News THE KING OF ITALIAN WINEMAKING ANGELO GAJA: “MONTALCINO MUST THINK OF A CHANGE IN DISCIPLINE THAT ALLOWS ARTISANS AS WELL AS LARGE SCALE PRODUCERS TO EXPRESS THEIR UNIQUENESS WITHIN THE NAME BRUNELLO” 05 September 2008
News THE EUROPEAN CMO FOR WINE HAS GONE INTO EFFECT AND ITALIAN WINE ORGANIZATIONS RESPONSD - ITALIAN WINE UNION (UIV): “IMPORTANT RESOURCES START ONLY IN 2013”. FEDERVINI: “THERE ARE STILL MANY RULES TO BE DEFINED” 18 August 2008
News “BENVENUTA VENDEMMIA” (WELCOME HARVEST): SEPTEMBER IS THE MONTH TO CELEBRATE THE GRAPE HARVEST IN ITALY AT THE WINERIES OF THE MOVIMENTO TURISMO DEL VINO 18 August 2008
News VINITALY IS THE “STANDARD BEARER” OF ITALY’S GASTRONOMIC EXCELLENCE AT THE BEIJING OLYMPICS. TOGETHER WITH THE “BLUE” ATHLETES, VERONAFIERE AND THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, THEY ARE PROMOTING THE BEST OF ITALIAN WINE & FOOD 16 August 2008
News DENOMINATION OF ORIGIN AND IGT WINES NOW SUBSTITUTED BY DOP AND IGP IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NEW CMO WINE REFORM THAT WENT INTO EFFECT ON AUGUST 1. THE CONSEQUENCES FOR ITALIAN VITICULTURE? PRESIDENT OF FEDERDOC, RICCARDO RICCI CURBASTRO, RESPONDS 14 August 2008
News CHINA’S OFFICIAL OLYMPIC WINE HAS AN ITALIAN DESIGN. THE OFFICIAL WINE FOR THE 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS IS THE CHATEU GREAT WALL, AN EXEMPLARY LUXURY WINE WORTH 2,000 EUROS AND CREATED BY ROBILANTASSOCIATI 12 August 2008
News THE ITALIAN MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE HAS AUTHORIZED ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF PACKAGING FOR WINE, EVEN FOR DOC WINES. DOCG AND "RISERVA", SUPERIORE", AND "VIGNA" HAVE BEEN EXCLUDED 08 August 2008
News ITALIAN WINE WORLD MOUNRS GIANNI MASCIARELLI, ONE OF THE MOST IMPROTANT PRODUCERS IN THE COUNTRY 05 August 2008
News ITALY’S MICHELIN CHEFS RAISE 263,300 EUROS FOR “A GOOD CAUSE” AT FUNDRAISER LUNCH IN ERBUSCO (CA’ DEL BOSCO) 04 August 2008
News RIUNITE-CIV FUSION: A COOPERATIVE COLOSSAL WORTH 450 MILLION EUROS. “RIUNITE & CIV WINERY” BECOMES THE POINT OF REFERENCE FOR THE ITALIAN CONGLOMERATE GRUPPO ITALIANO VINI (GIV) 01 August 2008
News THE APPEAL AND GLAMOUR OF THE MONTALCINO TERRITORY HAS NOT CEDED. RUMORS ARE THAT THE ILLY GROUP HAS ACQUIRED THE HISTORIC BRUNELLO MASTROJANNI WINERY 28 July 2008
News 2008 ITALIAN GRAPE HARVEST - PRODUCTION UP 10%. ISMEA AND ITALIAN WINE UNION STUDY: “MORE GENEROUS THAN 2007, ALTHOUGH DAMAGES FROM THE ABUNDANT RAINS IN THE CENTER-NORTH AND THE INCIDENCE OF PATHOGENS MUST BE ASSESSED” 26 July 2008
News LARGE-SCALE DISTRIBUTION CENTERS REGISTER A DECREASE IN EARNINGS IN ORDER TO “SAVE” CONSUMERS FROM UNCONTROLLED INFLATION. COOP: -43% IN PROFITS FOR 2007. FEDERDISTRIBUZIONE: “WE ARE A CUSHION” 25 July 2008
News CHINA’S GMO SOLUTION: GENETICALLY MODIFIED RICE TO BE CULTIVATED IN THE NEAR FUTURE. GREENPEACE: “RISK OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE” 24 July 2008
News STELLA ARTOIS GULPS DOWN BUDWEISER. A NEW BEER COLOSSAL IS BORN AFTER INBEV BUYS ANHEUSER-BUSCH FOR 70 DOLLARS PER SHARE 23 July 2008
News FOOD CRISIS: ITALIAN ONCOLOGIST AND EX MINISTER OF HEALTH CALLS FOR “LESS MEAT AND WATER CONSERVATION” 21 July 2008
News FROM LEADER OF FINE WINE DISTRIBUTORS TO PRODUCER: THE MEREGALLI GROUP TAKES OVER TOTAL OWNERSHIP OF THE TENUTA FERTUNA, A 150 HECTARE ESTATE IN THE MAREMMA AREA OF TUSCANY CREATED BY ENOLOGIST EZIO RIVELLA 21 July 2008
News BIODYNAMIC VITICULTURE? IT’S STILL A “MYSTERY” FOR CONSUMERS, OR AT LEAST AN ODDITY. BUT A MEETING ORGANIZED BY THE TUSCAN WINERY COSIMO MARIA MASINI HAS BROUGHT THE PHILOSOPHY AND EXPERIENCE OF BIODYNAMIC PRODUCERS INTO PUBLIC DISCUSSION 16 July 2008
News THE ESPRESSO AND PITTI IMMAGINE GUIDES RELAUNCH THE ‘FINE WINES AUCTION’. ORGANIZED BY PANDOLFINI, SET FOR 8 OCTOBER IN FLORENCE. 200 LOTS OF ITALIAN (SASSICAIA, TIGNANELLO, MONFORTINO, GRAN BUSSIA) AND FRENCH WINES (FROM ROMANEE CONTI TO YQUEM) 11 July 2008
News PIERO ANTINORI: “WE’RE BEING INVESTIGATED BY MISTAKE. BOTTLES BACK ON SALE BY JULY 1. DAMAGE TO OUR IMAGE THAT IS DIFFICULT TO QUANTIFY… IN JUST A FEW HOURS WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED ORDERS FOR HALF OF OUR BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2003” 09 July 2008
News WHITE WINE IS ‘HEART FRIENDLY’ ACCORDING TO AN ITALIAN-AMERICAN STUDY. ALBERTO BERTELLI FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MILAN CONFIRMS RESULTS 04 July 2008
News “AN EXTRAORDINARY PLAN FOR ITALIAN WINE”. A PROPOSAL BY ITALY’S VICE MINISTER AND DELEGATE ABROAD FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE U.S. MARKET 02 July 2008
News ITALIAN WINE EXPORTS STALL IN FIRST QUARTER OF 2008. A FALL IN VOLUME OF 3.9 MILLION HECTOLITERS (-9%), BUT VALUE INCREASES WITH A TOTAL OF 798 MILLION EUROS (+8%). 26 June 2008
News A TOAST FROM MOSCOW TO THE NEW DECREE FOR BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO, OR THE “SOLUTION” TO POTENTIAL PROBLEMS WITH U.S. CUSTOMS OFFICIALS BY ITALY’S MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE. 23 June 2008
News A NEW “LAW” FOR BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO: THE ITALIAN MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE HAS SIGNED A DECREE THAT REQUIRES THE INSTITUTION OF A GUARANTEE BOARD. THE MEMBERS ARE RICCARDO RICCI CURBASTRO, VASCO BOATTO, AND FULVIO MATTIVI 23 June 2008
News THE “BRUNELLO SCANDAL”: “THE DISCIPLINARY IS NOT AN IDEOLOGY”, ACCORDING TO ZAIA. BUT BIONDI SANTI THINKS, “SANGIOVESE 100%”. A CURIOSITY THAT AT ONE TIME BRUNELLO COULD BE MADE WITH OTHER GRAPES (10%). 20 June 2008
News THE TTB - BRUNELLO “SUMMIT”: “A USEFUL EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION ON QUALITY AND CONTROLS”. BUT THE ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU HAD ACTUALLY PLANNED THEIR TRIP BEFORE THE NEWS OF THE MONTALCINO INVESTIGATION HAD EVEN BEEN LEAKED 19 June 2008
News AN APPEAL IN DEFENSE OF THE TYPICALNESS AND INTEGRITY OF ITALIAN WINE BY JOURNALISTS MARCO ARTURI AND SANDRO SANGIORGI. SUSTAINERS: “VINI VERI”, “VINNATUR” (ANGIOLINO MAULE), “TRIPLE A”, “RENAISSANCE DES AOC ITALIA”… 16 June 2008
News KOSHER WINE PRODUCERS ON THE RISE IN ITALY: EVEN FEUDI DI SAN GREGORIO LAUNCHES TWO LABELS BASED ON FIANO D’AVELLINO AND AGLIANICO VARIETALS 14 June 2008
News WINE CRITICISM IN THE MIDDLE AGES? ACCORDING TO HISTORIAN YANN GRAPPE, METHODS FOR ANALYZING WINES AND DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN DIFFERENT TYPES EXISTED EVEN IN THE SO-CALLED DARK AGES 13 June 2008
News THE ITALIAN WINE WORLD MAKES A GUINNESS WORLD RECORS: A TOAST WITH THE LARGEST GLASS OF WINE (16.5 LITERS) 11 June 2008
News THE “WINE OSCARS” GOES TO GIACOSA FOR THE “MYTHICAL” BAROLO ROCCHE DEL FALLETTO. THE OTHER WINES AWARDED: MASTROBERARDINO, LES CRÊTES, ZERBINA, AND MONTE ROSSA. BEST PRICE-QUALITY RELATION: ZONIN. WINENEWS AMONG THE NOMINEES 10 June 2008
News BRUNELLO: CONTROL MEASURES AND UNPRECEDENTED PROCEDURES. A ‘GUARANTEE BOARD’ CREATED AND, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ITALY, PRODUCERS OF MONTALCINO INTRODUCE ANALYTICAL TECHNOLOGIES AND METHODS TO GUARANTEE DOCG QUALITY. SALES OK: UP 16% OVER 2007 SALES 06 June 2008
News POSSIBLE OK FOR THE USE OF BAG-IN-BOX CONTAINERS FOR ITALIAN DENOMINATION OF ORIGIN WINES 04 June 2008
News THE “EXTENDED” ITALIAN WINE INDUSTRY IS WORTH 47.5 MILLION EUROS, EMPLOYS 200,000 PEOPLE, AND PRODUCES 4.7 BILLION EUROS IN EARNINGS. A REPORT BY THE UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA AND THE UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM OF INDUSTRIAL ECONOMY, SPONSORED BY FEDERVINI 03 June 2008
News ROMANÉE CONTI IS THE PROTAGONIST AT THE GELARDINI & ROMANI WINE AUCTION IN ROME: 9,786 EUROS FOR A 2005 VINTAGE AND 1,916 FOR A MONTRACHET 1994. TOP BIDS FOR OTHER CULT NAMES LIKE CRISTAL ROEDERER, KRUG, AND DOM PERIGNON 02 June 2008
News WINE AND ANALYSIS ACCORDING TO THE LABORATORY DIRECTOR OF THE ITALIAN WINE UNION, FRANCESCO PAVANELLO: “UNDERSTANDING ORIGINS AND VARIETALS BY ANALYZING A BOTTLE IS POSSIBILE WITH A SUFFICIENT DATABASE TO COMPARE WITH, BUT TODAY THIS DOES NOT EXIST 26 May 2008
News THE “FUTURE OF WINE” REPORT BY BERRY BROS & RUDD OF LONDON: CHINA THE TOP WINE PRODUCERS WORLDWIDE BY 2058; CLIMATE CHANGE WILL MOVE WINE REGIONS TO MORE TEMPERATE AREAS; THE “BRAND” FACTOR WILL INCREASE; WINES GENETICALLY MODIFIED 23 May 2008
News ITALY’S LEADERS WORKING HARD TO DEFEND BRUNELLO’S REPUTATION ON THE U.S. MARKET, WHICH CURRENTLY CONSUMES 25% OF BRUNELLO PRODUCTION 20 May 2008
