News ITALIAN EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL WORTH 600 MILLION IN THE U.S. THE FIRST “PORTFOIL” CATALOGUE IS PUBLISHED IN ENGLISH, FRENCH, AND SPANISH: A LIST OF 150 TOP OLIVE OIL PRODUCERS PUT TOGETHER WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE ITALIAN MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE 11 March 2009
News ITALY’S MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE RESPONDS TO ACCUSATIONS OF FOOD RACISM BY BRITISH NEWSPAPERS THE GUARDIAN AND TIMES: “THERE IS NO GASTRONOMIC RACISM IN ITALY. BUT THE IDENTITY OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE MUST BE DEFENDED…” 09 March 2009
News THE BEST CHOCOLATE IN THE WORLD IS ITALIAN. AMEDEI WINS THE COVETED GOLDEN BEAR AWARD 05 March 2009
News THE DUEMILAVINI GUIDE CELEBRATES 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY BY CHOOSING ITS FAVORITE 30 WINES FROM AMONG THE 319 THAT HAVE RECEIVED THE TOP “CINQUE GRAPPOLI” (FIVE GRAPE CLUSTER) SCORE 03 March 2009
News THE ITALIAN MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE HAS NO DOUBTS THAT “IT IS NECESSARY TO PROTECT AGRICULTURE WITH POSSIBLE IMPORT DUTIES” 02 March 2009
News CHIANTI CLASSICO VAUNTS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF ATTEMPTED IMITIATIONS WORLDWIDE. THE “BLACK ROOSTER” SPENDS 200,000 EUROS EVERY YEAR IN DEFENSE AGAINST FALSE IMITATIONS PRODUCED IN THE EU, U.S., AND AUSTRALIA 24 February 2009
News EU - U.S.: “NO PROTECTIONISM”. OBAMA GIVES HIS WORD BUT TWO COMMERCIAL BATTLE FRONTS COULD STILL BE STEEL AND AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES 23 February 2009
News ITALIAN WINE & FOOD INSTITUTE: IN 2008 ITALIAN WINE EXPORTS TO THE U.S. FALL BY 6.5% IN QUANTITY (BUT UP 1% IN VALUE). IT REMAINS THE LEADING EXPORT COUNTRY. CAPUTO: “DAMAGES CONTAINED IN A DIFFICULT YEAR” 21 February 2009
News THE CRISIS HAS EVEN HIT HARRY’S BAR IN VENICE WHERE STIPENDS AND WORK HOURS MAY BE CUT 19 February 2009
News AFTER TUSCANY AND UMBRIA, SAIAGRICOLA, THE INVESTMENT COMPANY BEHIND CONSTRUCTOR SALVATORE LIGRESTI, ATTEMPTS TO CONQUER WINERY PRODUCTION IN PIEDMONT. A NEW STAKE IN BARBERA AND MOSCATO D’ASTI PRODUCTION WITH THE ARBIOLA ESTATE 18 February 2009
News A FAREWELL TO CALIFORNIA WINES BY 2100. THE APOCALYPTIC HYPOTHESIS MADE BY U.S. SECRETARY OF ENERGY AND NOBEL PRIZE WINNER STEVEN CHU: “THE AMERICAN PUBLIC DOES NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT COULD HAPPEN” 17 February 2009
News ITALY’S ANTI-CRISIS TRENDS: THE RETURN TO CLASSIC GOODS IN FASHION, DESIGN, FOOD AND WINE. CHIANTI CLASSICO AT THE TOP OF THE HIT LIST FOR TIMELESS WINES- SOCIOLOGIST COLUSSI: “CONSUMERS? LESS GLAMOUR AND MORE VALUE” 16 February 2009
News LUXURY GROUP LVMH REGISTERS PROFITS OF 2 BILLION EUROS IN 2008. THE WINE AND ALCOHOL SECTOR REGISTERED AN INCREASE OF 0.2% WITH TOTAL EARNINGS OF 1.06 BILLION EUROS 14 February 2009
News THE MEDITERRANEAN DIET BOOM: EXPORTS UP 13%, MAKING ITALIAN FOOD THE LEADING PERFORMER AMONG ALL ITALIAN PRODUCTS 13 February 2009
News NO ECONOMIC CRISIS FOR ITALY’S NATIONAL DISH: PASTA IS STILL ITALY’S FAVORITE FOOD ACCORDING TO CIA, THE ITALIAN FARMERS CONFEDERATION 12 February 2009
News ITALY GOES TO “PRUNING SCHOOL”: AN IDEA BY AGRONOMISTS SIMONIT AND SIRCH TO TEACH VITICULTURALISTS HOW TO PREVENT DISEASE AND PROLONG THE LIFESPAN OF A GRAPEVINE. THE METHOD ALREADY INTRODUCED AT IMPORTANT WINEMAKING ESTATES 11 February 2009
