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To find the Company of the Month for June 2005 we move to Montalcino, that corner of Tuscany that produces arguably the best known Tuscan red wine, the Brunello di Montalcino. Here we find the Azienda Agraria "la Pescaia" owned by the Di Donato brothers.
Aniceto, Roberto, Vittorio and Enzo, the four Di Donato brothers personally oversee the winemaking and bottling of their Brunello, Rosso di Montalcino and Oricalco, an excellent red IGT Toscana wine. In addition to wines, "La Pescaia" produces Grappa di Brunello liquor, extra virgin olive oil and an exclusive new product, the gelatina di Brunello, a ruby red jelly condiment made with Brunello di Montalcino wine. Recently introduced to the US at the Premiere of the Italian Flavor Forum, the educational market event held on May 25th in California, these products enjoyed great success, especially the grappa and the gelatina di Brunello di Montalcino.
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The seasonal menu offerings from Chef Davide Dalloco of the Scuola Alberghiera di Serramazzoni, featuring typical regional products, keep arriving. The suggestions for June, the month in which the summer sun starts to seriously heat up, are the following.
- Piadina romagnola con sardoncini alla brace e insalatina di campo (Piadina Romagnola [kind of bread] with charcoal broiled sardines and wild lettuce, see recipe)
- Tagliolini con vongole veraci e crema di piselli (Tagliolini pasta with genuine mussels and green pea puree, see recipe)
- Anguilla in umido ( Eel in sauce, see recipe)
- Semifreddo alle ciliegie (Cherry semifreddo)
- Pecorino dell’Appennino con miele di castagno (Apennine Pecorino cheese with chestnut honey)
Buon Appetito!
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It has been a while since I last wrote a piece for our infrequent column, not because I haven't found any interesting destinations in the Bay Area, but rather because life is very busy. The other night, however, my wife and I went to Benissimo Ristorante & Bar for dinner.
There I always order the Italian style thin crust pizza, and so inspired, I felt the need to find time to write about it.
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Welcome to Volume III, Number 07 of Wine News, the e-Letter from the WineCountry.IT network. (Would you rather see the e-Letter on your favorite browser? Use this link. Usa il link seguente se vuoi leggere le News in italiano).
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The editorial stuff of Spazio RP is pleased to announce that results of our exhaustive web credibility study showed that the Italian version of your web site has been recognized as one of the 1,800 most trustworthy and influential sites in Italian.
Your work was reviewed on the database entitled Spazio RP Internet 2005. The study resulted in the 'map' of the most preeminent web sites, a working tool created for communication and information professionals. Spazio RP Internet is the first (Italian) guide of its kind, and was created to help communication professionals understand and quantify the potential of the most important among the new media ....."
Not being aware of the Spazio RP project, we were very surprised and are truly honored to have been judged worthy of being part of the very first Italian list of 1,800 (of some 10,000 sites judged) trustworthy Internet sites in Italian, both as a believable information tool, as well as a vehicle for effective industry advertising.
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We proudly announce that the Premiere of the Italian Flavor Forum®, the first informative event/wholesale market of Italian wines and typical regional quality products, held in Greenbrae, California by the Italian Flavor Consortium® was even more successful than originally anticipated. The event, exclusively by invitation and dedicated to importers, distributors, resellers, buyers for restaurant chains and grocery stores, specialized press and wine collectors, welcomed about one hundred professionals, who truly appreciated both the wines and typical products presented.
Don't miss the article about it and, if you are a US professional interested in Italian quality wine and/or food, request to be invited to the next event scheduled for Fall of 2005.
We thank the Italian producers who believed in this new concept, promoted by WineCountry.IT under the auspices of the San Francisco Consulate General of Italy. Presenting their products, all of which were top quality, these producers made the Forum the success it was. Furthermore, they acted as ambassadors for Italian enogastronomy in the United States, which, we like to point out, represents the major non-European importer of quality Italian food and wines.
Another gratifying note comes from the web traffic report that signals an ongoing increase, month after month, both in visitors to our web sites and subscribers to our e-Letter. For this we thank associates and users of our web network wholeheartedly and hope everybody enjoys our current articles while looking forward to a long, relaxing and pleasant summer season.
Loris Scagliarini,
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The First Italian Guide to Reliable Online Communication |
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 A CD-rom guide to the most credible and trustworthy web sites in Italian to be used for online communication and advertising media has just been published. From the editors of Spazio RP, publishers specialized in editorial products and professional services for public relations professionals and press offices, arrives a new CD-rom entitled Spazio RP Internet 2005 – 2006.
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Premiere of the Italian Flavor Forum |
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 As people in the US celebrate the Memorial Day weekend and over 1,000 wineries all over the Italian boot open their doors to the masses for the Cantine Aperte (Open Wineries) event on Sunday, May 29, in Italy, we are compiling the results from the premiere of Italian Flavor Forum, held Wednesday, May 25th in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Wine and Well-being Convention |
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 "Wine with curative components, able to protect humans more than any other drink.” This is the message sent from Marsala, Sicily, at the Seventh International convention entitled "Wine and Well-being.”
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Italian Wine Exports to US up 10.2% First Quarter 2005 |
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 "Exports of Italian wines to the US went up 10.2% in the first quarter of 2005, thus conquering 29.2% market share, ahead of the 26.7% share for French wines and 22.6% for Australian wines," reads a document issued by Coldiretti, the Italian farmers association.
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Pinot Noir Wins Big at L.A. County Fair Wine Competition |
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 The popularity of Pinot Noir continues as Cambria Winery took top honors at the 66th annual L.A. County Fair 'Wines of the World' competition. Cambria Winery, Pinot Noir, Bench Break Vineyard, Santa Maria Valley, 2001 took the best wine of the competition award from 3,936 domestic and international entries from 1,003 wineries.
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New Prestigious Award to Malibrán |
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 Malibrán's Gorio, the Valdobbiadene Prosecco DOC Spumante Extra Dry 2004, has won yet another prestigious award, this time at a famous US international competition, the 66th L. A. County Fair Wine Competition, held at the Fairplex in Pomona, California, from May 10 to 13, 2005, where almost 4,000 wines competed.
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Japan Discovers the Mediterranean Diet |
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 "The 21% increase in value of Japanese imports from Italy of food products such as Parmesan and Grana Padano cheese," said Coldiretti (the Italian Farmers' Union), "the 17% increase of canned tomatoes, the 5% of olive oil and the 3% of pasta, goes to show that Japanese consumers are discovering the beneficial effects of the Mediterranean Diet."
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Coldiretti: Wine Exports to US Leap |
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 "The value of wine exports to the United States grew 51% compared to 2004, contributing consistently to overall growth in world markets, which raised overall to 14.6%. Export to the European Union countries, accounting for more than half of Italian wine export, grew 4% in the same period," said Coldiretti reporting data released by ISTAT (the Italian Institute of Statistics) for the first two months of 2005.
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Interdrink 2005 |
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 Interexpo srl, in collaboration with Zao Expocentr, announces Moscow's 13th International Exhibition of Alcohol, Soft Drinks and Processing Equipment. During the last 12 years, the Interdrink exhibition has become the most important commercial event for the Russian beverage industry.
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Fifth Annual Verona Vinorum |
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 The appointment with the great wine from Verona, that in a short time has become one of the must-attends for wine lovers in Northern Italy, is approaching once again. It will take place on Friday, June 24 and Saturday, June 25, 2005 at the historic Palazzo della Gran Guardia, located in Piazza Bra, facing the world famous Arena, a perfect stage for grand operas that will be performed during the same period.
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Dates to Remember - May / June |
Note: To find out more about the places and activities for each event, please visit the News page. |
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Mostra dei Vini DOC (DOC Wine Exhibition) |
Up to June 5, 2005 |
Mostra dei Vini di Collina (Hillside Wine Exhibition) |
Up to June 5, 2005 |
Dionysus Wandering from Vineyards to Cellars |
Up to June 12, 2005 |
Palio di Siena
Saint Mary of Provenzano |
July 2, 2005 |
"Calici di...Vini": tasting the best wines of the "Primavera del Prosecco 2005 " |
June 2 to 5 , 2005 |
Second Food Quality Forum |
June 3 and 4, 2005 |
'Salone dei vini da vitigno autoctono' (Wines Made With Native Grapes Salon) |
June 3 to 5, 2005 |
Fourth annual contest "Wine in Literature, Art, Music and Movies" |
June 5, 2005 |
Festa Artusiana |
June 18 to 26, 2004 |
13th Vinexpo Bordeaux |
June 19 to 23, 2005 |
Oriolo di Sera (Oriolo at Night) |
June 22 to August 3, 2005 |
Fifth Annual Verona Vinorum |
June 24 and 25, 2005 from 6:00PM to midnight |
'Cammina Cammina', Eno-Eco-Gastronomic Hike in Caloso, Piedmont |
Sunday, June 26, 2005, from 10 to late afternoon |
Seventh 'Canevando' 2005 |
June 26, 2005 |
National Journalist Competition Feudi di Guagnano |
Dateline: July 15, 2005 |
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We have received and published Moletto News, the Azienda Agricola Moletto April 2005 newsletter.
The Cyprus News Agency reported that, according to Italian archaeologists conducting scientific work on findings of the Cyprus Department of Antiquities, the island has unveiled yet another archaeological surprise.
On May 16, 2005 the Supreme Court upheld a state's right to regulate the sale and distribution of alcohol within its own borders but said states must also treat in-state and out-of-state alcohol producers the same.
On May 16, 2005 Texas governor, Rick Perry, signed SB 877, a bill authored by State Senator Frank Madla (D-San Antonio), which opens Texas up by declaring the entire state "wet" for wine shipments. In late 2003, the Texas ABC declared that the state was "open" for direct shipments but ruled that all wineries must comply with existing wet/dry rules. 
