Wine world news

Intense program of activities, with the Capital increasingly at the center of the project. President Tullio Galassini: “Roma Doc labels essential business card for the city’s restaurants and hotels. A natural union that we have a duty to develop in...

Sal8 Bar Agricolo enters Top 500 Bars with cocktails born from the garden. Owner Giulio Neri: “Rewarded our spontaneity.” Twenty-four positions climbed in one year and the confirmation that even in San Vincenzo there is an establishment that can contend...

Give away 12,000 “Riccione Piadina” to departing tourists. We all remember well the images of the flood that devastated Romagna last May. Yet the people of Romagna are capable sof always being welcoming and festive. In fact, it is a...

The effects of downy mildew, the vine disease that is attacking several Italian regions due to heavy spring rains, are becoming increasingly severe, with losses of up to 40 percent expected in some areas for the upcoming, upcoming harvest year....

Canelli from a subzone of Moscato d’Asti officially becomes a Docg. Published in the Official Journal of the European Union the regulation recognizing the PDO (unique acronym that includes, at European level, Doc and Docg). A European Commission regulation (2023/1327)...

According to data compiled by the Uiv-Ismea-Vinitaly Observatory, in the January-March 2023 period, Italian wine exports recorded flat volumes and a barely positive value (+3.8%9 when compared to the growth in spending. Still down red wines, in contraction PDO and...

According to the Observatory of the Italian Wine Union (Uiv), the number of Italian wine consumers is increasing, but people are drinking less. Aperitifs (+79%) and female consumption (+12%) are growing. Elaborations on Istat base of alcohol consumption in Italy...

The text approved unanimously in Comagri must be maintained. The organizations of the Italian wine sector speak on the eve of the vote in the plenary session of the European Parliament. In view of the vote of parliamentarians in plenary...

Only about 1 percent of all the world’s wine production has the characteristics to be considered collectible wine. With the help of Wine Profit, an innovative hybrid company that supports investors in diversifying their portfolios, let’s see what elements make...

15 Italian Regions and more than 530 Wineries involved for the big celebration of wine tourism. The most eagerly awaited weekend for wine lovers is coming up to kick off the celebration of 30 years of Movimento Turismo del Vino....

Presented Piera Dolza 10 years, a very rare raisin wine emblem and pride of a territory. A heritage that has not been lost thanks to 7 small producers united to save it and make it known to the world. They...

The Consorzio per la Tutela dei Vini Valpolicella and Famiglie Storiche announce that they have settled all pending litigation between them concerning the use of the “Amarone della Valpolicella” DOCG. The Consorzio and Famiglie Storiche share the purpose of taking action,...

Francesco Arrigoni was a “straight-backed” food and wine journalist who died too soon. In Ome, Franciacorta, thanks to the interest of the Majolini family, a street has been named after him, whose plaque will be unveiled on May 25. The...

Sustainability managers from leading fashion brands were guests in Franciacorta for a busy day of activities between visits to some of the wineries to learn more about the Franciacorta method and at the Consortium’s headquarters where environmental, social, cultural and...

The wine world loses another great man. Italo Stupino, owner of the Castello di Neive winery, left us yesterday. He had just turned 87 on May 7. His health had been deteriorating for a few months. A wine producer with...

Marchesi Antinori and Ste. Michelle Wine Estates announce change of ownership of historic winery in Napa Valley. Marchesi Antinori, one of the oldest family-owned premium wine companies, and Ste. Michelle Wine Estates, the largest winery in the Pacific Northwest and among...

Organic area under vine continues to grow and among the leading European producers in terms of organic’s weight in the total tripled in 10 years. This is what emerges from VINOBIO. the online platform of data and information for the internationalization...

First edition of Morellino nel Cuore: 10 Morellino di Scansano Docg wines, selected by a jury of renowned tasters, star in three evenings in Tuscany. The Consorzio di Tutela Morellino di Scansano Docg announces the first edition of Morellino del...

Wine businesses applaud the reform vote on Geographical Indications in the Europarliament’s Agriculture Committee; risk of dislodging wine from the EU quality system averted. Unione italiana vini (Uiv), expresses full satisfaction with the outcome of this morning’s vote in Strasbourg...

Alice Pizza, Italy’s first pizza chain with more than 190 outlets, plans 25 new openings and 200 hires in 2023. Four years of steady growth and economic sustainability for the Italian company, which in 2022 exceeded 100 million in sales...

The pizzaiolo originally from Naples, owner of the pizzeria “San Ciro,” will teach the secrets of dough and cooking to inmates in Brescia for two months. Ciro Di Maio: “The restaurant industry needs workers, we want to help those who...

The General Court of the European Union recognizes all of the Bolgheri Consortium’s arguments in the case against the Bulgarian trademark Bolgaré, whose appeal is found to be definitively and manifestly unfounded because the Bolgaré trademark is evocative of the...

Axel Heinz, Director of Ornellaia and Masseto Estates, announces that with the summer of 2023 his Bolgheri experience comes to an end and his horizon turns back to France. Axel Heinz arrived at Bolgheri in 2005 and has supported the...

Cecchetto and AIPD: everything is ready for the bottling of solidarity Roboso. There will be 1,500 bottles produced, all with labels made by the Association’s youngsters, and they will be sold at Vinitaly at the Veneto Region stand. On Saturday,...

The run of Valtellina Casera and Bitto cheeses continues: in 2022, Valtellina’s two iconic PDOs reach a consumer value of 26.8 million euros, putting them up 5.5 percent on the previous year. Leading the way is Valtellina Casera, which with...

With positive resolutions, first from the Fiere di Parma Shareholders’ Meeting on Feb. 7 and then that of the Fiera Milano Board of Directors on Feb. 9, the agreement between the two companies for harmonized management of their events dedicated...

The portal dedicated to tourism promoted by the Consorzio Tutela Morellino di Scansano is back. New graphics, more content and a fun merchandising section. Dedicated app soon available on major digital stores. Simple, clear and immediate, with a completely revamped...

The Onav Scientific Committee comments on Ireland’s labeling proposal that is much discussed these days. And it points out that not enough is said about the work done by science over the years. “It has been 30 years that the...