News THE “MAD HATTER’S” SECRET DREAM? “MAKING WINE IN SOUTHERN FRANCE” SAYS JOHNNY DEPP, THE AMERICAN ACTOR WHO WILL BE ON THE SCREEN IN CINEMAS AROUND THE WORLD AS THE LEGENDARY CHARACTER IN “ ALICE IN WONDERLAND” DIRECTED BY TIM BURTON 05 March 2010
News COLDIRETTI: THE AMARONE GENOME HAS BEEN MAPPED; NOW AN ANTI-CLONE DNA BANK IS NEEDED FOR 355 INDIGENOUS GRAPES RICH IN UNIQUE QUALITIES 04 March 2010
News MADE IN ITALY: “A 60 BILLION EUROS FOOD THEFT”, SAYS THE CIA - ITALIAN FARMERS CONFEDERATION. THE RANKINGS OF THE MOST COPIED PRODUCTS 02 March 2010
News AFTER THE “PREVIEW” OF THE TUSCANS, THE PRESENT IS CONTRASTING WITH RAYS OF LIGHT SHOWING A POSITIVE SIGNAL FOR THE FUTURE OF ITALIAN WINES. EXPORTS REMAIN THE CRITICAL POINT, U.S.A. FIRST. 01 March 2010
News “A RAY OF LIGHT” FOR ITALIAN WINE: AN ANALYSIS BY ANGELO GAJA, ONE OF THE MOST ENLIGHTENED ENOLOGISTS IN ITALY. “PROSPECTS FOR 2010 EXPORTS ARE OPTIMISTIC” 26 February 2010
News IN ITALY “BACCHUS” TOURISM KNOWS NO CRISIS. FOOD AND WINE COUNTERS THE NEGATIVE TREND OF TOURISM IN 2009: 6 MILLION WINE TOURISTS AND 3 BILLION EUROS (+20% OVER 2008). DATA FROM “OBSERVATORY ON WINE TOURISM” WINE CITIES/ CENSIS LTD 23 February 2010
News BRUNELLO 2009 AWARDED 4 STARS. THE CELEBRATIVE PLAQUE WAS SIGNED BY THE BROTHERS TADASHI AGI AND OKIMOTO SHU, CREATORS OF THE FAMOUS JAPANESE COMIC “THE DROPS OF GOD” 22 February 2010
News 4 STARS AWARDED TO THE 2009 HARVEST OF NOBILE DI MONTEPULCIANO. THE PRESIDENT OF VINO NOBILE CONSORTIUM, FEDERICO CARLETTI, COMMENTED: “ANOTHER GREAT YEAR FOR OUR WINE” 19 February 2010
News IN 2010, 50,000 AGRICULTURAL BUSINESSES RISK CLOSING DOWN, SAYS THE CIA- ITALIAN FARMERS CONFEDERATION 19 February 2010
News “BOCUSE D’OR EUROPE 2010”: 16 CHEFS FROM 8 REGIONS IN ITALY AND DENMARK SELECTED FOR THE PRESTIGIOUS ITALIAN COMPETITION CREATED BY THE GREAT FRENCH CHEF PAUL BOCUSE, IN BERGAMO ON 15 AND 16 MARCH 18 February 2010
News PREVIEWS OF TUSCAN WINES START AMONG GOOD EXPORT SALES AND AN OPTIMISTIC ATMOSPHERE. FROM CLASSIC CHIANTI TO BRUNELLO OF MONTALCINO TO THE NOBILE OF MONTEPULCIANO, POSITIVE SIGNALS FROM MARKETS FOR 2010 AND QUALITY VINTAGES OF WINES 12 February 2010
News MORE THAN WINE SHOPPING TRIPS: NOW THERE ARE COURSES ON WINE AND CUSTOMIZED TOURS TO DISCOVER ALL THE FACES OF BACCHUS “LIVE”. WINE CELLARS CHANGE TO “BOUTIQUE WINERIES”, A NEW FRONTIER FOR WINE TOURISTS 11 February 2010
News “DIVORCE IN CHIANTI”: AFTER 78 YEARS CHIANTI CLASSICO VINEYARDS WILL FINALLY PRODUCE EXCLUSIVELY GRAPES FOR GALLO NERO LABEL WINES”…”CHIANTI CLASSICO COLLECTION” ON STAGE IN FLORENCE, FEBRUARY 16-17 11 February 2010
News WINE AND HEALTH? THE “TRUTH” IN TEN POINTS FROM THE “INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC WORKSHOP”, THE SYMPOSIUM OF INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS WHO DISCUSSED THE FUTURE IN RESEARCH, AWARENESS, AND PREVENTION 08 February 2010
News EMILIO PEDRON, CEO OF THE ITALIAN WINES GROUP (GIV) STEPS DOWN. GIV: REVENUE INCREASED TOPPING 300 MILLION EUROS IN 2009. PEDRON: “ I STEP DOWN FROM A GROUP THAT HAS BECOME THE MAIN PLAYER IN THE ITALIAN WINE WORLD” 04 February 2010
News BY APRIL 2010 GMOs WILL ENTER ITALIAN AGRICULTURE - GUARANTEED BY THE STATE COUNCIL SENTENCE 03 February 2010
News “HAPPY SOBRIETY” TO SAVE MAN AND THE PLANET EARTH, SAYS THE FRENCH GURU OF AGRO ECOLOGY PIERRE RABHI. “FOOD SHOULD NOT TRAVEL. ONLY A FEW PRODUCTS CAN TRAVEL WELL. WE MUST PRODUCE OUR FOOD LOCALLY AND LIVE IN MODERATION” 02 February 2010
News 2009 ENDED WITH A POSITIVE SIGN (+ 0.9 % OVER 2008) AFTER A DIFFICULT YEAR FOR THE LIV-EX INDEX THAT MONITORS PRICE TRENDS OF THE 100 MOST IMPORTANT AND SOUGHT AFTER BOTTLES OF WINE IN THE WORLD. FRANCE DOMINATES. FOR ITALY, THE TOP IS ORNELLAIA 28 January 2010
News ITALIAN WINE EXPORTS DOUBLED IN RUSSIA DESPITE HEAVY TAXES. MOSCOW RESTAURANTS CHARGE 10 TIMES THE STARTING CELLAR PRICE. THE RUSSIAN ANTITRUST: “CARTEL OF THE MAIN PLAYERS”. IMPORTERS: “TOO MANY TAXES” 27 January 2010
News WINENEWS POLL- FOR THE 25 MOST IMPORTANT ITALIAN WINERIES (HISTORY, ANNUAL REVENUE, IMAGE) 2009 INCOME FELL FROM 5% TO 10%. “FEELINGS” ABOUT 2010 “SPLIT” IN TWO (NEGATIVE / QUITE POSITIVE) 21 January 2010
News “THE ITALIAN EDGE”, HIGH TECH IS THE SECRET OF MADE IN ITALY IN THE WORLD: ICE (ITALIAN TRADE COMMISSION) REVEALS ITALY’S WINNING SECRET TO BUYERS. TECHNOLOGY AND ITS APPLICATIONS ARE THE FACTORS THAT BENEFIT FASHION, CARS, FOOD AND WINE IN THE WORLD 15 January 2010
News SAVE THESE DATES: A LIST OF THE EVENTS THAT WILL OFFER A PEAK AT THE TOP WINES OF ITALY PREMIERING IN 2010 13 January 2010
News AN EXHIBITION IN FLORENCE ON THE HISTORY OF WINE FROM JULY 2010 TO MAY 2011. A TRIP THROUGH ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA TO MODERN TIMES, WITH A SPECIAL STOP AT THE VINEYARDS OF POMPEII 11 January 2010
News GELARDINI & ROMANI CLOSES OUT 2009 AUCTION YEAR WITH A BANG. FRANCE IS THE TOP EARNER AT THE AUCTION HELD ON DECEMBER 19 IN ROME 08 January 2010
News PRICES CONTINUE TO FALL EVERYWHERE, OVERPRODUCTION PROBLEMS FOR THE NEW WORLD AND CHAMPAGNE PRODUCERS… AND KEEP AN EYE ON CHINA. HERE’S WINE IN 2010, ACCORDING TO JOHN MARIANI (BLOOMBERG) 08 January 2010
News 19 WINES HEAD THE RANKINGS OF GUIDES ACCORDING TO CESARE PILLON OF THE WEEKLY MAGAZINE ”MILANO FINANZA”. FIRST IS KURNI, THEN SOLAIA, MONTEVETRANO, TERMINUM, SORÌ TILDIN, SASSICAIA, SORÌ SAN LORENZO, TORGIANO VIGNA MONTICCHIO RESERVE LUNGAROTTI 04 January 2010
News VINITALY 2010: THE DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR 8 TO 12 APRIL FOR THE BIGGEST WINE FAIR IN ITALY 24 December 2009
News FINANCIAL POLICE SEQUESTER DOCG CHIANTI AND IGT TOSCANO. 17 ENOLOGISTS AND ENTREPRENEURS UNDER INVESTIGATION 21 December 2009
News “WHAT’S DOCG?” ENGLISH CONSUMERS ARE CONFUSED ABOUT THE ITALIAN CLASSIFICATION OF WINES AND ONLY A SMALL NICHE OF ENTHUSIASTS (3%) BUYS WINES THAT COST OVER 10 POUNDS 18 December 2009
News THE FIRST YES FOR THE DECREE TO SAFEGUARD DENOMINATIONS OF ORIGIN AND GEOGRAPHIC INDICATIONS FOR WINE 16 December 2009
News THE “GREEN ECONOMY” IS NECESSARY TO OVERCOME THE CRISIS AND INCREASE “MADE IN ITALY” PRODUCTION ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATIONS SYMBOLA AND FAREFUTURO 14 December 2009
News EUROPEAN UNION GIVES ITALY 101.6 MILLION EUROS FOR VINEYARD EXTIRPATION IN 2009/2010 09 December 2009
News THE CRISIS CHANGES ITALIAN MENUS: MORE RICE AND PASTA, LESS MEAT, FISH, AND WINE. RESTAURANTS ARE ALMOST COMPLETELY INACCESSIBLE FOR ONE OUT OF TWO ITALIANS 03 December 2009
News THE MICHELIN GUIDE ADDS ANOTHER ITALIAN RESTAURANT TO ITS COVETED THREE-STAR LIST. THE NEW ENTRY IS “DA VITTORIO” IN BRUSAPORTO (BERGAMO) 01 December 2009
News AUSTRALIAN WINE IN CRISIS: 17% OF VINEYARDS CONSIDERED “ANTI-ECONOMIC” AND 75% PRODUCE A SURPLUS EACH YEAR. THE “WINE RESTRUCTURING ACTION AGENDA” CREATED TO HELP SECTOR 23 November 2009
News ITALY’S GRAN CRU ACCORDING TO GELARDINI & ROMANI WINE AUCTION. A LIST OF 28 ITALIAN WINES THAT ARE A MUST FOR COLLECTORS AND INVESTORS 20 November 2009
News A TOAST TO VAMPIRES: MONTEPULCIANO PRESENTS A SPECIAL LIMITED SERIES WINE LABEL IN HONOR OF THE FILM ‘NEW MOON’, SET PARTLY IN TUSCANY’S HISTORIC WINE TOWN 19 November 2009
