Wine News - October 03, 2009 |
Welcome to
VOLUME VII,
NUMBER 8 of Wine News, the e-Letter from the WineCountry.IT network. (Would you
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le News in italiano).
Italian Flavor Forum XII
May, 2010
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Italian wine and food tasting dedicated to professional wine and food buyers and the press.
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September is gone, and with it, most of the harvest is over, and now the work at the wineries keeps winemakers busy worldwide.
Italy was blessed with a good harvest overall, with some areas actually raking in grapes of exceptional quality.
Among the articles below is one about the 30th Meeting per l'amicizia fra i popoli (Meeting for Friendship Among People), which took place in Rimini from the 23rd to the 29th of August and focused on the relation between what we eat and our well-being. Another interesting report is about the upcoming Artusi Award in nearby Forlimpopoli, which this year will honor Serge Latouche, the French economist and philosopher, theoretician of the 'untroubled degrowth.'
Also featured among others, are articles on the growing US wine consumption, an interesting report on the Chinese wine market by analyst, Yuebai Liu, and the touching "A Day at the Opera" by Italian journalist, Paolo Alciati.
As usual, in October my wife, Brigit, and I are taking a few days off for our birthdays for a personal "Sideways tour" during which we go scouting for wines in often lesser known US wine areas. This year we are going to Catalina Island, thus we'll drive through several well known California wine countries. Please, wish us a joyful and pleasant mini-vacation and look forward to sharing the experience with us when you read about our latest "island Sideways".
Loris Scagliarini, WineCountry.IT President |
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The Fountain of Youth is Italian and Comes from the Earth |
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 As scientific research shows that the quality and length of our lives depends upon what we eat, our nutrition is as wrong as it has ever been. As much is wrong about what we believe we know about safe nutrition. This is what surfaced during the meeting with Bruce Ames, researcher at the University of California at Berkeley, one of the main experts in the world on the impact of chemical substances on human health, as well as the creator of the main test used to discover mutant substances, currently used all over the world.
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Barolo DOCG: The King of Wines and the Wine of Kings |
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 Barolo began acquiring its royal standing as early as the Middle Ages and its reputation grew steadily from then on. It is reported that Barolo was often found on the table of Louis XIV. Pontiffs have also been enchanted by the wine. At the beginning of the 19th century, Pope Pius VII ensured that the wine was always available at his court.
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Lenzini Commercial Farm |
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 In addition to being a city with a rich historic past and a wealth of objects d'art, whose still standing medieval walls are well known around the world, Lucca is characterized by an extensive surrounding hillside which, thanks to the temperate climate and the favorable sun exposure, is particularly suitable for growing olives and vines.
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Wine and Spring Rolls: A Look at the Chinese Wine Market |
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 The increasing number of wine tasting events and shows in minor Chinese cities, such as Kunming, Chengdu and Tianjin, is a sign of how fast culture and knowledge of wine is spreading among Chinese consumers. It is not a secret that the Chinese market promises to become the source of consistent profits for foreign wine exporters and brokers, given the expectation that mainland China is poised to become the sixth largest wine consumer in the world.
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Quality Italian Wine: Ambassador of the 'Made in Italy' |
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 The Ministero degli Affari Esteri (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and the Istituto del Vino Italiano di Qualità Grandi Marchi (Institute of Italian Quality Wine Great Brands), which includes 17 historic Italian wine estates, have reached an agreement. Italian Foreign Minister, Franco Frattini, said that in addition to promoting the overall image of Italy abroad, culture must promote the traditional Italian enterprises worldwide as well.
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In an interview by Italian car magazine Quattroruote, Italian Minister of Agriculture, Luca Zaia, said that the proposal to impose a total ban on drinking and driving 
"I have never seen an opera live, which one should I see?" 
