Posted on April 27th, 2010 by VinoWire
The following is a translation of page 131, from the chapter, “Art at Any Cost (Sryah from Cortona),” from Italian journalist Andrea Scanzi’s new book, Il vino degli altri (Other People’s Wine, Mondadori, 2010), released in April 2010 during the annual Italian wine industry trade fair Vinitaly. According to Scanzi’s blog, the book chronicles his [...]
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Posted on April 19th, 2010 by VinoWire
VinoWire contributor Tom Hyland recently returned from Italy where he tasted at Italy’s annual wine industry trade fair Vinitaly. 2009 Whites I tased dozens of impressive whites from 2009, especially from Friuli and Campania. Cool throughout most of the growing season, there was some much needed sunshine in August and September, according to Elisabetta Polencic [...]
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Posted on April 19th, 2010 by VinoWire
President of the Veneto Giancarlo Galan was appointed as Italy’s minister of agriculture by Italian president Giorgio Napolitano on Friday, April 16, 2010. Galan’s predecessor, Luca Zaia, was named president of the Veneto by the same decree. Galan joined prime minister Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia party in 1994 and was first elected president of the [...]
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Posted on April 12th, 2010 by VinoWire
On Thursday, April 8, Italy’s agriculture minister Luca Zaia announced the seizure of 10 million liters of adulterated Chianti DOCG. The seizure was ordered by Italian authorities in November 2009 and the story made headlines in Italy in December 2009. Click here for the report by VinoWire. “There will be no block of wine exports [...]
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Posted on April 8th, 2010 by VinoWire
As Italy gathers in the region of the Veneto for the wine industry’s annual trade fairs, President of the Italian Republic Giorgio Napolitano has signed historic legislation overhauling Italy’s wine appellation system, its regulation, and monitoring. The so-called “riforma 164″ (or amendments to law 164) brings Italy’s appellation system into line with European Union Common [...]
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Posted on April 8th, 2010 by VinoWire
On Monday, March 29, the Consorzio di Tutela Barolo Barbaresco Alba Langhe e Roero (Barolo, Barbaresco, Alba, Langhe, and Roero Producers Association) announced the election of its new president, Pietro Ratti, and its current advisory board. Ratti’s election marks the second time a member of the Ratti family has occupied the post. His father, legendary [...]
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Posted on April 8th, 2010 by VinoWire
The debate rages everywhere in the wine world – who are the great producers? The answer of course, often depends on the individual as greatness for one person is defined differently than it is for someone else. So maybe the more important question should be, which are the most important producers? By that, I mean, [...]
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Posted on April 8th, 2010 by VinoWire
In a statement published on March 29, 2010, the U.S. Alcohol Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) officially announced that it has lifted its requirement that importers of Brunello di Montalcino obtain an Italian government declaration that the wines have been made in accordance with Italian appellation regulations. According to Industry Circular 2010-3, “effective immediately, [...]
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