Monday, November 9, 2015
IW&SP: 8 Italian wines tasting
On 9th of November 2015, IW&SP (Italian Wine & Style Promotion) - a consortium of 9 quality wine producers from 4 important wine regions of Italy - organized a wine tasting at Enoteca Italiana/Shanghai Yishang venue.
Wines tasted:
- Fongaro, Gran Cuvee, 2010 (Durella, Chardonnay)
- Colli Vicentini, Merlot Torre dei vescovi, Vicenza DOC, 2013 (Merlot)
- Colli di Sopra, Lara, Toscana Rosso IGT, 2013 (Mrlot, Syrah)
- Colle Manore, Barchetta, Monferrato DOC, 2012 (Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot)
- Cantina di Verona, Veronese, Rosso IGT 2012 (Corvina, Canernet, Merlot)
- La Collina dei Ciliegi, Amarone della Valpolicella DOC, 2011 (Corvia, Corvinone, Rondinella)
- Castello delle Regine, Princeps, Umbria Rosso IGT, 2004 (Cabernet, Sangiovese, Merlot)
- Il Botolo, Moscato d’Asti DOCG, 2014 (Moscato)
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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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)
Saturday, May 2, 2015
Top 10 Italian wines
IRI (International Research Institute), provided at Vinitaly wine fair a ranking of the “10 most popular wines for Italians” considering wines sold in Italian supermarkets, in all types of formats in 2014.
Ranked first is Lambrusco, with 13.3 million liters. Follow Chianti (11.7 million), Bonarda (8 million), Barbera (7.7), Montepulciano (7.6), Chardonnay (7), Sangiovese (6.3), Nero d’Avola (5.8) , Vermentino (5.7) and Prosecco (5).