News BOSSI FEDERIGOTTI FROM THE TRENTINO REGION AND MASI FROM THE VENETO JOIN IN PARTNERSHIP. THE TWO COMPANIES HAVE AGREED ON COMPANY MANAGEMENT AND COMMERCIALIZATION. ALL OF THE DETAILS OF THE ACCORD BETWEEN THE HISTORIC FAMILY AND SANDRO BOSCAINI 30 April 2007
News ITALIAN WINE IMPORTS TO THE U.S. SKYROCKET: IN THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF 2007, +18.3% IN QUANTITY AND +18.1% IN VALUE (COMPARED TO 2006). DATA FROM ITALIAN WINE & FOOD INSTITUTE 28 April 2007
News EUROPEAN AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER, MARIANN FISCHER BOEL, RINGS THE ALARM. “IT IS NECESSARY TO RE-ESTABLISH AN EQUILIBRIUM IN THE WINE SECTOR; NON COMPETITIVE PRODUCERS MUST LEARN HOW TO WALK BY THEMSELVES” 26 April 2007
News “NO TO TERRORISTIC LABELS, YES TO EDUCATION ON CONSCIOUS CONSUMPTION”: THE APPEAL TO PREMIER ROMANO PRODI BY PRESIDENT OF THE ITALIAN WINE UNION (UIV), ANDREA SARTORI, WHO EXPLAINS THAT “IT IS INCORRECT TO DRAG WINE INTO THE VORTEX OF DRUGS” 25 April 2007
News A 2153% INCREASE IN THE VALUE OF ONE HECTARE OF BRUNELLO FROM 1967 TO THE PRESENT. THE “FIRST 40 YEARS” OF THE BRUNELLO CONSORTIUM SUMMED UP IN THE EXPONENTIAL GROWTH OF THE VALUE OF THE LAND WHERE THE MOST LOVED SANGIOVESE IN THE WORLD IS CULTIVATED 23 April 2007
News ISMEA REPORT: ITALIAN PRODUCTION OF QUALITY WINE CONTINUES TO GROW. AN INCREASE OF OVER 40%, PASSING FROM 10.3 TO 15 MILLION HECTOLITERS 20 April 2007
News IT’S OFFICIAL: TOCAI NO LONGER EXISTS… AS OF APRIL 1ST THE NAME CAN ONLY BE FOUND IN HUNGARY AND ITALY HAS INTRODUCED THE NEW DENOMINATION, “FRIULANO” 18 April 2007
News THE OLD AND NEW WORLD UNITE WITH CABERNET SAUVIGNON… THE RIBBON IS CUT AT RED MOUNTAIN IN WASHINGTON STATE: MARCHESE PIERO ANTINORI AND TED BASELER, OWNER OF CHATEAU STE. MICHELLE, CELEBRATE COL SOLARE 17 April 2007
News AN ITALIAN AT THE HEAD OF THE COMITÉ EUROPEEN DES ENTREPRISES DU VIN: LAMBERTO VALLARINO GANCIA. A CHOICE FOR CONTINUITY AND TRUST IN REGARDS TO ITALIAN ENTREPRENEURSHIP LIKE GANCIA’S, WHICH IS FOUNDED IN A HUNDREDS YEAR OLD TRADITION 16 April 2007
News “OPEN CELLARS” 2007 - THIS YEAR’S NOVELTY: THE ‘WINE PHONE’ FOR ENTHUSIASTS… ALL OF THE INITIATIVES, REGION BY REGION, FOR THE EVENT THAT IS THE SYMBOL OF THE WINE TOURISM MOVEMENT. TO BE HELD THIS YEAR ON MAY 27TH 14 April 2007
News ITALIAN WINE CONQUERS JAPAN: PRINCESS TAKAMADO DECLARES, “ITALIAN WINE HAS THE CLEANEST AND MOST DECISIVE TASTE IN THE WORLD, A FLAVOR THAT REFLECTS THE SINCERITY AND GENEROSITY OF ITS PEOPLE” 13 April 2007
News VINEXPO 2007 – ALL SOLD OUT FOR BORDEAUX EVENT (FROM 17 TO 21 JUNE), THE MEETING POINT FOR THE MAIN ACTORS IN THE WINE SECTOR 12 April 2007
News DRINK LESS AND BETTER, BUT NEVER WHEN DRIVING: ADVICE FROM JARNO TRULLI, FORMULA 1 DRIVER AND WINE PRODUCER IN ABRUZZO. WHAT DO THESE TWO PASSIONS HAVE IN COMMON? “TIME IS IMPORTANT IN BOTH CASES AND THE SEARCH FOR EXCELLENCE” 11 April 2007
News JUNE 2ND IS “WORLD WINE DAY”. 8 ITALIAN WINE WOMEN WILL BE SENT TO JAPAN AS AMBASSADORS TO “ITALIAN SPRING”: FROM PLANETA TO BOSCAINI, LUNGAROTTI, AND FRANCESCA CINELLI COLOMBINI 10 April 2007
News THE FUTURE OF GLOBAL WINE, ACCORDING TO JANCIS ROBINSON, WINE CORRESPONDENT FOR THE “FINANCIAL TIMES” AND ONE OF THE MOST QUOTED PALATES IN THE WORLD. THOUGH, AT TIMES, SHE DOES FORGET ITALIAN WINES… 07 April 2007
News TAX RELIEF TO PROTECT TERROIR: A PROPOSED LAW ASKS FOR THE DEDUCTABILITY OF RESOURCES THAT PRIVATE OWNERS INVEST INTO THEIR TERRITORY FOR THE RE-QUALIFICATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURE. THE INITIATIVE BEGUN IN MONTEPULCIANO, BUT COULD HELP ALL WINE T 04 April 2007
News “AN INCREASE IN TEMPERATURES, SCARSE SUMMER RAINS, ABUNDANT RAINS IN CONTINENTAL EUROPE, AND GRAPE CULTIVATION OUTSIDE OF HISTORIC TERROIR. EUROPEAN VITICULTURE MUST LEARN TO CONFRONT THIS…”: THE WORDS OF AGRO-METEOROLOGIST LUIGI MARIANI 03 April 2007
News VINITALY 2007 – THE “WINE TRIANGLE”: IT STARTS IN AMERICA, PASSES THROUGH ITALY AND ARRIVES IN ENGLAND. ONE OF THE MANY ODDITIES OF THE WINE WORLD WITHIN THE LOGIC OF MODERN MARKET DYNAMICS 02 April 2007
News THE WINE THAT EXISTS ONLY ON “SECOND LIFE”. THE INTERNET’S VIRTUAL WORLD PAR EXCELLENCE WILL ENJOY THE “OTHER” SAGRANTINO: THE WHITE AND FRUITY EXPERIMENT BY WINEMAKER CAPRAI IS VIRTUALLY ALIVE 02 April 2007
News 15% OF ITALIANS LIKE FOREIGN WINE - AND NOT JUST CHAMPAGNE! VINITALY PRESENTS THE FIRST 360° ANALYSIS OF “FOREIGN WINE IN ITALY” 31 March 2007
News SMALL COMPANIES PUSH FOR “MADE IN ITALY” IN THE WINE WORLD. THE RESULTS OF A MEDIOBANCA SURVEY: “IN 2006, EXPORTS WERE GOOD. ENTREPRENEURS POSITIVE ABOUT 2007” 30 March 2007
News “WINE-LOVERS” AND “GAV” (WINE BUYER GROUPS) IN ITALIAN WINERIES: TWO NEW PROTAGONISTS AMONG LATEST TRENDS REPRESENT AN IMPORTANT AND IMMEDIATE MARKET OUTLET FOR WINEMAKERS 29 March 2007
News “THE MOMENT HAS ARRIVED TO TAKE ACTION.” ONE OF THE MOST AUTHORITATIVE NAMES IN ITALIAN WINE, ANGELO GAJA, TAKES PEN IN HAND TO PUT FORWARD SOME PROPOSALS FOR THE WORLD OF WINE THAT IS INCREASINGLY ASSOCIATED WITH ALCOHOL AND DRUGS 29 March 2007
News FONTANAFREDDA WALKS OUT THE DOOR OF THE MONTE DEI PASCHI BANK AND RE-ENTERS THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE MPS FOUNDATION, WITH A “COST” OF 1 MILLION EUROS SPENT IN CONSULTATIONS FOR SCREENINGS OF POTENTIAL BUYERS 26 March 2007
News GOOD NEWS FROM GERMANY FOR TOP DENOMINATION ITALIAN WINES: THE GERMAN MARKET AFFIRMS ITSELF AS A STRATEGIC MARKET FOR SOAVE AND ITALIAN WHITES ARE THE MOST SOLD WINES IN GERMAN SUPERMARKETS 24 March 2007
News VINITALY 2007: AC-NIELSEN SURVEY REVEALS CHIANTI TO BE THE TOP SELLING DENOMINATION IN SUPERMARKETS. LARGE-SCALE DISTRIBUTION AFFIRMS ITSELF AS THE MOST IMPORTANT SALES OUTLET FOR WINE, REACHING A MARKET QUOTA OF 69.2% 22 March 2007
News WINE & CLIMATE CHANGE - A HOTTER EUROPE BANS SUGAR IN WINE. AFTER ALMOST 40 YEARS, THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION MAKES A HISTORIC PROPOSAL TO BAN SUGAR 21 March 2007
News NEWS FROM THE STATES - THE U.S. IS FOURTH LARGEST PRODUCER… WINE ENTHUSIASTS ASK FOR MORE SPACE TO CONSERVE WINE… A GIANT BOTTLE ON WALL STREET… SUPERMARKET SALES UP 16 March 2007
News WINENEWS IS NOW AVAILABLE VIA PDA: THE ONLINE WINE NEWS AND INFORMATION AGENCY DEBUTS WITH AN OPTIMIZED VERSION FOR PDA’S AND CELLULAR PHONES. THE “BREAKING NEWS” ON WINE CAN NOW BE RECEIVED DIRECTLY AND ON THE GO 14 March 2007
News WINEXPO/IWSR 2007 STUDY: ALL OF THE DATA ON THE WINE AND ALCOHOL MARKET PROSPECTS FOR 2010 13 March 2007
News FONTANAFREDDA WILL BE CEDED BY THE MPS BANK BY JUNE. AMONG POTENTIAL BUYERS, THE MPS FOUNDATION.THE NUMBERS ARE OK FOR THE LEADING BAROLO PRODUCERS: THE 80 HECTARES LOCATED IN THE LANGHE AREA EARNED 30 MILLION EUROS IN 2006 (+17%) 09 March 2007
News VINEXPO/IWSR WINE MARKET STUDY – THE MOST CRUCIAL EXPORT MARKET THAT PRODUCERS ARE VYING FOR IS IN ASIA. U.S. MARKET ALSO FUNDAMENTAL BECAUSE IT IS THE THIRD CONSUMER COUNTRY AFTER FRANCE AND ITALY. THE NEXT VINEXPO 2007 (BORDEAUX, 17-21 JUNE) 08 March 2007
News ISRAEL THE NEW FRONTIER FOR QUALITY WINE? RICCARDO COTARELLLA, ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS ENOLOGISTS IN WORLD, IS BETTING ON PLANTING ITALIAN GRAPE VARIETIES IN THE REGIONS OF GILBOA 07 March 2007
News “UNIVERSITIES FOR FOREIGNERS AS AMBASSADORS OF MADE IN ITALY”. FABIO CARLESI OF ENOTECA ITALIANA, TALKS ABOUT A PROJECT WITH UNIVERSITIES FOR FOREIGNERS AS WELL AS “TRANSFORMING THE EMBASSIES INTO ‘OUTPOSTS’ FOR THE DIFFUSION OF FOOD AND CULTURE” 05 March 2007
News ITALY - INDIA TRADE: UP 70% FOR ITALIAN WINE. CUSTOMS DUTY RATES SLOW. SECOND ONLY TO FRANCE FOR EXPORT, BUT PRESSING FELT FROM NEW PRODUCING COUNTRIES 28 February 2007
News THE BOTTLE THAT TALKS FROM THE SHELF... BRUNELLO AND THE ULTIMATE FRONTIER IN COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ITALY, REAL TIME ANTI-FRAUD SECURITY WITH A SIMPLE SMS 26 February 2007
News PRICE STANDSTILL FOR AGRICULTURAL LAND: A STUDY BY INEA ON THE STATE OF THE LAND MARKET IN ITALY IN 2005. A SLIGHT INCREASE OF 0.1% WAS REGISTERED FOR PRICES. THE SLOWDOWN AN INDICATION OF STABILITY OR WARNINGS OF A CRISIS? 20 February 2007