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Wine News - October 2004 |
The Monthly Columns |
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Brought to you by the School for Hotel and Restaurant Management from Serramazzoni, Italy.
This month we meet Vittorio Ceroni e Nicola Scalici from the Scuola Alberghiera di Serramazzoni who talked to us about the characteristics of truffles, mushrooms and chestnuts, as well as their use in Italian gastronomy.
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This month we are staying in Emilia Romagna and present the Cantina Sociale Settecani Castelvetro (Settecani Castelvetro Social Winery), that produces Colli di Castelvetro (Castelvetro Hills) typical wines in the province of Modena.
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Welcome to Volume II, Number 10 of Wine News, the e-Letter from the WineCountry.IT network. (Versione Italiana)
IMPORTANT NOTICE |
We are pleased to announce to our advertisers that as of October 1, 2004 Luna Marketing, a young agency located in Castelvetro, Modena, Italy is the sole representative of WineCountry.IT in Italy.
We look forward to a long and satisfying relationship with the sole goal of providing ever-improving services to our clients and readers. |
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As usual, the full version of the articles introduced below are available in English on WineCountry.IT, Italian Wine Hub and Italian Wine Labels, while the Italian versions are published in a different section of WineCountry.IT, Vino Italiano Club and ABC Vino.
As usual, the 'Dates to Remember' close the monthly e-Letter. To see the updated list during the month please visit the specific section on WineCountry.IT.
The staff of WineCountry.IT network wishes all our subscribers happy reading while the grapes are being crushed and the new wines are starting to ferment. |
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The Truth About Sulfites – Chemical Lies in Wine (Second of Two Parts) |
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 Given the long history of sulfite additions to wine and many other food products, where did the health warning come from? Approximately 0.25 percent of North Americans have serious sulfite allergies, including one unfortunate man who is reported to have died after eating at a salad bar where the salad was sprayed with a 2000ppm "keep fresh" sulfite solution that was commonly used in the 1970s (remember, bottled wine typically contains 100 times less than this amount).
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Francis Ford Coppola: Wine, food, film - that's entertainment |
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 "Films and resorts or wine and food tend to bring people together and give them a good time," he said.
 Coppola's career as a vintner, begun nearly 30 years ago, has been well documented. With wife Eleanor, he bought the ravaged remains of one of the Napa Valley's great wine properties, the Inglenook Estate, and restored it as the Niebaum-Coppola Estate, incorporating the name of Inglenook founder Gustave Niebaum.
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The Truth About Sulfites – Chemical Lies in Wine (First of Two Parts) |
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 It is the general perception that the sulfite additives in American red wines cause many drinkers to have headaches...
Although you'd never know it from the tone of the debate, sulfites are actually an organic compound that nature uses to prevent microbial growth. They are found in grapes, onions, garlic and many other growing plants.
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With numbers on rise, Italy’s Muslims adding elastic to Islam (Part Two of Two) |
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 For the past 15 years, immigrants from Islamic countries as diverse as Albania, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, Pakistan, and Egypt have flocked to Italy, attracted by money and opportunity. The country's Muslim population is well below the estimated 5 million in France, 3.5 million in Germany, and 1.5 million in Britain, but it far outstrips the size of its Jewish and Protestant communities.
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Sicilian Specials |
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 CANALETTO wines are made from grape varieties that many may not have come across before. These special Italian wines come from Sicily, a place synonymous with the Mafia, thanks in part to the Godfather film trilogy. Fortunately, the island has more to offer than the Mafia, and it is the indigenous grapes that are great for wines.
The Grillo is one of these Sicilian grape varieties.
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Basic Wine Facts |
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A Question and Answer article intended to provide some basic, general information about wine to who is just approaching this fantastic world.
- How is wine made?
- Why do some wines give to some people a headache?
- What are sulfites? Should I be worried about them?
- Is wine fattening?
- I read somewhere about botrytized wine. What is it?
- How come wines have different colors?
- What is the malolactic fermentation?
- Why is cork traditionally used to stop wine bottles and where does it come from?
- What does 'vintage' mean?
- What is a kosher wine?
- I have seen various ratings assigned to wines? What do they mean?
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Consumer Trends: More Wine Less Beer |
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 Thus far this year Italian families have increased their spending on wines and champagnes (+2.6 percent) and decreased it on beer (-4 percent).
Also of note is the 8.3 percent slump in spending on mineral waters.
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Second Annual "Chocolate and Almond Crunch Games" October 7-10, 2004 |
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 Following last year's annual huge success, when thousands of visitors literally invaded the event, the organizers, Marisa Tognarelli, the association 'Sestola OK', the Sestola and the Modena Administrations are eager to repeat the experience. From the 7th to the 10th of October visitors with a sweet tooth and residents alike will have the chance to participate in the many events scheduled for the Second Annual of the "Giochi di Cioccolato e Croccante", or "Chocolate and Almond Crunch Games".
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Dates to Remember - October / November |
Note: To find out more about the places and activities for each event, please visit the News page. |
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Wine Tasting Theory and Practice Course in Five Evenings |
September 23 to October 21, 2004 |
A.I.C.E.V. - Members' Meeting |
October 9 and 10, 2004 |
Third Annual Open Distilleries 2004 |
October 10, 2004 |
13th Sagra del Tartufo Modenese (Modenese Truffle Festival) |
October 10 to November 1, 2004 |
Ruralia – Seventh Annual |
October 14 - 17, 2004 |
Vinitaly US Tour - 1 |
October 26, 2004 |
The Taste of the Land |
October 26 - November 23, 2004 |
Vinitaly US Tour - 2 |
October 28, 2004 |
Made in Italy Innovation Expo |
October 29 - 31, 2004 |
Exposition of "Vino Novello" Labels |
November 6 to 14, 2004 |
Worldwide Truffle Auction |
November 7, 2004 |
Expo dei Sapori (Flavor Exhibition) |
November 12 - 15, 2004 |
Salón del Vino de Madrid 2004 |
November 23 - 25, 2004 |
The Taste of the Land |
October 26 - November 23, 2004 |
Vinitaly China |
November 24 to 26, 2004 |
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As sure as pasta is pasta and minestrone is minestrone, Philip Contini and his wife Mary recently toasted to his granddad August 25. Seventy years ago to the day, Alfonso Crolla, along with Ralph Valvona, opened Valvona & Crolla in the Grassmarket.
The distinctive metal-looking label of the 1997 Primitivo di Manduria Doc "Patriarca" wine from the Cantine Soloperto, won the first annual "Castello Spagnolo Wine Award", or "Spanish Castle Wine Award". The award is assigned to wines produced in the Apulia wine region and the jury includes mostly journalists. The label was chosen among the 400 entries presented by the various regional winemakers.
From September 23 to October 21, 2004, at the 'Wine Not – Multimedia Space', in Milan, AIS (Italian Association of Sommeliers) Sommelier and Wine Consultant Giorgio Fragiacomo teaches the theory and practice of wine tasting.
This should be good year for the Valdobbiadene Prosecco wine, one of Italy's most exported wines. 
The South-Central semi-finals of Viniadi, which is, the Wine Olympics, organized by Ente Vini, Enoteca italiana and Mipaf, took place September 11, 2004, in Solopaca, in the Benevento province of Italy. 
Italy's Muslim population recently passed 700,000, and as it has grown, so have Muslim voices expressing a desire to fit in with the host society. Some Muslims stick rigidly to the ways of the old country, yet at places like this restaurant, others are creating a hybrid culture of tolerance and experimentation.
The value of Italian sparkling wine exports went up 43.2 percent in the U S, with a growth rate almost double that registered for French champagne, up 25.8 percent in the same period of time.
