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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”...
From Report missed opportunity for public service
Frescobaldi: Wrong to tar a grass with "Bar Sport" considerations. “We believe that Report’s investigation of wine aired on Sunday, December 17 was A missed public service opportunity for the RAI masthead. We firmly believe that free journalism is necessary...
Italian sparkling wines one step closer to 1 billion quota
A third of the sparkling wine produced in Italy will go abroad for the holidays. We will uncork about 95 million bottles in Italy; the low-cost segment is growing. Italian sparkling wines will have to wait at least 12 months...
Climate change and sustainability in the wine sector
The Consorzio Barbera d'Asti e Vini del Monferrato addressed the issue of climate change and sustainability in the wine sector, presenting data and new research as part of a conference all about the consequences of climate change in agriculture and...
Are you buying it? Don’t drink too much
Moderate alcohol consumption campaign kicks off in Rome. The project created by Sapienza students becomes a Federvini campaign spread in collaboration with the Municipality of Rome Capital. The joint initiative aims to promote awareness about moderate alcohol consumption among the...
“One Hundred for One Hundred Sicily” bottles arrive.
O-I Glass, one of the world’s leading manufacturers, on a global scale, of glass packaging for the food and beverage industry, in partnership with the SOStain Sicilia Foundation, officially announces the arrival on the market of “One Hundred by One...
Wine and work: the employment challenge
Fourth edition of Wine and Work: Equalitas and Lights On Work together on the theme of the employment challenge. Equalitas President Riccardo Ricci Curbastro: “Social sustainability key piece for wine companies. Invest in training as a lever for personal as...
The winners of the 42nd Masi Prize
Theme: Roots and Perspectives. Awards: CIVILTA’ VENETA: Mario Cannella, Andrea Rinaldo, Stevanato Group; CIVILTA’ DEL VINO: Yuko and Shin Kibayashi; GROSSO D’ORO VENEZIANO: Rakhshan Banietemad. Also for the 42nd edition of the Masi Prize will be 5 high-value personalities to...
2023 vintage forecast: less than 44 million hectoliters
Italian wine production falls just under 44 million hectoliters , down 12 percent from last year’s 50 million. According to forecasts by the Assoenologi Observatory, Ismea and the Italian Wine Union (Uiv), presented today at Masaf, that 2023 could prove...
Earth, the roots of culture
Have you ever tried to trace the essence of the word “culture”? The etymology leaves no room for doubt: “culture,” in Latin, means “cultivation of the earth” and comes from the verb còlere, “to cultivate.” And while today this term...
Army to stop wild boars?
More than two million wild boars around Italy are a problem not only for agriculture, causing road accidents as well. The call to curb its proliferation has come from many voices and has been taken up by the government, as...
Nicodemo Librandi passed away.
Nicodemo Librandi, a central figure in Calabrian wine, a doctor and professor of mathematics as well as founder of the winery of the same name in Cirò Marina, Calabria, has passed away. An outstanding wine entrepreneur, he has been a...
Andrea Lonardi becomes Master of Wine
With Andrea Lonardi, chief operating officer of Angelini Wines & Estates, Italy has its second Master of Wine. Andrea Lonardi from Veneto, 49, is the second Italian-after Gabriele Gorelli from Tuscany, who passed in 2021-to have passed the very difficult...
At 95, Ottavia Bortolomiol left us
Her daughters Maria Elena, Elvira, Luisa and Giuliana Bortolomiol remember her this way, “Ottavia Scagliotti Bortolomiol, a sweet and brave warrior.” Ottavia Scagliotti left us in silence, with the elegance that she always had and that, for 95 years, marked...