News "VINTAGE" AND "GRAND CRU": FROM THE WINE WORLD TO CHEESE. THE IDEA COMES FROM BERTINELLI, HISTORIC COMPANY OF PARMIGIANO REGGIANO - AGED 12, 24, 30 AND 36 MONTHS MADE FROM COWS MILK THAT GAVE BIRTH LESS THAN 100 DAYS BEFORE 08 October 2014
News REMEMBER "WINE KITS"? THE FIRST "MAKING YOUR WINE" SHOP THAT CREATES WINES WITH THE NOTORIOUS "POWDERS" HAS OPENED IN IRELAND AND IS A BIG SUCCESS IN EUROPE. AND, IT DOES NOT CONTRAVENE EUROPEAN LAWS 07 October 2014
News THE COMMUNITY AGRICULTURAL POLICY (CAP) SHOULD BE TOTALLY REVISED TO FACILITATE AND SIMPLIFY EACH MEMBER STATE’S INVOLVEMENT, SAID THE AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER, PHIL HOGAN 06 October 2014
News ANGELO GAJA, 6 WINES, ANTINORI 5, COLLEMASSARI AND CANTINA DI TERLANO 3. THIS IS THE PODIUM OF THE MOST AWARDED WINE PRODUCERS AND GROUPS WITH "5 GRAPES ", THE TOP AWARD FROM "BIBENDA 2015" BY FRANCO RICCI 26 September 2014
News VINEYARDS & INNOVATION: THE FOODIE PROJECT ON PRECISION VITICULTURE BEGINS IN TERRAS GAUDA VINEYARDS IN SPAIN. THERE ARE 8 PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES AND THE DATA COLLECTED IN THE VINEYARDS BY EUROPEAN SATELLITES WILL CREATE AN INFORMATION BASE 25 September 2014
News FRANCE HAS GREAT EXPECTATIOS FOR PERHAPS ONE OF THE BEST YEARS IN RECENT TIMES, ESPECIALLY FOR CHAMPAGNE AND BURGUNDY, AFTER MANY DIFFICULT ONES, THANKS TO SUNNY SEPTEMBER 24 September 2014
News THE ECONOMIC CRISIS AND LIFE STYLE CHANGES ARE "KILLING" THE MEDITERRANEAN DIET. THE ALARM FROM "THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE" MEETING IN VENICE, SPONSORED BY UMBERTO VERONESI E DEDICATED TO THE THEME OF ELIMINATING HUNGER IN THE WORLD 22 September 2014
News ITALIAN WINE EXPORTS CLOSE THE FIRST HALF OF 2014 IN GRAY. SPARKLINGS DID VERY WELL, BOTTLED WINES STABLE, BULK WINES BAD, REVEAL ISTAT DATA BY ITALIAN WINE UNION (UIV) 17 September 2014
News AFTER MANY DIFFICULT YEARS, BORDEAUX FINE WINES ARE BACK: THE LIV-EX INDEX SHOWED GROWTH IN AUGUST. AND, ITALY TAKES SECOND PLACE, AHEAD OF BURGUNDY, THANKS TO SASSICAIA 16 September 2014
News THE VEGAN DIET IS LESS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTING. LACTO-OVO VEGETARIAN DIETS ARE 280% HEAVIER FOR THE PLANET AND OMNIVOROUS DIETS 430% MORE - IN THEORY. IN PRACTICE INSTEAD, THE DIFFERENCES INCREASE, REVEALS A STUDY MADE IN ITALY 16 September 2014
News IS "BYOB", OR THE TREND OF BRINGING WINE FROM HOME TO THE RESTAURANT, BECOMING A FASHION, OR ARE THERE STILL ONLY A FEW PEOPLE WHO BRING THEIR OWN BOTTLE TO THE RESTAURANT? "WINE SPECTATOR" READERS SAY IT IS PRACTICAL AND YOU ALSO SAVE MONEY 16 September 2014
News HERE IS THE MAP OF ITALIAN WINES THROUGH THE LENS OF GAMBERO ROSSO’S TRE BICCHIERI AWARD. MOST PRIZES AWARDED TO DENOMINATIONS WITH BAROLO HEADING THE LIST, THEN ALTO ADIGE AND THE EXCEPTION IS TUSCANY WHERE THE IGT PREVAIL 15 September 2014
News HISTORY FASCINATES WINE LOVERS IN THE USA AND ALL OVER THE WORLD, SO NOBILE DI MONTEPULCIANO AND VERNACCIA DI SAN GIMIGNANO GOT TOGETHER TO TELL THEIR STORIES 08 August 2014
News THE RABOBANK “WINE REPORT”: WINE CONSUMPTION IS GROWING ALL OVER THE WORLD. THE CHALLENGE FOR WINE BUSINESSES IS TO ADAPT TO EMERGING MARKETS, NEW SCENARIOS AND CONSUMPTION STYLES OF "MILLENIALS" BY CREATING AD HOC BRANDS 01 August 2014
News GOODBYE TO COOKING? NESTLÉ LAYS THE GROUNDWORK FOR FOOD IN THE FUTURE: 110 SCIENTISTS ARE WORKING ON THE "IRON MAN" PROJECT. THE GOAL IS A MACHINE THAT ANALYZES PEOPLE’S NUTRITIONAL NEEDS AND CREATES AD HOC FOOD PILLS 31 July 2014
News A WALK THROUGH THE "ITALIAN WINE PAVILION", WHICH WILL ANIMATE THE ITALY PAVILION AT EXPO 2015 IN MILAN IS AN EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE THAT STIMULATES OUR SENSES OF SIGHT, HEARING AND TASTE AMONG WINE TASTING AND PROMOTIONS 28 July 2014
News ITALIAN CUISINE HAS CONQUERED AMERICANS’ HEARTS PARTLY BECAUSE OF SIRIO MACCIONI’S RESTAURANT "LE CIRQUE" THAT FOR 40 YEARS HAS MADE NEW YORK RESIDENTS FALL IN LOVE WITH GOOD ITALIAN COOKING 15 July 2014
News WHY DO WE LIKE SOME FOODS AND WHY IS IT SO HARD TO RECREATE GRANDMA’S COOKING, EVEN IF WE FOLLOW THE RECIPE STEP BY STEP? THESE QUESTIONS SEEM TRIVIAL BUT ARE REALLY COMPLEX AND REFER TO NEUROBIOLOGY 11 July 2014
News THE HISTORIC ROMAN GELATERIA FASSI, AFTER 134 YEARS OF ACTIVITY IS NOW PART OF THE LIST OF WINE & FOOD COMPANIES IN FOREIGN HANDS AND HAS BECOME MADE IN KOREA. GLOBAL FRANCHISE BRAND IN THE FUTURE 10 July 2014
News JAZZ IS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL WINE AND MUSIC PAIRINGS THAT DESERVES “A PLACE IN PARADISE”. AND, ONE OF THE LONGEST RUNNING INTERNATIONAL MUSIC EVENTS IS “JAZZ & WINE IN MONTALCINO” WITH CASTELLO BANFI WINES AND A HOST OF MUSIC STARS (JULY 15-20) 09 July 2014
News ONE OF THE UNFORGETTABLE MUSIC EVENTS IN HISTORY: PINK FLOYD IN VENICE. 25 YEARS AFTER THE "CONCERT OF THE CENTURY", A TOAST WITH PROSECCO PONTE WHILE WAITING FOR THE ROCK BAND’S NEW ALBUM, 20 YEARS LATER 09 July 2014
News COMPETITION, SUSTAINABILITY, COMMUNITY AGRICULTURAL POLICY, FARMERS' INCOME, FRUIT&VEGETABLE REFORM, REGULATION OF ORGANIC PRODUCTS, "MILK PACKAGE": THIS IS THE AGRICULTURAL PROGRAM FOR THE FIRST SEMESTER (AND BEYOND) OF THE ITALIAN EU PRESIDENCY 02 July 2014
News THE FIRST MUSICAL DECANTER IN THE WORLD. IN THE UNIVERSE OF WINE ACCESSORIES THERE IS NOW "HORN", A CLASSIC DECANTER FOR SERVING WINE AS WELL AS A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT THAT MAKES THE SOUND OF A HORN, INVENTED BY RIEDEL 01 July 2014
News FROM THE MOST FAMOUS NOSES TO THE MOST REFINED PALATES, HERMÈS LAUNCHES HISTOIRE D'OR, A DESIGNER EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL 100% MADE IN ITALY, IN AN ELEGANT EAU DE PARFUM BOTTLE AND THE TASTE AND COLORS OF SOUTH SALENTO IN THE APULIA REGION 01 July 2014
News WINE & VIP: MICK HUCKNALL, FORMER LEADER OF SIMPLY RED IS SELLING HIS ESTATE “IL CANTANTE” ON MOUNT ETNA, FOR 650.000 EUROS, REVEALED THE REAL ESTATE AGENCY ENGEL & VÖLKERS 01 July 2014
News IS THERE YEAST CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINES WITH A LOW ALCOHOL CONTENT? YES. TESTING HAS BEGUN IN FRANCE BY INRA, NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL, IN CONJUNCTION WITH LALLEMAND, LEADER IN PRODUCTION OF WINE PRODUCTS 30 June 2014
News "LANGHE & UNESCO": ANGELO GAJA TOLD WINENEWS, “THE PROJECT BELONGS OT EVERYONE. NOW THAT THE DREAM HAS COME TRUE, WE HAVE TO LEARN TO LOOK UP AND FAR AWAY WHILE PROTECTING THE LOCATIONS OF EXCELLENCE INSTEAD OF TURNING THEM INTO OPEN AIR BOUTIQUES” 23 June 2014
News PRICES IN ITALY ARE IN THE EU AVERAGE BUT FOOD, HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS ARE AMONG THE HIGHEST IN EUROPE. 112% OVER THE AVERAGE IN 2013, THE SEVENTH HIGHEST PRICE, AND 110%, EIGHTH PLACE AFTER FRANCE BUT BEFORE SPAIN, REVEALS EUROSTAT 21 June 2014
News VEUVE CLICQUOT HAS A WINE CELLAR IN THE SEA. HUNDREDS OF THE MAISON’S BOTTLES WILL BE AGED FOR 50 YEARS IN THE DEPTHS OF THE BALTIC SEA WHILE THE SAME AMOUNT WILL STAY IN REIMS, TO EVALUATE THE DIFFERENCES 20 June 2014
News THE COST OF VINEYARDS IN BURGUNDY KEEPS GROWING. IN 2013, ACCORDING TO THE FRENCH MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, AN ACRE OF GRAND CRU COST ON AVERAGE 4 MILLION EUROS, MUCH MORE THAN IN BORDEAUX OR CHAMPAGNE 19 June 2014
News “I DON’T THINK THERE IS ANY RIVALRY WITH PROSECCO BECAUSE CHAMPAGNE HAS NOTHING TO FEAR. AND, THERE IS ROOM FOR ALL ON THE WORLD MARKET PLACE”, SAID THIERRY GASCO, CHEF DE CAVE OF ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS FRENCEH BRANDS, POMMERY 18 June 2014
News MASTERS OF WINE: HOW TO WIN THE "WINE MARKET WAR"? MAINTAINING PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS, CONFIDENCE IN YOUR BRAND AND INCREASING TRANSPARENCY, SAID ALVAREZ-PETERS (COSTCO), PETRASSI (WAITROSE), LARSSON (SYSTEMBOLAGET) E KLINGER (AWMB) 17 June 2014
News THE NEW WORLD WIDE FOOD MANIFESTO WILL BE MADE IN ITALY, OR BETTER MADE IN PIEDMONT. THE TEACHERS AND RESEARCHERS OF THE CULINARY SCIENCES UNIVERSITY IN POLLENZO (THAT CELEBRATES 10 YEARS OF ACTIVITY) ARE FINISHING IT 16 June 2014
News THE WINEBOW GROUP “GIANT” -1200 EMPLOYEES AND A TURNOVER OF 600 MILLION DOLLARS- IS THE MERGER WITH THE VINTNER GROUP AND WILL BE THE ONLY ITALIAN WINE IMPORT COMPANY DISTRIBUTING DIRECTLY IN 15 US STATES 11 June 2014
News PAY WITH A KISS IS THE ACT OF LOVE THAT WINERIA IN MILAN OFFERS ITS CUSTOMERS AT HAPPY HOUR WITH # PAGACONUNBACIO (STARTING JUNE 18TH). HOW DOES IT WORK? A COUPLE ORDERS TWO GLASSES OF WINE AND STARTS FLIRTING 09 June 2014
News ALEX FERGUSON’S WINES CONTINUE TO TOP THE AUCTIONS. 3.8 MILLION DOLLARS IN MAY AND NOW CHRISTIE'S HAS BEAT 1.1 MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE LEGENDARY COACH OF MANCHESTER’S WINES. FIRST OF ALL, BURGUNDY. ITALY WITH SASSICAIA, ORNELLAIA AND GAJA 09 June 2014
News “NOT ONLY FOOD BUT COOKING SHOULD BE SUSTAINABLE, TOO. MY DREAM? FINDING THE ESSENCE OF VEGETARIAN CUISINE. MY FAVORITE ITAIAN DISHES? I LOVE TAJARIN AND FOCACCIA”, SAID RENÉ REDZEPI, NUMBER ONE CHEF IN THE WORLD 03 June 2014
News IT IS PIZZA MARGHERITA’S BIRTHDAY - 125 YEARS OLD, AS A LETTER DATED JUNE 1889 FROM THE HEAD OF TABLE SERVICES FOR THE ROYAL PALACE DOCUMENTS, ASKING CHEF ESPOSITO TO PREPARE HIS FAMOUS PIZZAS FOR HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN 02 June 2014
News WHO IS WILLING TO PAY MORE FOR WINE? GENERATION Y, THE MILLENIALS- UNDER 35 - ARE THE FUTURE OF THE WINE INDUSTRY, SAYS THE WINE INTELLIGENCE REPORT "CARPE VINUM" FOR THE UK LONDON WINE FAIR 30 May 2014
News ONE YEAR AFTER HE RESIGNED FROM SOCCER, ALEX FERGUSON SAYS GOOD BYE TO HIS HUGE WINE COLLECTION. THE FIRST PART, AUCTIONED BY CHRISTIE’S IN HONG KONG, SOLD FOR ALMOST 4 MILLION EUROS. THE TOP SELLERS, OF COURSE, WERE ROMANÉE-CONTI AND SASSICAIA 26 May 2014
