News TUSCANY IS THE CRADLE OF ITALIAN WINE ENTREPRENEURSHIP: THE MARCHESI ANTINORI AND THE BARON RICASOLI ARE AMONG THE ONE HUNDRED OLDEST BUISNESSES IN THE WORLD ACCORDING TO THE CLASSIFICATION PUBLISHED BY THE U.S. MAGAZINE “FAMILY BUSINESS” 16 May 2007
News SLOW FISH - PROTECTED MARINE AREAS NEED A NEW TYPE OF GOVERNANCE ACCORDING TO SLOW FOOD AND WWF ITALY 15 May 2007
News SLOW FISH AND THE WORDS OF CARLO PETRINI: “WE CANNOT WORRY ONLY ABOUT THE RIGHTS OF HUMANS, BUT ALSO THE RIGHTS OF THE LAND, THE SEA, THE PLANTS, AND ANIMALS. SLOW FOOD WANTS TO CONCILIATE AN ETHICAL ENVIRONMENTAL MESSAGE WITH ECONOMIC PROSPECTS”. 14 May 2007
News RARE WINES, STAGE FURNINSHINGS AND COSTUMES - EXCEPTIONAL BOTTLES AT THE BENEFIT AUCTION FOR THE TEATRO DEL MAGGIO MUSICALE FOUNDATION (17 MAY, 7 PM, FLORENCE). A PREVIEW TO “ALLE CORTE DEL VINO” (SAN CASCIANO VAL DI PESA, 19-20 MAY) 12 May 2007
News OSCAR FARINETTI, OWNER OF EATALY, THE NEW SUPERMARKET FOR GOURMETS, TALKS TO WINENEWS: “QUALITY WINE AND FOOD PRODUCTS ARE MY MISSION… AFTER TURIN, GENOA, THEN 8 OTHER ITALIAN CITIES AND NEW YORK”. RAPPORT GOOD BETWEEN THE THREE PARTNERS (COOP) 10 May 2007
News THE WORLD OF WINE ON “SECOND LIFE” - A POSSIBLE PLACE FOR THE PROMOTION AND DISCUSSION OF THE NECTAR OF THE GODS … THE FIRST ITALIAN EXPERIENCES COMPARED TO THOSE OF OTHERS 09 May 2007
News WINE STYLE BRINGS TOGETHER OLD ENGLAND AND THE NEW WORLD: QUEEN ELIZABETH AND THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA MAKE A TOAST TO THE FIRST ENGLISH COLONIALISTS TO ARRIVE IN AMERICA IN 1607 08 May 2007
News 500 YEARS AT PALAZZO ANTINORI… A BOOK AND CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITION FROM MAY 11 TO JULY 13, CELEBRATING WITH PRIDE THE “FIVE CENTURIES” OF THE ANTINORI FAMILY, ONE OF THE TOP NAMES IN ITALIAN WINE, AT THEIR RENNAISSANCE VILLA IN FLORENCE 06 May 2007
News “WINE FOR LEGALITY” - A NEW WINE PRESENTED IN GENOA AT SLOW FISH (4-7 MAY) WITH A SLOW FOOD TASTING: CENTOPASSI PRODUCED FROM VINEYARDS CONFISCATED FROM THE MAFIA IN SICILY. NOW ON SALE EXCLUSIVELY AT COOP SUPERMARKETS 04 May 2007
News ITALIAN COOKING IS THE PROTAGONIST OF THE JAPANESE TV PROGRAM “BAMBINO”: A WINDOW ON QUALITY MADE IN ITALY GOODS 03 May 2007
News EUROPEAN COURT – IN SOME CASES COMPARATIVE ADVERTISING IS ACCEPTED. BEER LIKENED TO CHAMPAGNE 02 May 2007
News MADE IN ITALY FOODS ARE WINNING ABROAD. “2006 IS THE YEAR OF CHANGE AFTER A LONG STAGNATION. EXPORTS GROW BY 10%, WITH EARNINGS REACHING 110 BILLION EUROS”. DECLARATION BY GIAN DOMENICO AURICCHIO, PRESIDENT OF FEDERALIMENTARE 02 May 2007
News BOSSI FEDERIGOTTI FROM THE TRENTINO REGION AND MASI FROM THE VENETO JOIN IN PARTNERSHIP. THE TWO COMPANIES HAVE AGREED ON COMPANY MANAGEMENT AND COMMERCIALIZATION. ALL OF THE DETAILS OF THE ACCORD BETWEEN THE HISTORIC FAMILY AND SANDRO BOSCAINI 30 April 2007
News ITALIAN WINE IMPORTS TO THE U.S. SKYROCKET: IN THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF 2007, +18.3% IN QUANTITY AND +18.1% IN VALUE (COMPARED TO 2006). DATA FROM ITALIAN WINE & FOOD INSTITUTE 28 April 2007
News EUROPEAN AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER, MARIANN FISCHER BOEL, RINGS THE ALARM. “IT IS NECESSARY TO RE-ESTABLISH AN EQUILIBRIUM IN THE WINE SECTOR; NON COMPETITIVE PRODUCERS MUST LEARN HOW TO WALK BY THEMSELVES” 26 April 2007
News “NO TO TERRORISTIC LABELS, YES TO EDUCATION ON CONSCIOUS CONSUMPTION”: THE APPEAL TO PREMIER ROMANO PRODI BY PRESIDENT OF THE ITALIAN WINE UNION (UIV), ANDREA SARTORI, WHO EXPLAINS THAT “IT IS INCORRECT TO DRAG WINE INTO THE VORTEX OF DRUGS” 25 April 2007
News A 2153% INCREASE IN THE VALUE OF ONE HECTARE OF BRUNELLO FROM 1967 TO THE PRESENT. THE “FIRST 40 YEARS” OF THE BRUNELLO CONSORTIUM SUMMED UP IN THE EXPONENTIAL GROWTH OF THE VALUE OF THE LAND WHERE THE MOST LOVED SANGIOVESE IN THE WORLD IS CULTIVATED 23 April 2007
News ISMEA REPORT: ITALIAN PRODUCTION OF QUALITY WINE CONTINUES TO GROW. AN INCREASE OF OVER 40%, PASSING FROM 10.3 TO 15 MILLION HECTOLITERS 20 April 2007
News IT’S OFFICIAL: TOCAI NO LONGER EXISTS… AS OF APRIL 1ST THE NAME CAN ONLY BE FOUND IN HUNGARY AND ITALY HAS INTRODUCED THE NEW DENOMINATION, “FRIULANO” 18 April 2007
News THE OLD AND NEW WORLD UNITE WITH CABERNET SAUVIGNON… THE RIBBON IS CUT AT RED MOUNTAIN IN WASHINGTON STATE: MARCHESE PIERO ANTINORI AND TED BASELER, OWNER OF CHATEAU STE. MICHELLE, CELEBRATE COL SOLARE 17 April 2007
News AN ITALIAN AT THE HEAD OF THE COMITÉ EUROPEEN DES ENTREPRISES DU VIN: LAMBERTO VALLARINO GANCIA. A CHOICE FOR CONTINUITY AND TRUST IN REGARDS TO ITALIAN ENTREPRENEURSHIP LIKE GANCIA’S, WHICH IS FOUNDED IN A HUNDREDS YEAR OLD TRADITION 16 April 2007
News “OPEN CELLARS” 2007 - THIS YEAR’S NOVELTY: THE ‘WINE PHONE’ FOR ENTHUSIASTS… ALL OF THE INITIATIVES, REGION BY REGION, FOR THE EVENT THAT IS THE SYMBOL OF THE WINE TOURISM MOVEMENT. TO BE HELD THIS YEAR ON MAY 27TH 14 April 2007
News ITALIAN WINE CONQUERS JAPAN: PRINCESS TAKAMADO DECLARES, “ITALIAN WINE HAS THE CLEANEST AND MOST DECISIVE TASTE IN THE WORLD, A FLAVOR THAT REFLECTS THE SINCERITY AND GENEROSITY OF ITS PEOPLE” 13 April 2007
News VINEXPO 2007 – ALL SOLD OUT FOR BORDEAUX EVENT (FROM 17 TO 21 JUNE), THE MEETING POINT FOR THE MAIN ACTORS IN THE WINE SECTOR 12 April 2007
News DRINK LESS AND BETTER, BUT NEVER WHEN DRIVING: ADVICE FROM JARNO TRULLI, FORMULA 1 DRIVER AND WINE PRODUCER IN ABRUZZO. WHAT DO THESE TWO PASSIONS HAVE IN COMMON? “TIME IS IMPORTANT IN BOTH CASES AND THE SEARCH FOR EXCELLENCE” 11 April 2007
News JUNE 2ND IS “WORLD WINE DAY”. 8 ITALIAN WINE WOMEN WILL BE SENT TO JAPAN AS AMBASSADORS TO “ITALIAN SPRING”: FROM PLANETA TO BOSCAINI, LUNGAROTTI, AND FRANCESCA CINELLI COLOMBINI 10 April 2007
News THE FUTURE OF GLOBAL WINE, ACCORDING TO JANCIS ROBINSON, WINE CORRESPONDENT FOR THE “FINANCIAL TIMES” AND ONE OF THE MOST QUOTED PALATES IN THE WORLD. THOUGH, AT TIMES, SHE DOES FORGET ITALIAN WINES… 07 April 2007
News TAX RELIEF TO PROTECT TERROIR: A PROPOSED LAW ASKS FOR THE DEDUCTABILITY OF RESOURCES THAT PRIVATE OWNERS INVEST INTO THEIR TERRITORY FOR THE RE-QUALIFICATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURE. THE INITIATIVE BEGUN IN MONTEPULCIANO, BUT COULD HELP ALL WINE T 04 April 2007
News “AN INCREASE IN TEMPERATURES, SCARSE SUMMER RAINS, ABUNDANT RAINS IN CONTINENTAL EUROPE, AND GRAPE CULTIVATION OUTSIDE OF HISTORIC TERROIR. EUROPEAN VITICULTURE MUST LEARN TO CONFRONT THIS…”: THE WORDS OF AGRO-METEOROLOGIST LUIGI MARIANI 03 April 2007
News VINITALY 2007 – THE “WINE TRIANGLE”: IT STARTS IN AMERICA, PASSES THROUGH ITALY AND ARRIVES IN ENGLAND. ONE OF THE MANY ODDITIES OF THE WINE WORLD WITHIN THE LOGIC OF MODERN MARKET DYNAMICS 02 April 2007
News THE WINE THAT EXISTS ONLY ON “SECOND LIFE”. THE INTERNET’S VIRTUAL WORLD PAR EXCELLENCE WILL ENJOY THE “OTHER” SAGRANTINO: THE WHITE AND FRUITY EXPERIMENT BY WINEMAKER CAPRAI IS VIRTUALLY ALIVE 02 April 2007
News 15% OF ITALIANS LIKE FOREIGN WINE - AND NOT JUST CHAMPAGNE! VINITALY PRESENTS THE FIRST 360° ANALYSIS OF “FOREIGN WINE IN ITALY” 31 March 2007
News SMALL COMPANIES PUSH FOR “MADE IN ITALY” IN THE WINE WORLD. THE RESULTS OF A MEDIOBANCA SURVEY: “IN 2006, EXPORTS WERE GOOD. ENTREPRENEURS POSITIVE ABOUT 2007” 30 March 2007
News “WINE-LOVERS” AND “GAV” (WINE BUYER GROUPS) IN ITALIAN WINERIES: TWO NEW PROTAGONISTS AMONG LATEST TRENDS REPRESENT AN IMPORTANT AND IMMEDIATE MARKET OUTLET FOR WINEMAKERS 29 March 2007
News “THE MOMENT HAS ARRIVED TO TAKE ACTION.” ONE OF THE MOST AUTHORITATIVE NAMES IN ITALIAN WINE, ANGELO GAJA, TAKES PEN IN HAND TO PUT FORWARD SOME PROPOSALS FOR THE WORLD OF WINE THAT IS INCREASINGLY ASSOCIATED WITH ALCOHOL AND DRUGS 29 March 2007
News FONTANAFREDDA WALKS OUT THE DOOR OF THE MONTE DEI PASCHI BANK AND RE-ENTERS THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE MPS FOUNDATION, WITH A “COST” OF 1 MILLION EUROS SPENT IN CONSULTATIONS FOR SCREENINGS OF POTENTIAL BUYERS 26 March 2007
News GOOD NEWS FROM GERMANY FOR TOP DENOMINATION ITALIAN WINES: THE GERMAN MARKET AFFIRMS ITSELF AS A STRATEGIC MARKET FOR SOAVE AND ITALIAN WHITES ARE THE MOST SOLD WINES IN GERMAN SUPERMARKETS 24 March 2007
News VINITALY 2007: AC-NIELSEN SURVEY REVEALS CHIANTI TO BE THE TOP SELLING DENOMINATION IN SUPERMARKETS. LARGE-SCALE DISTRIBUTION AFFIRMS ITSELF AS THE MOST IMPORTANT SALES OUTLET FOR WINE, REACHING A MARKET QUOTA OF 69.2% 22 March 2007
