News “GRAPES AND WINE WERE THE TIP OF THE DIAMOND FOR THE REGENERATION OF AGRICULTURE, BUT THIS DOES NOT MEAN IT MUST TURN INTO A MONOCULTURE”: THE WORDS OF CARLO PETRINI AT THE SLOW FOOD KERMESSE SALONE DEL GUSTO 03 November 2008
News FEWER PESTICIDES IN VITICULTURE: A MESSAGE FROM CARLO PETRINI TO ITALIAN WINE PRODUCERS. “OUT OF 258,000 TONS OF PESTICIDE USED IN EUROPE EACH YEAR, WINE USES 100,000. IT IS A CHALLENGE TO OVERCOME SLOWLY WITH THE HELP OF SCIENCE” 01 November 2008
News “THERE’S ONLY ONE WINE AT THE COMMAND” IN THE “CLASSIFICATION OF ALL CLASSIFICATIONS”: MOSCATO GIALLO PASSITO SERENADE CASTEL GIOVANELLI 2005 BY CALDARO IS THE ONLY WINE TO RECEIVE THE TOP SCORE FROM ALL OF ITALY’S MOST IMPORTANT GUIDES 27 October 2008
News TRENDS & CURIOSITIES AFTER THE BEN RYE PRALINES BY DONNAFUGATA AND THE SAGRANTINO PASSITO CHOCOLATES BY CAPRAI NOW THE RE-CIOC FILLED WITH RECIOTO DI SOAVE HAVE ARRIVED 25 October 2008
News THE U.S. MAGAZINE “WINE ENTHUSIAST” GIVES THE PRESTIGIOUS LIFETIME ACHIEVMENT AWARD TO MARQUIS PIERO ANTINORI, HEAD OF THE HISTORIC TUSCAN WINEMAKING COMPANY 24 October 2008
News HOW TECHNOLOGY IS CHANGING WINE: A TRIP THROUGH THE INVENTIONS THAT ARE REVOLUTIONIZING THE ENOLOGICAL WORLD, FROM VINEYARDS WITH SATELLITE AND GPS TO ELECTRONIC LABELS, CORKS WITH MICROCHIPS, AND DIGITAL DNA 23 October 2008
News “BRUNELLO MUST BE OBTAINED EXCLUSIVELY FROM VINEYARDS COMPOSED OF SOLELY SANGIOVESE GRAPES, CALLED, IN MONTALCINO, ‘BRUNELLO’”: A PETITION SIGNED BY 149 PRODUCERS (THE MAJORITY OF MEMBERS OF THE BRUNELLO CONSORTIUM) 22 October 2008
News “LET’S LAUNCH THE NEW RENAISSANCE IN ITALIAN COOKING”: THE APPEAL MADE BY GUALTIERO MARHCESI DURING THE ALMA VIVA MEETING OF THE “STATES GENERAL” OF ITALIAN COOKING 20 October 2008
News TRUFFLES AND THE CRISIS: THE RECENT ECONOMIC CRISIS HASN’T STOPPED TRUFFLE PRICES FROM REACHING 3,000 EUROS/KILO, ACCORDING TO COLDIRETTI. AND THE TRUFFLE FAIRS THROUGHOUT ITALY BEGIN… 20 October 2008
News CHAMPAGNE: GLOBAL EXPORTS GROWING. ITALY CONTINUES TO INCREASES DESPITE CRISIS. A PROJECT UNDERWAY FOR THE REVISION OF THE AREA OF DENOMINATION BY 2021 ACCORDING TO DIANEL LORSON OF CIVC (COMITÉ INTERPROFESSIONNEL DU VIN DE CHAMPAGNE) 17 October 2008
News “GREAT WINE WON’T FEEL THE CRISIS”: THE WORDS OF GIORGIO PINCHIORRI, ONE OF THE GREATEST WINE COLLECTORS IN THE WORLD. CONFIRMED BY THE PANDOLFINI “DREAM” AUCTION IN FLORENCE THAT REAPED 292,000 EUROS WITH A COLLECTION OF TOP ITALIAN AND FRENCH WINES 16 October 2008
News ONE MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE WINE CELLAR AT THE ITALIAN RESIDENCE OF THE U.S. AMBASSADOR TO ITALY. RONALD SPOGLI: “THANKS TO ITALIAN WINERIES…” THE CELLAR AT THE HISTORIC VILLA TAVERNA DESIGNED BY AGNESE MAZZEI 15 October 2008
News THE MEDITERRANEAN DIET HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY PROPOSED AS A “CULTURAL AND IMMATERIAL WORLD HERITAGE” BY ITALY, SPAIN, GREECE AND MOROCCO. MINISTER LUCA ZAIA: “THIS EXALTS THE IDENTITY AND THE AGRICULTURE OF OUR COUNTRY 13 October 2008
News WINENEWS VISITS THE WINE CELLAR AT ENOTECA PINCHIORRI, THE PARADISE OF WINE ENTHUSIASTS. FROM THE FIRST BOTTLE OF TIGNANELLO TO THE GREAT FRENCH CHATEAU, THE SECRET TREASURES OF GIORGIO PINCHIORRI AND ANNIE FEOLDE ARE REVEALED 13 October 2008
News GILARDINI & ROMANI, THE ONLY AUCTION HOUSE SPECIALIZED IN ITALIAN WINES, ANNOUNCES ITS LAST APPOINTMENTS FOR 2008: ROME (11 OCTOBER), MERANO (8 NOVEMBER), AND IN THE CAPITAL AGAIN IN DECEMBER 11 October 2008
News CMO WINE REFORM AND ITS NATIONAL SUPPORT PROJECT - MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE ZAIA: “I AM SATISFIED”. 1.8 BILLION EUROS WILL GO TO THE WINE SECTOR FOR VINEYARDS, DISTILLATION, AND PROMOTION 10 October 2008
News FRESCOBALDI WINES WILL SOON BE ON SALE AT HARRODS OF LONDON… BUT THE PROJECT “DEI FRESCOBALDI RETAIL & RESTAURANT” IS NOT ONLY ABOUT WINE 08 October 2008
News PANDOLFINI FINE WINE AUCTION TO BE HELD AT THE STAZIONE LEOPOLDA IN FLORENCE FOR THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE 2009 ESPRESSO GUIDES. 06 October 2008
News FEUDI DI SAN GREGORIO, A SYMBOL OF VITICULTURE IN IRPINIA, IS FINANCING THE UNIVERSITIES OF MILAN AND NAPLES FOR STUDIES ON THE AGLIANICO VARIETAL. 06 October 2008
News “IT’S A DUMP: THE FRUIT AND VEGETABLES ARE OLD AND TOO EXPENSIVE”: CONSUMERS REACT TO THE FIRST “FARMER’S MARKET” IN ITALY 03 October 2008
News “EUROPE OPENS UP TO BLENDS FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES”. AND COLDIRETTI LAUNCHES THE ALARM: “THE IDEA MUST BE OPPOSED” 02 October 2008
News VERONA CELBRATES “PRIMAVERA DEL NOVELLO” IN NOVEMBER: DEBLOCAGE FOR ITALY’S NEW WINE IS SET FOR NOVEMBER 4TH AND THE FESTIVITIES WILL BEGIN RIGHT AFTER ON 5 AND 6 NOVEMBER. THE EVENT IS CONDUCTED BY VERONAFIERE 30 September 2008
News RESEARCH & WINE: WILL THE “BOTTLE DETECTOR” END WINE SCAMS? THE NEW METHOD TO REVEAL FALSE WINES HAS ARRIVED FROM RESEARCHERS IN FRANCE 29 September 2008
News 25 YEARS OF ART AND WINE: THE “SILVER ANNIVERSARY” FOR THE UNION BETWEEN ENOLOGIST MARCO PALLANTI AND CASTELLO DI AMA. THE TOP NAME IN CHIANTI CLASSICO AND A REFERENCE POINT FOR CONTEMPORARY ART CELEBRATES WITH A SPECIAL LABEL FOR THE 2006 HARVEST 24 September 2008
News “WITH DOP AN IGP TAKING THE PLACE OF DOC, DOCG, AND IGT, THESE NATIONAL ACTORS WILL NOT LOSE THEIR AUTHORITY. THE DENOMINATIONS WILL REMAIN AN ITALIAN PATRIMONY”. COMMENTS BY GENERAL DIRECTOR OF FEDERVINI, OTTAVIO CAGIANO ABOUT THE NEW WINE CMO 23 September 2008
News WELCOME TO THE VINEYARD OF THE FUTURE: CAPRAI, THE SYMBOL OF SAGRANTINO, LAUNCHES A UNIQUE EXPERIMENT THAT SIMULATES HOW THE CLIMATE 50 YEARS FROM NOW WILL AFFECT THE UMBRIAN VINEYARDS 19 September 2008
News A TEN EURO BOTTLE OF BARBERA WILL BE SOLD IN ITALIAN SQUARES ON SEPTEMBER 21 TO RAISE FUNDS FOR RESEARCH A CURE FOR ALS (AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS), THE NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE THAT ATTACKS THE NERVOUSE SYSTEM AND AFFECTS 5,000 PEOPLE IN ITALY 19 September 2008
News VINEYARDS ARE NO LONGER JUST A SOURCE OF WINE, NOW THEY ALSO PRODUCE ELECTRICITY: THE LUNGAROTTI WINERIES IN UMBRIA WILL BE USING HARVEST BY-PRODUCTS TO PRODUCE 720 MW/H OF ENERGY PER YEAR. THE LONG-TERM GOAL IS THAT OF TOTAL AUTONOMY 17 September 2008
News “HONEY IS A TRUE ‘ANTIBIOTIC’”: THE RESULTS OF A STUDY ON THE ANCIENT REMEDY FOR CURING AILMENTS CONDUCTED BY ROBERTO BARALE PRESENTED AT ‘HONEY WEEK’ IN MONTALCINO 16 September 2008
News 2008 GRAPE HARVEST - THE LATEST INNOVATIONS IN VITICULTURE AND ENOLOGY IN FRANCIACORTA AT THE HISTORIC BERLUCCHI WINERY. GRAPE SAMPLES WITH GPS, ‘INTELLIGENT’ PRESSES, AND PROMPT ANALYSES ARE CHANGING THE WAY WINE IS MADE 15 September 2008
News “WATER, BEER, AND FRUIT JUICE? IT IS NECESSARY TO BE A ‘LAY-MAN’ BUT STILL NOTHING, ABOSLUTELY NOTHING CAN BEAT AN IDEAL WINE, IN THE IDEAL CONDITIONS, AS THE COMPANION FOR ANY FOOD”. THE WORDS OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE ESPRESSO GUIDES, ENZO VIZZARI 15 September 2008
News THE U.S. HOLDS ITS FIRST NATIONAL SLOW FOOD EVENT. THE KERMESSE IN SAN FRANCISCO OFFERS OVER ONE THOUSAND VARIETIES OF FOODS AT RISK. ALICE WATERS WANTS TO TRANSFORM A PART OF THE WHITE HOUSE GARDENS INTO A VEGETABLE GARDEN 15 September 2008
News FRANCE: SINGLES MEET AT “WINE DATING” IN PARIS WITH CHIC EVENTS LIKE CHAMPAGNE ON THE SEINE OR WINE TASTING AT MONTPARNASSE 12 September 2008
News A MOBILE LOUNGE FOR DELUXE TASTINGS: A UNIQUE INITIATVE BY MEREGALLI, ONE OF THE TOP WINE DISTRIBUTORS IN ITALY. THE “MOTOR HOME” WILL DEBUT ON SEPTEMBER 29 DURING THE “100 NORTH ITALIAN WINES” EVENT AT THE MONZA AUTODROME 12 September 2008
News ITALIAN SPUMANTE UP 60% IN 2008. MINISTER ZAIA: “THANKS TO ITS QUALITY, IT IS A STRATEGIC SECTOR IN CONTINUOUS GROWTH”. “THE FORUM FOR ITALIAN SPUMANTI”, CONDUCTED BY GIAMPIERO COMOLLI, HELD FROM 6 TO 8 SEPTEMBER IN VALDOBBIADENE 11 September 2008
News FRANCO BIONDI SANTI IS FRANK WITH WINENEWS: “ROSSO DI MONTALCINO MUST CHANGE ITS IDENTITY. BRUNELLO, INSTEAD, MUST REMAIN 100% SANGIOVESE”. THE MAN WHO RUNS THE HISTORIC LABEL THAT INVENTED BRUNELLO WANTS THE ROSSO DI MONTALCINO DISCIPLINARY CHANGED 10 September 2008
News WINENEWS SURVEY: ITALY’S TOP WINE PRODUCERS HAVE GREAT EXPECTATIONS FOR THE 2008 GRAPE HARVEST. EXPERTS AND ENOLOGISTS ALL AGREE THERE WILL BE A RETURN TO AN “OLD STYLE” HARVEST TIME (STARTING IN MID SEPTEMBER) AND ELEGANT AND BALANCED WINES 08 September 2008
