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2014 Harvest: Mostly Challenging
In 2014 many wine producers across Italy were confronted by challenging weather conditions, such as low temperatures in spring and prolonged rains in summer. According to the Unione Italiana Vini (UIV), 2014 production in Italy is estimated to be around 41 million hectoliters, which constitutes a decrease of 15% compared to 48.2 million hl in...
According to the latest Sinab report (Sistema Informazione Nazionale Agricoltura Biologica) going green is a continuing trend particularly in Italy where organic vineyards in 2012 accounted for 57,347 ha (20,410 ha in conversion) which corresponded to 9% of Italy’s total vineyard area surface. From 2011 to 2012 the surface area dedicated to...
Italy – Leading wine exporter in 2013!
According to Unione Italiana Vini (UIV), Italy sealed its position as the world’s top exporter in 2013 for the second year in a row! Italy exported a staggering 1.2 billion liter of bottled wine; and was only exceeded by Spain with regards to bulk wine. These are positive figures despite the challenging 2012 harvest. Export measured in terms...
Institute of Masters of Wine’s Symposium in Florence
For the 8th time the Institute of Masters of Wine is arranging a Symposium, this time in the enchanting city of Florence in one of Italy’s most famous wine regions, Tuscany. The event will take place from the 15th – 18th of May and bring together close to 100 Masters of Wine and top speakers from the industry. The aim of the Master of...
In 2013, exports of Italian sparkling wine hit a new record! According to the sales figures by Unione Italiana Vini (www.uiv.it) at the end of November 2013 volumes and values had already exceeded the total in 2012 by 1.9 million hectoliters (+14%) to a value of € 668 million (+19%). Among the major consuming countries of Italian fizz,...
Spring and Wine Networking 2014
Spring is THE Wine Fair season and the most important European wine fairs run from January to June. Here is an overview for your convenience. Happy 2014 wine networking! Arezzo (Italy) : Tuscany Wine, 18-19 January. App. Number of exhibitors: 200 Verona (Italy) : Anteprima Amarone 2010, 25-26 January. App. Number of exhibitors:...
From North to South, the first frost has now caused leaves to fall in the vineyards, and most vines around Italy have entered their dormant state. The big question now is how the latest harvest turned out both in terms of quantity and quality?! One of the most reliable sources to answer this question is the Associazione Enologi Enotecnici...
“Kogebog fra Kongernes Nordsjælland” translates “The Danish Kings’ Cookbook” and is the title of a new publication by Vibeke and Ulrikke Gercke. The cookbook is a journey around the beautiful castles of northern Denmark and each castle is related to mouth watering recipes. The style is “Nordic Noir”: at the same time elegant...
One of Denmark’s leading newspapers “Jyllands Posten” recently brought an article about Susanne and Litta Larsen. Susanne is the owner and founder of Agenzia Larsen-Roma and her daughter Litta Larsen came into the company as a minority partner a little over a year ago. Read the full article (in Danish) on Jyllands Posten Read the...
It came as a surprise to most of us when Agea (Azienda per le Erogazioni in Agricoltura) recently released the Italian wine production values for 2012. It turns out the 2012 vintage was NOT such a small harvest after all! As Italian wine producers declared in total 45.6 mill hl. Agea reports the latest vintage to be 2% larger than 2011! This...