Natural wine: a great debate
Recently natural wine is a hot topic. Many wine industry professionals are discussing the matter and the usual questions raised are:
- Should sulphur be allowed or not?
- Do natural wines reveal terroir better than conventional wines?
- Has natural wine changed our notion of flaws?
Most controversial of all is the definition of natural wine in the first place. In fact, despite recent news of the ‘Vin Méthode Nature’ charter in France (March 2020), on a global level, there is still no definitive definition of natural wine.
Continue reading “Natural wine: a great debate”The Bulk Wine Club has published the latest data: why Italy and France need to import such a large quantity of bulk wines?
The Bulk Wine Club has published the latest data relating to the 10 largest exporters and importers of bulk wine (packaging over 10 liters).
From January 2019 to January 2020, the global bulk wine trade reached 33.93 million hectoliters (13% of world wine production estimated at 260 mhl), for a total of 2,472 million euros. These figures represent a 2% increase in volume terms, but a 5.6% decrease in value. The average price fell 7.4% to 0.73 €/liter.
Continue reading “The Bulk Wine Club has published the latest data: why Italy and France need to import such a large quantity of bulk wines?”Of the wine I love to tell you everything that there is before the glass …
… del vino amo raccontare tutto quello che c’è prima del bicchiere, perché dal bicchiere in poi ognuno se la gioca come vuole …
Continue reading “Of the wine I love to tell you everything that there is before the glass …”Wine tastings: a delicate balance between objective and subjective factors.
However much one tries to study wines, to be professional and precise during a wine tasting, we must admit that other factors can influence results. We need to understand how the brain builds associations and meanings around the brand and to recognize the unconscious drivers behind the preference for a particular wine.
Continue reading “Wine tastings: a delicate balance between objective and subjective factors.”Stop Italian sounding!
Browsing in a fine supermarket in the modern city-state of Singapore, I was suddenly shocked when I noticed a bottle of PriSecco, shameless copy of Prosecco, one of the most famous Italian sparkling wines in the world.
Continue reading “Stop Italian sounding!”Is modern agriculture environmentally sustainable? [Part 1]
From the “Green Revolution” to the “New Green Revolution”.
In 1944 the “Green Revolution” aims to improve the productivity of agricultural cultures through the introduction of new and modern agronomic techniques.
Continue reading “Is modern agriculture environmentally sustainable? [Part 1]”Starbucks offers traditional Italian wine.
Shanghai, 99 Beijing East Road.
Had a noon coffee at an unfamiliar Starbucks named Starbucks Reserve Bar Mixato | Café & Bar.
Staff says: “Later in the day, Bar Mixato will offer traditional Italian wine and beer and complimentary small plates.”
Continue reading “Starbucks offers traditional Italian wine.”A vineyard costs more than an island in the Caribbean Sea
Italian vineyards cost more than a Caribbean island with prices rising from 1 million euros per hectare for Brunello and Barolo (Barolo premium “cru” prices reaching up to 2.5 million euros per hectare).
Figures higher than that these required to buy an island in the Bahamas, which can be bought for just over 2 million euros, as in the case of Lobster Island and just below the price of a resort-island in the Maldives (Soneva Jani), which also goes around 2.6 million euros.
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