News FROM APPLE AND PEAR PEEL SOUP IN RUSSIA TO GRATED WILD ORCHID ROOTS IN TURKEY: THOSE WHO LEAVE THEIR COUNTRIES ALWAYS PUT SOMETHING FROM THE HOMELAND IN THEIR “CARDBOARD SUITCASES” 29 October 2010
News “ITALY NEEDS AN ”AGRICULTURAL REHABILITATION” POLICY FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESSES, LIKE THE VITICULTURE MODEL THAT FOCUSES ON QUALITY, NOT QUANTITY” LORETTA NAPOLEONI TOLD WINENEWS 27 October 2010
News SLOW FOOD: MAYBE FIAT CAN DO WITHOUT ITALY, BUT THE FOOD INDUSTRY CANNOT... ALL THE NUMBERS OF THE 2010 EDITION OF SALONE DEL GUSTO 27 October 2010
News “A EUROPEAN LAW ON LABELS WILL GUARANTEE BETTER CONSUMER INFORMATION AND ALLOW PRODUCERS TO TALK UP THEIR PRODUCTS”, THE EU AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER DACIAN CIOLOS TOLD WINENEWS AT THE SALONE DEL GUSTO 25 October 2010
News WINE TASTING, CONFERENCES, DINNERS AND MEETINGS WITH THE PRODUCERS: WINENEWS HAS SELECTED THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE 2010 “SALONE DEL GUSTO” 19 October 2010
News “GOOD, CLEAN AND FAIR” WINERIES AND “EVERYDAY WINES”: SLOW FOOD’S NEW GUIDE TO WINES “SLOW WINE” GIVES FIRST PLACE TO THE PIEDMONT REGION (54 “GRANDI VINI”). THREE AWARD-WINNING WINES FROM LANGA: GAJA, CONTERNO AND GIACOSA... 18 October 2010
News VINITALY WORLD TOUR IN USA (25-28 October) WITH THE “WINERIES THAT HAVE MADE ITALIAN WINE FAMOUS”. AT EATALY IN NEW YORK VINITALY AND CIVILTA’ DEL BERE WILL HOST THE EXCELLENT WINERIES “PIONEERS” OF MADE IN ITALY WINE EXPORTS 15 October 2010
News THE COMPLETE LIST OF THE GAMBERO ROSSO “TRE BICCHIERI” 2011 AWARDS: THE TOP 402 WINES (FIRST PIEDMONT WITH 81, FOLLOWED BY TUSCANY, 69). AMONG THE SPECIAL AWARDS THE BEST ITALIAN RED WINE IS BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO RESERVE 2004 BIONDI SANTI 13 October 2010
News GRAPE HARVEST 2010: THE PRICE OF GRAPES STEADY AT 2009 QUOTES. WHITE GRAPES ARE BETTER WHILE MARKET FOR REDS IS SLOW. DEMAND MAY EXCEED PRODUCTION OF GUARANTEED 2010 HARVEST 11 October 2010
News THE BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO CASE IS NOW CLOSED: FOUR BARGAINS, ONE ACQUITTAL ON FALSE INFORMATION TO A PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (PAUL HARRI, EX BANFI WINEMAKER), ONE INDICTMENT: SO DECIDED THE JUDGE IN SIENA 08 October 2010
News THE QUEEN OF THE GELARDINI & ROMANI “AUTUMN AUCTION” IS A 2005 IMPERIAL OF CHATEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD SOLD FOR 8,386 EUROS. BIDS WERE 117% OF THE AUCTION BASE QUOTE. AMONG ITALIAN WINES, MASSETO AND ORNELLAIA DID VERY WELL 06 October 2010
News THE GAMBERO ROSSO “2011 ITALIAN WINES” SPECIAL AWARDS THAT WINENEWS REVEALED YESTERDAY WILL BE PRESENTED ON 17 OCTOBER IN ROME. THE PIEDMONT REGION RECEIVED THE MOST AWARDS, FOLLOWED BY TUSCANY AND VENETO 05 October 2010
News AFGHANISTAN: SAFFRON VS OPIUM, IT’S “WAR” IN THE WEST AGAINST DRUG TRAFFICKING. IN SHINDAND THE RACE TO GET TONS OF THE BULBS DISTRIBUTED BY THE ITALIAN PRT 04 October 2010
News THE FOOD INDUSTRY IS HOLDING ITS OWN: 83% OF CORPORATIONS CLOSED 2009 AT A PROFIT, ACCORDING TO THE ESG89 GROUP SURVEY 30 September 2010
News “PRODUCING FOOD IN THE CITY IS GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH,” SAYS FAO, AND URBAN AGRICULTURE IS THE KEY TO HEALTHY AND NUTRITIOUS FOOD, SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS AND BETTER HEALTH CONDITIONS IN POOR COUNTRIES 29 September 2010
News AGRICULTURE COUNCIL: ITALY, FRANCE AND GERMANY REQUEST BRUSSELS TO DECIDE ON GMO. CONFAGRICOLTURA SAYS, “RESPONSIBLE POSITION” 29 September 2010
News THE AMARONE ART FAMILIES LAUNCH AN IDENTITY MANIFESTO AND A HOLOGRAM TO CERTIFY AMARONE EXCELLENCE. “OVERPRODUCTION AND LOW PRICES THREATEN QUALITY AND PRESTIGE OF THE VALPOLICELLA WINE" 27 September 2010
News PANDOLFINI WINE AUCTION IN FLORENCE ON OCTOBER 7TH, FOR THE “L’ESPRESSO 2011” GUIDES. THE “TOP PICKS”? A BOTTLE OF 1895 CHATEAU D’YQUEM AND A COMPLETE VERTICAL “MASSETO” (1986-2010) 24 September 2010
News WINE AUCTION: ON OCTOBER 2ND IN ROME, GELARDINI & ROMANI WILL AUCTION 500 LOTS. THE ABSOLUTE PROTAGONISTS ARE 4 UNIQUE PRIVATE LABEL COLLECTIONS... THE BEST OF ITALY AND THE WORLD, EVEN IN LARGE FORMATS, FOR SALE 23 September 2010
News USA: ITALY IS AGAIN LEADER OF IMPORTED WINES. ONE MILLION HECTOLITERS FOR $ 521 MILLION EUROS, THE ITALIAN NECTAR INCREASES IN QUANTITY (+10.5%) AND VALUE (+11.6%), TOTALING 32% OF “FOREIGN” WINES ON THE US MARKET 20 September 2010
News THE INSTITUTE OF MASTERS OF WINE AND THE INSTITUTE OF “GRANDI MARCHI” HAVE TEAMED UP ... TO TAKE “THE DIVERSITY OF ITALY” EVENTS AROUND THE WORLD IN 2010 TO NEW YORK, HONG KONG AND TOKYO 18 September 2010
News SOLAIA BY MARQUIS ANTINORI IS ON SALE AT THE PRESTIGIOUS “PLACE DE BORDEAUX”. THE NÉGOCIANTS HAVE ACCEPTED A SMALL SUPPLY OF THE FAMOUS SUPERTUSCAN. THEY HAVE ONLY TWO ITALIAN WINES: SOLAIA (ANTINORI) AND MASSETO (ORNELLAIA ESTATE) 15 September 2010
News AS PRICES OF GRAPES KEEP FALLING SMALL COMPANIES WILL DISAPPEAR, SAYS EDOARDO NARDUZZI, EXPERT IN WINE ECONOMY. “IT’S A STRUCTURAL PROBLEM: SUPPLY IS TOO HIGH. CONTRIBUTIONS FOR VINE EXTIRPATION IS NOT ENOUGH” 10 September 2010
News “BOTTEGA DEL VINO”: THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE GIANCARLO GALAN, ENTREPRENEURS AND PRODUCERS JOIN TO KEEP ON TOASTING AT THE FAMOUS CULT WINE SHOP IN VERONA. THE HISTORIC SHOP HAS A CAPITAL IN BOTTLES OF 4-5 MILLION EUROS. THE INTERVIEW WITH BARZAN 09 September 2010
News SHEPHERDS PROTEST: WAKE UP AT 5 AM TO EARN 60 CENTS. MILKING A SHEEP IS WORTH LESS THAN THE PRICE OF A CUP OF COFFEE, SAYS COLDIRETTI 09 September 2010
News SOTHEBY’S IS SELLING RARE, VINTAGE AND ORGANIC VEGETABLES AT $ 1000 PER BOX. PROCEEDS TO BENEFIT GROWNYC, A PROJECT THAT HELPS IMMIGRANTS BECOME FARMERS AND THE SYLVIA CENTER PROGRAM THAT TEACHES CHILDREN HEALTHY EATING 07 September 2010
News HERE ARE THE NOMINATIONS FOR THE “2010 WINE STAR AWARDS” GIVEN BY “WINE ENTHUSIAST”, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WINE MAGAZINES IN THE WORLD. FOR ITALY, MASTROBERARDINO, LIBERA TERRA AND PROSECCO 06 September 2010
News DOOR TO DOOR WINE IN FRANCE: FREE TASTING AND NO OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE. THE “VIGNERONS A LA MAISON” COMING IN SEPTEMBER … 05 September 2010
News “OUT OF SIGHT MARKUPS”: 400% FROM WINE CELLAR TO BAR. IN 2009 WINE CONSUMPTION WAS 43 LITERS PER CAPITA COMPARED TO 45 LITERS IN 2007, SAYS ASSOENOLOGI, WHICH REPRESENTS 90% OF ITALIAN ENOLOGISTS 02 September 2010
News HALF THE ITALIANS ARE FASCINATED BY EXOTIC FLAVORS: A SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE MORESSA FOUNDATION REVEALS CHINESE RESTAURANTS ARE THE MOST POPULAR 01 September 2010
News “12.000 FAMILIES CANNOT COUNT ON ECONOMIC SECURITY.IN THE FUTURE” CLAIMS THE “PAID” AD IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER “LA STAMPA” TO EXPLAIN THE PLIGHT OF THE PIEDMONT WINE GROWERS AND ASK FOR HELP. THERE WILL BE A “WINE RALLY” IN ASTI ON SEPTEMBER 2ND 31 August 2010
News BUBBLES: THE NEW TREND IS SPARKLING WINES MADE FROM ANTIQUE GRAPE CULTIVATIONS AND IT’S FULL OF SURPRISES. THE WEALTH OF “ITALIAN VINEYARDS” IS A STRONG POINT 30 August 2010
News “MARE NOSTRUM” IN A GLASS: AN EXHIBITION OF THE 6,000 YEAR OLD HISTORY OF WINE AT THE PITTI PALACE IN FLORENCE... FOCUS - “THE MEDITERRANEAN, A SEA OF WINE” BY THE ART CRITIC MAURIZIA TAZARTES 28 August 2010
News 2010 HARVEST: THE GRAPE MARKET IS DOWN. PRODUCERS ARE AT RISK EXCEPT FOR MEMBERS OF COOPERATIVES. WINE SALES ABROAD ARE POSITIVE BUT NOT THE REST OF THE CHAIN 26 August 2010
News GMO DISPUTE EXPLODES: COLDIRETTI SAYS CULTIVATING GM0s IS PUNISHABLE BY LAW. THE PRESIDENT OF CONFAGRICOLTURA VECCHIONI SAYS, “THE IDEOLOGICAL CLASH ON GM PUTS RESTRICTIONS ON FREE ENTERPRISE AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH” 25 August 2010
News VINITALY, AMBASSADOR OF ITALIAN WINES, AND EATALY TOGETHER FOR THE BEST OF ITALIAN “FOOD & WINE” AT “VINITALY DAY”. THE EVENT OPENS OCTOBER 25TH AT THE EATALY “BRANCH” IN NEW YORK - A NEW BEGINNING FOR PROMOTING WINE IN THE USA 24 August 2010
News FULL IMMERSION TASTING FOR WINE-LOVERS ON HOLIDAY: 95% ORDER WINE AT RESTAURANTS, 92% GO WINE SHOPPING AND 94% GO FOOD SHOPPING. DREAM PLACES ABROAD? FRANCE, CALIFORNIA AND AUSTRALIA. IN ITALY: TRENTINO, TUSCANY, PIEDMONT AND SICILY 23 August 2010
News THE 2010 VINTAGE WILL BE A VERY GOOD YEAR. EXCELLENT IN PIEDMONT, TRENTINO, EMILIA ROMAGNA AND UMBRIA, SAYS CONFAGRICOLTURA 23 August 2010
News MINISTER OF AGRICULTURAL POLICIES GALAN: “ITALY LEADS EUROPE WITH 210 GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS” 18 August 2010
