Italian Sommeliers Association
Italian Sommeliers is an open association committed to the promotion of the culture of wine
Siena, 4th November, 2020 – Once again, the jewels of Tuscan wines – Brunello and Chianti – are at the centre of illegal trade, stopped by Italian police.
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Breaking News | China shows muscles on Australia wines.
Wine industry sources say Australian wine imports will not clear Chinese customs after this Friday 6th November (China’s Ministry of Commerce did not confirm the news).
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Poggibonsi (Italy), 27 October 2020 – Vito Donatiello participated to the OIV (International Organization of Vine and Wine) web conference in which Director General Pau Roca presented the first estimates of 2020 world wine production.
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The pandemic was not enough to convince Italian wineries to open the e-shopping channel.
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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, we expect 47.2 million hectolitres, -1% compared to 2019.
Continue reading “2020 harvest: which Italian Region is the largest wine producer?”An average decrease of 15% for Brunello, Nobile and Chianti.
Despite Italy is expected to remain the world’s leading wine producer with 47.2 million hectolitres, Tuscany is preparing for a good harvest but -15% production decline (estimated at 2.232 million hectolitres compared with 2.625 million hectolitres of last year, or 394 hectolitres less).
Continue reading “2020 Tuscany wine harvest overview: less but better”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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