News FROM THE MOST IMPORTANT NAMES AND THE BEST WINES, FROM THE TRENTINO TO FRANCIACORTA AND THE VENETO, EVERYONE’S CONFIRIMING AN EARLY BUT GOOD 2007 HARVEST FOR ITALIAN SPARKLING WINES. CONSUMPTION OF SPUMANTE CONTINUES TO INCREASE ON FOREIGN MARKETS 29 August 2007
News BEES: A THERMOMETER FOR CLIMACTIC CHANGE. COLONIES IN TILT DUE TO DROUGHT, EARLY FLOWERING, AND CHEMICAL TREATMENTS. ITALIAN HONEY HARVEST FOR 2007 RECORDS A NET DECLINE (110,000 QUINTALS) 28 August 2007
News ITALIAN WINE & FOOD ATTRACTS TOURISTS AND IS WORTH 20 BILLION EUROS. ACCORDING TO COLDIRETTI, PIEDMONT IS THE LEADER IN WINES, VENETO TAKES FIRST PLACE FOR WINE ROADS, TUSCANY THE QUEEN OF LOCAL PRODUCTS, AND EMILIA ROMAGNA LEADS IN DOP AND IGP 27 August 2007
News SOUVENIRS FROM ITALY? EXCLUSIVELY FOOD AND WINE. ITALIAN HOLIDAYS NEVER LEAVE A BITTER TASTE BUT RATHER THE SWEET FLAVOR OF WINES AND CHEESES. SMALL COMPLICATIONS FOR THOSE WHO TRAVEL BY PLANE 25 August 2007
News THE SALONE DEL NOVELLO MOVES FROM VICENZA TO VERONA. “MISTER VINITALY”, GIOVANNI MANTOVANI, TALKS TO WINENEWS.TV: “VERONA IS EVER MORE THE CAPITAL OF ITALIAN WINE”, THE FIRST FRUITS OF 2007 HARVEST WILL BE TOASTED WITH IN THE CITY OF ROMEO AND JULIET 24 August 2007
News WINE IMPORTS TO THE U.S. INCREASE IN THE FIRST SEMESTER OF 2007. ITALIAN WINE & FOOD INSTITUTE: ITALY INCREASES 10.1% IN QUANTITY AND 9.7% IN VALULE. A BOOM FOR SPARKLING WINE BOOM WITH +23.7% IN VOLUME AND +24.7% IN VALUE 24 August 2007
News ITALIAN POLICE CRACK DOWN ON FALSE BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO, BAROLO, AND CHIANTI IN GERMANY (A MARKET THAT ABSORBS 14% OF TOTAL EXPORTS). COLDIRETTI LAUNCHES ALARM: “FAKES ARE THE TOP MARKET” 22 August 2007
News STAG’S LEAP WINE CELLAR, THE SYMBOL OF HIGH QUALITY MADE IN USA WINEMAKING, HAS AN ITALIAN SPIRIT. THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN ANTINORI AND CHATEAU STE. MICHELLE AND THE STORY OF STAG’S LEAP. IT WON OVER THE TOP FRENCH NAMES AND HAS INSPIRED HOLLYWOOD 05 August 2007
News TWENTY-FIVE SOMMELIERS FOR THE ITALIAN ANTI-FRAUD POLICE UNIT (NAC): A “REFINING” COURSE FOR THE DEPARTMENT THAT ENFORCES EU FOOD AND AGRICULTURE NORMS 05 August 2007
News EVEN A MEDIOCRE WINE CAN RISE TO THE TOP OF THE LIST. HOW? WITH THE NEW YORK WEB SITE SEXYSOMMELIERS.COM … IS THERE SPACE IN ITALY FOR SUCH AN ENOLOGICAL NOVELTY? 05 August 2007
News RUSSIANS AND CHINESE, OR THE “NEW RICH”, INCREASE THE PRICE OF VINTAGE WINES: A +45.7% GROWTH REGISTERED ON LIV-EX EXCHANGE (MADE UP OF 155 OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WHOLESALE VENDORS WORLD WIDE). A LIST OF THE MOST COVETED LABELS ON INTERNATIONAL LEVEL 02 August 2007
News EARLY HARVEST: ITALIANS ARE ON VACATION BUT GRAPES TO BE PICKED BY QUALIFIED FOREIGNERS. THE SOLUTION OF UMANI RONCHI, ONE OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS ITALIAN WINERIES, HAS BEEN TO TURN TO THE SPANISH AGENCY “TERRA FECUNDIS” 30 July 2007
News “ENONAUTS” CONSUME 48 BOTTLES OF SPARKLING WINE PER PERSON PER YEAR. DOESN’T MATTER WHETHER AT HOME OR IN RESTAURANTS, AS LONG AS IT’S ‘MADE IN ITALY’. BELLAVISTA, CA’ DEL BOSCO AND BERLUCCHI THE PREFERRED NAMES 28 July 2007
News AGRICULTURAL COSTS: FOR EACH EURO SPENT ON PASTA ONLY 8 CENTS SPENT FOR WHEAT. AND THE NEED FOR AGRICULTURALLY BASED BIOFUELS 25 July 2007
News GRAPE HARVEST 2007: THE EARLIEST IN THE PAST 30 YEARS ACCORDING TO PREDICTIONS BY THE ITALIAN WINE UNION AND ISMEA. 5% LESS IN QUANTITY COMPARED TO 2006 HARVEST BUT QUALITY TO REMAIN HIGH. MORE CONSISTENT ANTICIPATIONS IN THE NORTH, LESS IN THE SOUTH 22 July 2007
News INDIA LOWERS CUSTOM DUTIES ON ALCOHOLIC IMPORTS FROM EU. THE ACCORD WITH NEW DELHI GOVERNMENT TO LEVEL TAX RATE THRESHOLD AT 150% 17 July 2007
News THE FUTURE IS IN WINE BY THE GLASS ACCORDING TO ENOMATIC, THE COMPANY THAT HAS PERFECTED THE NEW WAY OF HIGH QUALITY DRINKING. AGREEMENT BETWEEN ENGLISH CHAIN SELFRIDGE’S FOR DISPENSERS THAT WILL NOW POUR TOP WINES IN THE COMMERCIAL HEART OF LONDON 17 July 2007
News CHANGE IN COMPANY MAKE-UP FOR THE AVIGNONESI GROUP (WHICH INCLUDES ‘CLASSICA’ DISTRIBUTIONS AND ‘MASSERIA LI VELI’ OF PUGLIA): ALBERTO FALVO IS THE NEW PRESIDENT AND BELGIAN COMPANY ‘VICTRIX’ A NEW STOCK HOLDER 16 July 2007
News ENOLOGISTS AND WINEMAKERS WITH SHOVELS AND BUCKETS…BUT NOT ON THE BEACH. THIS YEAR’S CLIMATIC CONDITIONS HAVE ANTICIPATED THE GRAPE HARVEST FORCING MANY SECTOR WORKERS TO CANCEL ONE OF ITALY’S MOST IMPORTANT HOLIDAYS. OPINIONS FROM NUMEROUS REGIONS… 13 July 2007
News THE EUROPEAN UNION CMO WINE REFORM DRAFT: KEY POINTS ARE SUGAR BAN, INCENTIVES FOR GRUBBING UP LOW PRODUCTION AREAS, AND DENOMINATION REFORMS. BUT THE FINAL OK FOR THE PLAN NOT UNTIL MARCH-APRIL 2008 12 July 2007
News THE THREE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE OF THE ITALIAN WINE WORLD? ACCORDING TO THE “POWER LIST” BY THE PRESTIGIOUS BRITISH MAGAZINE ‘DECANTER’, THEY ARE PIERO ANTINORI, DANIELE CERNILLI (CO-DIRECTOR OF GAMBERO ROSSO) AND ANGELO GAJA. 10 July 2007
News BIODYNAMIC FARMING - PRODUCING WITH THE ENERGY WITHIN RATHER THAN WITH ADDED MATERIAL. AN INTERVIEW WITH NICOLAS JOLY, THE ICON OF BIODYNAMIC FARMING, AT WINENEWS.TV 09 July 2007
News PIEDMONTESE ENOLOGIST CARLO CORINO PASSED AWAY. HE WAS ONE OF THE PROTAGONISTS OF THE SUCCESS OF SICILIAN WINES 08 July 2007
News THE INAUGURATION OF THE “ROCCA DI FRASSINELLO” WINERY, OWNED BY EDITOR-WINEMAKER PAOLO PANERAI AND DESIGNED BY ARCHITECT RENZO PIANO… THE MAREMMA REGION HAS THE HONOR OF HOSTING A TRUE OPEN-AIR GALLERY 05 July 2007
News COLDIRETTI - THE HEAT PUTS 1 IN 4 FRUITS AT RISK. A GUIDE FOR SHOPPING: HOW TO KEEP EATING FRUIT FIVE TIMES A DAY WHILE SAVING MONEY 04 July 2007
News JACOPO BIONDI SANTI’S WINE WINS BATTLE AGAINST THE SPANISH WIND TURBINE COLOSSAL GAMESA. TUSCAN COURTS RULE IN FAVOR OF MONTEPO AND HAVE DEEMED THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE WIND TURBINE PARK, WHICH WAS RECENTLY INAUGURATED, AS ILLEGITIMATE 02 July 2007
News THE MPS FOUNDATION TAKES FONTANAFREDDA FROM MPS BANK. ACCORDING TO THE ITALIAN DAILY ‘CORRIERE DELLA SERA - ECONOMIA’ MORE INVESTMENTS WILL NOW BE MADE IN AGRICULTURAL COMPANIES WITH THE DEMETRA FUNDS 29 June 2007
News ASIAN TOMATO CONCENTRATE INVADES ITALY: ONE THIRD OF CHINESE IMPORTS ARE PRESERVING TOMATOES. PAY ATTENTION TO LABELS! 28 June 2007
News GREAT BRITAIN WANTS WINE IN CISTERNS. ACCORDING TO ‘THE INDEPENDENT’, THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT WANTS TO REDUCE THE QUANTITY OF IMPORTED GLASS BOTTLES DUE TO RECYCLING PROBLEMS. AN IDEA FOR RECYCLING ON THE SPOT… 26 June 2007
News ANYTHING BUT THE BARBEQUE: 64% OF YOUNG ITALIANS CONSIDER A GRILL OUT IN THE COUNTRYSIDE A RITE THAT CANNOT BE RENOUNCED… BEST IF THERE’S MEAT 25 June 2007
News NANOTECHNOLOGY TO HELP IN THE BATTLE AGAINST COUNTERFEIT ‘MADE IN ITALY’ FOOD PRODUCTS 22 June 2007
News WINE & TRENDS - "SOIF DE COEUR": THE WINE THAT HAS CAUGHT THE HEARTS OF FRENCH SINGLES 21 June 2007
News MARCHESE PIERO ANTINORI RECEIVES “LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD” 2007 FROM THE MASTERS OF WINE INSTITUTE. THE AWARD RECEIVED AT VINEXPO IN BORDEAUX, CURRENTLY UNDERWAY IN THE CAPITAL OF CHATEAUX 19 June 2007
News QUALITY, FASCINATION, RELIABILITY: GAJA IS THE NAME THAT BEST PERSONIFIES THESE CHARACTERISTICS. THE TOP TUSCAN NAMES, ANTINORI AND SASSICAIA, ARE A CLOSE SECOND. FOLLOWED BY SICILIANS, PLANETA AND DONNAFUGATA 15 June 2007
News THE COUNCIL OF EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL MINISTERS HAS NOW AUTHORIZED A 0.9% MAXIMUM CONTAMINATION LEVEL OF GENETICALLY MODIFGIED ORGANISMS (OGM) IN ORGANIC PRODUCTS. ONLY THE MINISTERS FROM ITALY, BELGIUM, GREECE AND HUNGARY VOTE CONTRARY 14 June 2007
News “WINEMAKERS FOREVER”. THOSE WHO CAN’T STAY AWAY FROM THEIR VINEYARDS: FROM STEFANO FARKAS TO LODOVICO ANTINORI, FROM PIERMARIO MELETTI CAVALLARI TO ROBERTO BELLINI AND LIONELLO MARCHESI 13 June 2007
