News WINE & CLIMATE CHANGE - A HOTTER EUROPE BANS SUGAR IN WINE. AFTER ALMOST 40 YEARS, THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION MAKES A HISTORIC PROPOSAL TO BAN SUGAR 21 March 2007
News NEWS FROM THE STATES - THE U.S. IS FOURTH LARGEST PRODUCER… WINE ENTHUSIASTS ASK FOR MORE SPACE TO CONSERVE WINE… A GIANT BOTTLE ON WALL STREET… SUPERMARKET SALES UP 16 March 2007
News WINENEWS IS NOW AVAILABLE VIA PDA: THE ONLINE WINE NEWS AND INFORMATION AGENCY DEBUTS WITH AN OPTIMIZED VERSION FOR PDA’S AND CELLULAR PHONES. THE “BREAKING NEWS” ON WINE CAN NOW BE RECEIVED DIRECTLY AND ON THE GO 14 March 2007
News WINEXPO/IWSR 2007 STUDY: ALL OF THE DATA ON THE WINE AND ALCOHOL MARKET PROSPECTS FOR 2010 13 March 2007
News FONTANAFREDDA WILL BE CEDED BY THE MPS BANK BY JUNE. AMONG POTENTIAL BUYERS, THE MPS FOUNDATION.THE NUMBERS ARE OK FOR THE LEADING BAROLO PRODUCERS: THE 80 HECTARES LOCATED IN THE LANGHE AREA EARNED 30 MILLION EUROS IN 2006 (+17%) 09 March 2007
News VINEXPO/IWSR WINE MARKET STUDY – THE MOST CRUCIAL EXPORT MARKET THAT PRODUCERS ARE VYING FOR IS IN ASIA. U.S. MARKET ALSO FUNDAMENTAL BECAUSE IT IS THE THIRD CONSUMER COUNTRY AFTER FRANCE AND ITALY. THE NEXT VINEXPO 2007 (BORDEAUX, 17-21 JUNE) 08 March 2007
News ISRAEL THE NEW FRONTIER FOR QUALITY WINE? RICCARDO COTARELLLA, ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS ENOLOGISTS IN WORLD, IS BETTING ON PLANTING ITALIAN GRAPE VARIETIES IN THE REGIONS OF GILBOA 07 March 2007
News “UNIVERSITIES FOR FOREIGNERS AS AMBASSADORS OF MADE IN ITALY”. FABIO CARLESI OF ENOTECA ITALIANA, TALKS ABOUT A PROJECT WITH UNIVERSITIES FOR FOREIGNERS AS WELL AS “TRANSFORMING THE EMBASSIES INTO ‘OUTPOSTS’ FOR THE DIFFUSION OF FOOD AND CULTURE” 05 March 2007
News ITALY - INDIA TRADE: UP 70% FOR ITALIAN WINE. CUSTOMS DUTY RATES SLOW. SECOND ONLY TO FRANCE FOR EXPORT, BUT PRESSING FELT FROM NEW PRODUCING COUNTRIES 28 February 2007
News THE BOTTLE THAT TALKS FROM THE SHELF... BRUNELLO AND THE ULTIMATE FRONTIER IN COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ITALY, REAL TIME ANTI-FRAUD SECURITY WITH A SIMPLE SMS 26 February 2007
News PRICE STANDSTILL FOR AGRICULTURAL LAND: A STUDY BY INEA ON THE STATE OF THE LAND MARKET IN ITALY IN 2005. A SLIGHT INCREASE OF 0.1% WAS REGISTERED FOR PRICES. THE SLOWDOWN AN INDICATION OF STABILITY OR WARNINGS OF A CRISIS? 20 February 2007
News SUCCESS IN ASIA IS POSSIBLE ACCORDING LODOVICO ANTINORI, ONE OF THE TOP NAMES IN ITALIAN WINEMAKING. THE REASON? MERIT TO THE TREND OF ITALIAN RESTAURANTS IN ASIA AS WELL AS ASIAN RESTAURANTS IN ITALY. AN INTERVIEW WITH LODOVICO ON WWW.WINENEWS.TV 19 February 2007
News TUSCAN GLAMOUR CONQUERS THE MOST IMPORTANT CHARITY AUCTION IN THE USA. THE “TUSCAN WINE EXPERIENCE” APPEAL OF THE ANTINORI, SASSICAIA, CASTELLO BANFI, FERRAGAMO LABELS. AUCTION LOT BIDS AT INSANE PRICES: FROM $130,000 TO $300,000. 16 February 2007
News UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE STUDY – IN THE NEAR FUTURE BRUNELLO, CHIANTI CLASSICO, AND NOBILE DI MONTEPULCIANO MAY NO LONGER HAVE THE RIGHT CLIMATIC CONDITIONS IN THEIR TERRITORIES OF ORIGIN. GLOBAL WARMING AND ITS EFFECTS ON WINEGROWING… 15 February 2007
News ITALY TAKES A "SLOW DAY" ON FEBRUARY 19TH: NUMEROUS APPOINTMENTS TO SENSITIZE PEOPLE ON THE ENDLESS RACE AGAINST TIME, FROM SLOW FOOD TO RIDES ON MULES 13 February 2007
News MY LOVE... ITALY. HOW ITALIAN WINE IN THE U.S. HAS GONE "FROM CHIANTI IN FLASKS TO CULT WINE" IN JUST 25 YEARS. ITALIAN LEADERSHIP IN THE WORLD’S MOST IMPORTANT MARKET 12 February 2007
News CLIMATE – "MADE IN ITALY" AT RISK. IMMEDIATE INTERVENTION NEEDED. OLIVES HAVE ALREADY MIGRATED TO THE ALPS AND PEANUTS ARE BEING CULTIVATED IN THE PO VALLEY 09 February 2007
News ITALY TO SURPASS FRANCE IN WINE CONSUMPTION BY THE END OF THE YEAR. CIA (ITALIAN AGRICULTURAL CONFEDERATION) SITES STUDY BY BRITISH GROUP ISWR/DGR (COMMISIONED BY "VINEXPO" OF BORDEAUX) 07 February 2007
News RUMORS - ALLEGRINI (THE MAJOR LABEL FOR AMARONE FROM VALPOLLICELLA) SET TO TAKE OFF IN MONTALCINO AFTER BUYING 15 HECTARES OF VINEYARDS. PRESIDENT OF WINEBOW, LEONARDO LOCASIO, ALSO INVOLVED 05 February 2007
News ITALY BREAKS RECORD AS IT SURPASSES THE BILLION DOLLAR MARK FOR WINE EXPORTS TO THE UNITED STATES. ITALIAN WINE & FOOD INSTITUTE CELEBRATES RESULTS 02 February 2007
News EBAY: WINE IS ONE OF THE MOST SOLD ITEMS ON THE WEB... AND WEB ADVERTISING IN ITALY INCREASES BY 45% 30 January 2007
News TUSCANY’S MAREMMA AREA CONTINUES TO GROW AS CENTER FOR AUTEUR WINERIES. ARCHITECT PIERO SARTOGO, AUTHOR OF THE LATEST ADDITION TO FRESCOBALDI’S SANTA MARIA ESTATE IN SCANSANO 29 January 2007
News AN AMERICAN FEBRUARY FOR ITALIAN WINE. FROM 12 TO 21 FEBRUARY, THREE BIG WINE EVENTS IN THE U.S.: “SUPERTUSCANS & OTHER GREAT WINES OF TUSCANY”, “ITALIAN WINE & FOOD GALA” AND “LOS ANGELES WINE GALA” 24 January 2007
News “TASTE OF THE WORLD”: WORLD DATABASE OF TASTE AVAILABLE TO ALL ON INTERNET. THE WINES JUDGED BY SIX OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS SOMMELIER IN THE WORLD 23 January 2007
News THE TOCAI SAGA: REQUEST FOR AN EXTENSION BY THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT WILL BE EXAMINED BY THE EU COMMISSION ON MARCH 31... IN ANTICIPATION OF THE EUROPEAN COURT'S DECISION. FEDERDOC'S POSITION: "IMMEDIATELY SUPPORT AN ALTERNATIVE NAME" 15 January 2007
News "UPS AND DOWNS OF 2006": ANGELO GAJA, ONE OF THE MOST ESTEEMED ITALIAN WINEMAKERS, COMMENTS ON HOW THE PAST YEAR WENT FOR THE WORLD OF WINE IN ITALY. 13 January 2007
News ASSOENOLOGI STUDY: BETWEEN CHRISTMAS AND THE EPIPHANY, ITALIANS UNCORKED 110 MILLION BOTTLES OF SPUMANTE AND SPENT 1.85 MILLION EUROS ON WINE AND BUBBLY, COMPARED TO 1.8 MILLION IN 2005 11 January 2007
News ANTINORI AND TENUTA SAN GUIDO TO BAPTIZE A NEW WINE TASTING GLASS AT THE “VINOELITE” EXPO TO BE HELD IN VALENCIA, SPAIN NEXT 18 TO 20 APRIL 09 January 2007
News WineNews Analysis – Italian wine, a symbol of world excellence, struggles on the Web. Very few winemakers exploit the potentials of Internet… The best in Italy: Planeta, Donnafugata, Tasca d’Almerita, Santa Margherita, Duca and Florio 08 January 2007
News COLDIRETTI: FIELDS CULTIVATED WITH GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS (GMO) KEEP BEES AWAY, REDUCING POLLINATION ACTIVITIES WITH SERIOUS REPERCUSSIONS ON THE ECOSYSTEM. STUDY RESULTS FROM A CANADIAN UNIVERSITY IN BRITISH COLUMBIA 05 January 2007
News “SALONE DEL VINO”: THE CLASSIC WINE FAIR RETURNS TO TURIN, 26 TO 29 OCTOBER 2007 04 January 2007
News NEITHER OPULENT NOR AUSTERE: ABOUT SIX MILLION EUROS SPENT AT ITALIAN DINNER TABLES FOR THE 2006 FESTIVITIES 03 January 2007
News HI-TECH VINEYARD IS BORN IN TUSCANY: GRAPES MONITORED THROUGH SPECIAL SENSORS, AND ONCE BOTTLED, AN “INTELLIGENT” LABEL TELLS CONSUMERS OF THE HISTORY AND ORIGIN OF THE PRODUCT BY PHONE 28 December 2006
News GOURMET MEALS IN SPACE. DUCASSE AND OTHER FAMOUS WORLD CHEFS CREATE DISHES FOR ASTRONAUTS IN ORBIT. A TASTY EXPERIMENT TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND THE SPIRIT OF SPACE CREWS 27 December 2006
News THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FRIULI REGION’S SOLUTION FOR THE “TOCAI” QUESTION: A NEW DECREE FOR THE NAME “FRIULANO” AWAITS RECOURSE IN EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE 20 December 2006
