News NO LAY-OFFS FOR THE GAMBERO ROSSO CHANNEL BUT IT WILL CUT UPC SRL, THE SUB-CONTRACTED COMPANY D.GUSTO SRL. CELLINI: “THE WORK RELATIONS FOR THAT COMPANY ARE NOT A QUESTION UNDER OUR COMPETENCY… TV IS A CENTRAL STRATEGY OF GAMBERO ROSSO” 07 January 2009
News ITALIAN WINE IS NOT MOVING AHEAD ON THE INTERNET: THE GAP GROWS BETWEEN THAT OF THE OTHER ‘AMBASSADORS’ OF ITALIAN GOODS. THE WINNERS OF WINENEWS ‘WINERIES ON THE WEB’ 8TH EDITION TOP SITES: SANTA MARGHERITA, DONNAFUGATA, PLANETA, TASCA D’ALMERITA. 05 January 2009
News “TERRE ALTE DI BRISIGHELLA”: THE “DOUBLE” ZONING PROJECT FOR WINE AND OLIVE OIL BEGINS. THERE ARE TOO FEW ZONES IN ITALY ACCORDING TO LEONARDO VALENTI OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MILAN 02 January 2009
News REPORT NUMBER 11 ON THE COMPETITIVENESS OF ITALIAN AGRICULTURE IN THE FACE OF NEW SCENARIOS 29 December 2008
News NEW YEAR’S CELEBRATIONS DON’T HOLD BACK ON THE “BUBBLY”. GIAMPIERO COMOLLI, THE HEAD OF THE OBSERVATORY ON THE ITALIAN SPUMANTE FORUM: “80 MILLION BOTTLES WILL BE CORKED, 7 MILLION FOREIGN ONES, FOR A VALUE OF 600 MILLION EUROS” 29 December 2008
News IN 2007, THE VALUE OF LAND IN ITALY INCREASED ACCORDING TO A RECENT INEA STUDY. THE BEST QUOTES FOR MONTALCINO, VALDOBBIADENE, CALDARO, TRENTO, FRANCIACORTA, CHIANTI CLASSICO 26 December 2008
News GALLO NERO WITH A CLICK: AN ONLINE SHOP AT CHIANTICLASSICO.COM. HOLIDAY BASKETS AND A NEW LINE FOR THE BLACK ROOSTER BRAND NOW ARRIVE FROM THE CHIANTI REGION DIRECTLY TO ONE’S HOME 22 December 2008
News “A NEW CLASSIFICATION OF DOC/DOCG FOLLOWING THE BURGUNDY MODEL… IT COULD RESOLVE THE CURRENT MONTALCINO CRISIS”: THE PROPOSAL BY PROFESSOR MARIO FREGONI, PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION OF VINE AND WINE 19 December 2008
News TWO MILLION FAMILIES IN ITALY MAKE IT ONLY TO THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH ACCORDING TO A CONFESERCENTI-SWG SURVEY. “CHRISTMAS COULD BE THE LAUNCHING PAD FOR RETURNING TRUST TO THE ECONOMY” 15 December 2008
News TALKING ABOUT WINE WITH SUSANNA AGNELLI - NOSTALGIA FOR CHATEAU MAARGAUX, SOLD BY THE FAMILY IN 2003, AND SOLIDARITY WITH ITALIAN WINE: THE THEMES OF THE WINENEWS INTERVIEW WITH ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WOMEN OF MODERN ITALIAN HISTORY 14 December 2008
News THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS THREATENS “FINE WINE” STOCKS: THE HISTORIC AUCTION AT HOSPICE DI BEAUNE EARNS JUST 2.8 MILLION EUROS, DOWN FROM 4.2 MILLION EARNED IN 2007. -12.4% ON LIV-EX 100 FINE WINE INDEX 13 December 2008
News BEER CRISIS IN GREAT BRITAIN: IN 2008 SALES HAVE FALLEN BY 7.2% ACCORDING TO THE BEER & PUB ASSOCIATION 12 December 2008
News COUNTING FOOD SPENDING COSTS TO THE DIME AND ACQUISITIONS MADE BASED ON TRADITION AND LOCAL GOODS: WHAT ITALIANS ARE EATING DURING THE CRHISTMAS AND NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS ACCORDING TO A CIA SURVEY 11 December 2008
News A MILLION DOLLAR DIAMOND TOGETHER WITH TUSCANY’S MOST PRECIOUS TRUFFLES: THE EVENT AT THE TRUFFLE FAIR IN SAN MINIATO (PISA) WAS ALSO THE WORLD PREMIER OF A NEW CUT FOR THE PRECIOUS STONE 09 December 2008
News WHEN A WINERY GETS RISQUE: AMONG THE BARRIQUE OF THE CANTINA SOCIALE DI APPIANO (BOLZANO) A PLAYBOY MODEL CAUSES A RUCKUS 08 December 2008
News FRANCE: THE CRISIS CAUSES OUTDOOR CAFES TO CLOSE… ONCE AN INALIENABLE TRADITION, THE MID MORNING APERITIF ENDS. A FALL IN WINE AND BEER SALES 05 December 2008
News ITALIAN WINE ON THE SCENE IN BEIJING, SHANGHAI, AND MACAO. “VINITALY CHINA” (19/22 NOVEMBER) A PROGRAM THAT PROMOTES THE CULTURE OF WINE AND COMMERCIAL RELATIONS IN A COUNTRY WHERE CONSUMPTION IS CONTINUOUSLY GROWING 04 December 2008
News WINE SPECTATOR’S TOP 100 LIST FOR 2008: 15 ITALIANS MAKE IT ONTO THE COVETED ANNUAL CLASSIFICATION OF THE AMERICAN WINE MAGAZINE. TUSCANY REGION RECEIVES THE MOST RECOGNITION WITH 7 LABELS ON THE LIST, FOLLOWED BY PIEDMONT WITH 3 LABELS 03 December 2008
News “THE SPECULATIVE FOOD BUBBLE HAS FINALLY BURST AND THE CRISIS HAS ARRIVED: NOW PRODUCERS WILL LOWER PRICES”: A STATEMENT MADE BY NUTRITIONIST GIORGIO CALABRESE AT THE “FOOD AND HEALTH” CONVENTION HELD IN ROME 01 December 2008
News E-COMMERCE – ACQUISITIONS IN ITALY FOR 2008 SURPASS 6 BILLION EUROS (+20% OVER 2007) BUT PENETRATION INTO THE COUNTRY IS STILL INFERIOR TO 1%. 29 November 2008
News AND THE WINNERS ARE… THE PRESTIGIOUS U.S. MAGAZINE, ‘WINE ENTHUSIAST’ HAS MADE ITS CHOICES FOR THE 2008 “WINE STAR AWARDS”: THE ONLY ITALIAN ON THE LIST IS THE MARCHESE PIERO ANTINORI, WHO CLAIMED THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 28 November 2008
News WINE BUS - THE “ITINERANT ENOTECA” TO PROMOTE TYPICAL WINES AND PRODUCTS OF ETNA. THE AMERICAN MADE BUS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR USE BY PUBLIC ENTITIES, WINERIES, AND PRIVATE COMPANIES FOR WINE & FOOD EVENTS AND TOURIST FAIRS 27 November 2008
News MEDIOBANCA STUDY: “WINE IS LIKE GOLD, A REFUGE GOOD. ONE OF THE WORLD’S GREAT WINES FOR ‘PARACHUTE’ INVESTORS AGAINST THE CRISIS”. MASSETO BY ORNELLAIA IS THE TOP ITALIAN WINE AT THE PLACE DE BORDEAUX 26 November 2008
News THE FIRST “ANTI-MAFIA” STORE OPENS IN ROME. THE ASSOCIATION LIBERA BY DON CIOTTI INAUGURATES THE “BOTTEGA OF FLAVORS AND KNOWLEDGE OF LEGALITY” 24 November 2008
News INTERNATIONAL WINE FAIR HELD IN CASABLANCA AND ORGANIZED BY MARTINI & ROSSI CAUSES UPROAR AMONG MOROCCAN MUSLIMS 21 November 2008
News PINOT GRIGIO BY CAVIT AND PINOT GRIGIO ECCO DOMANI BY MEZACORONA ARE THE ITALIN WINES DRUNK MOST OFTEN IN U.S. RESTAURANTS ACCORDING TO A SURVEY BY THE AMERICAN MAGAZINE ‘RESTAURANT WINES’ 20 November 2008
News “AMONG LIQUID ASSETS WINE IS THE BEST EARNING”, ACCORDING TO EDOARDO NARDUZZI WHO IS SPECIALIZED IN WINE ECONOMICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BORDEAUX 19 November 2008
News WINE SPECTATOR, THE WORLD’S WINE “BIBLE”, CHOOSES THE “WINE OF THE YEAR” FOR 2008: THE CHILEAN CLOS APALTA COLCHAGUA VALLEY 2005 BY LAPOSTOLLE. ONLY ONE ITALIAN ON THE TOP TEN LIST: BAROLO 2004 BY PIO CESARE 19 November 2008
News WINENEWS/VINITALY SURVEY – VINO NOVELLO IS NOT JUST A TREND AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE: SNUBBED UNTIL RECENTLY BY WINE CONNOISSEURS, NEW WINE IS NOW BECOMING A PLEASURABLE SEASONAL TRADITION. 38% OF WINE LOVERS BUY AT LEAST ONE BOTTLE EACH AUTUMN 18 November 2008
News MASSETO 2006 FROM THE ORNELLAIA ESTATE IS THE FIRST ITALIAN WINE IN THE “PLACE DE BORDEAUX”.THE NEGOCIANTS OF BORDEAUX WILL BE PICKING UP A CONSIGNMENT OF THE PRESTIGIOUS PURE MERLOT FROM BOLGHERI 13 November 2008
News A COLDIRETTI-SWG STUDY REVEALS THAT WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE HOUSING CRISIS “AGRICULTURAL LAND IS WORTH MORE THAN GOLD” 12 November 2008
News FOOD & EXPORTS – THE ITALIAN MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE LUCA ZAIA: “ITALIAN QUALITY REACHES 9 BILLION EUROS” 10 November 2008
News ITALIAN WINE & FOOD INSTITUTE –THE FIRST 8 MONTHS OF 2008 SHOW REDUCTIONS IN IMPORTS TO THE U.S. A SLOW DOWN FROM ALL COUNTRIES THOUGH ITALY MANAGES TO MAINTAIN EXPORT VALUES. THE INCREASE IN PRICES IS THE REASON FOR THE DECREASE 07 November 2008
News REUTERS – INTERNET WINE SALES WILL CREATE A LARGE BUSINESS. MORE THAN HALF OF U.S. CONSUMERS MAY SOON BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A BETTER SELECTION OF WINES AT BETTER PRICES 06 November 2008
News ANALYSIS OF THE 2008 HARVEST IN THE LANGA AREA ACCORDING TO THE BAROLO AND BARBARESCO CONSORTIUM: “A YEAR THAT STARTED ON THE UPSWING, AND THEN CONCLUDED EXCELLENTLY” 05 November 2008
News SALONE DEL GUSTO: COMRADERIE BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT OF SLOW FOOD AND THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AT THE FOOD KERMESSE IN TURIN. 04 November 2008
