News EXPORTS SUSTAIN ITALIAN WINES BUT THE “SUPER EURO” AND STAGNATION ON THE INTERNAL MARKET ARE WORRYING PRODUCERS. THE FUTURE SCENARIOS THAT AWAIT THE ITALIAN WINE SECTOR ARE BETWEEN “THE OPTIMISM OF VOLITION AND THE PESSIMISM OF REASON”. 07 April 2008
News VINITALY (VERONA 3-7 APRIL) – ITALIAN WINE GROWS IN POPULARITY WORLDWIDE. THE DECREASED CONSUMPTION WITHIN ITALY IS NOT WORRISOME FOR WINEMAKERS, WHO HAVE DISCOVERED A GLOBAL MARKET IN EXPANSION. 04 April 2008
News ITALY’S NAS POLICE COMMANDER, SAVERIO COTICELLI, CLARIFIES THAT THERE IS, “NO BAN ON MOZZARELLA, IT’S ONLY MEDIA HYPE” 03 April 2008
News A CHANGE IN TRENDS FOR THE U.S. MARKET ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL DATA ON ITALIAN WINE EXPORTS IN 2008 02 April 2008
News ITALY’S NAS POLICE COMMANDER, SAVERIO COTICELLI, CLARIFIES THAT THERE IS, “NO BAN ON MOZZARELLA, IT’S ONLY MEDIA HYPE” 02 April 2008
News A CHANGE IN TRENDS FOR THE U.S. MARKET ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL DATA ON ITALIAN WINE EXPORTS IN 2008 01 April 2008
News “A FALL IN CONSUMPTION OF WINE AND AMOUNT OF VINEYARDS IN EUROPE”, BUT EXPORTS ARE STILL GOING STRONG ACCORDING TO FEDERICO CASTELLUCCI, THE GENERAL DIRECTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION OF VINE AND WINE (OIV) 31 March 2008
News AUSTRALIAN WINE A VICTIM OF CLIMATE CHANGE. DROUGHT HAS CAUSED PRODUCTION TO PLUMMET, AND MADE VARIETAL CHANGES NECESSARY. TOP CHOICES ARE ITALIAN SAGRANTINO AND VERMENTINO, AS WELL AS SPANISH TEMPRANILLO 28 March 2008
News NASTY RUMORS SPREAD IN MONTALCINO – AN INVESTIGATION INTO SUSPICIONS OF BLENDED BRUNELLOS AND MIXED VINEYARDS 27 March 2008
News 89 WINERIES TOGETHER FOR AN ALL NATURAL WEEKEND: THE KERMESS OF NATURAL WINES “VIN NATUR” RETURNS TO VILLA FAVORITA ON APRIL 6 AND 7 26 March 2008
News “WE ARE ONLY AT THE BEGINNING OF GLOBAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HAVOC”. CARLIN PETRINI PREDICTS A BLEAK FUTURE FOR THE PLANET BUT HOPES TO RECREATE A LOCAL ECONOMY THAT CAN CONTRAST THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF GLOBALIZATION 25 March 2008
News ROBERT PARKER MAKES HAS CAST HIS VOTE FOR ITALY’S TOP WINES. IT IS “THE ULTIMATE” CLASSIFICATION FOR THE WINE ADVOCATE, MADE BY THE TOP AMERICAN JOURNALIST 21 March 2008
News ITALIAN WINE UNION (UIV): “ENTREPRENEURS MUST CONSIDER BOTTLE TOP INNOVATIONS”. ANDREA SARTORI ASKS FOR NEW MARKETING TOOLS TO BE ALLOWED FOR DENOMINATIONS THAT PRODUCE MILLIONS OF BOTTLES OF WINE 19 March 2008
News A “DREAM” WINE TASTING AT VINITALY: THE “TWELVE CHAMPIONS OF 1997” TASTING ORGANIZED BY VERONAFIERE AND CIVILTA’ DEL BERE, WILL INCLUDE THE LIKES OF SOLAIA, SAGRANTINO, POGGIO ALL’ORO, SANTA CECILIA, MONFORTINO, SASSICAIA, SAN LEONARDO, AND MONTIANO 18 March 2008
News “THE MEDITERRANEAN DIET ON THE UNESCO LIST”. A PROPOSAL LAUNCHED BY ITALIAN MINISTER DE CASTRO TOGETHER WITH SPAIN, GREECE, AND MOROCCO 17 March 2008
News CHIANTI, MONTEPULCIANO D’ABRUZZO AND NERO D’AVOLA ARE THE TOP SELLING WINES OF 2007. EMERGING WINES FOR 2008 ARE NEGROAMARO, MORELLINO DI SCANSANO, FALANGHINA, NOBILE DI MONTEPULCIANO 13 March 2008
News ENOLOGIST COTARELLA GIVES THE SICILIAN WINE HARVEST 2007 A FOUR-FIVE STAR RATING. PROFESSOR SCIENZA: “BIODIVERSITY IS THE FUTURE”. SOCIOLOGIST FABRIS: “SICILY IS A MODEL OF HOW TO CHANGE ONE’S IMAGE” 12 March 2008
News WINENEWS OFFERS TIPS ON HOW TO FLY LOW COST TO THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS WINE REGIONS IN THE WORLD IN ORDER TO THEN BE ABLE TO “INVEST” IN ONE’S FAVORITE WINES 10 March 2008
News ITALY’S COOP SUPERMARKETS TO ARRIVE IN NEW YORK AND TOKYO. A SUPER-COLLABORATION WITH EATALY, THE GOURMET WINE & FOOD SUPERMARKET FOUNDED BY OSCAR FARINETTI 06 March 2008
News ARE SUPER TUSCANS ON THEIR WAY OUT? THE MAGAZINE WINE ENTHUSIAST POSES THIS QUESTION. ITS EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENT MONICA LARNER EXPLAINS: THE US APPRECIATES TERRITORIAL WINES BUT IN ITALY THERE ARE THOSE WHO STILL CELEBRATE THE SUPER TUSCAN TRIUMPHS 05 March 2008
News WINE THE ORIGINAL VIAGRA? THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF ART, FROM GREEK TO ROMAN MYTHOLOGY TO THE GENIUS OF THE RENAISSANCE, IT DEFINITELY WAS. NOW IT HAS ALSO RECEIVED SCIENTIFIC VERIFICATION WITH A STUDY CONDUCTED BY THE EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF UROLOGY. 04 March 2008
News CHAMPAGNE EXPORTS TO THE U.S. DROP WHILE IT CONTINUES TO GROW IN EUROPE AND ASIA. ITALY CLIMBS THE RANKS (+11%), SURPASSING A RECORD 10 MILLION BOTTLES 04 March 2008
News 2007 A RECORD YEAR FOR ITALIAN WINE EXPORTS TO THE U.S.: 2.3 MILLION HECTOLITERS WORTH 1.13 BILLION DOLLARS. JACOPO BIONDI SANTI, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ITALIAN WINE & FOOD INSTITUTE: “AN IMPORTANT RESULT REACHED REGARDLESS OF THE STRONG EURO” 03 March 2008
News “GRAPE HARVEST VOUCHERS” ARE ON THE WAY: FROM MONTALCINO, ITALIAN MINISTER OF WORK, CESARE DAMIANO, LAUNCHES THE INTRODUCTION OF A MODERN TOOL TO AID OCCUPATION IN AGRICULTURE, AIMED AT HELPING WORKERS COMBAT TAX EVASION AND CLANDESTINE LABOR 29 February 2008
News COMMENTS ON THE INTERNATIONAL EVENT ‘WELCOME BRUNELLO’, HELD IN MONTALCINO, BY FIAT’S SERGIO MARCHIONNE: “THE WORK DONE BY FIAT CAN ONLY HOPE TO RECEIVE THE RECOGNITION THAT BRUNELLO HAS ALL OVER THE WORLD”. 27 February 2008
News CHIANTI CLASSICO & NOBILE DI MONTEPULCIANO: 2007 DEEMED A “FIVE-STAR” YEAR BY THE CONSORTIUMS OF THESE TWO GRAND TUSCAN WINES… COMMENTS BY SECTOR EXPERTS 25 February 2008
News 270 MILLION EUROS EARNED BY CHIANTI CLASSICO IN 2007. EXPORTS GOOD WITH CONTINUED BOOM IN THE U.S. THE NOVELTIES: AN SMS THAT GIVES THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A BOTTLE OF ‘GALLO NERO’ AND INNOVATIVE TRACKING SERVICES 22 February 2008
News THE LUXURY GOODS GIANT LVMH DIDN’T HAVE ENOUGH JUST OWNING CHÂTEAU D'YQUEM, KRUG AND CLOUDY BAY, AND HAS NOW BOUGHT THE SPANISH BODEGA NUMANTHIA-TERMES 19 February 2008
News WINE CREATORS REUNITE FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER IN SPAIN. THE MOST IMPORTANT ENOLOGISTS FROM ALL OVER THE GLOBE WILL MEET AT WINECREATOR, SYMPOSIUM TO DISCUSS THE STATE OF WINE IN THE WORLD. ITALY WILL BE REPRESENTED BY COTARELLA, FERRINI, AND GENTILI 18 February 2008
News IS THE RECESSION IN THE U.S. AND ASIA BAD NEWS FOR ITALIAN WINE? “THE CRISIS MORTIFIES SOME ASPECTS BUT ALSO CREATES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EXPANSION. WINE IS A VIRTUOUS EXAMPLE”, ACCORDING TO ICE PRESIDENT, UMBERTO VATTANI 15 February 2008
News THE ANCIENT WINE OF THE PHOENICIANS IS BACK THANKS TO TASCA D’ALMERITA: THE WHITAKER FOUNDATION HAS CHOSEN THE HISTORIC SICILIAN WINERY TO MANAGE ITS VINEYARDS ON THE ISLAND OF MOZIA 12 February 2008
News CALORIES, FAT, CARBOHYDRATES, PROTEIN, AND ALCOHOL: IF WINE IS A FOOD, THEN AMERICANS WANT ITS NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE LABEL. RESULTS OF A SURVEY BY THE “ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU” 08 February 2008
News “DENOMINATION CONTROLS MUST BE ENTRUSTED TO ‘THIRD PARTIES’, CONSORTIUMS CANNOT BE SELF-CERTIFIED”. ITALY’S AGRICULTURE MINISTER, DE CASTRO, SPEAKS ON THE GOVERNMENT’S PRIORITIES FOR WINE 07 February 2008
News THE COUNCIL OF ITALIAN MINISTERS RECONFIRMS DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CHIANTI AND CHIANTI CLASSICO WINES AND BANS THE PRODUCTION OF CHIANTI IN CHIANTI CLASSICO TERRITORY AND VICE VERSA. A NEEDED FORMALIZATION OF AN ACT THAT HAS BEEN ON THE BOOKS SINCE 1996 06 February 2008
News ONCE AGAIN, THE ANNUAL APPOINTMENT AT VILLA FAVORITA IS ON (6-7 APRIL 2008). THE 5TH EDITION WILL BE SPONSORED BY ANGIOLINO MAULE’S, “VINNATUR”, AND WILL BRING MORE THAN 80 OF EUROPE’S WINEMAKERS INTO “SYMBIOSIS WITH NATURE” 05 February 2008
News EVEN PRIESTS ARE SCARED OF THE BREATHALYZER. WITH ITALY’S NEW DRUNK DRIVING LIMITS DRINKING THE “BLOOD OF CHRIST” COULD GET ONE INTO TROUBLE 04 February 2008
News BOTH PRICE AND CONSUMPTION OF PARMIGIANO REGGIANO INCREASED IN 2007. PARMIGIANO IS ALSO AWAITING ITS SENTENCE IN THE EU COURT, HAS SIGNED IMPORTANT NEW SPORTS SPONSORSHIPS, AND IS EXPECTING NEW CATTLE FEED REGULATIONS 02 February 2008
News MADE IN ITALY: MINISTER DE CASTRO DECLARES FOOD EXPORTS WORTH 24 BILLION EUROS. MID-TERM GOAL IS TO DEVELOP ENTERPRISES 31 January 2008
News SOAVE IS THE WINE OF ROMEO AND JULIET. THE VENETO WHITE HAS BEEN CHOSEN AS THE OFFICIAL WINE FOR “VERONA IN LOVE” (9-17 FEBRUARY), THE EVENT DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO ARE IN LOVE 30 January 2008
