News EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES FOR BANKS AND ROYALTY. SCANDAL REVEALED BY THE ‘INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE’ 31 July 2009
News THE U.S. TO GIVE THE “UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY” THE AVA SEAL. WITH ITS 4.8 MILLION HECTARES IT’S THE LARGEST WINE DENOMINATION IN THE WORLD 30 July 2009
News ISMEA-ITALIAN WINE UNION STUDY: FORECASTS FOR CONTAINED GROWTH FOR THE 2009 GRAPE HARVEST. EXTIRPATION AND THINNING OUT OF GRAPES COUNTERBALANCES THE PRODUCTION OF GENERALLY HEALTHY ITALIAN VINEYARDS 29 July 2009
News MORE FOREIGN WINE AT LOWER PRICES: U.S. WINE IMPORTS TREND OF INCREASING QUANTITIES (22%) BUT DECREASING AMOUNTS IN VALUE (-14%) CONTINUED THROUGH MAY ACCORDING TO THE ITALIAN WINE & FOOD INSTITUTE 28 July 2009
News THE MAIN NEW WORLD WINE COUNTRIES (EXCEPT AUSTRALIA) HAVE UNITED TO CREATE A COMMON MARKET PLAN TO BEAT THE EUROPEAN UNION 27 July 2009
News THE “CUVEE GAME” BECOMES THE “CUVEE SCHOOL”. THE EVENT ORGANIZED BY CONTADI CASTALDI IS NO LONGER JUST A COMPETITION BUT A FORGE OF MASTERS IN THE ART OF SPARKLING WINE FROM FRANCIACORTA 24 July 2009
News AN EXCLUSIVE CAVEAU IN THE HEART OF ROME FOR THE U.S. AMBASSADOR. BUILT IN RECORD TIME (9 MONTHS), ON JULY 23 THE WINE CELLAR AT VILLA TAVERNA (CREATED BY AGNESE MAZZEI) IS OPENED AND HOLDS 5,000 BOTTLES DONATED BY THE MOST IMPORTANT ITALIAN WINERIES 22 July 2009
News BARACK OBAMA BRINGS WINE AND BEER BACK TO THE WHITE HOUSE. AFTER EIGHT YEARS OF “ABSTINENCE”, THE PRESIDENT DRINKS AND OFFERS LIQUOR TO HIS GUESTS 21 July 2009
News FIVE CUPS OF COFFEE A DAY GOOD FOR PREVENTING AND EVEN CURING ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE. A DISCOVERY BY THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 20 July 2009
News THE MARKET ACCORDING TO PIERO VALDISERRA, MARKETING MANAGER FOR FRATELLI RINALDI, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT IMPORTERS. “IMPOSSIBLE TO GENERALIZE, BUT STILL WINES ARE SUFFERING, SPARKLING WINES ARE WITHSTANDING, COGNAC, CALVADOS, WHISKEY ARE STABLE” 20 July 2009
News GERMANY CREATES POWDERED WINE FOR MOUNTAINEERS. THE PACK OF 60 GRAMS OF POWDER MAKES A GLASS OF RED WINE. IT IS PRODUCED BY THE “TREK‘N EAT” COMPANY 16 July 2009
News THE TOP TEN WINES SOLD WORLDWIDE ACCORDING TO DATABANK, OWNER OF THE PRESTIGIOUS AMERICAN MAGAZINE, ‘WINE SPECTATOR’. ITALY’S MARTINI & ROSSI TAKE SECOND PLACE WITH ‘MARTINI’ AND CAVIRO FOURTH WITH ‘TAVARNELLO’ 15 July 2009
News A PRESS RELEASE AT VINEXPO BORDEAUX STATES OPTIMISM FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND A PREDICTION OF 3.5% GROWTH FOR THE WINE AND ALCOHOL MARKET WITH GLOBAL EARNINGS THAT WILL SURPASS 390 BILLION DOLLARS BY 2012 14 July 2009
News TUSCANY TOASTS THE RETURN OF ALGHIERI - AFTER 650 YEARS! AN HISTORIC APPOINTMENT AT THE ESTATE OF COUNT PIERALVISE SEREGO ALIGHIERI, DIRECT DESCENDANT OF DANTE, WITH DARIO CECCHINI AND MASI AGRICOLA 13 July 2009
News ITALIAN WINE & FOOD INSTITUTE: IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2009, ITALIAN WINE EXPORTS TO THE U.S. FALL. ITALY LOSES ITS FIRST PLACE POSITION TO AUSTRALIA FOR U.S. WINE IMPORTS 09 July 2009
News FOR THOSE WHO INVESTED IN WINE 8 YEARS AGO, EARNINGS NOW REACH 10%: MASSETO BY ORNELLAIA IS THE PROTAGONIST OF THIS POSITIVE TREND 07 July 2009
News OPTIMISM AND A REBOUND BY THE END OF THE YEAR: LEONARDO LO CASCIO, PRESIDENT OF WINEBOW (ONE OF THE TOP ITALIAN WINE IMPORTER IN THE U.S.) PLACES HIS BET 06 July 2009
News THE CRISIS IS CHANGING CONSUMPTION HABITS: AMERICANS HAVE NOT RENOUNCED WINE BUT NOW PREFER THOSE AT MORE ACCESSIBLE PRICES. THE TREND IS SIMILAR IN ITALY AND AT THE ‘WINE SHOW’ IN TURIN (24-26 OCTOBER) A SPECIAL EMPHASIS WILL BE ON ‘EVERYDAY’ WINES 03 July 2009
News ADVERTISING: FOOD & BEVERAGE GIANTS LIKE FERRERO, DANONE AND BARILLA ARE AMONG TOP 2009 SPENDERS IN ITALY, BUT INVESTMENTS MARKED 18% DECREASE. NOT GOOD FOR TELEVISION (-15.3%) AND PRESS (-25.6%), INTERNET DOING WELL (+6.7%),ACCORDING TO NIELSEN DATA 02 July 2009
News “THE CRISIS IS JUST A CRISIS AND WILL PASS”, SAYS ROBERT BEYNAT, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF VINEXPO. “A MUCH MORE SERIOUS FACT IS THAT MANY ‘ANTI-ALCOHOLEXTREMISTS’, AS I CALL THEM, KEEP BLAMING EVERYTHING ON WINE” 01 July 2009
News THE “PATRIARCH” ARGIOLAS ANTONIO, BORN 1906, FOUNDER AND GUIDE OF THE ARGIOLAS CELLARS, RECENTLY PASSED AWAY 29 June 2009
News THE FEDERALIMENTARE CONGRESS IN PARMA: THE FOOD INDUSTRY IS HOLDING UP UNDER THE CRISIS. IN 2008 EXPORTS INCREASED BY 10%. ITALIANS SPEND ON FOOD AND BUY MORE VEGETABLES AND READY-TO-EAT PASTA DISHES. 23 June 2009
News 21% OF TOURISTS FROM NORTHWEST EUROPE CHOOSE ITALY FOR ITS FOOD SPECIALTIES, AND HALF OF THEM PREFER MEATS, CHEESE, OIL AND WINE AS SOUVENIRS, ACCORDING TO A STUDY BY THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL“NATHAN THE WISE” 16 June 2009
News AMERICANS LOVE FRANCE: PRESIDENT OBAMA STATES THAT AMERICANS ADORE FRENCH FOOD AND WINE, AND ADDED THAT THE BOYCOTT OF FRENCH PRODUCTS IS NOW ONLY A MEMORY 15 June 2009
News IT IS NOW POSSIBLE TO PURCHASE ITALIAN WINE AND MADE IN ITALY PRODUCTS AT GUGGENHEIM IN VENICE, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MUSEUMS IN THE WORLD. A SPACE WILL BE DEDICATED TO ITALIAN TASTE, THANKS TO BUONITALIA AND MINISTRIES OF AGRICULTURE AND CULTURE 10 June 2009
News IN CHIANTI EVEN DIRT ROADS HAVE A HUGE VALUE: THE FLORENTINE BANK OF CHIANTI IS THE FIRST IN ITALY TO GIVE SPECIAL FINANCING TO COUNTRY ROAD MAINTENANCE COMPANIES. 09 June 2009
News “THE BAROLO & BARBARESCO FESTIVAL” IN ROME LAUNCHES THE DEBUT OF THE GREAT WINES OF THE LANGA TERRITORY. BAROLO 2005 & BARBARESCO 2006: “TWO EXCELLENT QUALITY YEARS” ARRIVE ON THE SCENE 08 June 2009
News THE EUROPEAN COMMISSIONER FISCHER BOEL APPROVES PRODUCT INFO ON ALL LABELS. ON WINE FRONT FEDERDOC NOT SATISFIED. CONFAGRICOLTURA SAYS OK 05 June 2009
News BETWEEN PROHIBITION AND EXCESS, MODERATION WINS. ANTONIO ARGIOLAS FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF THE SARDINIAN WINE CELLAR IS 102 YEARS OLD AND DRINKS 2 GLASSES OF WINE A DAY... 03 June 2009
News LUXURY RESTAURANTS IN THE STATES FEEL THE CRISIS… GIORGIO ARMANI OPENS A RESTAURANT ON 5TH AVENUE 29 May 2009
News FRUIT “ SOMMELIER” IN SCHOOLS: ANNOUNCED BY THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY AND RESEARCH AND COLDIRETTI 27 May 2009
News THE TOP TEN LIST OF THE BEST WINE TOURISM SPOTS IN THE WORLD ACCORDING TO THE PRESTIGIOUS AMERICAN JOURNAL “FORBES”: THE BANFI CASTLE IN MONTALCINO IS NUMBER ONE AND THE ONLY ITALIAN SITE ON THE LIST 26 May 2009
News ON MAY 29 AND 30 “TERRA MADRE” WILL BE IN TANZANIA TO START A COMMUNITY NETWORK OF FOOD BASED ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY. PROMOTED BY NGO CEFA, SLOW FOOD, SLOW FOOD FOUNDATION FOR BIODIVERSITY AND FAIR TRADE ITALY 25 May 2009
News ITALY’S MINISTER OF TOURISM MICHELA BRAMBILLA AND THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURAL POLICIES LUCA ZAIA BEGIN A NEW COURSE IN ENOGASTRONOMIC TOURISM IN ROME 20 May 2009
News ITALIAN WINE SALES FEEL THE CRISIS - IN THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF 2009, 17.5% FALL IN QUANTITY AND 19.2% FALL IN VALUE. SPARKLING WINES ARE HOLDING UP WELL. WINE CONSUMPTION IS CHANGING IN THE STATES: LESS AT RESTAURANTS AND MORE AT HOME. 18 May 2009
News YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE CULTURE OF DRINKING: THE HABITS OF YOUNG ITALIANS COMPARED TO YOUNG ADULTS IN THREE OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES… A STUDY BY ISPO (Renato Mannheimer) FOR FEDERVINI 15 May 2009
News GETTING THROUGH THE CRISIS: MORE AND MORE PARISIANS RANSACK THEIR CELLARS AND TAKE BOTTLES OF WINE TO PAWN SHOPS 14 May 2009
