News FRANCE: THE CRISIS CAUSES OUTDOOR CAFES TO CLOSE… ONCE AN INALIENABLE TRADITION, THE MID MORNING APERITIF ENDS. A FALL IN WINE AND BEER SALES 05 December 2008
News ITALIAN WINE ON THE SCENE IN BEIJING, SHANGHAI, AND MACAO. “VINITALY CHINA” (19/22 NOVEMBER) A PROGRAM THAT PROMOTES THE CULTURE OF WINE AND COMMERCIAL RELATIONS IN A COUNTRY WHERE CONSUMPTION IS CONTINUOUSLY GROWING 04 December 2008
News WINE SPECTATOR’S TOP 100 LIST FOR 2008: 15 ITALIANS MAKE IT ONTO THE COVETED ANNUAL CLASSIFICATION OF THE AMERICAN WINE MAGAZINE. TUSCANY REGION RECEIVES THE MOST RECOGNITION WITH 7 LABELS ON THE LIST, FOLLOWED BY PIEDMONT WITH 3 LABELS 03 December 2008
News “THE SPECULATIVE FOOD BUBBLE HAS FINALLY BURST AND THE CRISIS HAS ARRIVED: NOW PRODUCERS WILL LOWER PRICES”: A STATEMENT MADE BY NUTRITIONIST GIORGIO CALABRESE AT THE “FOOD AND HEALTH” CONVENTION HELD IN ROME 01 December 2008
News E-COMMERCE – ACQUISITIONS IN ITALY FOR 2008 SURPASS 6 BILLION EUROS (+20% OVER 2007) BUT PENETRATION INTO THE COUNTRY IS STILL INFERIOR TO 1%. 29 November 2008
News AND THE WINNERS ARE… THE PRESTIGIOUS U.S. MAGAZINE, ‘WINE ENTHUSIAST’ HAS MADE ITS CHOICES FOR THE 2008 “WINE STAR AWARDS”: THE ONLY ITALIAN ON THE LIST IS THE MARCHESE PIERO ANTINORI, WHO CLAIMED THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 28 November 2008
News WINE BUS - THE “ITINERANT ENOTECA” TO PROMOTE TYPICAL WINES AND PRODUCTS OF ETNA. THE AMERICAN MADE BUS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR USE BY PUBLIC ENTITIES, WINERIES, AND PRIVATE COMPANIES FOR WINE & FOOD EVENTS AND TOURIST FAIRS 27 November 2008
News MEDIOBANCA STUDY: “WINE IS LIKE GOLD, A REFUGE GOOD. ONE OF THE WORLD’S GREAT WINES FOR ‘PARACHUTE’ INVESTORS AGAINST THE CRISIS”. MASSETO BY ORNELLAIA IS THE TOP ITALIAN WINE AT THE PLACE DE BORDEAUX 26 November 2008
News THE FIRST “ANTI-MAFIA” STORE OPENS IN ROME. THE ASSOCIATION LIBERA BY DON CIOTTI INAUGURATES THE “BOTTEGA OF FLAVORS AND KNOWLEDGE OF LEGALITY” 24 November 2008
News INTERNATIONAL WINE FAIR HELD IN CASABLANCA AND ORGANIZED BY MARTINI & ROSSI CAUSES UPROAR AMONG MOROCCAN MUSLIMS 21 November 2008
News PINOT GRIGIO BY CAVIT AND PINOT GRIGIO ECCO DOMANI BY MEZACORONA ARE THE ITALIN WINES DRUNK MOST OFTEN IN U.S. RESTAURANTS ACCORDING TO A SURVEY BY THE AMERICAN MAGAZINE ‘RESTAURANT WINES’ 20 November 2008
News “AMONG LIQUID ASSETS WINE IS THE BEST EARNING”, ACCORDING TO EDOARDO NARDUZZI WHO IS SPECIALIZED IN WINE ECONOMICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BORDEAUX 19 November 2008
News WINE SPECTATOR, THE WORLD’S WINE “BIBLE”, CHOOSES THE “WINE OF THE YEAR” FOR 2008: THE CHILEAN CLOS APALTA COLCHAGUA VALLEY 2005 BY LAPOSTOLLE. ONLY ONE ITALIAN ON THE TOP TEN LIST: BAROLO 2004 BY PIO CESARE 19 November 2008
News WINENEWS/VINITALY SURVEY – VINO NOVELLO IS NOT JUST A TREND AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE: SNUBBED UNTIL RECENTLY BY WINE CONNOISSEURS, NEW WINE IS NOW BECOMING A PLEASURABLE SEASONAL TRADITION. 38% OF WINE LOVERS BUY AT LEAST ONE BOTTLE EACH AUTUMN 18 November 2008
News MASSETO 2006 FROM THE ORNELLAIA ESTATE IS THE FIRST ITALIAN WINE IN THE “PLACE DE BORDEAUX”.THE NEGOCIANTS OF BORDEAUX WILL BE PICKING UP A CONSIGNMENT OF THE PRESTIGIOUS PURE MERLOT FROM BOLGHERI 13 November 2008
News A COLDIRETTI-SWG STUDY REVEALS THAT WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE HOUSING CRISIS “AGRICULTURAL LAND IS WORTH MORE THAN GOLD” 12 November 2008
News FOOD & EXPORTS – THE ITALIAN MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE LUCA ZAIA: “ITALIAN QUALITY REACHES 9 BILLION EUROS” 10 November 2008
News ITALIAN WINE & FOOD INSTITUTE –THE FIRST 8 MONTHS OF 2008 SHOW REDUCTIONS IN IMPORTS TO THE U.S. A SLOW DOWN FROM ALL COUNTRIES THOUGH ITALY MANAGES TO MAINTAIN EXPORT VALUES. THE INCREASE IN PRICES IS THE REASON FOR THE DECREASE 07 November 2008
News REUTERS – INTERNET WINE SALES WILL CREATE A LARGE BUSINESS. MORE THAN HALF OF U.S. CONSUMERS MAY SOON BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A BETTER SELECTION OF WINES AT BETTER PRICES 06 November 2008
News ANALYSIS OF THE 2008 HARVEST IN THE LANGA AREA ACCORDING TO THE BAROLO AND BARBARESCO CONSORTIUM: “A YEAR THAT STARTED ON THE UPSWING, AND THEN CONCLUDED EXCELLENTLY” 05 November 2008
News SALONE DEL GUSTO: COMRADERIE BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT OF SLOW FOOD AND THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AT THE FOOD KERMESSE IN TURIN. 04 November 2008
News “GRAPES AND WINE WERE THE TIP OF THE DIAMOND FOR THE REGENERATION OF AGRICULTURE, BUT THIS DOES NOT MEAN IT MUST TURN INTO A MONOCULTURE”: THE WORDS OF CARLO PETRINI AT THE SLOW FOOD KERMESSE SALONE DEL GUSTO 03 November 2008
News FEWER PESTICIDES IN VITICULTURE: A MESSAGE FROM CARLO PETRINI TO ITALIAN WINE PRODUCERS. “OUT OF 258,000 TONS OF PESTICIDE USED IN EUROPE EACH YEAR, WINE USES 100,000. IT IS A CHALLENGE TO OVERCOME SLOWLY WITH THE HELP OF SCIENCE” 01 November 2008
News “THERE’S ONLY ONE WINE AT THE COMMAND” IN THE “CLASSIFICATION OF ALL CLASSIFICATIONS”: MOSCATO GIALLO PASSITO SERENADE CASTEL GIOVANELLI 2005 BY CALDARO IS THE ONLY WINE TO RECEIVE THE TOP SCORE FROM ALL OF ITALY’S MOST IMPORTANT GUIDES 27 October 2008
News TRENDS & CURIOSITIES AFTER THE BEN RYE PRALINES BY DONNAFUGATA AND THE SAGRANTINO PASSITO CHOCOLATES BY CAPRAI NOW THE RE-CIOC FILLED WITH RECIOTO DI SOAVE HAVE ARRIVED 25 October 2008
News THE U.S. MAGAZINE “WINE ENTHUSIAST” GIVES THE PRESTIGIOUS LIFETIME ACHIEVMENT AWARD TO MARQUIS PIERO ANTINORI, HEAD OF THE HISTORIC TUSCAN WINEMAKING COMPANY 24 October 2008
News HOW TECHNOLOGY IS CHANGING WINE: A TRIP THROUGH THE INVENTIONS THAT ARE REVOLUTIONIZING THE ENOLOGICAL WORLD, FROM VINEYARDS WITH SATELLITE AND GPS TO ELECTRONIC LABELS, CORKS WITH MICROCHIPS, AND DIGITAL DNA 23 October 2008
News “BRUNELLO MUST BE OBTAINED EXCLUSIVELY FROM VINEYARDS COMPOSED OF SOLELY SANGIOVESE GRAPES, CALLED, IN MONTALCINO, ‘BRUNELLO’”: A PETITION SIGNED BY 149 PRODUCERS (THE MAJORITY OF MEMBERS OF THE BRUNELLO CONSORTIUM) 22 October 2008
News “LET’S LAUNCH THE NEW RENAISSANCE IN ITALIAN COOKING”: THE APPEAL MADE BY GUALTIERO MARHCESI DURING THE ALMA VIVA MEETING OF THE “STATES GENERAL” OF ITALIAN COOKING 20 October 2008
News TRUFFLES AND THE CRISIS: THE RECENT ECONOMIC CRISIS HASN’T STOPPED TRUFFLE PRICES FROM REACHING 3,000 EUROS/KILO, ACCORDING TO COLDIRETTI. AND THE TRUFFLE FAIRS THROUGHOUT ITALY BEGIN… 20 October 2008
News CHAMPAGNE: GLOBAL EXPORTS GROWING. ITALY CONTINUES TO INCREASES DESPITE CRISIS. A PROJECT UNDERWAY FOR THE REVISION OF THE AREA OF DENOMINATION BY 2021 ACCORDING TO DIANEL LORSON OF CIVC (COMITÉ INTERPROFESSIONNEL DU VIN DE CHAMPAGNE) 17 October 2008
News “GREAT WINE WON’T FEEL THE CRISIS”: THE WORDS OF GIORGIO PINCHIORRI, ONE OF THE GREATEST WINE COLLECTORS IN THE WORLD. CONFIRMED BY THE PANDOLFINI “DREAM” AUCTION IN FLORENCE THAT REAPED 292,000 EUROS WITH A COLLECTION OF TOP ITALIAN AND FRENCH WINES 16 October 2008
News ONE MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE WINE CELLAR AT THE ITALIAN RESIDENCE OF THE U.S. AMBASSADOR TO ITALY. RONALD SPOGLI: “THANKS TO ITALIAN WINERIES…” THE CELLAR AT THE HISTORIC VILLA TAVERNA DESIGNED BY AGNESE MAZZEI 15 October 2008
News THE MEDITERRANEAN DIET HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY PROPOSED AS A “CULTURAL AND IMMATERIAL WORLD HERITAGE” BY ITALY, SPAIN, GREECE AND MOROCCO. MINISTER LUCA ZAIA: “THIS EXALTS THE IDENTITY AND THE AGRICULTURE OF OUR COUNTRY 13 October 2008
News WINENEWS VISITS THE WINE CELLAR AT ENOTECA PINCHIORRI, THE PARADISE OF WINE ENTHUSIASTS. FROM THE FIRST BOTTLE OF TIGNANELLO TO THE GREAT FRENCH CHATEAU, THE SECRET TREASURES OF GIORGIO PINCHIORRI AND ANNIE FEOLDE ARE REVEALED 13 October 2008
News GILARDINI & ROMANI, THE ONLY AUCTION HOUSE SPECIALIZED IN ITALIAN WINES, ANNOUNCES ITS LAST APPOINTMENTS FOR 2008: ROME (11 OCTOBER), MERANO (8 NOVEMBER), AND IN THE CAPITAL AGAIN IN DECEMBER 11 October 2008
News CMO WINE REFORM AND ITS NATIONAL SUPPORT PROJECT - MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE ZAIA: “I AM SATISFIED”. 1.8 BILLION EUROS WILL GO TO THE WINE SECTOR FOR VINEYARDS, DISTILLATION, AND PROMOTION 10 October 2008
News FRESCOBALDI WINES WILL SOON BE ON SALE AT HARRODS OF LONDON… BUT THE PROJECT “DEI FRESCOBALDI RETAIL & RESTAURANT” IS NOT ONLY ABOUT WINE 08 October 2008
