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Dealcolates: there is interest but they cannot be produced
One million new consumers in Italy are interested in dealcolate products, but they cannot be produced here. In the U.S., “rentals” are already worth $1 billion. “In Italy, 36 percent of consumers are interested in consuming dealcolate drinks; in the...
Vermentino Grand Prix 2024
Here are the top ten Vermentinos of the Maremma Toscana DOC according to the fifth edition of the competition initiated by the Consortium, which has been committed to enhancing the potential of this grape variety for years. Vermentino Grand Prix...
Vinitaly 2024: traffic, transportation and parking
Vinitaly 2024, traffic, transportation and parking to better manage the arrival of operators and events. Veronafiere strengthens collaboration with the City of Verona and the city system. The 56th edition of Vinitaly is just around the corner. The most important...
Health alarmist label warnings also in Belgium
After Ireland, health alarmist label warnings also in Belgium: The world of Made-in-Italy wines and spirits in apprehension over a Belgian proposal to introduce a health warning in all advertising messages, including labels. In January of this year, the Kingdom...
The lion of Gradisca
Marco Felluga passed away yesterday. He was 96 years old and went to join his brother Livio who left years ago at more than 100. Marco was one of the giants of Italian wine. He founded the winery in Gradisca...
The most purchased wines in Gdo
A preview of the "Circana for Vinitaly" study to be presented on April 15 at Vinitaly on the most purchased wines in Italy in large-scale distribution. The two rankings of best-selling and "emerging" wines in large-scale distribution. 2023 difficult year...
Memorandum of Understanding for the Sustainable Development of Wine Enterprises
Equalitas and FederBio together for an approach that integrates Organic certification with the Equalitas Sustainable Wine standard. Objective: to concretely promote the culture and practice of sustainability along the wine supply chain. On Wednesday, March 20 ,a memorandum of understanding...
Second edition of Art in San Leonardo
For the second edition of "Art in San Leonardo," artist Marzia Migliora creates an "Artist's Book" named The Revolution of Time and dresses 999 bottles of San Leonardo 2019. San Leonardo 2019 with its intense and balanced elegance again this...
New perspectives for the oil sector
The O.L.I.O (Osservatorio Laboratorio Internazionale Olio Evo) FORUM, at the Veronafiere Auditorium, aimed to get a structured and proactive reflection started in Verona to relaunch the olive oil sector and build a shared planning process that would focus on the...
New EU PDO PGI Regulation Approved
The European Parliament approved in plenary session, with more than 500 votes in favor, the new single text for Geographical Indication food, wine and spirits. Lollobrigida: “Further milestone in defense of Italian Quality System” Approved today, February 28, 2024, by...
The future of wine technicians
At the Edmund Mach Foundation (FEM) the point of Italian wine schools to discuss the future of wine technicians. The assembly of the network of Italian wine schools coordinated by the Mach Foundation was held in San Michele in recent...
Yesterday, the first masterclass in DoctorWine’s Milanese “house of wine”
It ended with great enjoyment and satisfaction of the selected participants the first masterclass that DoctorWine organized in Milan in the newly established "house of wine" in Milan, dedicated to Amarone della Valpolicella. Yesterday’s opening night was entrusted to the...
Pietro Russo is the third Italian Master of Wine
Oenologist, Sicilian, 38-year-old Pietro Russo is the third Italian Master of Wine to be awarded the title by the prestigious English institute. "The production chain will be able to count on a technical representative, who can give further visibility to...
Consumption in Europe “inherently moderate”
Wine consumption in Europe is "inherently moderate." These were the words of Lamberto Frescobaldi, president of the Italian Wine Union (UIV), at the conference Moderate wine consumption and the Mediterranean diet, held yesterday in Brussels. “According to the WHO, wine...
Cotarella’s interview on the Report broadcast
The president of Assoenologi, Riccardo Cotarella, gave an interview to the Rai 3 television program, Report, which aired on Sunday evening, Feb. 18, 2024. Professor Vittorio Gerbi from the University of Turin also spoke. In this video we offer an...
New initiative of the Ministry of Tourism
The Digital Hub of Tourism (TDH), Italia.it, thanks to PNRR funds, wants to connect tourism supply and demand. A new initiative by the Ministry of Tourism to boost the growth of the sector. A new initiative created by the Ministry...
Primanteprima and the Tuscan vineyard
Nearly 61 thousand hectares of which 95.7 percent are devoted to appellation wines. Today in Florence and live streaming, market and export trends of Made in Tuscany wine production are unveiled: starting at 4 p.m. in the Chamber of Commerce,...
No-Lo wine: Italian contracting in the U.S.
Italian no and low alcohol wines are marketed by American companies. According to Castelletti (UIV), regulatory intervention is urgently needed; our competitors are two years ahead. For American consumers, they account for 28 percent of total purchases of Italian wine...
The “Soave Identity Project” kicks off.
Kicking off the “Soave Identity Project” on this basis: Consortium unanimously approves reduction in yields per hectare for greater competitiveness. With the increase to 30 percent of checks by the SIQURIA certification body, Soave’s is among the top DOCs in...
AIOST First Semester Course Presentation
Presented with great enthusiasm the Calendar 2024, first semester, of the courses organized by the Italian Association of Oyster Farms (AIOST), the first association in Italy dedicated to the training of a new professional figure in the restaurant industry :...
Vinóforum 2024 will be held at Circo Massimo
The new location and many other new features presented at the Vinòforum Class press conference. Vinòforum Class was the occasion to present the 2024 calendar of activities signed Vinòforum and to give the news that many had been waiting for....
“Langhe (not) for sale, the identity and value of community”
At Changes 2024 the theme of the value of community and identity of wine territories. Explore owners’ perceptions of out-of-land investments and their inclinations toward selling and protecting community value. Wine lands, in Italy as well as abroad, are increasingly...
Vignaioli Valle di Mezzane
“Vignaioli Valle di Mezzane”: this is the name chosen for the Group in which 13 producers from the Eastern Veronese area, between the Valpolicella and Soave wine appellations, have come together. Thirteen farms that live and work in the Mezzane...
Let’s defend wine from the attacks of “Wine no more”
Adopt the “Mondavi defense” to defend Italian wine from attacks by the World Health Organization and the global “Wine no more” wave. How can the WHO attack a culture, that of wine, planning to destroy it, without anyone lifting a...
Presentation in London of The Essential Guide to Italian Wine 2024
On Monday, January 29, British press and trade - joined by wine lovers - will attend the presentation of The Essential Guide to Italian Wines 2024 by DoctorWine. DoctorWine flies to London to present the 2024 edition (in English) of...
Italian fine wines grow in 2023 (+3.6%), French slow down (-3.3%)
2023 was Italy’s year for the fine wine market. The Italian sector closes by recording an overall growth of +3.6 percent, which compares with the slowdown recorded by the French market, down -3.3 percent. Against the trend of these countries,...
Italian wine consumption in the large-scale retail trade falls (-3.1%)
According to the Uiv-Ismea Observatory in 2023volumes of wine in the large-scale retail trade dropped by 3.1 percent, to 3 billion euros. Trends in the medium term: consumption down 8% from 2019, but PDO wines hold up. Common wines and...
Piwi Italy association officially born
For the Piwi Italia association, wines from resistant varieties, inspired by nature. Registered last Friday the articles of incorporation, between March and June the first meeting. Piwi Italy officially becomes an association, starts the Sustainable revolution in vineyards. Following the...
Ezio Rivella passed away
Ezio Rivella, winemaker from Asti, a knight of labor and one of the most prominent figures in Italian winemaking in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, passed away tonight in Rome at the age of 91. His many public and private...
Changes to the production regulations of the Valdarno di Sopra D.O. approved
The MASAF Wine Committee approves the changes to the specification of the Valdarno di Sopra DOC, now we are waiting for the decree that will make them operational. This will soon be followed by a further change affecting “vineyard” (“vigna”...