The coronavirus pandemic is affecting wine trade globally, but the impact varies from country to country. Italian wine exports will drop by -4.6% in value (6.1 billion euros) compared to the previous year, the effects this year will be limited compared to the global trend (-10.5%) and even more to the main player in the sector, France, which will l...

The Consorzio di Tutela Vini d’Abruzzo, the wine consortium for the Abruzzo region of Italy, has announced Colangelo & Partners as its agency of record in the United States. The agency is tasked with developing and executing a comprehensive communications plan to increase visibility and awareness for the wines of Abruzzo in the US. Located in centr...

Between Castiglione di Sicilia and Randazzo, through Catania and Acireale, the main winners of Etna are for Etna Red, which is the most common and produced, grapes from Nerello Mascalese with the addition of up to 20% of Nerello Cappuccio (also known as Nerello Mantellato). In the case of white production, Etna white DOC is made up of at least 60 %...

The Aquilini family knows how to grow a successful business, whether it be a professional ice hockey team or a Washington State wine.  Through its conglomerate Aquilini Investment Group, headquartered in Vancouver, B.C., family members own the National Hockey League’s Vancouver Canucks, along with restaurants, digital media companies, a film set, a...

News is coming for the Vinitaly International Academy (VIA), the gold standard of Italian wine education for foreign professionals. Created in 2014, the organization trains Italian Wine Ambassadors and Italian Wine Experts by delivering courses all over the world. This year, VIA had to adapt its activities to the new international situation caused...

The wine list at Sistina Restaurant in New York City is epic. The nearly two hundred page tome reads like a narrative, spanning centuries and continents, full of depth, drama, status, and scope. The author of this story is Giuseppe Bruno, Sistina’s owner and chef, and a man with a passion for gastronomy as colossal as his collection of wines. And t...

The Champagne & Sparkling Wine World Championships, the competition created and presided over by Tom Stevenson, the world’s top expert on sparkling wines, has revealed the Gold and Silver Medals for the 2020 edition. Once again this year, Ferrari Trento has confirmed its leading role, both in Italy and at an international level: with 9 Gold Medals...

Sparkling wine fans have a new reason to sip and celebrate this month with the long-awaited launch of Gancia's Prosecco Rosé D.O.C. This new-to-market wine merges the popular trends of Prosecco and Rosé into a unique varietal approved earlier this year by the governing body for the Prosecco D.O.C. appellation. Maintaining Gancia's heritage of "firs...

We have some exciting news from the Italian food world during this Settimana della Cucina Italiana nel Mondo, or World Italian Cuisine Week! Eataly is proud to announce our new partnership with the Italian Trade Agency, to help you expand your knowledge of authentic and traditional Italian food and wine. Starting in January 2021, the worldwide join...

Wine is something that’s taken very seriously in Italy, and the country boasts several wine lands throughout it from the north to the south. And starting next year, Italy will also have an official Città del Vino, or a City of Wine. The decision came from the Città del Vino national association, a group that brings together towns and cities in Ital...