Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Decanter: facts and figures
- Decanter Magazine was established in 1975, today it is sold in print in 92 countries
- Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) is one of the world’s largest and most influential wine competitions. Judged by top wine experts from around the globe, DWWA is trusted internationally for its rigorous judging process.
- Decanter Asia Wine Award[/b] (DAWA) is Asia’s largest and most trusted wine competition. Judged by Asia top wine experts, it aims to provide a trusted source of recommendation for Asian consumers.
- Decanter.com offers wine news, columns and recommendations.
- Decanterchina.com is a bilingual (English and Chinese) website for Chinese wine lovers.
- Decanter Events offers a programme of major wine tastings around the world.
Monday, November 2, 2015
Shanghai, Gambero Rosso TRE BICCHIERI 2015
Tre Bicchieri World Tour is a roadshow dedicated exclusively to wines awarded with the “Three Glasses” (Tre Bicchieri), the most prestigious award for Italian wines.
The Tre Bicchieri World Tour came in Shanghai, the Chinese financial capital, on November 2nd, providing an unique opportunity for professionals and wine lovers, to meet personally the winemakers. The event attracted, as usual, more than 1200 guests, who tasted the very best of Italian wines presented by more than 100 producers.
The new Chinese edition of the Italian Wine Guide (Vini d’Italia) will also be presented. The most widely read and authoritative in the world, Italian Wine Guide 2015 includes reviews and notes on 2402 wineries, over 20000 wines of which 423 labels have been awarded “Tre Bicchieri“.
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Castello di Montepò, Sassoalloro IGT
Castello di Montepò (Jacopo Biondi Santi), Sassoalloro 2005, IGT Tuscany Red
Region: Tuscany
Grape: 100% Sangiovese Grosso
Alchol: 14%
Ageing: 14 months oak barrique
AIS Tasting Sheet
Visual Analysis: ruby red, limpid, consistent
Olfactory Analysis: intense, fine, quite complex: fruity, spicy, ethereal
Taste-Olfactory Analysis: dry, warm, soft; quite fresh, tannic, quite sapid; balanced, quite intense, quite persistent, fine; mature to old, quite harmonious
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Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Focus: Prosecco in China
Italy is the 2nd largest “sparkling” exporter - after France - in value with 840 million €, 1st exporter in volume with 2.4 million hl
Prosecco with 540 million € represents 60% of global Italian sparkling export
China imports 3.97 million € of Prosecco which represents 33% of total Italian sparkling import
Prosecco export is a very concentrated market, the first 3 destination countries account for 62% of the global market, the first 10 countries account for 85%
China is the 14th destination country, with 3.97 million € which represents 0.8% of the global Prosecco export
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Harvest 2015: Italy 1st wine producer worldwide
source: EU
“Italy is still the home of wine, once again becoming the worldwide leader in the production … In 2014 17% of bottles of wines sold in the world were Italians, 28% of the bottles sold in Europe”, said Mr. Martina, Italian Minister of Agricultural Policies
“But the price positioning gap between France and Italy is still big. The average price of a bottled French wine is $ 5.46 per liter compared to the $ 3.63 of the Italian” states a research of Wine Management Lad of SDA Bocconi
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Barolo allows non-cork closures
Anche il Barolo rinuncia al tappo di sughero 
A fare da apripista l’Agricola Brandini di La Morra che per l’annata 2011 utilizzerà per copertura tappi alternativi ecologici derivati dalla canna da zucchero.
source: La Repubblica - see full article
Thursday, October 8, 2015
Top 5 Italian wine region
2015 - Veneto is again the top producer, with 9.3 million hl (wine and must)
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Friday, September 18, 2015
Weingut Rings from Pfalz (Germany) wine tasting
Jorg ans Wsana invited to a nice and informal German wine tasting. The very first 4 bottles in China (hand-carried) of Weingut Rings - the 200th and newest addition to VDP members - showed 4 rieslings from the same winery with very distinctive taste.
Since 1 June 2015, Weingut Rings in Freinsheim/Pfalz has been accepted as a new member of the VDP national association, the 200th estate to be ranked. The VDP.Pfalz now has a total of 26 member estates.
“In order to guarantee a constantly high level of top-quality products and estates, new members are only accepted after a stringent examination. Not only is continuous wine quality a decisive prerequisite for membership, but also a commitment to sustainable viticulture and the preservation of great sites.”
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Barolo Boys - The Story of a Revolution
“Barolo Boys - The Story of a Revolution” is a 2014 documentary film about the story of a group of young winemakers who in the 80’s and 90’s dramatically changed the world of Barolo wine, in the Langhe, north-western Italy.
After almost 30 years, what is left of that experience? As one of the film’s characters (Marc De Grazia) asks, “what revolution has ever been successful?”
Thanks to The Wine Guy for organizing the event: movie broadcast and Marchesi di Barolo wine tasting.
(Sep 15th, 2015 at YunCai Cafe on 260 ChangShou Rd, Shanghai)
Tuesday, September 8, 2015
-3.48% Italian wine in China
In the first half year of 2015, it seemed that the wine market was rebounding.
According to data from CAWS (China Association of Importer & Export of Wine & Spirit), 1st semester of 2015 saw imported wine total +30.7% (value, year/year), bottled wine category (which excludes sparkling and bulk wine) +33.2% (value, year/year).
-3.48% Italian bottled wine in China
Italy, the 5th largest exporter with 4.79% market share, registered an increase of + 21,20% in quantity (over 15 million bottles), but a decrease of 3.48% in value (about 37 million Euro), as a result the average price dropped below 2.5 Euro/bottle (750 ml)
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