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
News MOET & CHANDON NAME SWEDE ANDREAS LARSSON AS “WORLD’S BEST SOMMELIER” OF 2007 AT THE MUCH ANTICIPATED ANNUAL APPOINTMENT ORGANIZED BY ASI (ASSOCIATION DE LA SOMMELLERIE INTERNATIONALE) 09 June 2007
News IN GREAT BRITAIN THE “UNITS” OF ALCOHOL PER GLASS WILL APPEAR ON WINE LABELS BY 2008. IT WILL HELP CONSUMERS TO STAY WITHIN DAILY RECOMMENDED LIMITS 08 June 2007
News “IS IT TRUE THAT MEDIEVAL MONKS WERE HEAVY DRINKERS? WHAT COLOR WAS WINE IN THE MIDDLE AGES? DOES THE CORAN REALLY PROHIBIT ALCOHOL?” - THESE QUESTIONS ANSWERED DURING A CONFERENCE BY THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES STUDIES CENTER FOUNDATION AT SPOLETO 07 June 2007
News “RISERVA DI FIZZANO” IN THE CHIANTIGIANA ROCCA DELLE MACIE IS NAMED BEST ITALIAN “WINE TOURISM RESTAURANT” IN THE “GREAT WINE CAPITALS” OF THE WORLD COMPETITION 06 June 2007
News ITALIAN WINE DEFINITELY APPRECIATED BUT IT MUST BE PUSHED WITH MORE BUSINESS ORIENTED PROMOTIONS: VINITALY, THE MOST IMPORTANT EXPO AND ORGANIZATION OF THE ITALIAN WINE SECTOR, SUPPORTS PRODUCERS IN JAPAN 05 June 2007
News THE “WINE LOVER” POPULATION GROWS: 10% OF EARNINGS FROM TOP WINERIES. AVERAGE COST PER BOTTLE OF QUALITY WINE BETWEEN 26 AND 50 EUROS 01 June 2007
News COUNT FRANCESCO MARONE CINZANO, THE “VITICULTURALIST OF TWO WORLDS” IS THE NEW HEAD OF THE PRODUCERS OF MONTALCINO 31 May 2007
News TALES FROM THE WINE SHOP – FROM TIMBANELLO TO WHITE BRUNELLO… PROPRIETORS RECOUNT STORIES OF NOVICE CONSUMERS WHO MAKE UP PART OF THE NEW WINE DRINKING TREND 29 May 2007
News “DRUNK WITH MODERATION, WINE CAN SLOW THE PROGRESSION OF SENILE DEMENTIA IN AT-RISK SUBJECTS”: THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY “ILSA” (ITALIAN LONGITUDINAL STUDY ON AGING), PROMOTED BY CNR AND THE SUPERIOR INSTITUTE OF HEALTH 28 May 2007
News DE CASTRO: “90% OF SO-CALLED ITALIAN PRODUCTS SOLD IN THE U.S. ARE NOT MADE IN ITALY” 25 May 2007
News WITH THE VINEYARD ERADICATIONS FORESEEN BY THE EUROPEAN UNION’S NEW CMO ITALY RISKS LOSING 90,000 HECTARES AND 45,000 BUSINESSES. VINCENZO AITA OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AGRICULTURAL COMMISSION LAUNCHES THE ALARM IN RESPONSE TO SECTOR REFORMS 24 May 2007
News GRAPE SELECTION, PRODUCTION AND LABELLING TECHNIQUES FOR “CUSTOM-MADE WINE” … THE “WINE ATELIER” PROJECT TO ADOPT A VINEYARD AND WATCH IT GROW HAS NOW ARRIVED 23 May 2007
News A LIFE DEDICATED TO ART…DEDICATING ART TO LIFE. ARTIST SANDRO CHIA DIVIDES TIME BETWEEN NEW YORK TRANSVANGUARD AND VINEYARDS IN BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO. A NEW “MULTIMEDIA” WINERY IN THE WORKS 22 May 2007
News EONOLOGISTS: CRISIS REQUIRES SWIFT SOLUTIONS. THE SURPLUS PARTIALLY ABSORBED BY DISTILLATION THAT GOES TO LARGE-SCALE DISTRIBUTION WITH ATTRACTIVE PRICES AT 1 EURO AT TIMES FORCES EVEN DOCG AND NOBILE NAMES TO DESCEND INTO THIS UNHEALTHY COMPETITION 19 May 2007
News FOREIGN ENO-TOURISTS KNOW ITALIAN WINE BUT NOT ITS TERRITORIES. VALENTINO VALENTINI, PRESIDENT OF CITTA DEL VINO: “WE WANT TO RE-LAUNCH ENO-GASTRONOMIC TOURISM… MORE RESOURCES, MORE INNOVATION, MORE NETWORKS AND QUALITY” 17 May 2007
News TUSCANY IS THE CRADLE OF ITALIAN WINE ENTREPRENEURSHIP: THE MARCHESI ANTINORI AND THE BARON RICASOLI ARE AMONG THE ONE HUNDRED OLDEST BUISNESSES IN THE WORLD ACCORDING TO THE CLASSIFICATION PUBLISHED BY THE U.S. MAGAZINE “FAMILY BUSINESS” 16 May 2007
News SLOW FISH - PROTECTED MARINE AREAS NEED A NEW TYPE OF GOVERNANCE ACCORDING TO SLOW FOOD AND WWF ITALY 15 May 2007
News SLOW FISH AND THE WORDS OF CARLO PETRINI: “WE CANNOT WORRY ONLY ABOUT THE RIGHTS OF HUMANS, BUT ALSO THE RIGHTS OF THE LAND, THE SEA, THE PLANTS, AND ANIMALS. SLOW FOOD WANTS TO CONCILIATE AN ETHICAL ENVIRONMENTAL MESSAGE WITH ECONOMIC PROSPECTS”. 14 May 2007
News RARE WINES, STAGE FURNINSHINGS AND COSTUMES - EXCEPTIONAL BOTTLES AT THE BENEFIT AUCTION FOR THE TEATRO DEL MAGGIO MUSICALE FOUNDATION (17 MAY, 7 PM, FLORENCE). A PREVIEW TO “ALLE CORTE DEL VINO” (SAN CASCIANO VAL DI PESA, 19-20 MAY) 12 May 2007
News OSCAR FARINETTI, OWNER OF EATALY, THE NEW SUPERMARKET FOR GOURMETS, TALKS TO WINENEWS: “QUALITY WINE AND FOOD PRODUCTS ARE MY MISSION… AFTER TURIN, GENOA, THEN 8 OTHER ITALIAN CITIES AND NEW YORK”. RAPPORT GOOD BETWEEN THE THREE PARTNERS (COOP) 10 May 2007
News THE WORLD OF WINE ON “SECOND LIFE” - A POSSIBLE PLACE FOR THE PROMOTION AND DISCUSSION OF THE NECTAR OF THE GODS … THE FIRST ITALIAN EXPERIENCES COMPARED TO THOSE OF OTHERS 09 May 2007
News WINE STYLE BRINGS TOGETHER OLD ENGLAND AND THE NEW WORLD: QUEEN ELIZABETH AND THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA MAKE A TOAST TO THE FIRST ENGLISH COLONIALISTS TO ARRIVE IN AMERICA IN 1607 08 May 2007
News 500 YEARS AT PALAZZO ANTINORI… A BOOK AND CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITION FROM MAY 11 TO JULY 13, CELEBRATING WITH PRIDE THE “FIVE CENTURIES” OF THE ANTINORI FAMILY, ONE OF THE TOP NAMES IN ITALIAN WINE, AT THEIR RENNAISSANCE VILLA IN FLORENCE 06 May 2007
News “WINE FOR LEGALITY” - A NEW WINE PRESENTED IN GENOA AT SLOW FISH (4-7 MAY) WITH A SLOW FOOD TASTING: CENTOPASSI PRODUCED FROM VINEYARDS CONFISCATED FROM THE MAFIA IN SICILY. NOW ON SALE EXCLUSIVELY AT COOP SUPERMARKETS 04 May 2007
News ITALIAN COOKING IS THE PROTAGONIST OF THE JAPANESE TV PROGRAM “BAMBINO”: A WINDOW ON QUALITY MADE IN ITALY GOODS 03 May 2007
News EUROPEAN COURT – IN SOME CASES COMPARATIVE ADVERTISING IS ACCEPTED. BEER LIKENED TO CHAMPAGNE 02 May 2007
News MADE IN ITALY FOODS ARE WINNING ABROAD. “2006 IS THE YEAR OF CHANGE AFTER A LONG STAGNATION. EXPORTS GROW BY 10%, WITH EARNINGS REACHING 110 BILLION EUROS”. DECLARATION BY GIAN DOMENICO AURICCHIO, PRESIDENT OF FEDERALIMENTARE 02 May 2007
News BOSSI FEDERIGOTTI FROM THE TRENTINO REGION AND MASI FROM THE VENETO JOIN IN PARTNERSHIP. THE TWO COMPANIES HAVE AGREED ON COMPANY MANAGEMENT AND COMMERCIALIZATION. ALL OF THE DETAILS OF THE ACCORD BETWEEN THE HISTORIC FAMILY AND SANDRO BOSCAINI 30 April 2007
News ITALIAN WINE IMPORTS TO THE U.S. SKYROCKET: IN THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF 2007, +18.3% IN QUANTITY AND +18.1% IN VALUE (COMPARED TO 2006). DATA FROM ITALIAN WINE & FOOD INSTITUTE 28 April 2007
News EUROPEAN AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER, MARIANN FISCHER BOEL, RINGS THE ALARM. “IT IS NECESSARY TO RE-ESTABLISH AN EQUILIBRIUM IN THE WINE SECTOR; NON COMPETITIVE PRODUCERS MUST LEARN HOW TO WALK BY THEMSELVES” 26 April 2007
News “NO TO TERRORISTIC LABELS, YES TO EDUCATION ON CONSCIOUS CONSUMPTION”: THE APPEAL TO PREMIER ROMANO PRODI BY PRESIDENT OF THE ITALIAN WINE UNION (UIV), ANDREA SARTORI, WHO EXPLAINS THAT “IT IS INCORRECT TO DRAG WINE INTO THE VORTEX OF DRUGS” 25 April 2007
News A 2153% INCREASE IN THE VALUE OF ONE HECTARE OF BRUNELLO FROM 1967 TO THE PRESENT. THE “FIRST 40 YEARS” OF THE BRUNELLO CONSORTIUM SUMMED UP IN THE EXPONENTIAL GROWTH OF THE VALUE OF THE LAND WHERE THE MOST LOVED SANGIOVESE IN THE WORLD IS CULTIVATED 23 April 2007
News ISMEA REPORT: ITALIAN PRODUCTION OF QUALITY WINE CONTINUES TO GROW. AN INCREASE OF OVER 40%, PASSING FROM 10.3 TO 15 MILLION HECTOLITERS 20 April 2007
News IT’S OFFICIAL: TOCAI NO LONGER EXISTS… AS OF APRIL 1ST THE NAME CAN ONLY BE FOUND IN HUNGARY AND ITALY HAS INTRODUCED THE NEW DENOMINATION, “FRIULANO” 18 April 2007
News THE OLD AND NEW WORLD UNITE WITH CABERNET SAUVIGNON… THE RIBBON IS CUT AT RED MOUNTAIN IN WASHINGTON STATE: MARCHESE PIERO ANTINORI AND TED BASELER, OWNER OF CHATEAU STE. MICHELLE, CELEBRATE COL SOLARE 17 April 2007
News AN ITALIAN AT THE HEAD OF THE COMITÉ EUROPEEN DES ENTREPRISES DU VIN: LAMBERTO VALLARINO GANCIA. A CHOICE FOR CONTINUITY AND TRUST IN REGARDS TO ITALIAN ENTREPRENEURSHIP LIKE GANCIA’S, WHICH IS FOUNDED IN A HUNDREDS YEAR OLD TRADITION 16 April 2007
News “OPEN CELLARS” 2007 - THIS YEAR’S NOVELTY: THE ‘WINE PHONE’ FOR ENTHUSIASTS… ALL OF THE INITIATIVES, REGION BY REGION, FOR THE EVENT THAT IS THE SYMBOL OF THE WINE TOURISM MOVEMENT. TO BE HELD THIS YEAR ON MAY 27TH 14 April 2007
