News SPOLETO AUCTION - RECORD SUMS FOR I SODI DI SAN NICCOLO’, SASSICAIA, ORNELLAIA, BERLUCCHI (IMPERIAL BOTTLE WITH LABEL DESIGN BY ARTIST POMODORO), AND REGALEALI BY TASCA D’ALMERITA ... 18,000 EUROS RAISED FOR CHILDREN’S AID PROJECTS 08 June 2006
News WINE CELLARS BECOME ARTIST’S ATELIER WITH ‘VIAGGIO IN SICILIA’: THE RETURN OF THE FASCINATING (NON PROFIT) PROJECT TO HELP REDISCOVER THE TERRITORY, ORGANIZED BY NUVOLE DI PALERMO AND THE PLANETA WINERY 01 June 2006
News EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: WINENEWS MEETS WITH RICHARD PARSONS, CHAIRMAN AND CEO OF AOL TIME WARNER, AND BRUNELLO PRODUCER IN HIS SPARE TIME. A CONVERSATION ON WINE AND MORE WITH ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MANAGERS IN THE WORLD 31 May 2006
News IS DOC STILL NECESSARY FOR ITALIAN WINE? THE MARKET SAYS YES, BUT NUMBERS MUST BE REDUCED AND RIGORS AND GUARANTEES MUST BE UPDATED 30 May 2006
News THE MOST APPETIZING WINERIES FOR ENOTOURISTS? ACCORDING TO THE NEW GUIDE “LE DIMORE DI BACCO”, THEY ARE PLANETA, VENICA, BERLUCCHI, DONNAFUGATA, ZONIN 30 May 2006
News NEW CHAPTER IN TOCAI SAGA: AFTER HAVING LOST EUROPEAN BATTLE, ALTERNATIVE DENOMINATION “FRIULANO” IS NOW ALSO AT RISK. THE ODYSSEY OF ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR ITALIAN WINES CONTINUES. ILLY PRESIDENT PROPOSES NEW NAME - “BLANC FURLAN” 27 May 2006
News EUROPEAN UNION: THE FOUR OPTIONS FOR WINE REFORM ARE READY. PROPOSAL BY COMMISSIONER MARIANN FISCHER BOEL AIMS TOWARDS RE-EQUILIBRATING PRODUCTION AND MORE SUBSIDIZATION 26 May 2006
News “OPEN CELLARS”, THE LARGEST WINE FESTIVAL IN ITALY, IS BACK. ON SUNDAY MAY 28 ONE THOUSAND WINERIES THAT MAKE UP THE WINE TOURISM MOVEMENT, FROM SICILY TO THE TRENTINO ALTO ADIGE, WILL OPEN THEIR DOORS TO ONE MILLION ENOTOURISTS 25 May 2006
News AFTER ROME’S ALL-NIGHTER, WINE WILL NOW GET ITS CHANCE TOO: “WINES OF THE WORLD” WILL CELEBRATE IN SPOLETO FROM DUSK TIL DAWN ON JUNE 3-4 25 May 2006
News DREAM WINE AUCTION: ‘MADE IN ITALY’ BRAND NAMES “DONATE” 56,300 EUROS TO MAGGIO MUSICALE FIORENTINO, ONE OF THE OLDEST MUSICAL INSTITUTIONS IN ITALY. RECORD BIDS FOR SASSICAIA, TRINORO, TIGNANELLO, ORNELLAIA, ALLEGRINI, FONTERUTOLI 24 May 2006
News CITTA DEL VINO: “THE ANTIQUE VINES OF SASSICAIA MUST BE PRESERVED”. THE COMPANY HAS BEGUN TO RENOVATE VINEYARDS BUT PROFESSOR SCIENZA (UNIVERSITY OF MILAN) HAS OFFERED TO PRESERVE THE ORIGINAL GRAPE VINES OF BOLGHERI 24 May 2006
News 25/27 MAY: WORKSHOPS AND TASTINGS PROMOTING ITALIAN WINE. VINITALY WORLD TOUR RESUMES IN RUSSIA. THE TOUR THEN CONTINUES IN THE USA, JAPAN AND CHINA 24 May 2006
News FRESCOBALDI LAUNCHES THE NEW HOLDING ‘TENUTE DI TOSCANA’. CASTELGIOCONDO, LUCE, AND ORNELLAIA UNITED WITH THE NEW JOINT ENDEAVOR OF FRESCOBALDI, MONDAVI AND SHEFLER 23 May 2006
News WOOD CHIPS YES, WOOD CHIPS NO: WINENEWS INTERVIEWS PIERO MASTROBERARDINO, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ITALIAN WINE PRODUCERS - “IT IS A PRACTICE THAT SURELY DOES NOT REGARD QUALIFIED MADE IN ITALY PRODUCTION” 22 May 2006
News SLOW FOOD’S NEXT PRESIDENT TO BE ROBERTO BURDESE. CARLO PETRINI HEAD OF SLOW FOOD INTERNATIONAL 19 May 2006
News PRODI’S NEW GOVERNMENT: PAOLO DE CASTRO IS THE NEW MINISTER OF AGRICULTURAL POLITICS 19 May 2006
News CIBUS 2006 - ITALIAN FOOD & AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY INCREASED EARNINGS AND EXPORTS IN 2005, BUT ITALY LOSES POSITION AT INTERNATIONAL LEVEL AND SUFFERS FROM AGRO-PIRATRY ABROAD 18 May 2006
News WINENEWS POLL - SALES TRENDS: FROM PIEDMONT TO SICILY, FROM THE VENETO TO CAMPANIA, SIGNS ARE THE MARKET IS REAWAKENING ... BUT ABROAD NOT IN ITALY! 17 May 2006
News INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF VINE AND WINE (OIV) - ITALY NUMBER ONE EXPORTING COUNTRY IN 2005. GLOBAL WINE CONSUMPTION ON THE RISE, EXCEPT IN ITALY (51 LITERS) AND FRANCE. CHINA SOON TO ENTER THE “UN” OF WINE? 13 May 2006
News RUMORS & MEDIA – THE WEEKLY ‘IL MONDO’: “FIVE CONTENDERS FOR THE ‘GAMBERO ROSSO’. PUBLISHERS AND PRIVATE EQUITIES INTERESTED IN THE BONILLI & C. GROUP (WORTH 20 MILLION EUROS) 12 May 2006
News EU COMMISSIONER FOR AGRICULTURE MARIANN FISCHER BOEL: “BOLD REFORMS ARE NEEDED, THE GOAL IS NOT TO CUT THE BUDGET BUT TO USE RESOURCES BETTER” 12 May 2006
News CINEMA & WINE – THE GERMAN WEEKLY “BUNTE”. WRITES: “BRAD PITT INTERESTED IN PIEDMONT VINEYARD” 10 May 2006
News Vinitaly sums up international markets: Eu and Us markets still the most important for Italian wine, but attention is also on emerging markets like India, and Russia. Good prospects for China as well 04 May 2006
News “TOCAI” IS NOW “FRIULANO” IN ORDER TO CONQUER NEW MARKETS. 15 MILLION EUROS TO PUBLICIZE THE NEW NAME AFTER A PROTOCOL BETWEEN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURAL POLITICS AND THE FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA REGION WAS AGREED UPON 28 April 2006
News WINE & FOOD: PUBLICITY IN MUSEUMS. FROM THE CAPODIMONTE IN NAPLES TO THE UFFIZI IN FLORENCE, BUONITALIA INVENTS A NEW WAY TO COMBINE ITALY’S ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE WITH ITS FOOD & AGRICULTURE TO GET TOURISTS BETTER ACQUAINTED 28 April 2006
News April 2006 - Magazine Wine Enthusiast (by Monina Larner) - Theenthdegree - With WineNews founders Alessandro Regoli and Irene Chiari. New hounds, Web-based communication counselors and Italy’s most powerful husband-and-wife team ... 27 April 2006
News “ONLY WINE PRODUCERS HAVE PERMEATED A PRODUCT WITH TRADITIONAL AND HISTORICAL VALUE.” THE CONVICTIONS OF ART CRITIC, PHILIPPE DAVERIO. AND FOR THE INTELLECTUAL, GIOVANNI CUTOLO: “WINE IS EQUIVALENT TO CULTURAL HERITAGE” 27 April 2006
News WINE & RESEARCH - VINITALY 2006 – LARGE-SCALE DISTRIBUTION: AN INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT CHANNEL FOR QUALITY ITALIAN WINE SALES (OVER 62%). EMERGING WINES TOP ON SALES LISTS 26 April 2006
News “FRANKENSTEIN WINE” FOR THE NEXT GENERATION. WILL THE FUTURE OF WINEMAKING BE MADE UP OF ELECTRIC SHOCKS INSTEAD OF WINE BARRELS, ELECTRODIALYSIS, INVERSE OSMOSIS, AND DNA STUDIES? 24 April 2006
News WINENEWS ANALYSIS - ITALIAN WINE EXPORTS ON THE RISE (+9.2%) ... BUT ITALIAN CONSUMERS DISCOVER NEW WORLD WINES 24 April 2006
News ITALIAN AGRI-FOOD BUSINESS SUFFERS FROM DWARFISM. DISLIKES AGGREGATIONS AND THE STOCK EXCHANGE. BUT ACCORDING TO FEDERALIMENTARE, THIS SECTOR MUST GROW IF IT IS TO SUCCESSFULLY CONFRONT THE MARKET 24 April 2006
News WINENEWS.TV DEBUTS: AN EXPERIMENTAL WEB-TV DEDICATED TO WINE THAT ALLOWS ENO-NAVIGATORS TO BECOME REPORTERS BY SENDING THEIR OWN FILMS FROM VIDEO CAMERAS AND MOBILE PHONES 24 April 2006
News The “Myths” of Italian wine? Sassicaia and Gaja. “Global referendum” by the magazine ‘Civiltà del Bere’ at Vinitaly (Verona, 6-10 April 2006) 24 April 2006
News Wine Enthusiast identikit. Winenews maps out the seven psychological profiles of those who buy and drink wine: from the amateur to the connoisseur, the health nut to the trend follower 24 April 2006
News BRUNELLO MAKES A TOASTS HUMAN RIGHTS: CASTELLO BANFI, ONE OF THE MOST NOTED NAMES IN MONTALCINO, IS THE FIRST WINERY IN THE WORLD TO OBTAIN THE ETHICAL CERTIFICATION SA 8000, FROM THE “VINEYARD TO THE BOTTLE” 14 April 2006
News SANTA MARGHERITA AND MEZZACORONA STRENGTHEN ALLIANCE. THE GOAL? TO RE-QUALIFY THE PARTNERSHIP IN SICILY AND VALORIZE ITALIAN WINE AROUND THE WORLD 14 April 2006
News “WINE BY THE GLASS “CLEARS” BIG NAMES”: ACCORDING TO LODOVICO ANTINORI, THE HELMSMAN OF CAMPO DI SASSO, AND WHO SANCTIONED THE HISTORIC REUNION WITH BROTHER PIERO AT BOLGHERI. CONSENTING COMMENTS BY PAOLINI, VIZZARI, BOLOGNESI 14 April 2006
News THE VITICULTURE CHALLENGE BETWEEN EUROPE AND EMERGING COUNTRIES: GIANNI ZONIN, THE LARGEST ITALIAN PRODUCER REQUESTS MODIFICATIONS IN LEGISLATION FOR OLD AN NEW WORLD WINE, AS WELL AS AID FROM THE EU FOR VINEYARD RENEWAL 14 April 2006
