News ITALIAN AGRI-FOOD BUSINESS SUFFERS FROM DWARFISM. DISLIKES AGGREGATIONS AND THE STOCK EXCHANGE. BUT ACCORDING TO FEDERALIMENTARE, THIS SECTOR MUST GROW IF IT IS TO SUCCESSFULLY CONFRONT THE MARKET 24 April 2006
News WINENEWS.TV DEBUTS: AN EXPERIMENTAL WEB-TV DEDICATED TO WINE THAT ALLOWS ENO-NAVIGATORS TO BECOME REPORTERS BY SENDING THEIR OWN FILMS FROM VIDEO CAMERAS AND MOBILE PHONES 24 April 2006
News The “Myths” of Italian wine? Sassicaia and Gaja. “Global referendum” by the magazine ‘Civiltà del Bere’ at Vinitaly (Verona, 6-10 April 2006) 24 April 2006
News Wine Enthusiast identikit. Winenews maps out the seven psychological profiles of those who buy and drink wine: from the amateur to the connoisseur, the health nut to the trend follower 24 April 2006
News BRUNELLO MAKES A TOASTS HUMAN RIGHTS: CASTELLO BANFI, ONE OF THE MOST NOTED NAMES IN MONTALCINO, IS THE FIRST WINERY IN THE WORLD TO OBTAIN THE ETHICAL CERTIFICATION SA 8000, FROM THE “VINEYARD TO THE BOTTLE” 14 April 2006
News SANTA MARGHERITA AND MEZZACORONA STRENGTHEN ALLIANCE. THE GOAL? TO RE-QUALIFY THE PARTNERSHIP IN SICILY AND VALORIZE ITALIAN WINE AROUND THE WORLD 14 April 2006
News “WINE BY THE GLASS “CLEARS” BIG NAMES”: ACCORDING TO LODOVICO ANTINORI, THE HELMSMAN OF CAMPO DI SASSO, AND WHO SANCTIONED THE HISTORIC REUNION WITH BROTHER PIERO AT BOLGHERI. CONSENTING COMMENTS BY PAOLINI, VIZZARI, BOLOGNESI 14 April 2006
News THE VITICULTURE CHALLENGE BETWEEN EUROPE AND EMERGING COUNTRIES: GIANNI ZONIN, THE LARGEST ITALIAN PRODUCER REQUESTS MODIFICATIONS IN LEGISLATION FOR OLD AN NEW WORLD WINE, AS WELL AS AID FROM THE EU FOR VINEYARD RENEWAL 14 April 2006
News GLOBAL TASTING TO CELEBRATE VINITALY N°40. EVENT CONDUCTED BY SERENA SUTCLIFFE, MASTER OF WINE AND DIRECTOR OF SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL WINE DEPARTMENT. ITALY REPRESENTED BY GAJA, CAPRAI, ANTINORI, SASSICAIA 11 April 2006
News STUDIES & SURVEYS: ITALIANS AND WINE … AN EXTRACT FROM AN OPINION POLL BY ASTRA RICERCHE (JANUARY 2006, PROFESSOR ENRICO FINZI), COMMISSIONED BY THE VALPOLICELLA WINE CONSORTIUM 09 April 2006
News TOURISM: ‘MADE IN ITALY’ WINE GOES GOLFING ... FOREIGN COMMERCE REGISTERS AN INCREASE OF 3.6% IN EXPORTS, CONFIRMING THE FASCINATION WITH ITALIAN WINE. THE LATEST RESULTS FROM A SURVEY BY CENSIS, CITTA’ DEL VINO & COLDIRETTI 09 April 2006
News VINITALY 2006 – EXCESS COSTS EUROPE TOO MUCH. ACCORDING TO THE EUROPEAN AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER, FISCHER BOEL, THE EU SPENDS 500 MILLION EUROS PER YEAR FOR THE DISPOSAL OF SURPLUS WINE WHILE ONLY 14 MILLION GOES TO PUBLICITY 09 April 2006
News ALL THE NUMBERS FOR ITALIAN WINE IN THE U.S. A HUGE SUCCESS THAT IS DESTINED TO INCREASE IN THE YEARS TO COME … “MADE IN ITALY” WINES CONQUER THE STATES 02 April 2006
News COMPANY STRUCTURE OF MASI AGRICOLA CHANGES. THE BOSCAINI FAMILY CEDES 28.5% OWNERSHIP OF ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT QUALITY WINE PRODUCTION, AND NUMBER ONE AMARONE PRODUCING COMPANIES TO ALCEDO SGR (SAN PAOLO SPA GROUP) 30 March 2006
News SOCIALLY COMMITTED WINE: IT WILL BE CALLED “CENTOPASSI”, THE NERO D’AVOLA PRODUCED BY COOPERATIVA PLACIDO RIZZOTTO, THE SICILIAN COOPERATIVE THAT CULTIVATES LAND CONFISCATED BY THE MAFIA 29 March 2006
News EU COURT TOSSES OUT ITALIAN APPEAL FOR WINE NAMES, BUT TOP ITALIAN NAMES, FROM BRUNELLO TO NOBILE DI MONTEPULCIANO TO AMARONE, ARE SAFEGUARDING THEMSELVES BY TRADE MARKING THEIR NAMES 29 March 2006
News WINE GRAPE’S GENETIC CODE HOLDS NO MORE SECRETS: GENOME SEQUENCED WITH A PINOT NOIR VARIETY 28 March 2006
News VITIGNO ITALIA 2006 (NAPLES, MAY 21ST - 23RD 2006): NATIVE ITALIAN TRADITIONAL VINES : RARE NICHE GRAPES AND PRESTIGIOUS LABELS 27 March 2006
News THE SOLUTION FOR SICILIAN TERROIR ACCORDING TO PLANETA: THE COMPANY KNOWN FOR ITS SICILIAN SAMBUCA MOVES TO ETNA WITH GOAL OF CREATING A BIG WHITE WINE TO BE AGED 24 March 2006
News “LAND AND LIBERTY / CRITICAL WINE”, 4th EDITION, VERONA, APRIL 7-9. CONCEPTS OF GLOBAL AWARENESS/ REBELLION AND REVOLUTION IN CONSUMER GOODS, AGRICULTURE, PERSONAL AND SOCIAL ECOLOGY TAKE THE LIMELIGHT 24 March 2006
News “Sicilia en primeur”: 2005 Sicily’s Best Harvest in the Past 30 Years. Exports Skyrocket (+60%). Production and Business Boom, Surpassing 600 Million Euro Mark 22 March 2006
News CARLO PETRINI (SLOW FOOD) RELAUNCES FARMER’S MARKET AND BUYER GROUP PROPOSAL. GOAL IS TO REDUCE PRODUCTION CHAIN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE 20 March 2006
News SUPER ALLIANCE BETWEEN VERONAFIERE AND FIERE PARMA: REPRESENTING 60% OF THE FOOD & AGRICULTURE EXPO SECTOR, THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS WILL NOW CREATE A TRUE “AGRIFOODVALLEY” FOR INTERNATIONAL USE 20 March 2006
News VINITALY: FEDERVINI AND UNIONE ITALIANA CREATE INTEGRATED SERVICE SYSTEM FOR BUSINESSES 17 March 2006
News CONFAGRICOLTURA REPORT: ITALIAN WINE EXPORTS TO EUROPE AND ABROAD INCREASE BY 9%. AND CONSUMER CURIOSITY FOR NEW WORLD WINES IS GROWING 17 March 2006
News FOR TWO DAYS THE VALLE D’AOSTA (SAINT VINCENT, MARCH 17-18) WILL HOST THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON MOUNTAIN AND STEEP TERRAIN VITICULTURE 16 March 2006
News WASHINGTON - EU ACCORD: MORE SPACE FOR EUROPEAN EXPORTS, INCLUDING WINE, TO THE UNITED STATES. IMPORTANT RESULT AFTER 20 YEARS OF NEGOTIATIONS 15 March 2006
News REUNIFICATION IN A BOTTLE … REPORT BY PRESIDENT GIUSEPPE LIBERATORE A FEW MONTHS AFTER MERGER OF THE TWO CHIANTI CLASSICO CONSORTIUMS. FROM NOW ON ALL CLASSICO BOTTLES WILL HAVE THE BLACK ROOSTER SEAL. THE DEBUT? MARCH 18TH 15 March 2006
News ONE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED NAMES OF CHIANTI CLASSICO WINES, CASTELLO DI FONTERUTOLI OWNED BY MARCHESI MAZZEI, HAS ACQUIRED “IL CAGGIO” ESTATE (150 HECTARES, 45 OF WHICH ARE VINEYARDS) FROM ENOLOGIST-MANAGER EZIO RIVELLA 13 March 2006
News THE “MYTHIC WINES” OF ITALY AT VINITALY EXPO: OVER 2,000 EXPERTS WILL CHOOSE THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS BOTTLES OF THE PAST 40 YEARS ON APRIL 7 13 March 2006
News BRUNELLO CONSORTIUM: 2005 EARNINGS UP BETWEEN +3% AND +5%. 1999 AND 2000 WINES SOLD OUT 10 March 2006
News “WINE OF PEACE” CELEBRATES 20 YEARS WITH EVENT IN GRADO: A UNIQUE OCCASION FOR WINE ENTHUSIASTS TO ENJOY AN EXCLUSIVE TASTING OF SOME OF THE WINE’S BEST YEARS TOGETHER WITH AN EXHIBITION OF ITS BEST LABELS CREATED BY WORLD RENOWNED ARTISTS 06 March 2006
News THE TWO FACES OF THE WINE TERRITORY: THE PROS AND CONS OF MAJOR DISCOUNTS AND WINEMAKER’S USE OF THE BORDOLESE MODEL 06 March 2006
News Wine & Territory - Montalcino attracts more capital and new entrepreneurial challenges than any other territory in Italy. Four star rating (out of five) for 2005 harvest 06 March 2006
