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From now on, the only valid denominations for the European Union will be DOP and IGP, which means DOCG, DOC, and IGT will no longer exist.
Brussels will now also determine all of the wines that can enter into this classification instead of allowing countries to determine their denomination wines as had previously been the practice.
This new system will have a particularly heavy impact on Italy that currently has 38 DOCG certified wines, 316 DOC, and 118 IGT. And this issue does not signify just a name change, but could reignite a debate over production disciplinaries, which have already undergone much discussion after the recent Brunello scandal.
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A new colossal among Italian winemaking cooperatives has been created: the fusion between the Riunite and CIV wineries (now called Cantine Riunite e Civ) has been completed.
It includes over 2,800 producing members, and is the new point of reference for the Italian conglomerate Gruppo Italiano Vini (GIV), which, with almost 300 million euros in earnings, is the top winemaking group in Italy, and one of the most important worldwide.
The new group should have earnings that reach around 450 million euros, 60% of which are earned abroad.
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Gianni Masciarelli, one of the most important winemakers in Italy, died suddenly during a visit to Monaco di Baviera on July 31st.
Born 53 years ago in San Martino della Marrucina, a small town in the province of Chieti, he lived for two loves: that for wine, and, above all, for his companion Marina Cvetic, a chemical engineer from Belgrade. He also leaves behind three children, one of which is barely a year old.
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Paradox on the 2008 Beijing Olympics: better guests at Casa Italia for toast with the great Prosecco di Valdobbiadene of Carpenè Malvolti, or at Casa Russia, where instead winning of medals will be celebrated with Ferrari sparkling?
"Being chosen as bubbles of Casa Russia at the Olympics in Beijing - Ferrari Vice-President, Matteo Lunelli, fills us with pride"
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China: incredible increase of wine consumption and of local wine production. In 2011 over 1 billion bottles of wine will be drunk.
Chinese producers are working to improve their technology towards the gal of increasing their wine quality and quantity.
Today, china is already the largest asian wine producer.
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Among the countries exporting food products in China, Italy ranked 27th at the end of 2007, with a total volume of about 88 million dollars and an increase of 30% over the previous year.
| Product | Value (mln USD) | 2007 vs 2006 |
| Chocolate | 26.04 | - 3 |
| Wine | 20.40 | + 68 |
| Olive Oil | 9.66 | + 15 |
| Pasta | 3.87 | + 25 |
| Coffee | 2.61 | + 41 |
| Cheese | 1.62 | + 58 |
(Source: Vinitaly)
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The Antinori group has been officially freed from the Brunello investigations. The judiciary of Siena has “released” the 120,000 bottles of Brunello di Montalcino Pian delle Vigne 2003 that were, together with many other types of Brunello of the same vintage, under suspicion of having been produced with grapes other than Sangiovese which is the only one permitted by the Brunello disciplinary.
But the accusations regarding Antinori have now been disclaimed after the legal analyses conducted revealed the purity of the wine. Results that have brought relief to the Marchese Piero Antinori, president of the Florentine wine making company. In a recent interview with the newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore Antinori commented on the positive results of the investigation but also highlighted that the damage to the company’s image is “difficult to quantify”.
He also talked about the situation his company is now in and the hypothesis of changing the rules for Brunello production.
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Novità anche per il disciplinare di produzione del Franciacorta Docg: ridefinizione della base ampelografica, stabilendo che vitigni “base” sono lo Chardonnay e il Pinot nero, da soli e/o congiuntamente, senza specificazione di percentuali, mentre il Pinot bianco potrà concorrere fino al massimo del 50%; per il rosato, invece, la percentuale delle uve Pinot nero vinificate in rosa dovrà essere maggiore del 25% del totale (contro il 15% attuale), mentre il Pinot nero resta escluso per il Satèn , che diventa a tutti gli effetti una tipologia a sé stante, insieme al millesimato (37 mesi dalla vendemmia per l’immissione in consumo, di cui 30 di affinamento sui lieviti, praticamente identico a oggi) e alla riserva , tipologia nuova di zecca che di mesi prima dell’immissione in consumo ne necessita 67, di cui 60 passati sui lieviti.
Il Satèn inoltre, per il quale vengono introdotti 24 mesi di affinamento sui lieviti più 7 prima dell’immissione in consumo (lo stesso dicasi per il rosé), diviene un marchio, la cui gestione è affidata al Consorzio.
Ci saranno cambiamenti anche nel disciplinare della Doc Curtefranca, ex Terre di Frianciacorta in attesa di pubblicazione, dopo il parere positivo sul cambio di nome espresso a marzo dal Comitato Nazionale Vini. La tipologia bianco sarà minimo 50% Chardonnay, mentre Pinot bianco e nero potranno concorrere insieme o disgiuntamente per la quota restante.
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