Pot-Pourri
Pot-pourri, like the scented composition made with dried flower petals and essential oils, encompasses many articles of different topics, a kind of corollary to the central topics of the site.
Ningxia, the new frontier of Chinese wine
Between the Helan Mountains and the Yellow River, Ningxia, an arid region has been transformed into a dynamic wine hub, amid climatic challenges, international ambitions and wine tourism. Francesca Granelli tells us about it. Over the past three decades, Ningxia...
Francesco Liantonio re-elected president of the Consorzio Tutela Vini Doc Castel del Monte
Consorzio di Tutela Vini Doc Castel del Monte: continuity, promotion and sustainability at the center of the new mandate Francesco Liantonio has been re-elected as president of the Consorzio di Tutela Vini Doc Castel del Monte, thus confirming the trust...
Paradiso di Cacuci and his cru IX Cielo
Montalcino: a paradise for history, culture, wine. Here Gogu Cacuci, as in Dante’s Paradise, has found his “IX Heaven.” In 2017 Gogu Cacuci, a doctor, entrepreneur and wine enthusiast, is looking for a wine estate in Montalcino to acquire. He...
Cesare Cecchi confirmed as president of the Consorzio Vino Toscana
Cesare Cecchi will be the president of the Tuscan Wine Consortium for a third consecutive term. He was appointed by the Consorzio’s new board of directors, elected by the assembly last May 23. The vice presidents are Ancillotti and Frescobaldi....
Concours Mondial de Bruxelles: a global compass for wine quality
For more than 30 years, the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles has been rewarding winemaking excellence with blind tastings and an international jury. The 2025 edition takes place in Yinchuan, in the heart of China’s Ningxia wine region. One of the...
Vino Nobile di Montepulciano: Andrea Rossi confirmed as president
This will be the third three-year term as president of the Consorzio del Vino Nobile di Montepulciano for Andrea Rossi and third also for Rossi’s vice presidents, Susanna Crociani and Luca Tiberini. Andrea Rossi will be the president of the...
Private label: the new face of wine in GDO
Who is the real producer of the name-brand wine we buy in large-scale retail? The selection is in the hands of the retailer, who is placing increasing emphasis on private labels for customer loyalty. Focusing on value. For years, the...
Sissi Baratella talks about Prosecco Superiore Conegliano Valdobbiadene.
In the first weekend of June, Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore will be the protagonist of a new storytelling project, entrusted to the voice and gaze of our collaborator Sissi Baratella, oenologist, journalist and wine popularizer. In collaboration with the Consorzio...
Giacomo Bartolommei new president Consorzio Vino Brunello di Montalcino
Giacomo Bartolommei is the new president of the Consorzio Vino Brunello di Montalcino. Youngest ever. The new president of the Consorzio Vino Brunello di Montalcino has been appointed. He is Giacomo Bartolommei, the youngest in the denomination’s history. Also appointed...
Interview with Ettore Germano
Fabrizio Carrera, editor of Cronache di Gusto, interviews Ettore Germano, president of the Consorzio Tutela Barolo Barbaresco Alba Langhe e Dogliani: “Barolo and Barbaresco are liked because they are unique. And on relief irrigation yes, but…” Relief irrigation? Why not....
Vino Nobile, Montepulciano d’Abruzzo and Minister Salvini
“Tuscans have broken the p…..” Vice Premier Matteo Salvini’s (unfortunate) joke “stolen” during an exchange with Abruzzo President Marco Marsilio. The Caroccio leader had responded thus to the Melonian governor who had said, “Montepulciano d’Abruzzo is better known and exported...
Equalitas, Riccardo Ricci Curbastro confirmed as president
Equalitas met to appoint directors to the new board of directors, which will serve until 2027, confirming Riccardo Ricci Curbastro as chairman. The new Equalitas Board of Directors in office until 2027 is as follows. Riccardo Ricci Curbastro (Chairman); Michele...
Introducing Wines for Summer 2025 by DoctorWine
With this 2025 edition, the pocket guide Wines for Summer by DoctorWine changes its look. A new format, truly pocket-size, new graphics-as always entirely in color-and above all the bottle photo for all the wines presented, so you can get...
Wine, IMT: Michele Bernetti confirmed as president
Michele Bernetti (Umani Ronchi) has been confirmed as the head of the Marche Institute for the Protection of Wines (IMT). IMT is the leading consortium in the Marche region, which has about 500 members, 16 protected appellations and 89 percent...
Consorzio Tutela Vini Irpinia, Teresa Bruno reconfirmed at the helm
Teresa Bruno reappointed as head of the Consorzio di Tutela Vini Irpinia. A cohesive team ready to lead the Consortium to new challenges. A few days after the holding of the Members’ Meeting, Teresa Bruno was reappointed as head of...
The Wine Machines Museum Opens
In Valdichiana, Tuscany’s Capital of Culture 2025, just a stone’s throw from Montepulciano, pearl of the Renaissance, in an extraordinary landscape setting, a natural oasis among vineyards as far as the eye can see, oak forests and olive groves, The...
Emilia Romagna Consortium: Carlo Piccinini reappointed as president
The Emilia Romagna Consortium Members’ Meeting confirmed Carlo Piccinini (Cantina di Carpi e Sorbara Winery) as president for a new three-year term. At his side were elected Marco Nannetti (CDA Terre Cevico technical adviser) and Giorgio Chiarli (Tenuta Santa Croce)...
Silvano Formigli, a great professional, has left us.
Great preparation, passion, and enthusiasm were the basis of Silvano Formigli’s work from the very beginning, and perhaps when he decided to retire, the end of the era of great passions related to the world of wine began. Today he...
Veronafiere, Barbara Ferro is the new managing director
Barbara Ferro is the new managing director of Veronafiere. She was unanimously appointed today by the Verona-based exhibition company’s board of directors at its first meeting following the renewal of its membership. The managing director has been given strategic mandates...
Consorzio Franciacorta, Emanuele Rabotti is the new president
The new Board of Directors of the Franciacorta Consortium has elected Emanuele Rabotti, owner of the Monte Rossa winery, as the Consortium’s new president. With a deep knowledge of the territory and a longstanding commitment to the Franciacorta world, Emanuele...
Alta Langa Consortium: Giovanni Minetti is the new president
Changing of the guard at the top of the Consorzio Alta Langa: the new president is Giovanni Minetti (Tenuta Carretta). Joining him as vice president is Gianmario Cerutti (Coppo). Minetti succeeds Mariacristina Castelletta, who led the membership for the past...
Sicilia en Primeur 2025 closes the curtain
Sicilia en Primeur: the 21st edition of the event conceived by Assovini Sicilia ended in Modica. 100 journalists from around the world participated in press tours and the conference that focused on the current debate and the importance of wine...
Wine (Frescobaldi, UIV): Nonsensical to include wine in EU counter-duties list
Frescobaldi (UIV), following the European Commission’s publication of the new list of U.S. products subject to possible counter-tariffs, said it is foolish to include wine as well. “We reiterate our absolute opposition and concern regarding the inclusion of wine-and American...
Wine promotions in the large-scale retail trade
In large-scale retail, is discounting still the king of sales? Are promotions an indispensable lever or a strategy to be rethought? Pietro Rocchelli tells us about it. For years, promotion has been the queen of wine sales in GDO. Double-digit...
IGM renews its commitment alongside the Progetto Itaca
IGM renews its commitment alongside the Progetto Itaca with the seventh edition of the “Il Bel Viaggio” charity dinner. The funds raised from the charity auction, thanks to the lots raffled off by Istituto Grandi Marchi companies, will guarantee the...
Mixology: Liquid Art?
We asked Roman bartender Simone Mina to write an article that somehow related to such a growing phenomenon as mixology, the world of mixing. The result surprised us very pleasantly. Welcoming the invitation of dear DoctorWine Daniele Cernilli a write...
Beer and craft devils
That is, the grab for craft beers: even winelovers fall for it, but it’s nonsense. Stefano Milioni is really sure of this. A devil in the guise of a tempting angel prowls around the purest admirers of good wine and...
Giacomo Oddero has left us
Giacomo Oddero was a character of brilliant insights, a man who gave so much to his land, the Langhe. He passed away on Monday the 21st at the age of 98. “A visionary who was able to build the foundations...
GDO: assortment strategies and category management
How large-scale retail chains build their wine offerings: balance between big brands and more refined choices, localism and customization. Pietro Rocchelli tells us about it. There is a misconception still circulating in the industry: that supermarkets select wines based on...
Frescobaldi and Tenuta delle Terre Nere, Etna
Tuscan winery Marchesi Frescobaldi lands on Etna, in one of the most vocated lands for wine, and becomes a minority partner of Tenuta delle Terre Nere. A shared passion for wine and true relationships has always reigned supreme in the...