Posted on December 29th, 2009 by VinoWire
In a post published today on the ministry’s website, Italian agriculture minister Luca Zaia has announced that the Italian government’s monitoring of Brunello di Montalcino will be extended until June 30, 2010. The original decree calling for government intervention in the monitoring of the appellation, signed in July 2008 in the wake of an adulteration [...]
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Posted on December 24th, 2009 by VinoWire
Jeremy Parzen (left) and Franco Ziliani
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Posted on December 19th, 2009 by VinoWire
This post appeared originally in Italian here. Translation by VinoWire. Since it’s that time of year when Christmas cheer brings out the best in all of us, I’d like to tell you about one of the wines that impressed me the most in November in Fornovo Taro at the Vini di Vignaioli/Vins de Vignerons conference [...]
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Posted on December 10th, 2009 by VinoWire
According to numerous reports that appeared today in the Italian news media (including the Siena edition of the Italian daily La Nazione and the Agenzia Giornalistica Italia), Italian treasury authorities and the Italian agriculture ministry inspectorate suspect that roughly 10 million liters of Chianti, Toscana IGT, Brunello di Montalcino, and Rosso di Montalcino have been [...]
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Posted on December 4th, 2009 by VinoWire
VinoWire editor Franco Ziliani, author of Italy’s most popular wine blog, Vino al Vino, recently returned from Apulia. Above: Vittorio Pichierri of Vinicola Savese in Sava (Manduria, Apulia) has been aging wine in amphorae since the 1970s and beyond. Photo by Franco Ziliani. How are things going in Apulia? I’ve been here since Sunday in [...]
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Posted on December 1st, 2009 by VinoWire
According to a press release published last week online by the Italian Agriculture Ministry, the DOCG for Amarone della Valpolicella (previously a DOC) has been approved by Italy’s National Wine Commission: “I am particularly proud,” said Minister Luca Zaia, “to be able to announce that [Italy's National] Wine Commission has approved recognition of Amarone della [...]
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