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- 299,7 million of bottles of Italian sparkling were produced in 2007
- 22 million of Italian "classic method" and 277,7 million of "Charmat method"
- 153,1 million bottles consumed in Italy and 146,3 exported
- 165,6 million bottles is the total Italian national consumption, including imported sparkling
- Over 112 million bottles consumed in the last 25 days of the year
- Franciacorta and Trento produce 16,4 million bottles
- Champagnes exports to Italy 10,3 million bottles (150,9 million total export out of 338 million total production on 2007)
- Export: Asti and Prosecco are the leaders abroad with 120 million bottles out of a total of 146 million
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The international wine market is moving further east: according to the Hong Kong International Wine Fair, by 2017 wine imports to Asian countries, excluding Japan, will reach a quota of 1.5 billion dollars.
The lion’s share will go to China, which alone (including Hong Kong) should make up 60% of the market, the equivalent of about 870 million dollars.
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Franco Biondi Santi: "Rosso di Montalcino must change its identity, Brunello instead must remain 100% Sangiovese"
“Rosso di Montalcino must change its identity, with a modification of the disciplinary that would allow it to mix Sangiovese with the few other varietals that have roots in the territory. Instead, Brunello must remain 100% Sangiovese”. This is the idea that Franco Biondi Santi (who has run for the past forty years the historic winery that actually invented Brunello di Montalcino in the 1800’s).It is an idea (by a man whose Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Biondi Santi 1955 is the only Italian wine to make it onto the 12 wines of the century list by the cult American magazine Wine Spectator) that makes up one of the proposals in the debate over whether to modify the Brunello di Montalcino disciplinary that currently requires the use of solely Sangiovese grapes.
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In the sixties, the vineyards of Sangiovese that were used to produce Brunello di Montalcino barely reached 60 hectares, there were about 20 producers, the bottles that were produced were no more than 150,000; during the same period, hectares planted with Nebbiolo in the Barolo area were 500, 115 producers/bottlers, and 3,000,000 bottles of Barolo produced per year.
While, however, Barolo did not have a leader, Brunello di Montalcino already had one with its founding father, Biondi Santi, the artisan who, over time, had kept the banner high for the quality and the price of an aristocratic, rare, precious Brunello that was accessible to the very few who could afford it.
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- 299 millions of bottles of Italian sparkling exported
- 153 millions of bottles of Italian sparkling drunk in Italy
- 165 millions of bottles drunk in Italy including imported sparkling
- 146 millions of bottles sent to the 25 EU countries and to other 32 countries
- 72% of domestic consumption during the 25 day of Christmas and New Year (used to be 80% on 1998)
- 2,3 billions of Euro is the total turnover of sparkling sold in Italy
- 3,4 millions are the usual drinkers of sparkling and Champagne
- 2,8 bottles are drunk in Italy per capite on 2007
So far in 2008, Italian sperkling wine recorded an increase of export turnover of 60%, while the increase of export volume is only 10%.
Source: Osservatorio Nazionale Economico Spumanti (Ones)
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The "Carabinieri" have seized 30,400 litres of sophisticated wine while being transported over a tanker.
The liquid would have been produced in a wine cellar located in Cutrofiano (Lecce) which supposed to be sealed due a judiciary seizure, therefore it was believed to be disused from several years. Inside the wine cellar there were other tanker similar to these loaded on the truck.
The truck was heading to the northern province of Alessandria.
The trasportation documents found on board stated "Red Wine Table - title alcohol effective and total 12 degree".
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In a bid to become a dominant player in the regional fine wine market, Macau has eliminated its 15% tax on wine.
The move follows a similar decision by neighbouring Hong Kong which scrapped taxes on wine and beer in its spring 2008 budget.
A 10% tax on beer has also been lifted, though a duty of 10% remains on drinks containing more than 30% alcohol.
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