News SLOW FOOD FOUNDER, CARLO PETRINI: “GASTRONOMY CAN NO LONGER BE CONSIDERED A SIMPLE RECREATION, BUT AS A COMPLEX SYSTEM THAT CONNECTS CULTURE AND THE SOCIALITY OF MAN TO THE NATURAL PROCESSES OF OUR PLANET” 15 November 2007
News 18 MAGNUMS OF THE “PREMIUM LABELS” OF ITALIAN WINE ARE WORTH 80,000 DOLLARS. RECORD AUCTION (WITH ALL EARNINGS DONATED TO CHARITY) IN CANADA, A MARKET THAT IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY POPULAR 14 November 2007
News AMERICANS MORE BEWITCHED THAN EVER BY “ITALIAN WINE STYLE”. THE CULT AMERICAN MAGAZINE, WINE ENTHUSIAST, HAS ELECTED CARLO FERRINI AS THE “ENOLOGIST OF THE YEAR” AND “LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT” GOES TO JOHN MARIANI, THE FOUNDER OF CASTELLO BANFI 13 November 2007
News 33,600 DOLLARS FOR A 9 LITER BOTTLE (SALMANAZAR) OF ORNELLAIA… EARNINGS DONATED ENTIRELY TO THE RESTORATION PROJECT FOR THE BAPTISTERY DOORS OF FLORENCE 12 November 2007
News NOVELLO WINE 2007: A STEAL WITH PRICES FROM 3 TO 7 EUROS. 15 MILLION BOTTLES OF NEW WINE NOW ON SALE. PRODUCTION FALLS BY 10% 09 November 2007
News THE MERANO INTERNATIONAL WINE & CULINARY FESTIVAL 2007: FROM NOVEMBER 10 TO 12 AN ENCOUNTER WITH WINE AND THE PLEASURES OF DINING FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIGH QUALITY WINE AND FOOD… AND A CULT LABEL AUCTION BY GELARDINI & ROMANI 07 November 2007
News PRICE OF GRAPES SOARS. “IT IS NECESSARY TO REVIEW PRICE LISTS”. THE DECISION MADE BY THE ITALIAN WINE UNION (UIV). PRICE HIKES OF 20-25% EXPECTED FOR BASE WINES, AND 10% FOR HIGH END WINES 06 November 2007
News CARLO PETRINI ON WINE AND GUIDES. THE PRESIDENT OF SLOW FOOD INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS, TIME IS RIPE TO MOVE BEYOND CLASSIFICATIONS. NO DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN CLASS A AND B PRODUCTS, PUT TOGETHER THOSE THAT CREATE QUALITY AND A CORRECT APPROACH TO WINE 06 November 2007
News A GREAT MOMENT FOR ITALIAN WINE ON THE AMERICAN MARKET. IT IS THE FIRST CHOICE FOR ACCOMPANYING MEALS IN THE WORLD OF FINE DINING… CHIANTI CLASSICO HAS THE MOST APPEAL. THE MOST REQUESTED PINOT GRIGIO IS SANTA MARGHERITA 04 November 2007
News ITALIAN WINE GOES TO THE STOCK EXCHANGE. WITH THE NEW TOOLS OF THE EXPANDI MARKET NINE ITALIAN WINERIES NOW HAVE THE REQUISITES TO BE QUOTED 01 November 2007
News CHRISTIAN ROGER, GENERAL MANAGER OF VINO & FINANZA: “TRUE EN PRIMEUR SALES CAN REPRESENT A USEFUL DRIVING FORCE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ITALIAN WINERIES...” 01 November 2007
News GAJA: “2007 GRAPE HARVEST IS THE SCARCEST EVER”. THE OFFER INCREASES, CONSUMPTION FALLS, CLIENTS WHO “PAY AS THEY WISH” ON THE RISE… REFLECTIONS ON THE NECESSITY OF RECTIFIED CONCENTRATED MUST. CONTROLS TO DISCOURAGE THE MULTIPLICATION OF WINE 30 October 2007
News “WINE CAN BE CONSUMED CONSCIOUSLY AND WITH PLEASURE; DRUGS ARE ONLY FOR A HIGH. THE REAL PROBLEM IS NOT WITH WHAT BUT WHY”. A TALK WITH ANDREA MUCCIOLI WHO, AT SAN PATRIGNANO, SAVES LIVES AND MAKES AN EXCELLENT WINE 30 October 2007
News SALONE DEL VINO (26-29 OCTOBER) – ITALIAN WINE REAPS SUCCESS ABROAD BUT NOT AT HOME: THE “REASONS” OF THE MARKET. AND ALL THAT ONE NEEDS TO KNOW FOR A TRIP TO ONE OF THE WINE EVENTS OF ITALY 25 October 2007
News ITALIAN TOCAI NOW HAS THREE NEW NAMES: FOR THE WINE FROM THE FRIULI REGION IT IS TO BE ‘TOCAI FRIULANO’ IN ITALY AND ‘FRIULANO’ ABROAD, WHILE THE WINE FROM THE VENETO WILL BE CALLED ‘TAI’ 24 October 2007
News THE GELARDINI & ROMANI WINE AUCTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 10TH IN MERANO. A DATE FOR GREAT VINTAGE WINES FROM ITALY AND ABROAD BY THE TOP ITALIAN AUCTION HOUSE SPECIALIZED IN WINE 22 October 2007
News 2007 GRAPE HARVEST SCARCE THROUGHOUT EUROPE. THE FORECASTS MADE BY THE ITALIAN FARMERS FEDERATION 22 October 2007
News THE “TOP ITALIAN WINES ROADSHOW” TOUR BEGINS. FORTY-NINE WINERIES HAVE BEEN INVITED TO REPRESENT ITALIAN ENOLOGICAL EXCELLENCE IN THIS PROMOTIONAL EVENT ORGANIZED BY GAMBERO ROSSO THAT WILL HIT ALL OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WINE MARKETS AROUND THE WORLD 19 October 2007
News UNIVERSITY OF PISA STUDIES GENES THAT METABOLIZE ALCOHOL TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENT TOLERANCES OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND ETHNIC GROUPS. THE FIRST RESULTS TO BE REVEALED AT THE WINE & HEALTH CONFERENCE IN MONTALCINO, OCTOBER 19-20 19 October 2007
News FRENCH WINES ARE HANDS DOWN THE TOP EARNERS AT THE PANDOLFINI AUCTION HELD DURING THE INAUGURATION OF THE ESPRESSO WINE GUIDE 2008 IN FLORENCE. EARNINGS REACHED 180,000 EUROS THANKS TO THE WINES FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ALPS 16 October 2007
News THE TOP FIVE “SUPER WINES” THE MOST IMPORTANT ITALIAN WINE GUIDES ALL AGREE ARE THE BEST: SAN LEONARDO 2003, SERENADE 2004 (CANTINA DI CALDARO), SASSICAIA 2004, MONTEVETRANO 2005, TERRA DI LAVORO 2005 15 October 2007
News THE GAMBERO ROSSO-SLOW FOOD ‘WINES OF ITALY’ GUIDE 2008 IS OUT. AND HERE IS THE LIST OF THE “TRE BICCHIERI” WINNERS IN ITALY’S MOST POPULAR GUIDE. TUSCANY AND PIEDMONT TOP PRIZED REGIONS, FOLLOWED BY FRIULI, VENETO AND ALTO ADIGE 12 October 2007
News FASHION DESIGNER ROBERTO CAVALLI TURNS WINEMAKER: AT HIS “TENUTA DEGLI DEI” ESTATE IN PANZANO IN CHIANTI, CERTIFIED IGT TOSCANA WINE IS PRODUCED AND WILL BE ON SUPERMARKET SHELVES IN NOVEMBER 11 October 2007
News ITALIAN WINE EXPORTS BOOM: TOTAL VALUE OF 1.6 BILLION EUROS (+12%). THE PRESIDENT OF THE ITALIAN WINE UNION (UIV), ANDREA SARTORI: “ANOTHER GREAT SIGNAL OF STRENGTH, WHICH, HOWEVER, MUST NOT MAKE US FORGET THE PROBLEMS AT HOME” 09 October 2007
News OUT OF THE UNION BETWEEN COTARELLA, ONE OF ITALY’S TOP ENOLOGISTS, AND SELOSSE, THE GREATEST REVOLUTIONARY IN THE WORLD OF CHAMPAGNE, THE “DUBL GRECO” DI FEUDI DI SAN GREGORIO HAS BEEN CREATED 08 October 2007
News NAS CONFISCATES 150 QUINTALS OF SANGIOVESE FROM PUGLIA THAT WERE DESTINED FOR WINERIES IN THE CHIANTI CLASSICO REGION. THE TRUCK LOAD WAS WITHOUT TRANSPORTATION DOCUMENTS AND POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE INTENDED FINAL USE OF GRAPES 04 October 2007
News THE WORLDWIDE SOMMELIER ASSOCIATION “ROAD SHOW” LEAVES FROM MILAN ON OCTOBER 8TH. CITY MAYOR MORATTI AND MINISTER DE CASTRO TO PARTICIPATE AT THE FIRST STOP OF MANY THAT WILL SPAN THE GLOBE. 04 October 2007
News THE RESULTS OF THE 2007 GRAPE HARVEST ACCORDING TO THE FOUR OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ITALIAN WINEMAKERS: MICHELE CHIARLO (PIEDMONT), FAUSTO PERATONER (LA VIS, TRENTINO), MARCO CAPRAI (UMBRIA), ALESSIO PLANETA (SICILY). HIGH QUALITY EVERYWHERE... 02 October 2007
News ”BY NEXT YEAR, ‘GRAPE HARVEST VOUCHERS’ WILL BECOME A REALITY”: THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, PAOLO DE CASTRO SPEAKS TO WINENEWS ABOUT ONE OF THE NEW REGULATIONS OF THE WELFARE REFORM, CURRENTLY AWAITING DECREE FOR GO AHEAD 02 October 2007
News “FARMERS SHOULD HAVE FAIR COMPENSATION... IT IS IMPOSSIBLE THAT GRAIN COSTS THE SAME AS 20 YEARS AGO”: THE DEFENSE MADE BY SLOW FOOD INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT, CARLO PETRINI 01 October 2007
News WINENEWS RUMORS WERE RIGHT… THE OFFICIAL LIST OF TOP WINES ACCORDING TO THE TOP ITALIAN WINE GUIDE VINI D’ITALIA (GAMBERO ROSSO-SLOW FOOD) HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED, THE WINERY OF THE YEAR GOES TO GAJA. ENOLOGIST OF THE YEAR TO MATTIA VEZZOLA (BELLAVISTA) 28 September 2007
News VITICULTURE CONQUERS ONE OF ITALY’S MOST FAMOUS FASHION CENTERS, TRINITA’ DEI MONTE, FOR THE FIRST GRAPE HARVEST IN THE HEART OF ROME. “GALLICO” TO BE MADE FROM THE ORNAMENTAL GARDENS OF THE FRENCH CONVENT SACRO CUORE 28 September 2007
News WINE & SPIRITS MAGAZINE PICKS “TOP 100 WINERIES”. THIRTEEN ITALIANS MAKE IT ONTO THE CLASSIFICATION: FROM GAJA TO MAZZEI, MASI, RUFFINO, CERETTO AND VILLA MATILDE (THE ONLY WINERY FROM SOUTHERN ITALY) 26 September 2007
News WINE & FOOD INSTITUTE: ITALIAN WINES IN THE U.S. CONTINUE TO INCREASE… AND ON FEBRUARY 21 AND 25, 2008, “GALA ITALIA” IN NEW YORK AND LOS ANGELES WILL BE PUTTING ITALIAN ART AND FASHION ON SHOW ALONG WITH THE COUNTRY’S WINES 26 September 2007
News FOOD CONSUMPTION TRENDS: ETHNIC, HEALTH, LUXURY AND READY-MADE FOODS INCREASE WHILE BASIC FOODS LIKE BREAD AND PASTA AT A STANDSTILL. REVEALED BY A STUDY CONDUCTED BY COOP, THE LEADING ITALIAN LARGE-SCALE FOOD DISTRIBUTION CHAIN 23 September 2007
News EUROPEAN UNION: YES TO STOPPING FALSE GRANA PRODUCTION IN ITALY AND ABROAD. COLDIRETTI CONFIRMS THAT THE FAKE “MADE IN ITALY” MARKET IS WORTH 50 BILLION EUROS 23 September 2007
News THE 2008 ESPRESSO GUIDE’S FINE WINE AUCTION SET FOR OCTOBER 11TH AT STAZIONE LEOPOLDA IN FLORENCE. TOP OF THE LINE LABELS TO BE AUCTIONED OFF BY PANDOLFINI: FROM SOLAIA TO SASSICAIA, TERRA DI LAVORO, BAROLO GAJA, MOUTON ROTSCHILD AND ROMANEE CONTI 20 September 2007
News 2007 GRAPE HARVEST: UIV/ISMEA STUDY SHOWS ITALY IS DIVIDED BY DROUGHT. DECLINE IN PRODUCTION BY 12% FOR A TOTAL 43.5 MILLION HECTOLITERS. QUALITY CONSIDERED GOOD. FRANCE REGISTERS SIMILAR TRENDS. THE SITUATION REGION BY REGION AND FOCUS ON MONTALCINO 20 September 2007
