The Importance of International Trade Shows

As the traditional "Winter Fancy Food Show 2005" was going on at the Moscone Center of San Francisco, from January 23 to 25, 2005, just a few block away, in a suite at the Hilton Hotel on O'Farrell street, the "Workshop 2005 – Project: Internationalization Mission to U. S. A." was taking place. Here, the Italian region of Sicily presented 15 local enterprises, including among others, producers of wine, olive oil, pastries and other specialty products.

WineCountry.IT president, Loris Scagliarini, explains why this is a good thing.
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China Opens Its Market to the Primitivo Wine by Soloperto

The Primitivo di Manduria Doc made by the Cantine Soloperto is conquering the Far East.

After tasting some Soloperto wines while visiting Milan, the Chinese Delegation decided to visit  the winery in Manduria, to see first hand the technology applied in the vineyards and during the winemaking process. They finally decided to order two Primitivo labels: the "Patriarca" and the "Rubinum", both upscale, high quality wines, produced and bottled with the most demanding wine drinkers in mind.
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Wine: Once Again Italy is Number One Exporter to the United States

"The dominance of Italian wine on the tables of American consumers has been reaffirmed and constitutes a great satisfaction for the entire sector, confirming the general quality and great potential of the national wine industry," declared the Minister for Agricultural and Forest Policies, Gianni Alemanno.
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All in the Sebastianis (Forth of five parts)

Back in downtown Sonoma, at the original winery, Sam and Don retain a share, but the management is now in the hands of their sister and her family. After August's widow Sylvia, who died shortly after Thanksgiving last year, Mary Ann Sebastiani Cuneo became president of Sebastiani Vineyards & Winery.
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Brunello di Montalcino: Sales Are Up in Northern Europe

The Brunello di Montalcino knows no crisis: if the exportation of Italian wine is stagnating, Brunello sales held on well in 2004, with 5.7 million bottles sold.

Sales were consolidated in the reference market, the US, but actually went up in northern European countries such as Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland.
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American, Italian, French and Australian Wines Are the Most Popular Among American Consumers

A new Harris Poll finds that American wine drinkers would be willing to try wines produced in many countries in addition to the countries whose wines they normally drink.

For example, fully 73 percent of wine drinkers say they would consider buying Italian wine but only 44 percent say that they ever do so.
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Fourth Annual "Bere il Territorio", or "Drinking the Terroir"

The Go Wine association promotes the fourth annual "Bere il Territorio", or "Drinking the Terroir", a literary competition dedicated to young adults that met with great success in its three previous annuals.

The main section of the competition is open to all people aged 18 to 30.
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Botrytis Breakthrough

A breakthrough botrytis fungicide which leaves no residue, has no withholding period and is Bio Gro approved. It sounds too good to be true, but it's not.

Even better, three years of trial and evaluation show Sentinel has every indication of being as robust as conventional chemistry in protecting grapes from botrytis.
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Sleuthing Out What's In Wine (Part three of four)

Like all food products, wine can be made without preservatives. But while the idea is appealing, the reality is a problem for a product that people routinely store for a decade or more before consuming. Without sulfites -- the most common wine preservative -- many wines would spoil before ever reaching your local wine shop.
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Brunello di Montalcino – Italian Wine of the Year According to Wine Enthusiast

Brunello di Montalcino is the Italian wine of the year, asserts "Wine Enthusiast", the well known U S magazine.

Seven excellent brands of Brunello can be found among the 14 Italian labels that made the "Wine Enthusiast" Top 100 world wine list.
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Many 2002 Selections Deserve Notice - Italians Flaunt Vine Art

It is a tough sell for Italian producers who are faced with an off-vintage (2002). But it's unfair to paint the entire vintage with one brush. There is plenty of wine from 2002 that deserves our attention. The article introduces just a few from some of my favorite wineries (and there are many more that are well above average).
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Drinking red wine may reduce the risk of prostate

Dr. Janet L. Stanford, from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, and colleagues studied data from 753 newly diagnosed prostate cancer patients between 40 and 64 years of age, and from a comparison group of 703 matched "controls" to assess the association between alcohol consumption and prostate cancer.
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Abruzzo to Host Italian Wine Cities' Convention 2005

Next June, Abruzzo will host the National Convention of the 'Città del Vino' ('Cities of Wine') association. The event, which will last some days and will take place in several 'Cities of Wine' in the province of Chieti, will be an exceptional showcase for the whole region, as mayors and administrators of the 540 participating Italian municipalities will take part in the convention.
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Ohio Native Flourishes on Tuscan Soil

After one look at Villa Castagnoli in Panzano, in the heart of the Chianti Classico region, Grace and his wife fell in love with the place. They arrived there on a Saturday, and by the time they left Italy the following Monday, they were owners of an estate, along with 60 acres- much of it vineyards.
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Changyu Signs a Letter of Intent with an Undisclosed Italian Wine Company

A director at the Yantai state-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission said that Changyu had signed a letter of intent with an Italian wine company last December, and Changyu might transfer its 33 percent share, valued at 400 million yuan (about US$48.4 million), to said company.
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The Tale of a Prince's Secret Wines

The oldest, a 1978, was dry and fresh, with aromas of flowers, honey and minerals. The flavors seemed to linger in the mouth forever. The wine in the other glasses was Sémillon, the backbone of great white Bordeaux but practically nonexistent in Italy. Yet these wines were even more astounding than the Malvasias. The oldest, a 1971, had the lively mineral flavor of a fine Puligny-Montrachet.
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Enoteca Siena: Campaign to Educate Youth About Wine Starts in Sicily

The new, 2005 phase of "Vino e Giovani" ("Wine and Young People"), the national campaign of education about correct and moderate drinking promoted by Ente Vini - Enoteca Italiana from Siena, and the Ministero delle Politiche Agricole Forestali (Italian Agriculture Ministry), takes off in Sicily.
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Traubenkur, or the "Grape-Cure"
Garda Trentino, from October 9, 2004 to February 10, 2005

Between the 1800s and the 1900s, at the end of the summer season, several guests coming from the central European elite met in the marvelous valley of the Upper Garda, now Trentino, to enjoy the mild and beneficial climate.
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Accademia dei Racemi, Azienda Agricola Palari, Fattoria San Francesco: Symbols of the Historic and Cultural Links to Ancient Greece

Thousands of years of history are wrapped up in the new Futurewine Certificates from an area where winemaking traditions go back centuries. We are talking about southern Italy, or to be more specific, that part of southern Italy which once constituted the ancient Greek colonies in Italy, whose magnificence overshadowed even the mother country. These regions, Apulia, Calabria and Sicily, where the tradition and culture of winemaking have ancient origins, are the latest represented by the Futurewine Certificates.
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China: Leading Winemaker Seeks to Sell Stake

The controlling shareholder of the Chinese winemaker Yantai Changyu Pioneer Wine Co., one of China's top three wine brands, is seeking to sell a 43 percent stake in the group to two foreign companies.
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New Year Celebrations: Spumante Wine Sales up 3.4 Percent

In 2004, the sale of Spumante sparkling wine soared by 3.4 percent for an end-of-year total of about 80 million bottles. That's what Coldiretti, the Italian farmers' association, reported, based on data provided by the survey conducted by AcNielsen on the household consumption in the first ten months of 2004.
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SOL: New Hall for Meeting the Market

• 11th edition of the International Exhibition of Virgin and Extra Virgin Olive Oil - the showcase for the best producers on an international scale
• "SOL d’Oro" Competition for the best olive oils from vocational countries
• Technological innovation at Enolitech

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A "Designer" Enolitech for Trend-Setting Wine Cellars and Olive Oil Mills

Trend-setting wine and olive oil exhibition space for the "8th International Exhibition of Technology for Wine-Growing, Oenology/Olive-Growing and Olive Oil Production" (Enolitech). The next trade show promises to be fully-booked in terms of exhibitors and its visibility within the Exhibition Center is significantly improved.
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