Italian wine merchants go to east

The route of the italian wine merchants turns to East: the Made in Italy is preparing to challenge in emerging markets such as: India, Singapore, Russia, China and Japan. And It starts from Vinitaly, which for over ten years provides to italian wine merchants an integrated system of instruments for international promotion. This is the mission of Vinitaly World Tour, the flagship brand of Made in Italy wine once again this year, during the manifestation of the Fiera di Verona (2-6 April), will focus on key markets of italian wines. In 2008 the export of wine in the world had reached 3.6 billion euros, up 2% in value and the data processed by Centro Studi Veronafiere highlight a trend that has not finished yet. Indeed the outlook shows that not only markets, especially those established, are not saturated but there are still many opportunities for growth. In 2012 United States will be the first place in the world for selling wine, now italian wine merchants in Usa are the first among the choices of foreign bottles at the restaurant. Emerging the markets of India and Singapore, in Russia the consumption of wine in the last decade grew by 70%, promising China where the potential market is between 5 and 10% of the population, or from 60 to 130 million consumers, while Japan is expected to increase in the consumption of wine, 7% within the next two years.

2008 export boom of italian spumante

Export boom in 2008 of italian spumante in 68 countries with an increase of 22% in value and 16% of volumes, a revenue of 1510 billion euros with 170.5 million bottles shipped.
The best performance: Great Britain (+14%), USA (+12%) and Germany (+1%), Japan, Canada, Switzerland, Austria and Sweden between +5 / +3%;
very well the emerging countries such as Russia, India, Brazil, Uruguay. In Europe, Germany confirms the leadership and the United Kingdom confirms a positive trend of the last two years. "the world acknowledges - says Giancarlo Comolli italian wine merchants and Forum ceo - to the Italian sparkling wine a higher value of the past." Italy is the second country in the world for export. The European (27 countries) single market accounts for 70% of the total exported. The name Asti has the leadership with 63 million bottles in 60 countries. Italy has consumed 155 million bottles (+1.5% on 2007). Gifts in sparkling wine growth (+7%) and (+0,2%) champagne. Franciacorta and Trento are leaders in restaurants, wine shop and gifts. The consumption during christmas holiday is almost 72% (in 1984 was 84%) and Asti italian wine merchants is the leader of this year period.

Italian wine and french merchants united against the enemies of rose'

A few days after the protest of the French wine growers, even in Italy the controversy breaks out on the decision of the European Commission to liberalize the wine market, allowing the sale of rose' wine, made historically not from a simple mixture of white and red wines. The protest of rose' go ahead and the battle now beyond the borders of France and involves also Italian wine merchants, who are worried that a traditional product such as rose' "could be at risk" from the assembly of white and red grapes as the news directives of the OCM (Common Market Organization) of wine say. A mixture of grapes, for the French and Italians, that destroys years of care and wine tradition.
The draft reform has been the result of a first vote of the 27 representatives of the Union (27 January 2009). A final vote must be held April 27 after the arrival of an opinion given by the World Trade Organization (WTO). According to Les Echos french newspaper, was the first to announce the alarm in France, the Commission's objective is to liberate the "barriers wine" of the EU to open new markets, including China.The mix of red and white (very white and a little red) for the production of rose' is already practiced, in particular in South Africa and Australia, but has always been criticized from italian and european wine merchants. "The wine made with mix of white and red grapes it's not rose' " says François Millo director of (Civp - Interprofessional Wine Council of Provence France ).
According to Antonio Romano, italian wine merchants that produces 500 thousand bottles a year, "is a very big mistake that is making the European Union, a hypothesis to be fought at all. The quality of rose' will decrease". It would penalized a made in Italy product that over the past five years, has seen increased international sales, especially in the United Kingdom and in the Scandinavian countries. And that, to hear the operators, a trend in sales growth.

According italian wine merchants now it's time for the half bottle

After being rebuffed for years, the half bottle is living now its moment of glory. The reasons are varied: the difficult economic situation and the consequent collapse of general consumption, the increasingly desire of healthy life and the anti-alcohol limitations imposed by police to the driver. "Once upon a time choosing a half-bottle wine in the restaurant was a way to discover and bring certain types of wine", say italian wine merchants.
Now the motivation is connected to the consumption before driving and to the price factor. A tasting of quality but without wasteful is good for singles or those who, perhaps for reasons of work, eat out alone."I'am consumer and wine enthusiastic person, I always felt the need to drink one glass of wine in a restaurant, maybe at lunch, without having to order an entire bottle. Today, the negative economic situation and the need to moderate consumption, contribute to the success of the format to 375 ml." said italian win merchants Ornella Venica by Venica & Venica.
Famous producers of half bottles wine are: Angelo Gaja, Tenuta San Guido - the Marchese Niccolò Incisa della Rocchetta that launched years ago, with great success, the 'small Sassicaia - Pieropan, Jermann and Castello Banfi. Even the restaurants say that their customers are choosing now bottle of 375 ml.

Italian wine merchants: Statti and its Gaglioppo

Wolfgang Weber, the critic specialized in southern wine of Italy, and Shelley Lindgrenm estimated sommelier of A16 restaurant in San Francisco, has given to Gaglioppo 2007 by Statti italian wine merchants, 91 points.

The excellent scores achieved will be published in the next issue in June of Wine & Spirits Magazine, the prestigious journal of the American wine industry.

The success of Statti italian wine merchants, is due to the modern style of the company that offers elegant wines of great structure.
"We gave - said Antonio Statti - a contribution to improve the quality of the calabrian wine, a region now capable to offer elegant wine, fine and with good structure".
The Gaglioppo Igt 2007 Calabria is one of the strengths of Statti. On this ancient native grape variety, symbol of greek viticulture in Italy, the Statti italian wine merchants is working diligently but without haste, in order to better interprets the discoveries that the research offers, vintage after vintage. Alongside the usual capacity of red wine quality, the Red Gaglioppo is emerging as a wine for the summer. Due to its fresh perfume, floral with fruity notes, with excellent persistence and a clean finish, is excellent even on the tables summer, combined with classic grilled meat or following a trend in vogue now in the United States, served cold with oysters and shellfish.

The only italian wine that you will bring on a desert island? Chianti!

It's the Chianti Classico the only wine made in Italy that deserves to be brought in the classic desert island: it is shown by a survey of the wine critics British magazine Decanter, who asked the question to his closest collaborators ,publishing the result in April number.
To choose the only Italian wine, that anyway was present in the journalists wishlist, was Richard Baudains, correspondent from Italy for Decanter, who has indicated in the Chianti Classico the wine that he loved. "The Chianti Classico - has explained Baudains - is probably the meal wine par excellence, but at the same time, in its best version, it is never obvious, trivial or too simple. Furthermore it can range from youth Organoleptic version of vintage up to the complexity offered by the reserve version".
The Chianti Classico is a wine capable of detecting the different characteristics that come from different production areas and from different crus, expressed by an equally varied winemaking style, more or less full of tradition.

The future of sommelier is in the supermarket

The new frontier of professional wine sommelier, could be the supermarket. This issue will be one of the themes discuss at the next Vinitaly, the reference exhibition of Italian oenology and italian wine merchants, scheduled in Verona 2-6 April 2009.
The large retail carries today in Italy 60% of wine sales and about 70% in Usa, thanks to a wide and articulated range of labels.
The only flaw: the lack of qualified help in order to choose the right bottle. The customer is left alone in front of the shelf, while the support of a professional wine sommelier could make the purchase more thoughtful and suitable for every need. The introduction of the sommelier in the great distribution, according to the operators of the sector, could also provide a professional outlet for the many enthusiasts who each year take the title, but do not always find work in wine shops or noble restaurants.

Investing in wine in 2009, 900 dollars for one italian wine bottle

The myth wines seem to be far away from the crisis and the market for the 'Collectibles' continues to be solid. The confirmation comes from the auction held last week in Rome, the Gelardini & Romani Wine Auction, an auction house specializing in Italian wines since 2004, where it was awarded the 119% value of the basic auction, with average increases on the basis auction, per lot, 47%. And to make the lion was, an Italian wine, the Masseto. A batch of 6 bottles of Masseto 2001 has been sold for 3953.40 euros (660 euros per bottle), higher price of the day. Then, two batches of La Tache (1942 and 1943), sold over 3200 euros, then 3 bottles of Corton Charlemagne and 6 of Sauternes. "From our point of view of the market, says Raimondo Romani one of the owner of Gelardini & Romani, the demand is growing up above all for the Supertuscan ".
"The Mediobanca office studies already had indicated in wine and gold , last November, the best Investment with best performance for 2009", says Giovanni Geddes,ad of Ornellaia. According Geddes "the great investment wines will help economy to a recovery".

Oliviero Toscani and his tuscany wine

From photography to wine the step is short. Leaving for a while his camera, the creative Oliviero Toscani has dress clothes of the vintner and has presented in Florence his wine called OT , as the initials of his name. Year 2006, OT is made from a blend of grapes Syrah, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot produced in Casale Marittimo, the Tuscan hills between Bolgheri and Montescudaio straddling the provinces of Pisa and Livorno in an estate of 100 hectares, of which 12 of the vineyard, where Toscani also try with the oil and the breeding of cows and horses.

To advise and give the right impetus to Toscani, confessed the same young winemaker, has been the great Piedmont producer Angelo Gaja who owns a company near Bolgheri, the same territory from which come most noble wines like Sassicaia. "There will not be a classic tavern wine made in Tuscany - the photographer explained - will be elegant. It is a wine that I like, because I only do things that I like. It was years that I dreamed of making wine but I had never had the time. " "For now - still says - i produced 13 thousand bottles, the next year will be 20 thousand, I am also building the winery and then we'll see what happens." Even the famous photographer realize the dream of becoming a wine producer, like many other celebrities before him who have suffered the charm of Bacchus. Among these, the rock star Sting, which is about to launch its wine of the estate in the hills of Palagio Figline Valdarno (Florence), the former footballer Paolo Rossi in the Aretine hills began produce the 'Borgo Cennini, or former owner Lazio Sergio Cragnotti produce Nobile di Montepulciano. And yet Stefania Sandrelli with John Soldati in the Villa Nano farm on the hills have focused on the Sienese Chianti DOCG 'grapes, the designer Roberto Cavalli signs his labels produced in Panzano in Chianti (Florence), while the CEO of Aol Time Warner Richard Parsons has become a producer of "Brunello di Montalcino".

Came from california, most elegant wine in the world (italian wine merchants)

To find the most elegant wine of the world we should go in the Napa Valley, California, where the winery Bucello Wines wins the prize: "Label of 2009".
These are the results of the 14th International Packaging, the award dedicated to the design of wine, which was held at the "Fiera di Verona" and the awards which take place within the 43 ^ edition of Vinitaly, scheduled for April 2-6 . An opportunity to observe closely the evolution of consumer taste, which, in addition to the quality of the product, look with more attention to his dress. A real challenge for the inspiration of wine creators, designers of the wine that point on new materials and innovative solutions to attract the attention of the public and satisfying their emotional and aesthetic expectations. So that the bottles are transformed, together with the classic Bordeaux and Burgundy new releases from pencil silhouette of designer glass. The paper label and collars gives way to the thermoplastic materials and technology that enable transparency and light.
The capsules are now glued to the docked neck of the bottle, while the traditional corky cap is now replaced with those of plastic, silicone , elastomers, glass or metal.
To battle for the coveted 'Gold Label', awarded to wines and spirits of nine categories, fell on the catwalk 224 bottles (there were 210 in 2008) from Italy, Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Malta, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and usa. Meanwhile 'Winenews' points out that in recent years we had an increasing number of companies that did research on alternative closures and packaging. Even the most prized terroir of France and Italy seem to be oriented to experiment with new caps. Another story - concludes' Winenews' - is about containers other than glass: from the bag in box (the system in bags composed of several layers of plastic heat coupled with each other) to polyethylene bottles (containers specially designed and manufactured for preserve aromas, flavors and colors of wine for about two years, closed with screw caps instead of traditional corks). Friendly and challenges for sure but, perhaps, another planet compared to that of quality wine.