News GRAPE HARVEST 2007: THE EARLIEST IN THE PAST 30 YEARS ACCORDING TO PREDICTIONS BY THE ITALIAN WINE UNION AND ISMEA. 5% LESS IN QUANTITY COMPARED TO 2006 HARVEST BUT QUALITY TO REMAIN HIGH. MORE CONSISTENT ANTICIPATIONS IN THE NORTH, LESS IN THE SOUTH 22 July 2007
News INDIA LOWERS CUSTOM DUTIES ON ALCOHOLIC IMPORTS FROM EU. THE ACCORD WITH NEW DELHI GOVERNMENT TO LEVEL TAX RATE THRESHOLD AT 150% 17 July 2007
News THE FUTURE IS IN WINE BY THE GLASS ACCORDING TO ENOMATIC, THE COMPANY THAT HAS PERFECTED THE NEW WAY OF HIGH QUALITY DRINKING. AGREEMENT BETWEEN ENGLISH CHAIN SELFRIDGE’S FOR DISPENSERS THAT WILL NOW POUR TOP WINES IN THE COMMERCIAL HEART OF LONDON 17 July 2007
News CHANGE IN COMPANY MAKE-UP FOR THE AVIGNONESI GROUP (WHICH INCLUDES ‘CLASSICA’ DISTRIBUTIONS AND ‘MASSERIA LI VELI’ OF PUGLIA): ALBERTO FALVO IS THE NEW PRESIDENT AND BELGIAN COMPANY ‘VICTRIX’ A NEW STOCK HOLDER 16 July 2007
News ENOLOGISTS AND WINEMAKERS WITH SHOVELS AND BUCKETS…BUT NOT ON THE BEACH. THIS YEAR’S CLIMATIC CONDITIONS HAVE ANTICIPATED THE GRAPE HARVEST FORCING MANY SECTOR WORKERS TO CANCEL ONE OF ITALY’S MOST IMPORTANT HOLIDAYS. OPINIONS FROM NUMEROUS REGIONS… 13 July 2007
News THE EUROPEAN UNION CMO WINE REFORM DRAFT: KEY POINTS ARE SUGAR BAN, INCENTIVES FOR GRUBBING UP LOW PRODUCTION AREAS, AND DENOMINATION REFORMS. BUT THE FINAL OK FOR THE PLAN NOT UNTIL MARCH-APRIL 2008 12 July 2007
News THE THREE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE OF THE ITALIAN WINE WORLD? ACCORDING TO THE “POWER LIST” BY THE PRESTIGIOUS BRITISH MAGAZINE ‘DECANTER’, THEY ARE PIERO ANTINORI, DANIELE CERNILLI (CO-DIRECTOR OF GAMBERO ROSSO) AND ANGELO GAJA. 10 July 2007
News BIODYNAMIC FARMING - PRODUCING WITH THE ENERGY WITHIN RATHER THAN WITH ADDED MATERIAL. AN INTERVIEW WITH NICOLAS JOLY, THE ICON OF BIODYNAMIC FARMING, AT WINENEWS.TV 09 July 2007
News PIEDMONTESE ENOLOGIST CARLO CORINO PASSED AWAY. HE WAS ONE OF THE PROTAGONISTS OF THE SUCCESS OF SICILIAN WINES 08 July 2007
News THE INAUGURATION OF THE “ROCCA DI FRASSINELLO” WINERY, OWNED BY EDITOR-WINEMAKER PAOLO PANERAI AND DESIGNED BY ARCHITECT RENZO PIANO… THE MAREMMA REGION HAS THE HONOR OF HOSTING A TRUE OPEN-AIR GALLERY 05 July 2007
News COLDIRETTI - THE HEAT PUTS 1 IN 4 FRUITS AT RISK. A GUIDE FOR SHOPPING: HOW TO KEEP EATING FRUIT FIVE TIMES A DAY WHILE SAVING MONEY 04 July 2007
News JACOPO BIONDI SANTI’S WINE WINS BATTLE AGAINST THE SPANISH WIND TURBINE COLOSSAL GAMESA. TUSCAN COURTS RULE IN FAVOR OF MONTEPO AND HAVE DEEMED THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE WIND TURBINE PARK, WHICH WAS RECENTLY INAUGURATED, AS ILLEGITIMATE 02 July 2007
News THE MPS FOUNDATION TAKES FONTANAFREDDA FROM MPS BANK. ACCORDING TO THE ITALIAN DAILY ‘CORRIERE DELLA SERA - ECONOMIA’ MORE INVESTMENTS WILL NOW BE MADE IN AGRICULTURAL COMPANIES WITH THE DEMETRA FUNDS 29 June 2007
News ASIAN TOMATO CONCENTRATE INVADES ITALY: ONE THIRD OF CHINESE IMPORTS ARE PRESERVING TOMATOES. PAY ATTENTION TO LABELS! 28 June 2007
News GREAT BRITAIN WANTS WINE IN CISTERNS. ACCORDING TO ‘THE INDEPENDENT’, THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT WANTS TO REDUCE THE QUANTITY OF IMPORTED GLASS BOTTLES DUE TO RECYCLING PROBLEMS. AN IDEA FOR RECYCLING ON THE SPOT… 26 June 2007
News ANYTHING BUT THE BARBEQUE: 64% OF YOUNG ITALIANS CONSIDER A GRILL OUT IN THE COUNTRYSIDE A RITE THAT CANNOT BE RENOUNCED… BEST IF THERE’S MEAT 25 June 2007
News NANOTECHNOLOGY TO HELP IN THE BATTLE AGAINST COUNTERFEIT ‘MADE IN ITALY’ FOOD PRODUCTS 22 June 2007
News WINE & TRENDS - "SOIF DE COEUR": THE WINE THAT HAS CAUGHT THE HEARTS OF FRENCH SINGLES 21 June 2007
News MARCHESE PIERO ANTINORI RECEIVES “LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD” 2007 FROM THE MASTERS OF WINE INSTITUTE. THE AWARD RECEIVED AT VINEXPO IN BORDEAUX, CURRENTLY UNDERWAY IN THE CAPITAL OF CHATEAUX 19 June 2007
News QUALITY, FASCINATION, RELIABILITY: GAJA IS THE NAME THAT BEST PERSONIFIES THESE CHARACTERISTICS. THE TOP TUSCAN NAMES, ANTINORI AND SASSICAIA, ARE A CLOSE SECOND. FOLLOWED BY SICILIANS, PLANETA AND DONNAFUGATA 15 June 2007
News THE COUNCIL OF EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL MINISTERS HAS NOW AUTHORIZED A 0.9% MAXIMUM CONTAMINATION LEVEL OF GENETICALLY MODIFGIED ORGANISMS (OGM) IN ORGANIC PRODUCTS. ONLY THE MINISTERS FROM ITALY, BELGIUM, GREECE AND HUNGARY VOTE CONTRARY 14 June 2007
News “WINEMAKERS FOREVER”. THOSE WHO CAN’T STAY AWAY FROM THEIR VINEYARDS: FROM STEFANO FARKAS TO LODOVICO ANTINORI, FROM PIERMARIO MELETTI CAVALLARI TO ROBERTO BELLINI AND LIONELLO MARCHESI 13 June 2007
News MOET & CHANDON NAME SWEDE ANDREAS LARSSON AS “WORLD’S BEST SOMMELIER” OF 2007 AT THE MUCH ANTICIPATED ANNUAL APPOINTMENT ORGANIZED BY ASI (ASSOCIATION DE LA SOMMELLERIE INTERNATIONALE) 09 June 2007
News IN GREAT BRITAIN THE “UNITS” OF ALCOHOL PER GLASS WILL APPEAR ON WINE LABELS BY 2008. IT WILL HELP CONSUMERS TO STAY WITHIN DAILY RECOMMENDED LIMITS 08 June 2007
News “IS IT TRUE THAT MEDIEVAL MONKS WERE HEAVY DRINKERS? WHAT COLOR WAS WINE IN THE MIDDLE AGES? DOES THE CORAN REALLY PROHIBIT ALCOHOL?” - THESE QUESTIONS ANSWERED DURING A CONFERENCE BY THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES STUDIES CENTER FOUNDATION AT SPOLETO 07 June 2007
News “RISERVA DI FIZZANO” IN THE CHIANTIGIANA ROCCA DELLE MACIE IS NAMED BEST ITALIAN “WINE TOURISM RESTAURANT” IN THE “GREAT WINE CAPITALS” OF THE WORLD COMPETITION 06 June 2007
News ITALIAN WINE DEFINITELY APPRECIATED BUT IT MUST BE PUSHED WITH MORE BUSINESS ORIENTED PROMOTIONS: VINITALY, THE MOST IMPORTANT EXPO AND ORGANIZATION OF THE ITALIAN WINE SECTOR, SUPPORTS PRODUCERS IN JAPAN 05 June 2007
News THE “WINE LOVER” POPULATION GROWS: 10% OF EARNINGS FROM TOP WINERIES. AVERAGE COST PER BOTTLE OF QUALITY WINE BETWEEN 26 AND 50 EUROS 01 June 2007
News COUNT FRANCESCO MARONE CINZANO, THE “VITICULTURALIST OF TWO WORLDS” IS THE NEW HEAD OF THE PRODUCERS OF MONTALCINO 31 May 2007
News TALES FROM THE WINE SHOP – FROM TIMBANELLO TO WHITE BRUNELLO… PROPRIETORS RECOUNT STORIES OF NOVICE CONSUMERS WHO MAKE UP PART OF THE NEW WINE DRINKING TREND 29 May 2007
News “DRUNK WITH MODERATION, WINE CAN SLOW THE PROGRESSION OF SENILE DEMENTIA IN AT-RISK SUBJECTS”: THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY “ILSA” (ITALIAN LONGITUDINAL STUDY ON AGING), PROMOTED BY CNR AND THE SUPERIOR INSTITUTE OF HEALTH 28 May 2007
News DE CASTRO: “90% OF SO-CALLED ITALIAN PRODUCTS SOLD IN THE U.S. ARE NOT MADE IN ITALY” 25 May 2007
News WITH THE VINEYARD ERADICATIONS FORESEEN BY THE EUROPEAN UNION’S NEW CMO ITALY RISKS LOSING 90,000 HECTARES AND 45,000 BUSINESSES. VINCENZO AITA OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AGRICULTURAL COMMISSION LAUNCHES THE ALARM IN RESPONSE TO SECTOR REFORMS 24 May 2007
News GRAPE SELECTION, PRODUCTION AND LABELLING TECHNIQUES FOR “CUSTOM-MADE WINE” … THE “WINE ATELIER” PROJECT TO ADOPT A VINEYARD AND WATCH IT GROW HAS NOW ARRIVED 23 May 2007
News A LIFE DEDICATED TO ART…DEDICATING ART TO LIFE. ARTIST SANDRO CHIA DIVIDES TIME BETWEEN NEW YORK TRANSVANGUARD AND VINEYARDS IN BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO. A NEW “MULTIMEDIA” WINERY IN THE WORKS 22 May 2007
News EONOLOGISTS: CRISIS REQUIRES SWIFT SOLUTIONS. THE SURPLUS PARTIALLY ABSORBED BY DISTILLATION THAT GOES TO LARGE-SCALE DISTRIBUTION WITH ATTRACTIVE PRICES AT 1 EURO AT TIMES FORCES EVEN DOCG AND NOBILE NAMES TO DESCEND INTO THIS UNHEALTHY COMPETITION 19 May 2007
News FOREIGN ENO-TOURISTS KNOW ITALIAN WINE BUT NOT ITS TERRITORIES. VALENTINO VALENTINI, PRESIDENT OF CITTA DEL VINO: “WE WANT TO RE-LAUNCH ENO-GASTRONOMIC TOURISM… MORE RESOURCES, MORE INNOVATION, MORE NETWORKS AND QUALITY” 17 May 2007
