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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