News SALONE DEL VINO (26-29 OCTOBER) – ITALIAN WINE REAPS SUCCESS ABROAD BUT NOT AT HOME: THE “REASONS” OF THE MARKET. AND ALL THAT ONE NEEDS TO KNOW FOR A TRIP TO ONE OF THE WINE EVENTS OF ITALY 25 October 2007
News ITALIAN TOCAI NOW HAS THREE NEW NAMES: FOR THE WINE FROM THE FRIULI REGION IT IS TO BE ‘TOCAI FRIULANO’ IN ITALY AND ‘FRIULANO’ ABROAD, WHILE THE WINE FROM THE VENETO WILL BE CALLED ‘TAI’ 24 October 2007
News THE GELARDINI & ROMANI WINE AUCTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 10TH IN MERANO. A DATE FOR GREAT VINTAGE WINES FROM ITALY AND ABROAD BY THE TOP ITALIAN AUCTION HOUSE SPECIALIZED IN WINE 22 October 2007
News 2007 GRAPE HARVEST SCARCE THROUGHOUT EUROPE. THE FORECASTS MADE BY THE ITALIAN FARMERS FEDERATION 22 October 2007
News THE “TOP ITALIAN WINES ROADSHOW” TOUR BEGINS. FORTY-NINE WINERIES HAVE BEEN INVITED TO REPRESENT ITALIAN ENOLOGICAL EXCELLENCE IN THIS PROMOTIONAL EVENT ORGANIZED BY GAMBERO ROSSO THAT WILL HIT ALL OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WINE MARKETS AROUND THE WORLD 19 October 2007
News UNIVERSITY OF PISA STUDIES GENES THAT METABOLIZE ALCOHOL TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENT TOLERANCES OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND ETHNIC GROUPS. THE FIRST RESULTS TO BE REVEALED AT THE WINE & HEALTH CONFERENCE IN MONTALCINO, OCTOBER 19-20 19 October 2007
News FRENCH WINES ARE HANDS DOWN THE TOP EARNERS AT THE PANDOLFINI AUCTION HELD DURING THE INAUGURATION OF THE ESPRESSO WINE GUIDE 2008 IN FLORENCE. EARNINGS REACHED 180,000 EUROS THANKS TO THE WINES FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ALPS 16 October 2007
News THE TOP FIVE “SUPER WINES” THE MOST IMPORTANT ITALIAN WINE GUIDES ALL AGREE ARE THE BEST: SAN LEONARDO 2003, SERENADE 2004 (CANTINA DI CALDARO), SASSICAIA 2004, MONTEVETRANO 2005, TERRA DI LAVORO 2005 15 October 2007
News THE GAMBERO ROSSO-SLOW FOOD ‘WINES OF ITALY’ GUIDE 2008 IS OUT. AND HERE IS THE LIST OF THE “TRE BICCHIERI” WINNERS IN ITALY’S MOST POPULAR GUIDE. TUSCANY AND PIEDMONT TOP PRIZED REGIONS, FOLLOWED BY FRIULI, VENETO AND ALTO ADIGE 12 October 2007
News FASHION DESIGNER ROBERTO CAVALLI TURNS WINEMAKER: AT HIS “TENUTA DEGLI DEI” ESTATE IN PANZANO IN CHIANTI, CERTIFIED IGT TOSCANA WINE IS PRODUCED AND WILL BE ON SUPERMARKET SHELVES IN NOVEMBER 11 October 2007
News ITALIAN WINE EXPORTS BOOM: TOTAL VALUE OF 1.6 BILLION EUROS (+12%). THE PRESIDENT OF THE ITALIAN WINE UNION (UIV), ANDREA SARTORI: “ANOTHER GREAT SIGNAL OF STRENGTH, WHICH, HOWEVER, MUST NOT MAKE US FORGET THE PROBLEMS AT HOME” 09 October 2007
News OUT OF THE UNION BETWEEN COTARELLA, ONE OF ITALY’S TOP ENOLOGISTS, AND SELOSSE, THE GREATEST REVOLUTIONARY IN THE WORLD OF CHAMPAGNE, THE “DUBL GRECO” DI FEUDI DI SAN GREGORIO HAS BEEN CREATED 08 October 2007
News NAS CONFISCATES 150 QUINTALS OF SANGIOVESE FROM PUGLIA THAT WERE DESTINED FOR WINERIES IN THE CHIANTI CLASSICO REGION. THE TRUCK LOAD WAS WITHOUT TRANSPORTATION DOCUMENTS AND POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE INTENDED FINAL USE OF GRAPES 04 October 2007
News THE WORLDWIDE SOMMELIER ASSOCIATION “ROAD SHOW” LEAVES FROM MILAN ON OCTOBER 8TH. CITY MAYOR MORATTI AND MINISTER DE CASTRO TO PARTICIPATE AT THE FIRST STOP OF MANY THAT WILL SPAN THE GLOBE. 04 October 2007
News THE RESULTS OF THE 2007 GRAPE HARVEST ACCORDING TO THE FOUR OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ITALIAN WINEMAKERS: MICHELE CHIARLO (PIEDMONT), FAUSTO PERATONER (LA VIS, TRENTINO), MARCO CAPRAI (UMBRIA), ALESSIO PLANETA (SICILY). HIGH QUALITY EVERYWHERE... 02 October 2007
News ”BY NEXT YEAR, ‘GRAPE HARVEST VOUCHERS’ WILL BECOME A REALITY”: THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, PAOLO DE CASTRO SPEAKS TO WINENEWS ABOUT ONE OF THE NEW REGULATIONS OF THE WELFARE REFORM, CURRENTLY AWAITING DECREE FOR GO AHEAD 02 October 2007
News “FARMERS SHOULD HAVE FAIR COMPENSATION... IT IS IMPOSSIBLE THAT GRAIN COSTS THE SAME AS 20 YEARS AGO”: THE DEFENSE MADE BY SLOW FOOD INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT, CARLO PETRINI 01 October 2007
News WINENEWS RUMORS WERE RIGHT… THE OFFICIAL LIST OF TOP WINES ACCORDING TO THE TOP ITALIAN WINE GUIDE VINI D’ITALIA (GAMBERO ROSSO-SLOW FOOD) HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED, THE WINERY OF THE YEAR GOES TO GAJA. ENOLOGIST OF THE YEAR TO MATTIA VEZZOLA (BELLAVISTA) 28 September 2007
News VITICULTURE CONQUERS ONE OF ITALY’S MOST FAMOUS FASHION CENTERS, TRINITA’ DEI MONTE, FOR THE FIRST GRAPE HARVEST IN THE HEART OF ROME. “GALLICO” TO BE MADE FROM THE ORNAMENTAL GARDENS OF THE FRENCH CONVENT SACRO CUORE 28 September 2007
News WINE & SPIRITS MAGAZINE PICKS “TOP 100 WINERIES”. THIRTEEN ITALIANS MAKE IT ONTO THE CLASSIFICATION: FROM GAJA TO MAZZEI, MASI, RUFFINO, CERETTO AND VILLA MATILDE (THE ONLY WINERY FROM SOUTHERN ITALY) 26 September 2007
News WINE & FOOD INSTITUTE: ITALIAN WINES IN THE U.S. CONTINUE TO INCREASE… AND ON FEBRUARY 21 AND 25, 2008, “GALA ITALIA” IN NEW YORK AND LOS ANGELES WILL BE PUTTING ITALIAN ART AND FASHION ON SHOW ALONG WITH THE COUNTRY’S WINES 26 September 2007
News FOOD CONSUMPTION TRENDS: ETHNIC, HEALTH, LUXURY AND READY-MADE FOODS INCREASE WHILE BASIC FOODS LIKE BREAD AND PASTA AT A STANDSTILL. REVEALED BY A STUDY CONDUCTED BY COOP, THE LEADING ITALIAN LARGE-SCALE FOOD DISTRIBUTION CHAIN 23 September 2007
News EUROPEAN UNION: YES TO STOPPING FALSE GRANA PRODUCTION IN ITALY AND ABROAD. COLDIRETTI CONFIRMS THAT THE FAKE “MADE IN ITALY” MARKET IS WORTH 50 BILLION EUROS 23 September 2007
News THE 2008 ESPRESSO GUIDE’S FINE WINE AUCTION SET FOR OCTOBER 11TH AT STAZIONE LEOPOLDA IN FLORENCE. TOP OF THE LINE LABELS TO BE AUCTIONED OFF BY PANDOLFINI: FROM SOLAIA TO SASSICAIA, TERRA DI LAVORO, BAROLO GAJA, MOUTON ROTSCHILD AND ROMANEE CONTI 20 September 2007
News 2007 GRAPE HARVEST: UIV/ISMEA STUDY SHOWS ITALY IS DIVIDED BY DROUGHT. DECLINE IN PRODUCTION BY 12% FOR A TOTAL 43.5 MILLION HECTOLITERS. QUALITY CONSIDERED GOOD. FRANCE REGISTERS SIMILAR TRENDS. THE SITUATION REGION BY REGION AND FOCUS ON MONTALCINO 20 September 2007
News ONLY FIVE TROPHIES FOR ITALY (TALENTI, UMANI RONCHI, ROCCA, VALPANTENA, FALCHINI) AT THE “DECANTER WORLD WINE AWARDS”, THE PRESTIGIOUS INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION FROM THE AUTHORITATIVE MAGAZINE DECANTER. 19 September 2007
News AND THE NOMINEES ARE: ENOLOGIST CARLO FERRINI, THE SAN PATRIGNANO COMMUNITY WINERY, MEZZACORONA WINERY, AND THE TERROIR OF VALPOLICELLA. THESE ARE THE FOUR ITALIAN NAMES COMPETING IN THE WINE STAR AWARDS 2007 BY THE AMERICAN MAGAZINE WINE ENTHUSIAST 17 September 2007
News MYWINEFARM.COM: A NEW SITE DEDICATED TO WINE? NO, A VIDEO GAME THAT GIVES PLAYERS A CHANCE TO BE A WINEMAKER FOR A DAY. FROM THE VINEYARD TO THE WINERY TO THE FINISHED BOTTLE OF WINE… 17 September 2007
News COSTS - COLDIRETTI COMBATS AGRICULTURAL MARKET PRICE HIKES IN CITIES. FARMER MARKET BOOM IN FRANCE, BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES, BUT ITALY STILL CAN’T PASS DECREE 13 September 2007
News “WINE? IT PLAYS A CENTRAL ROLE IN MEDITERRANEAN AND ITALIAN CULTURE. IT SERVES CULTURE. DISSUASIVE MESSAGES ON LABELS ARE USELESS”. THE PHILOSOPHER TULLIO GREGORY EXPLAINS HIS ENTHUSIASM FOR THE NECTAR OF THE GODS TO WINENEWS 13 September 2007
News FROM THE VINEYARD TO THE CITY: EVEN IN ITALY GRAPEVINES HAVE BECOME AN ORNAMENTAL PLANT AND A DIRECT MARKETING TOOL IN URBAN CENTERS. COMMENTS BY VALENTINO VALENTINI, PRESIDENT OF CITTA DEL VINO 11 September 2007
News ECO-ENERGY: THE E.U. AUTHORIZES THE TRANSFORMATION OF 200,000 HECTOLITERS OF WINE INTO BIOETHANOL 10 September 2007
News DRINKING & DRIVING: FRENCH GOVERNMENT SPURS CAR MANUFACTURERS (RENAULT, PEUGEOT-CITROEN) TO EQUIP VEHICLES WITH ALCOHOL LEVEL MEASURING TOOLS. VOLVO AND SAAB ALREADY IN ACTION IN SWEDEN, AS WELL AS NISSAN AND TOYOTA IN JAPAN. AND IN ITALY? 09 September 2007
News 2007 ITALIAN GRAPE HARVEST: ONE OF THE SCARCEST AND EARLIEST OF THE PAST 50 YEARS... THE FIRST “OFFICIAL” PREDICTIONS BY ENOLOGISTS - 43.2 MILLION HECTOLITERS OF WINE (-13% FROM 2006), QUALITY HETEROGENEOUS. PRICE OF GRAPES INCREASES 06 September 2007
News ITALIAN WINES WIN ABROAD BUT BREAK EVEN AT HOME. IN A WINENEWS SURVEY, TOP PRODUCERS ANTINORI, PLANETA, GAJA, CAPRAI, MASTROBERARDINO, BANFI, AND MASI CLAIMED FOREIGN SALES WERE GOOD (ON BOTH HISTORIC AND NEW MARKETS), BUT LESS POSITIVE IN ITALY 04 September 2007
News THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, PAOLO DE CASTRO: “THE DNA SEQUENCE OF GRAPES HAS BEEN COMPLETED”. THE FOUNDATION FOR GENETIC RIGHTS: AND NOW HOW WILL IT BE USED?” COLDIRETTI: “THE GENE SEQUENCE MAP USED TO GUARANTEE THE IDENTITY OF TERRITORIES.” 03 September 2007
News “IT’S TIME TO STOP MAKING REASSURING PREDICTIONS ABOUT THE GRAPE HARVEST... CONSUMERS MUST BE SERIOUSLY INFORMED OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND WHAT VITICULTURE IS DOING TO CONFRONT THIS” THE DENOUNCEMENT BY PROFESSOR OF VITICULTURE AT MILANO, ATTILIO SCIENZA 31 August 2007
News WINENEWS SURVEY – NO AGREEMENT ON THE 2007 HARVEST TOP ENOLOGISTS-AGRONOMISTS, CARLO FERRINI, RICCARDO COTARELLA AND LEONARDO VALENTI HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS ON THE OUTCOME OF THIS YEAR’S GRAPE SITUATION. FROM SICILY TO TRENTINO, THE FORECASTS ARE IN 30 August 2007
