Italian Sommeliers Association
Italian Sommeliers is an open association committed to the promotion of the culture of wine
Good quality of the grapes, and in some cases excellent, for the 2020 vintage that promises to be very interesting.
As per quantity, 2020 is in line with 2019: expected 47.2 million hectolitres, -1% compared to 2019.
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Wine consumer habits are changing rapidly along with our society increasing internet penetration. As a result, online wine sales are becoming more common.
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Since today, August 18 2020, China’s Ministry of Commerce had begun an anti-dumping investigation into imports of wine from Australia following a call from the China Wine and Spirit Association (CAWS) on behalf of the domestic industry last month.
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Recently natural wine is a hot topic. Many wine industry professionals are discussing the matter and the usual questions raised are:
Most controversial of all is the definition of natural wine in the first place. In fact, despite recent news of the ‘Vin Méthode Nature’ charter in France (March 2020), on a global level, there is still no definitive definition of natural wine.
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The famous Veneto wine was born in the last century by a fortunate chance.
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Wine consumption away from home (hotels, restaurants, wine bars) by the end of 2020 is forecasted to fall 29% (in value, compared to 2019). The analysis of different channels and types of consumers was made by Trade Lab, a marketing company appointed by Federvini.
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The Bulk Wine Club has published the latest data relating to the 10 largest exporters and importers of bulk wine (packaging over 10 liters).
From January 2019 to January 2020, the global bulk wine trade reached 33.93 million hectoliters (13% of world wine production estimated at 260 mhl), for a total of 2,472 million euros. These figures represent a 2% increase in volume terms, but a 5.6% decrease in value. The average price fell 7.4% to 0.73 €/liter.
Continue reading “The Bulk Wine Club has published the latest data: why Italy and France need to import such a large quantity of bulk wines?”
Wine consumption in Italy, heavily affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, registered a tremendous drop on restaurants consumption and a consequent shift towards supermarkets*(+9%) and online (+102%) purchases compared to the same period of last year.
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The geographical term “Tuscany” will necessarily accompany all the labels of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Rosso di Montepulciano and Vin Santo di Montepulciano. The changes to the disciplinary of Montepulciano wines also published in the Official Journal of the EU.
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… del vino amo raccontare tutto quello che c’è prima del bicchiere, perché dal bicchiere in poi ognuno se la gioca come vuole …
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