News RUMORS: ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE POSSIBLE SALE OF FONTANAFREDDA BY MPS ATTRACTS MANY... POSSIBLE COMPETITORS ARE THE GIV GROUP AND CAMPARI, BUT THE INTEREST OF OTHERS NOT EXCLUDED 16 October 2006
News MY FIRST 30 YEARS IN THE U.S.... AFTER TWO CENTURIES, GIANNI ZONIN REALIZES THE DREAM OF THOMAS JEFFERSON: AN EXCELLENT WINE CELLAR IN VIRGINIA. AND NEBBIOLO CONQUERS AMERICA 16 October 2006
News IT’S OFFICIAL: THE EUROPEAN UNION AUTHORIZES THE USE OF WOOD CHIPS IN WINE. BUT IN ITALY THE PRACTICE WILL ONLY BE ALLOWED FOR TABLE WINES 12 October 2006
News PAOLO PANERAI, PUBLISHER AND WINEMAKER, TALKS ABOUT ROCCA DI FRASSINELLO AND ITS THREE WINES. BUSINESS, ENOLOGY, ARCHITECTURE AND IMAGE FOR AN UNPRECEDENTED FRENCH-ITALIAN JOINT VENTURE WITH BARONS DE ROTHSCHILD 11 October 2006
News LE CIRQUE GOES ARAB. THE MOST FAMOUS ITALIAN RESTAURANT IN THE U.S. IS SET TO OPEN A DUPLICATE IN QATAR. PARIS AND SHANGHAI RENOUNCED 10 October 2006
News RECENT STUDY SHOWS WHITE WINE IS AS HEALTHY AS EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL. A POTENT ANTIOXIDANT ALSO DISCOVERED IN WHITE GRAPES 09 October 2006
News VERTICAL VINEYARDS – WHEN GRAPES GROW AMONG THE EDELWEISS. MAGICAL REDS AND WHITES THAT THRIVE EVEN IN EXTREME MOUNTAIN CONDITIONS… ALSO ON THE ISLANDS: THE “PANTELLERIA CASE” AND THE EXAMPLE OF DONNAFUGATA 09 October 2006
News SNAIL BOOM THANKS TO A WARM AND RAINY AUTUMN: IN ITALY THERE ARE OVER 6000 HELICICULTURE COMPANIES 05 October 2006
News ATTENTION COLLECTORS: THE FINE WINES AUCTION RETURNS TO FLORENCE ON OCTOBER 19TH. ORGANIZED BY AUCTION HOUSE PANDOLFINI, TOGETHER WITH THE ESPRESSO GUIDE AND PITTI IMMAGINE. A TOTAL OF 130 ITALIAN AND FRENCH LOTS 04 October 2006
News WINE & SOLIDARITY – A 6 LITER BOTTLE OF SASSICAIA 2002 WAS SOLD FOR 25,000 EUROS AT A BENEFIT AUCTION… THEN IMMEDIATELY RESOLD FOR 22,000 EUROS. A TOTAL OF 47,000 EUROS COLLECTED 03 October 2006
News MEN ARE SERVED FIRST, THEN THE WOMEN: BELLAVISTA, ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN NAMES OF FRANCIACORTA, RE-INVENTS THE “ETIQUETTE FOR BUBBLIES” WITH THE LAUNCH OF ITS “FRANCIACORTA & CO.” RULES FOR TASTING 02 October 2006
News THE NUMBER OF “GAMBERO ROSSO” CONTENDERS GROWS… THE MOST IMPORTANT FOOD & WINE GROUP IS A MOUTH-WATERING ACQUISITION, BUT STILL NO BITES. “IL SOLE 24 ORE” REVEALS THE LATEST INDISCRETIONS AND THE COMPANY’S EARNINGS 29 September 2006
News THE 282 ‘TRE BICCHIERI’ WINNERS FOR 2007 - THE GAMBERO ROSSO-SLOW FOOD GUIDE’S TOP WINE PICKS... THE “SPECIAL” HONORS TO GRAVNER (BEST WINEMAKER), BENANTI (WINE COMPANY), MAULE (ENOLOGIST) ... 28 September 2006
News AUSTRIAN COMPANY CANS PROSECCO AND ASKS PARIS HILTON TO BECOME ITS SPONSOR. PROTESTS FROM VALDOBBIADENE AND CONEGLIANO WHERE THE DOC “BUBBLY” IS MADE 26 September 2006
News SCIENCE & WINE - FROM JAPAN, A ROBOT CAPABLE OF DISTINGUISHING THE SUBSTANCES THAT MAKE UP A WINE… THE ARTIFICIAL TASTER DEVELOPED BY NEC SYSTEM TECHNOLOGIES AND MIE UNIVERSITY 25 September 2006
News THE FINAL FRONTIER IN LUXURY WINE: A BILLIONAIRE COUPLE ACQUIRES “THE SUPER TUSCANS WINE EXPERIENCE” FOR 160,000 POUNDS. AN EXCLUSIVE TOUR OF THE TOP TUSCAN NAMES IN WINE, TASTING WITH MICHEL ROLLAND, SERENA SUTCLIFFE, LODOVICO AND PIERO ANTINORI 23 September 2006
News IN THE WORLD OF WINE, AN ITALIAN SUCCESS IN FRANCE: IT’S NOT A FAMOUS LABEL, BUT A CORK WITH THE “SOUL”, FROM THE PIEDMONT REGION. NOW IN OVER 100 WINERIES IN THE PRESTIGIOUS BOURGOGNE REGION 22 September 2006
News 2006 “A GOOD HARVEST, THOUGH LESS THAN 2005”: ITALIAN PRODUCER MAKE PREDICTIONS FOR WINENEWS, WHICH HAS GATHERED, REGION BY REGION, THE OPINIONS OF SOME OF ITALY’S TOP ENOLOGISTS 21 September 2006
News FROM THE MIDDLE AGES TO THE NEW MILLENIUM: SAGRANTINO, ONE OF THE MOST ANCIENT REDS IN ITALY, WILL ALSO BECOME A WHITE WINE THANKS TO NATIONAL WINE STUDIES. EXPERIMENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MILAN AND CAPRAI WINERY 20 September 2006
News WINENEWS, ONE OF THE ITALIAN WINE WORLD’S MOST POPULAR WEB SITES, JOINS SYMBOLA, FOUNDATION FOR ITALIAN QUALITY, AND HAS BEEN INVITED TO ATTEND THE SOFT ECONOMY TRADE FAIR-EVENT (22-25 MARCH, MILAN), A GATHERING OF THE EXCELLENCE OF MADE IN ITALY 19 September 2006
News BUBBLIES WITH A SEAL OF ORIGIN ... THE LAUNCH OF “THOUSAND AND ONE VINEYARDS” PROJECT, CREATED BY MAISON BERLUCCHI IN COLLABORATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MILAN 18 September 2006
News CHINESE PREFER BEER AND SPIRITS… BUT INVESTMENT FUNDS BETTING ON WINE. DATA, TRENDS AND COMMENTS FROM TWO IMPORTANT ITALIAN PRODUCERS, ZONIN AND CAVIT 17 September 2006
News ANTONIO GALLONI (AMERICAN JOURNALIST OF ITALIAN ORIGIN) TO BE THE NEW ITALIAN REFERENCE FOR ROBERT PARKER. WILL TAKE THE PLACE OF DANIEL THOMASES 14 September 2006
News RECORD GROWTH FOR MADE IN ITALY WINES ABROAD (+7%): IMPORTS MORE THAN DOUBLE TO CHINA (+115%) AND BOOM IN THE UNITED STATES (+9%) 12 September 2006
News WINE THERAPY FEVER HITS TUSCANY. A MEDIEVAL CASTLE OFFERS A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE: SANGIOVESE-BASED BATHS, MASSAGES AND THERAPEUTIC TREATMENTS IN THE HEART OF THE CHIANTI REGION 11 September 2006
News THE FIRST BOTTLES OF “ROCCA DI FRASSINELLO” NOW ON THE MARKET: THE WINE PROJECT OF PUBLISHER PAOLO PANERAI AND ERIC DE ROTHSCHILD. FIRST WINE COMPANY OF EQUAL FRENCH-ITALIAN PARTNERSHIP 11 September 2006
News GAJA IS THE MYTHICAL ITALIAN WINERY THAT EVERYONE WANTS TO WORK AT (FOLLOWED BY ANTINORI): THE RESULTS OF SURVEY BY VINITALY AND WINENEWS WHO ASKED SITES’ OWN “ENONAUTS” 09 September 2006
News 2006 HARVEST: SIMILARITIES TO 2005 HARVEST, BUT ALL ARE HOPING CONDITIONS BETWEEN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER WILL BE BETTER. COMMENTS BY ENOLOGISTS RENZO AND RICCARDO COTARELLA, FERRINI, PAGLI, LANDI, MERCURIO, CORINO, LANATI 07 September 2006
News SICILIAN WINERY PLANETA, ENOLOGIST CARLO FERRINI, AND THE MONTALCINO TERRITORY: THREE NOMINATIONS ON THE LIST FOR THE “WINE STAR AWARDS 2006”, BY WINE ENTHUSIAST, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WINE MAGAZINES WORLDWIDE 07 September 2006
News BAROLO AUCTION: IT JUST TAKES A CLICK TO PARTICIPATE. THIS YEAR, THE EVENT (SEPTEMBER 24TH) CREATED BY THE GAGLIARDO WINERY, IS EVEN ON-LINE 10 August 2006
News ROOM FOR THE YOUNG: THE CITTA’ DEL VINO (WINE CITIES) REQUEST THE EARLY RETIREMENT OF THE “OLDER GENERATIONS” IN THE WINE WORLD 07 August 2006
News RESEARCH: TESTS CAN’T DISTINGUISH BETWEEN WOOD CHIPS AND BARRELS. CONSUMER’S ONLY GUARANTEE IS TRANSPARENT LABELING 03 August 2006
News UIV-ISMEA: 2006 IMPORTANT HARVEST YEAR. 53 MILLION HECTOLITERS COULD COME OUT OF ITALIAN WINE CELLARS, A +6% INCREASE FROM 2005. 2006 ALSO HIGH QUALITY 31 July 2006
News BEAUTIFUL TO DRINK. PROFESSOR SCIENZA REFLECTS: WHICH AESTHETIC MODEL WILL BE USED FOR THE WINES OF THE FUTURE? JUDGMENT ACCORDING TO CURRENT CANONS OF QUALITY BY GUIDES AND COMPETITIONS OR THE MORE EVOCATIVE MODEL LINKED TO TASTE-SMELL VALUES? 31 July 2006
News FEDERVINI ASSEMBLY: EXPORTS POSITIVE IN 2005 (+8% TOWARDS GERMANY). CONFIRMED BY PIERO MASTROBERARDINO, HEAD OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ITALIAN WINE ENTERPRISE ORGANIZATION 27 July 2006
News TROPHÉE RUINART - BEST SOMMELIER IN EUROPE IS NORWEGIAN ROBERT LIE. ITALIAN ALESSANDRO MASI MAKES IT TO FINALS 26 July 2006
News WINE THE PROTAGONIST AT NEXT SALONE DEL GUSTO (TURIN, 26-30 OCTOBER). SLOW FOOD: “WINE IS PART OF THE HISTORY OF THE INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT”. WINE GUIDE PUBLISHED WITH GAMBERO ROSSO PRESENTED ON OCTOBER 28. 23 July 2006
News SYMBOLA, THE FOUNDATION FOR ITALIAN QUALITY, GOES TO MONTEFALCO. CAPRAI, THE LEADING NAME OF SAGRANTINO, IS ONE OF THE FOUNDATION’S PRESTIGIOUS MEMBERS (TOGETHER WITH DONNAFUGATA AND MASCIARELLI) 23 July 2006
News WORLD’S FIRST "SUGGESTED PRICE" ON A WINE BOTTLE: CAMPO ALLA SUGHERA" OF BOLGHERI (OWNED BY KNAUF)WILL BE "BREAKING WITH TRADITION" BY PRINTING THE SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICE ON LABELS 20 July 2006
