News SUCCESS IN ASIA IS POSSIBLE ACCORDING LODOVICO ANTINORI, ONE OF THE TOP NAMES IN ITALIAN WINEMAKING. THE REASON? MERIT TO THE TREND OF ITALIAN RESTAURANTS IN ASIA AS WELL AS ASIAN RESTAURANTS IN ITALY. AN INTERVIEW WITH LODOVICO ON WWW.WINENEWS.TV 19 February 2007
News TUSCAN GLAMOUR CONQUERS THE MOST IMPORTANT CHARITY AUCTION IN THE USA. THE “TUSCAN WINE EXPERIENCE” APPEAL OF THE ANTINORI, SASSICAIA, CASTELLO BANFI, FERRAGAMO LABELS. AUCTION LOT BIDS AT INSANE PRICES: FROM $130,000 TO $300,000. 16 February 2007
News UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE STUDY – IN THE NEAR FUTURE BRUNELLO, CHIANTI CLASSICO, AND NOBILE DI MONTEPULCIANO MAY NO LONGER HAVE THE RIGHT CLIMATIC CONDITIONS IN THEIR TERRITORIES OF ORIGIN. GLOBAL WARMING AND ITS EFFECTS ON WINEGROWING… 15 February 2007
News ITALY TAKES A "SLOW DAY" ON FEBRUARY 19TH: NUMEROUS APPOINTMENTS TO SENSITIZE PEOPLE ON THE ENDLESS RACE AGAINST TIME, FROM SLOW FOOD TO RIDES ON MULES 13 February 2007
News MY LOVE... ITALY. HOW ITALIAN WINE IN THE U.S. HAS GONE "FROM CHIANTI IN FLASKS TO CULT WINE" IN JUST 25 YEARS. ITALIAN LEADERSHIP IN THE WORLD’S MOST IMPORTANT MARKET 12 February 2007
News CLIMATE – "MADE IN ITALY" AT RISK. IMMEDIATE INTERVENTION NEEDED. OLIVES HAVE ALREADY MIGRATED TO THE ALPS AND PEANUTS ARE BEING CULTIVATED IN THE PO VALLEY 09 February 2007
News ITALY TO SURPASS FRANCE IN WINE CONSUMPTION BY THE END OF THE YEAR. CIA (ITALIAN AGRICULTURAL CONFEDERATION) SITES STUDY BY BRITISH GROUP ISWR/DGR (COMMISIONED BY "VINEXPO" OF BORDEAUX) 07 February 2007
News RUMORS - ALLEGRINI (THE MAJOR LABEL FOR AMARONE FROM VALPOLLICELLA) SET TO TAKE OFF IN MONTALCINO AFTER BUYING 15 HECTARES OF VINEYARDS. PRESIDENT OF WINEBOW, LEONARDO LOCASIO, ALSO INVOLVED 05 February 2007
News ITALY BREAKS RECORD AS IT SURPASSES THE BILLION DOLLAR MARK FOR WINE EXPORTS TO THE UNITED STATES. ITALIAN WINE & FOOD INSTITUTE CELEBRATES RESULTS 02 February 2007
News EBAY: WINE IS ONE OF THE MOST SOLD ITEMS ON THE WEB... AND WEB ADVERTISING IN ITALY INCREASES BY 45% 30 January 2007
News TUSCANY’S MAREMMA AREA CONTINUES TO GROW AS CENTER FOR AUTEUR WINERIES. ARCHITECT PIERO SARTOGO, AUTHOR OF THE LATEST ADDITION TO FRESCOBALDI’S SANTA MARIA ESTATE IN SCANSANO 29 January 2007
News AN AMERICAN FEBRUARY FOR ITALIAN WINE. FROM 12 TO 21 FEBRUARY, THREE BIG WINE EVENTS IN THE U.S.: “SUPERTUSCANS & OTHER GREAT WINES OF TUSCANY”, “ITALIAN WINE & FOOD GALA” AND “LOS ANGELES WINE GALA” 24 January 2007
News “TASTE OF THE WORLD”: WORLD DATABASE OF TASTE AVAILABLE TO ALL ON INTERNET. THE WINES JUDGED BY SIX OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS SOMMELIER IN THE WORLD 23 January 2007
News THE TOCAI SAGA: REQUEST FOR AN EXTENSION BY THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT WILL BE EXAMINED BY THE EU COMMISSION ON MARCH 31... IN ANTICIPATION OF THE EUROPEAN COURT'S DECISION. FEDERDOC'S POSITION: "IMMEDIATELY SUPPORT AN ALTERNATIVE NAME" 15 January 2007
News "UPS AND DOWNS OF 2006": ANGELO GAJA, ONE OF THE MOST ESTEEMED ITALIAN WINEMAKERS, COMMENTS ON HOW THE PAST YEAR WENT FOR THE WORLD OF WINE IN ITALY. 13 January 2007
News ASSOENOLOGI STUDY: BETWEEN CHRISTMAS AND THE EPIPHANY, ITALIANS UNCORKED 110 MILLION BOTTLES OF SPUMANTE AND SPENT 1.85 MILLION EUROS ON WINE AND BUBBLY, COMPARED TO 1.8 MILLION IN 2005 11 January 2007
News ANTINORI AND TENUTA SAN GUIDO TO BAPTIZE A NEW WINE TASTING GLASS AT THE “VINOELITE” EXPO TO BE HELD IN VALENCIA, SPAIN NEXT 18 TO 20 APRIL 09 January 2007
News WineNews Analysis – Italian wine, a symbol of world excellence, struggles on the Web. Very few winemakers exploit the potentials of Internet… The best in Italy: Planeta, Donnafugata, Tasca d’Almerita, Santa Margherita, Duca and Florio 08 January 2007
News COLDIRETTI: FIELDS CULTIVATED WITH GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS (GMO) KEEP BEES AWAY, REDUCING POLLINATION ACTIVITIES WITH SERIOUS REPERCUSSIONS ON THE ECOSYSTEM. STUDY RESULTS FROM A CANADIAN UNIVERSITY IN BRITISH COLUMBIA 05 January 2007
News “SALONE DEL VINO”: THE CLASSIC WINE FAIR RETURNS TO TURIN, 26 TO 29 OCTOBER 2007 04 January 2007
News NEITHER OPULENT NOR AUSTERE: ABOUT SIX MILLION EUROS SPENT AT ITALIAN DINNER TABLES FOR THE 2006 FESTIVITIES 03 January 2007
News HI-TECH VINEYARD IS BORN IN TUSCANY: GRAPES MONITORED THROUGH SPECIAL SENSORS, AND ONCE BOTTLED, AN “INTELLIGENT” LABEL TELLS CONSUMERS OF THE HISTORY AND ORIGIN OF THE PRODUCT BY PHONE 28 December 2006
News GOURMET MEALS IN SPACE. DUCASSE AND OTHER FAMOUS WORLD CHEFS CREATE DISHES FOR ASTRONAUTS IN ORBIT. A TASTY EXPERIMENT TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND THE SPIRIT OF SPACE CREWS 27 December 2006
News THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FRIULI REGION’S SOLUTION FOR THE “TOCAI” QUESTION: A NEW DECREE FOR THE NAME “FRIULANO” AWAITS RECOURSE IN EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE 20 December 2006
News “Wine Enthusiast’s” Top 100. The American cult magazine recognizes Italian wine: Barolo Cannubi Boschis 2001 of Luciano Sandrone takes sixth place, while three Brunello di Montalcino also place well. 18 December 2006
News “MADE IN ITALY” WINE EXPORT BOOM IN THE U.S. (+7.6%): A “GLOBAL” EFFECT ACCORDING TO COLDIRETTI 16 December 2006
News ITALIAN ENOGASTRONOMY NEEDS QUALIFIED HANDS: IT IS EASY TO FIND WORK FOR YOUNG EXPERTS 15 December 2006
News EVEN THE TERM “FRIULANO” IS A NO GO FOR THE ITALIAN WINE WORLD, NOW IN SERIOUS RISK OF HAVING NO SUBSTITUTE FOR THE NAME TOCAI. INITIAL DECLARATIONS BY MINISTER DE CASTRO 14 December 2006
News THE FIRST AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL WINE IS BORN; FRUIT OF THE VINE AND OF THE WORK OF THOSE WHO DEFEND HUMAN RIGHTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. A SOPHISTICATED TESTIMONY FOR AN IMPORTANT CAMPAIGN: THE RIGHT TO FOOD AND TO A HEALTHY AND SUFFICIENT DIET 12 December 2006
News LA SCALA TOASTS WITH BELLAVISTA... THE TOP THEATRE IN ITALY OPENS WITH GRAND TRADITION, MAKING A TOAST WITH THE FAMOUS BUBBLES OF FRANCIACORTA BY VITTORIO MORETTI 11 December 2006
News MADE IN ITALY: COLDIRETTI CLAIMS FALSE FOODS WORTH 50 BILLION EUROS ON WORLD MARKET. THE ORGANIZATION PROPOSES A DINNER IN NAPLES WITH THE ‘FAKES’ FROM ABROAD 09 December 2006
News EUROPEAN COMMISSION PROPOSES WARNINGS ON WINE LABELS SIMILAR TO THOSE ALREADY ON CIGARETTE PACKAGES TO LIMIT ALCOHOL ABUSE 07 December 2006
News ADOPT A SHEEP: THE ORIGINAL IDEA OF A SARDINIAN TO CONTINUE RAISING HIS FLOCK DURING TOUGH TIMES 06 December 2006
News ‘GENTLEMAN’ MAGAZINE’S TOP ITALIAN WINE PICKS: TERRA DI LAVORO, GALATRONA, MONTEVETRANO AND SERPICO. SELECTION BASED ON A CROSS MATCHING OF MOST IMPORTANT WINE GUIDES. ENOLOGIST COTARELLA ALSO AMONG “WINNERS”, GRABBING FOURTH SPOTS ON TOP 10 05 December 2006
News THE WAR OF ITALIAN BUBBLIES: THE FRANCIACORTA CONSORTIUM CLAIMS ITS UNIQUENESS AND DISTANCES ITSELF FROM THE ‘SPUMANTE FORUM’ AND THE PROPOSALS FOR THE SECTOR LAUNCHED BY VALDOBBIADENE LAST SEPTEMBER 04 December 2006
News GEORGE CLOONEY PREFERS THE WINES OF MAURIZIO ZANELLA: IN A RECENT INTERVIEW IN PEOPLE MAGAZINE, THE ACTOR REVEALS HE ONLY DRINKS THE RED WINE THAT HIS FRIEND IN FRANCIACORTA PRODUCES 04 December 2006
