Alfonso Cevola’s updated DOCG list
Posted on March 25th, 2011 by VinoWire
Italian wine blogger and industry insider Alfonso Cevola has published an updated edition of his DOCG list.
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Agriculture minister appointment blocked by President Napolitano
Posted on March 21st, 2011 by VinoWire
In a move viewed by many observers of the Italian wine industry as a game of musical chairs and political spoils, a relatively unknown parliamentarian with no agriculture experience, Saverio Romano (Sicily), was officially tapped last week by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to replace current agricultural minister Giancarlo Galan, now slated to become Italy’s new [...]
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US TTB approves 06 Brunello for import
Posted on March 17th, 2011 by VinoWire
Via Reuters. The U.S. has given approval for the iconic Italian wine Brunello di Montalcino, which had been involved in a quality scandal, to be imported into the country. The U.S. Department of Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), in a statement released last week, said that since Italy had certified the 2006 [...]
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Berlucchi to shift to 100% Franciacorta production
Posted on March 8th, 2011 by VinoWire
In an interview published last week the Mille Bolle Blog (a blog devoted to the world of Italian sparkling wine, edited by VinoWire editor Franco Ziliani), the Italian sparkling wine giant Berlucchi has announced that “within a few years,” its production will shift exclusively to Franciacorta. Currently, the winery group produces a significant amount of [...]
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Opinion: Giacomo Tachis, an uninspired choice for Decanter’s Man of the Year
Posted on March 5th, 2011 by VinoWire
With all the dutiful respect due to this man, to his not so tender age, to his white hair, and to that Cheshire cat expression of his, am I allowed to dissent from the predictable hosanna and applause that will greet the news that the longtime Tuscan-based Piedmontese enologist Giacomo Tachis has been named the [...]
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Ezio Rivella: Rosso di Montalcino needs its “own personality”
Posted on March 2nd, 2011 by VinoWire
In a YouTube video posted Sunday, February 27, 2011 by ITALIATV, Brunello producers association president Ezio Rivella spoke to interviewer Dario Pettinelli about the reasons behind a proposed change in the Rosso di Montalcino appellation that would allow for the use of grapes other than Sangiovese. When the appellation was conceived, said Rivella, “attention was [...]
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