News LAZIO GOES ORGANIC: AUTOMATIC DISPENSERS WITH FRESH ORGANIC FRUIT INSTALLED IN REGIONAL OFFICES 06 December 2007
News WARNINGS OF THE “COSTS” OF CARBON DIOXIDE FOR PRODUCTS WILL SOON BE ON LABELS. A PROPOSAL BY TUSCANY REGION AGRICULTURAL COUNCILOR SUSANNA CENNI 06 December 2007
News RECORD BREAKING AUCTION IN FLORENCE: A 1.5 KG TRUFFLE SOLD TO CHINESE BILLIONAIRE STANLEY HO FOR 330,000 DOLLARS. HO OUTBID THE SON OF SHEIK ABU DHABI. CHINA DOMINATES ENTIRE AUCTION, BUYING 11 OUT OF THE 14 LOTS AVAILABLE 04 December 2007
News A HISTORIC ITALIAN BANK ENTERS WINE SPECTATOR’S “TOP 100” LIST: BARBERA ‘BRICCOTONDO’ 2006 BY FONTANAFREDDA, THE WINEMAKING COMPANY OWNED BY DEL MONTE DEI PASCHI DI SIENA BANK, HAS ENTERED THE TOP RANKS OF THE WORLD’S BEST WINES 01 December 2007
News 2008 WILL BE A YEAR DEDICATED TO RE-LAUNCHING THE ITALIAN WINE CITIES REGULATORY PLAN. CLIMATE CHANGE AND LANDSCAPE AWARENESS MAKE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT A NECESSITY. KEY WORDS: “QUALITY PLANNING” 30 November 2007
News ONLY 22 WINERIES IN ITALY HAVE A UNANIMOUS VOTE FROM CRITICS. VERY LITTLE AFFINITY AMONG THE FIVE MOST IMPORTANT ITALIAN WINE GUIDES… DE GUSTIBUS NON DISPUTANDUM EST! 28 November 2007
News DOM PERIGNON 1955, POL ROGER 1996, CRISTAL 1979, ROMANEE CONTI 1970, RICHEBOURG 1990, BIONDI SANTI 1955, IMPERIALE SASSICAIA 1999... THESE ARE SOME OF THE HEAD SPINNING LOTS AT THE GELARDINI & ROMANI AUCTION IN ROME ON DECEMBER 15 27 November 2007
News AN IMPERIAL OF MASSETO 2001 FROM TENUTA DELL’ORNELLAIA GOES FOR 6,948 EUROS – THE TOP BID OF THE VINTAGE WINE AUCTION ORGANIZED BY GELARDINI & ROMANI AT THE MERANO INTERNATIONAL WINE FESTIVAL 25 November 2007
News CAMPARI IS THE TOP BEVERAGE COMPANY IN ITALY. THREE WINE PRODUCERS HAVE ALSO MADE IT ONTO THE TOP TEN LIST: MARTINI & ROSSI-BACARDI, CAVIRO, AND GRUPPO ITALIANO VINI 22 November 2007
News WINE SPECTATOR, THE BIBLE OF WINE, CROWNS FRANCE’S CHATENEUF-DU-PAPE 2005 DI CLOS DES PAPES AS 2007’s NUMBER 1 WINE IN ITS ANNUAL CLASSIFICATION. TWO ITALIANS IN THIS YEAR’S TOP 10: TIGNANELLO (N. 4) E ORNELLAIA (N. 7) 20 November 2007
News ITALY AND FRANCE PUT DOWN THEIR WEAPONS FOR A GOOD CAUSE: 50 LOTS OF WINE AT THE CHARITY AUCTION FOR THE “I GUARDIANI DEL FARO ONLUS” NON PROFIT FOUNDATION OF SUSANNA AGNELLI. AUCTION ORGANIZED BY GELASIO GAETANI LOVATELLI D’ARAGONA 20 November 2007
News “ONE SIP AFTER ANOTHER” (VOLPATO), “CROOKED SYMMETRIES” (DI BAIA), “INK” (MENNA): THE WINNERS OF “READ IN A SIP”, THE LITERARY COMPETITION BY SANTA MARHERITA… WITH ENO-STORIES BY AUTHORS AGNELLO HORNBY, CACUCCI AND SERRA 16 November 2007
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
