Among the most important vegetables for which Italy is the leading European producer, there are grapes, apples, pears, kiwi, tomatoes, wheat, but not olives.
Italy is the largest European producer of several vegetables.
Australia overtakes France as China biggest wine exporter.
For the first time since I am in Asia (June 2002) France is no longer the leading wine exporting superpower.
First 2 months of 2019 saw Australia overtakes France as China’s biggest wine exporter, according to CAWS (Chinese Association of Wine & Spirit Importers).
Continue reading “Australia overtakes France as China biggest wine exporter.”In the Italian wine industry, more and more young women.
The young women of the wine industry is booming with a record in the last year of the presence of under-35s growing by 51% (“Overall, women lead more than 1 in 4 agricultural enterprises […] with 25% of the companies guided by girls under 35” says Coldiretti).
Female innovations are multiplying, from the “manga” sparkling wine (born from a collaboration between Patrizia Torti in Oltrepò Pavese and the inventor of Hello Kitty), to “green” wine (i.e. Erika Pedrini of Pravis wines produced from vines resistant to diseases) to zero-alcohol sparkling wine for Qatar sheiks.
A vineyard costs more than an island in the Caribbean Sea
Italian vineyards cost more than a Caribbean island with prices rising from 1 million euros per hectare for Brunello and Barolo (Barolo premium “cru” prices reaching up to 2.5 million euros per hectare).
Figures higher than that these required to buy an island in the Bahamas, which can be bought for just over 2 million euros, as in the case of Lobster Island and just below the price of a resort-island in the Maldives (Soneva Jani), which also goes around 2.6 million euros.
Continue reading “A vineyard costs more than an island in the Caribbean Sea”“Sense of Tuscany” wine tasting at Little Italy – Singapore
Singapore, February 27th 2019
Italian Sommeliers’ Vito Donatiello participated to “Sense of Tuscany” wine tasting at Little Italy, 26A Dempsey Road.
Continue reading ““Sense of Tuscany” wine tasting at Little Italy – Singapore”Paladin Trade Tasting
Singapore, October 10, 2018 – Paladin family started writing their wine story as far back as 1962. Vineyards and cellars are located between Veneto and Friuli, where the two regional cultures melted together.
Vito Donatiello participated in this Trade Tasting and introduced Prosecco Millesimato (”vintage”) DOC and Ripasso Superiore DOC.
Continue reading “Paladin Trade Tasting”2016 Ranking of major Italian wineries
2016 Ranking of major Italian wineries:
- 17 companies with a revenue over 100.000 €
- 107 companies with a revenue over 10.000 €
among the others …
Spumanti Valdo
- Graduatoria #28
- Fatturato (in milioni Euro) 2016: 56,2
- Export (in milioni Euro): 28,4
- Export in %: 50,50
- N. Bottiglie (in milioni): 15,5
- Ettari vitati affitto: 150
- Dipendenti n.: 56
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Italian wine, export: 2016 largest destination markets
Largest Italian wine export markets:
- USA + Germany + UK represent 55.1% of total export
- Japan with 2.7% is the largest Asian market
- no South-East Asian countries are significant
Source: WineMonitor based on ISTAT data, % of value year 2016
