Wine – Page 17 – Italian Sommeliers Association

April 26, 2019April 26, 2019

Starbucks offers traditional Italian wine.

Shanghai, 99 Beijing East Road.

Had a noon coffee at an unfamiliar Starbucks named Starbucks Reserve Bar Mixato | Café & Bar.

Staff says: “Later in the day, Bar Mixato will offer traditional Italian wine and beer and complimentary small plates.”

April 26, 2019May 9, 2019

Italy is the largest European producer of several vegetables.

Among the most important vegetables for which Italy is the leading European producer, there are grapes, apples, pears, kiwi, tomatoes, wheat, but not olives.

April 16, 2019July 8, 2019

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).

April 11, 2019April 17, 2019

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.

April 10, 2019April 17, 2019

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.

February 27, 2019April 17, 2019

“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.

October 10, 2018November 9, 2020

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.

July 27, 2017November 8, 2020