News THE 282 ‘TRE BICCHIERI’ WINNERS FOR 2007 - THE GAMBERO ROSSO-SLOW FOOD GUIDE’S TOP WINE PICKS... THE “SPECIAL” HONORS TO GRAVNER (BEST WINEMAKER), BENANTI (WINE COMPANY), MAULE (ENOLOGIST) ... 28 September 2006
News AUSTRIAN COMPANY CANS PROSECCO AND ASKS PARIS HILTON TO BECOME ITS SPONSOR. PROTESTS FROM VALDOBBIADENE AND CONEGLIANO WHERE THE DOC “BUBBLY” IS MADE 26 September 2006
News SCIENCE & WINE - FROM JAPAN, A ROBOT CAPABLE OF DISTINGUISHING THE SUBSTANCES THAT MAKE UP A WINE… THE ARTIFICIAL TASTER DEVELOPED BY NEC SYSTEM TECHNOLOGIES AND MIE UNIVERSITY 25 September 2006
News THE FINAL FRONTIER IN LUXURY WINE: A BILLIONAIRE COUPLE ACQUIRES “THE SUPER TUSCANS WINE EXPERIENCE” FOR 160,000 POUNDS. AN EXCLUSIVE TOUR OF THE TOP TUSCAN NAMES IN WINE, TASTING WITH MICHEL ROLLAND, SERENA SUTCLIFFE, LODOVICO AND PIERO ANTINORI 23 September 2006
News IN THE WORLD OF WINE, AN ITALIAN SUCCESS IN FRANCE: IT’S NOT A FAMOUS LABEL, BUT A CORK WITH THE “SOUL”, FROM THE PIEDMONT REGION. NOW IN OVER 100 WINERIES IN THE PRESTIGIOUS BOURGOGNE REGION 22 September 2006
News 2006 “A GOOD HARVEST, THOUGH LESS THAN 2005”: ITALIAN PRODUCER MAKE PREDICTIONS FOR WINENEWS, WHICH HAS GATHERED, REGION BY REGION, THE OPINIONS OF SOME OF ITALY’S TOP ENOLOGISTS 21 September 2006
News FROM THE MIDDLE AGES TO THE NEW MILLENIUM: SAGRANTINO, ONE OF THE MOST ANCIENT REDS IN ITALY, WILL ALSO BECOME A WHITE WINE THANKS TO NATIONAL WINE STUDIES. EXPERIMENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MILAN AND CAPRAI WINERY 20 September 2006
News WINENEWS, ONE OF THE ITALIAN WINE WORLD’S MOST POPULAR WEB SITES, JOINS SYMBOLA, FOUNDATION FOR ITALIAN QUALITY, AND HAS BEEN INVITED TO ATTEND THE SOFT ECONOMY TRADE FAIR-EVENT (22-25 MARCH, MILAN), A GATHERING OF THE EXCELLENCE OF MADE IN ITALY 19 September 2006
News BUBBLIES WITH A SEAL OF ORIGIN ... THE LAUNCH OF “THOUSAND AND ONE VINEYARDS” PROJECT, CREATED BY MAISON BERLUCCHI IN COLLABORATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MILAN 18 September 2006
News CHINESE PREFER BEER AND SPIRITS… BUT INVESTMENT FUNDS BETTING ON WINE. DATA, TRENDS AND COMMENTS FROM TWO IMPORTANT ITALIAN PRODUCERS, ZONIN AND CAVIT 17 September 2006
News ANTONIO GALLONI (AMERICAN JOURNALIST OF ITALIAN ORIGIN) TO BE THE NEW ITALIAN REFERENCE FOR ROBERT PARKER. WILL TAKE THE PLACE OF DANIEL THOMASES 14 September 2006
News RECORD GROWTH FOR MADE IN ITALY WINES ABROAD (+7%): IMPORTS MORE THAN DOUBLE TO CHINA (+115%) AND BOOM IN THE UNITED STATES (+9%) 12 September 2006
News WINE THERAPY FEVER HITS TUSCANY. A MEDIEVAL CASTLE OFFERS A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE: SANGIOVESE-BASED BATHS, MASSAGES AND THERAPEUTIC TREATMENTS IN THE HEART OF THE CHIANTI REGION 11 September 2006
News THE FIRST BOTTLES OF “ROCCA DI FRASSINELLO” NOW ON THE MARKET: THE WINE PROJECT OF PUBLISHER PAOLO PANERAI AND ERIC DE ROTHSCHILD. FIRST WINE COMPANY OF EQUAL FRENCH-ITALIAN PARTNERSHIP 11 September 2006
News GAJA IS THE MYTHICAL ITALIAN WINERY THAT EVERYONE WANTS TO WORK AT (FOLLOWED BY ANTINORI): THE RESULTS OF SURVEY BY VINITALY AND WINENEWS WHO ASKED SITES’ OWN “ENONAUTS” 09 September 2006
News 2006 HARVEST: SIMILARITIES TO 2005 HARVEST, BUT ALL ARE HOPING CONDITIONS BETWEEN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER WILL BE BETTER. COMMENTS BY ENOLOGISTS RENZO AND RICCARDO COTARELLA, FERRINI, PAGLI, LANDI, MERCURIO, CORINO, LANATI 07 September 2006
News SICILIAN WINERY PLANETA, ENOLOGIST CARLO FERRINI, AND THE MONTALCINO TERRITORY: THREE NOMINATIONS ON THE LIST FOR THE “WINE STAR AWARDS 2006”, BY WINE ENTHUSIAST, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WINE MAGAZINES WORLDWIDE 07 September 2006
News BAROLO AUCTION: IT JUST TAKES A CLICK TO PARTICIPATE. THIS YEAR, THE EVENT (SEPTEMBER 24TH) CREATED BY THE GAGLIARDO WINERY, IS EVEN ON-LINE 10 August 2006
News ROOM FOR THE YOUNG: THE CITTA’ DEL VINO (WINE CITIES) REQUEST THE EARLY RETIREMENT OF THE “OLDER GENERATIONS” IN THE WINE WORLD 07 August 2006
News RESEARCH: TESTS CAN’T DISTINGUISH BETWEEN WOOD CHIPS AND BARRELS. CONSUMER’S ONLY GUARANTEE IS TRANSPARENT LABELING 03 August 2006
News UIV-ISMEA: 2006 IMPORTANT HARVEST YEAR. 53 MILLION HECTOLITERS COULD COME OUT OF ITALIAN WINE CELLARS, A +6% INCREASE FROM 2005. 2006 ALSO HIGH QUALITY 31 July 2006
News BEAUTIFUL TO DRINK. PROFESSOR SCIENZA REFLECTS: WHICH AESTHETIC MODEL WILL BE USED FOR THE WINES OF THE FUTURE? JUDGMENT ACCORDING TO CURRENT CANONS OF QUALITY BY GUIDES AND COMPETITIONS OR THE MORE EVOCATIVE MODEL LINKED TO TASTE-SMELL VALUES? 31 July 2006
News FEDERVINI ASSEMBLY: EXPORTS POSITIVE IN 2005 (+8% TOWARDS GERMANY). CONFIRMED BY PIERO MASTROBERARDINO, HEAD OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ITALIAN WINE ENTERPRISE ORGANIZATION 27 July 2006
News TROPHÉE RUINART - BEST SOMMELIER IN EUROPE IS NORWEGIAN ROBERT LIE. ITALIAN ALESSANDRO MASI MAKES IT TO FINALS 26 July 2006
News WINE THE PROTAGONIST AT NEXT SALONE DEL GUSTO (TURIN, 26-30 OCTOBER). SLOW FOOD: “WINE IS PART OF THE HISTORY OF THE INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT”. WINE GUIDE PUBLISHED WITH GAMBERO ROSSO PRESENTED ON OCTOBER 28. 23 July 2006
News SYMBOLA, THE FOUNDATION FOR ITALIAN QUALITY, GOES TO MONTEFALCO. CAPRAI, THE LEADING NAME OF SAGRANTINO, IS ONE OF THE FOUNDATION’S PRESTIGIOUS MEMBERS (TOGETHER WITH DONNAFUGATA AND MASCIARELLI) 23 July 2006
News WORLD’S FIRST "SUGGESTED PRICE" ON A WINE BOTTLE: CAMPO ALLA SUGHERA" OF BOLGHERI (OWNED BY KNAUF)WILL BE "BREAKING WITH TRADITION" BY PRINTING THE SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICE ON LABELS 20 July 2006
News THE CURIOSITY: ROME TO BE THE “CAPITAL” OF “CALICI DI STELLE” (WINE UNDER THE STARS) 2006, THE ENO-ASTRONOMY EVENT OF THE YEAR. 20 July 2006
News “CALICI DI STELLE”: A TOAST TO SAN LORENZO. APPOINTMENTS ACROSS ITALY TO TOAST THE NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING STARS WITH QUALITY WINE 18 July 2006
News MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE DE CASTRO: GENERAL STATES TO RELAUNCH ITALIAN WINE ON JULY 20. “LET’S GIVE VOICE TO THE PROTAGONISTS OF THE SECTOR” 17 July 2006
News ITALY’S SOCCER VICTORY SPARKS HOPES OF TRIUMPH IN THE BATTLE BETWEEN FRENCH AND ITALIAN WINES 15 July 2006
News THE “PUZZLE WINE”? NEW AND SOPHISTICATED TECHNOLOGIES MAY SOON PERMIT THE PIECE BY PIECE CREATION OF WINES IN LABORATORIES, MANIPULATED TO MEET MARKET DEMANDS 11 July 2006
News STUDY TO DEFINE EXACT DOSE OF WINE THAT IS HEALTHY TO DRINK. THE UNIVERSITY OF PISA RESEARCH BY AMEDEO ALPI, PLANT PHYSIOLOGIST, ALDO PINCHERA, WORLD RENOWNED ENDOCRINOLOGIST, AND GIACOMO TACHIS, THE “PRINCE” OF ENOLOGISTS 03 July 2006
News RUMORS - THE POPE’S A SOMMELIER. BENEDICT XVI NOMINATED “HONORARY SOMMELIER” BY THE ITALIAN SOMMELIER ASSOCIATION OF ROME (AIS) 29 June 2006
News THE SECOND FIRST TIME FOR MISTER RICCARDO COTARELLA... AFTER BEING THE FIRST IN BORDEAUX, COTARELLA TO BE THE FIRST ITALIAN ENOLOGIST TO HEAD TO INDIA TO WORK WITH THE BIGGEST ASIAN WINERY. WINENEWS ANALYZES DATA AND TENDENCIES OF THE INDIAN MARKET 26 June 2006
News WINE & LUXURY: “DIADEMA DIAMANTE” IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE BOTTLE OF WINE IN THE WORLD, WORTH 5.2 KARATS. BY THE RENOWNED CREATOR OF LUXURY GOODS FOR VIP’S, ALBERTO GIANNOTTI (VILLA OLMO DI IMPRUNETA, FLORENCE) 24 June 2006
News NORTH AMERICANS DRINK MORE, GERMANS DRINK CHEAPER, AND ALMOST ALL PREFER RED: THE RESULTS OF THE “FOREIGNERS AND WINE” STUDY BY IDEEUROPEE FOR ASTORIA WINES 24 June 2006
News WINENEWS NOMINATED FOR BEST “FOOD & WINE SITE” ALONGSIDE WINE SPECTATOR AND GAMBERO ROSSO AT THE LUIGI VERONELLI AWARDS. WINNERS CHOSEN JUNE 8 BY CLASS PUBLISHERS AND VERONELLI PUBLISHING IN MEMORY OF THE GREAT FOOD & WINE CRITIC 23 June 2006
