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
News A “Super Minister” for the good and beautiful. The request by ‘Città del Vino’ organization in response to the necessity to integrate promotional politics for culture, tourism and agriculture 06 March 2006
News Record for wine & “made in italy”: one billion dollars surpassed for u.s. exports (+11.4% in 2005) 28 February 2006
News VINITALY TURNS 40 AND CELEBRATES WITH A GRAND EVENT AT VERONAFIERA ON MARCH 10: “VISION, MISSION, EMOTION”, THIS IS THE CHALLENGE OF THE FUTURE FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT WINE KERMES 28 February 2006
News Brunello gets holograms to combat counterfeiting: Ciacci Piccolomini d’Aragona the first in italy to ExperiMent with sophisticated anti-falsification technology. system also used by european cental bank 28 February 2006
News AMERICANS BEWITCHED BY BRUNELLO: ONE IN FOUR BOTTLES OF THE “MADE IN TUSCANY” WINE IS UNCORKED IN THE U.S. (25% OF TOTAL EXPORTS). IN 2005 THE WINE FROM MONTALCINO EARNED 143 MILLION EUROS 24 February 2006
News BRUNELLO’S NOTEWORTHY YEAR ON U.S. MARKET: MONTALCINO WINE EXPORTS INCREASE IN 2005, ALONG WITH OTHER ITALIAN WINES THAT HAVE NOW CORNERED 30% OF THE AMERICAN MARKET. A SIGNIFICANT 10% INCREASE IN RECENT MONTHS 22 February 2006
News ITALIAN WINE SECTOR HAS NEW REGULATORY LAW. AFTER FORTY YEARS LAW DPR 162/1965 HAS BEEN MODIFIED. NEW NORMS APPROVED BY SENATE 22 February 2006
News FIERAGRICOLA 2006 – MINISTER OF AGRICULTURAL POLITICS, GIANNI ALEMANNO, HAS NO DOUBTS: “IN 2008 VERONA WILL BECOME THE WORLD CAPITAL OF WINE AND THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE NATIONAL AUTHORITY FOR FOOD SAFETY” 16 February 2006
News RUMORS - RESIGNATION AT BIONDI SANTI SPA: JACOPO BIONDI SANTI TOWARDS NEW PROFESSIONAL CHALLENGES? A FUTURE AT THE CASTELLO DI MONTEPO’, THE MAGNIFICENT ESTATE IN THE MAREMMA, AND POSSIBLY NEW INVESTMENTS IN THE WINE WORLD 15 February 2006
News One out of three Italians abstain from alcohol, but those who drink choose quality. An Astra Ricerche survey for the Valpolicella Consortium: the average consumer lives in wealthier provinces, is between ages 25 and 44, navigates on the Internet, and is a 15 February 2006
News 20 YEARS AFTER METHANOL SCANDAL A VICTORY FOR QUALITY. COMMENTS ON EVENT THAT MARKED TURNING POINT FOR WINE PRODUCERS AND CONSUMERS 13 February 2006
News ROYAL JELLY: “CHLORAMPHENICOL PRESENT IN CHINESE PRODUCTS CAUSES HEALTH RISKS”. DECLARATION BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL APICULTURE INSTITUTE, ANNA GLORIA SABATINI 13 February 2006
News ONLY 4% OF WORLD POPULATION USES OLIVE OIL. IN ITALY IT’S 50%, IN THE U.S. A LOW 2.6% 13 February 2006
News Brunello di Montalcino DOCG best represents “Made in Italy”. Gaja and Antinori the emblems of Italian winemakers. In WineNews classification “eno-navigator’s” personal favorites are Sassicaia, Masseto, Barolo Monfortino di Conterno 12 February 2006
News THE MOST EXPENSIVE BOTTLE OF WHITE WINE IN THE WORLD SOLD AT THE “REASONABLE” PRICE OF 55,000 POUNDS: A CHÂTEAU D’YQUEM 1787 10 February 2006
News THE ITALIAN WINE WORLD NOW UNITED: STRATEGIC ACCORD BETWEEN THE TWO HISTORIC ORGANIZATIONS, FEDERVINI AND CONFEDERAZIONE DELLA VITE E DEL VINO 08 February 2006
News CEO OF MEDIA GIANT TIME WARNER FOR WORK, AND BRUNELLO MAKER FOR PASSION: THE ADVENTURES OF RICHARD PARSONS IN MONTALCINO 08 February 2006
News “ITALY CAN’T BE AFRAID OF OTHER WINE PRODUCING COUNTRIES BECAUSE ALONG WITH THE GRAPES, WINE CULTURE AND CONSUMPTION IS ALSO GROWING”. ANGELO GAJA, ONE OF THE “BIG NAMES” OF ITALIAN WINE 07 February 2006
News LESS WINE IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: EU COMMISSION PREDICTS 2005/2006 GRAPE HARVEST WILL FALL BY AN AVERAGE 3% 07 February 2006
News CHIANTI AND CHIANTI CLASSICO DIVIDE WIDENS. DIVORCE BETWEEN THE TWO DOCG CONSORTIUMS WHO NOW PREPARE TO CHANGE, REGULATE, AND SEPARATE THEIR DENOMINATIONS, ONCE AND FOR ALL 01 February 2006
News MARRIAGE IMPOSSIBLE BETWEEN WINE AND CHEESE?ITALIAN EXPERTS AND PRODUCERS RESPOND TO CONTROVERSIAL U.S. STUDY 01 February 2006
News RESEARCH - CHEESE AND WINE ARE NOT COMPATIBLE. A “NO GO” ARRIVES FROM U.S. STUDY 01 February 2006
News "The WineNews Corner": english debut february 1st a new column on the WineNews website for international readers. edited by journalists Leonardo Roselli and Carla Rossi 25 January 2006
News THE GOURMET SUPERMARKET ARRIVES IN ITALY: OPENING FIRST IN TURIN, THEN IN MILAN AND GENOA 25 January 2006
News A WINE SCHOOL IN SHANGHAI TO PROMOTE CULTURE AND CONSUMPTION IN CHINA. 2006 TUSCANY REGION PROJECT IN COLLABORATION WITH THE ITALIAN ENOTECA OF SIENA 24 January 2006
