The wine news for Saturday 8 June 2024!

Cagliari, Paris and Gorizia: the wines of the Quartu winery conquer Italy and Europe. Three prestigious competitions and as many gold medals for the wines of the Quartu winery, based in Maracalagonis. Gold was won at the "Grenaches du Monde" in Paris by Cannonau Helena from the 2023 harvest. Gold also for Vermentino Arenas and Kalais at the international competition in Cagliari. It also happened at the "Gorizia city of wine" competition, an international wine competition. The gold in this case came with the 2021 Moscato and with the Vermentini doc Sardegna 2023 Arenas and Kalais. «With the Moscato Pascas – says the president – we won the great gold medal, a prize of absolute, maximum, prestige».

Agriculture: Imprudent, the 6 million tender to transform companies into agritourisms and farms is now underway. Incentivize agricultural companies to grow, diversifying their activities to encourage the creation of agritourisms, educational farms and structures dedicated to social agriculture. This, in summary, is the main objective of the SRD03 call called "Investments in agricultural companies for diversification into non-agricultural activities", aimed at supporting the rebalancing of the rural territory and encouraging agricultural companies in the creation, development and modernization of sustainable agritourism structures . The notice was published by the Abruzzo Region, at the instigation of the Agriculture Department, as part of the Rural Development Complement (CSR), which replaced the Rural Development Program (PSR).

Cantina Puiatti alongside Vinventions presents NOMACORC Pops Ocean. Tomorrow, Saturday 8 June, on the occasion of World Oceans Day, Cantina Puiatti launches a limited edition of its iconic Ribolla Gialla Metodo Classico with NOMACORC Pops Ocean cork. It will be the first winery in the world to use this sustainable circular economy cap. NOMACORC Pops Ocean is the first sparkling wine stopper made using recycled plastic waste destined to end up in the oceans. This waste is called Ocean Bound Plastic (OBP).

Kaltern, one of the oldest South Tyrolean wineries: 124 years old and 590 members. Here are the wines. Cantina Kaltern, founded 124 years ago in 1900 and currently chaired by Christian Sinn, is one of the most important cooperative wineries in Alto Adige. The winery develops around a lake which is the largest natural basin in the region and the oldest DOC area of Trentino-Alto Adige, where Schiava, a vine that has been reborn in its noblest expression for some years, grows at its best.

Wine in 300 words: Carignano del Sulcis Terre Brune 2019 Cantina Santadi. Giacomo Tachis said that Sardinian wines are wines of light. True, the bright red of this great classic that made history is indescribable. We enjoy the perfect fusion between the fruit and the wood and we admire the elegance and finesse that makes this drink absolutely enjoyable and contemporary after so many years.

Historic moment for wine in the Marche: Castelli di Jesi Verdicchio Superiore will go from DOC to DOCG. Milan was the perfect scene to present, in preview, with the Consortium Istituto Marchigiano di Tutela Vini and 15 producers of Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi, the new regulations. An important change that President Michele Bernetti explained: «For us producers of Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi it is a truly significant historical moment. The modification of the specification constitutes a real step forward on the qualitative path of this denomination, bringing the Superiore version from DOC to DOCG like the Riserva. These wines represent the true ambassadors of Castelli di Jesi: less vine and more territory."

The Sorso-Sennori winery triumphs at the Città del Vino competition. The producers of Sorso and Sennori won awards at the XXII International Wine Competition Città del Vino 2024, held this year in Gorizia. Moscato di Sorso-Sennori DOC has won two important awards, confirming its excellence and territorial typicality.

Wine, a short film celebrates the Mosnel Franciacorta winery. A short film to celebrate Mosnel. It was signed by the journalist and director Massimo Zanichelli who told the story of the historic Franciacorta winery in images, offering two versions, one longer and another more concise and personal, which will be distributed online starting from 10 June. “We strongly wanted to tell our story and daily life in the company, in the alternation of the seasons and the processes that create the magic of Franciacorta”, explain the brothers Giulio and Lucia Barzanò.

From the East to Northern and Eastern Europe, the promotion of Italian wine seeks to open new markets. If the bulk of Italian wine imports are concentrated in countries such as the USA, UK, Germany and Canada, the markets of the Far East and those of Eastern and Northern Europe are increasingly interesting destinations for Italian wineries. Numerous Italian wineries were present at Vinexpo Hong Kong, including Saracco, Damilano, Sordo and Apollonio, and many others.

The wine market, between reds, whites and bubbles, between future and history, according to Santa Margherita. At WineNews Andrea Conzonato, CEO of the Marzotto family wine group, launches “Harmonia Mundi”, the sparkling wine created in Venice for Venice. Santa Margherita has invested in more than 780 hectares of vineyards in 10 estates, from Conegliano-Valdobbiadene to Alto Adige, from Lugana to Franciacorta, from Chianti Classico to Maremma, from Sicily to Sardinia.

The 10 best Trebbiano d'Abruzzo chosen by Gambero Rosso. Known since ancient Rome under the name Trebulanum, Trebbiano is the grape variety that produces the largest quantity of wine in the world. The characteristics that have led to the enormous diffusion of Trebbiano are its resistance to diseases and parasites, its great adaptability and its very strong productivity. In Italy we find it in almost all regions.

Wine: the Masaf signature on the expense reporting exemption for the wine sector is positive. The decree signed by the Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry, Francesco Lollobrigida, was positive, declaring the state of exceptional adverse weather conditions which allows, in the wine sector, to derogate from the limit of 30% of the minimum expenditure for restructuring and reconversion of vineyards, reducing this limit to 3%. A measure requested several times by Coldiretti, together with the possibility of reporting the expenses relating to the work carried out in the economy.

"Nudo" by Siddùra best rosé wine in the world competition in Barcelona. With 96 points out of 100, the Cannonau di Sardegna Nudo 2023 wine, Doc Rosato di Siddùra, is the first classified in the international competition reserved for rosé wines, the "50 Great Rosé Wines of the World Competition" 2024 in Barcelona. The jury, after having blindly tasted the products from France, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Serbia and other countries, decreed that the best rosé in the world is a wine from the Luogosanto winery, in the heart of Gallura. This recognition is significant for Sardinian rosé, considering the influence on the market that this type of grape variety has been having in recent years. According to data from the World Rosé Wine Observatory of the French Ministry of Agriculture, one in ten bottles of wine consumed is rosé.

Wine, Italy second in the world. Italy is the second world operator for wine, with exports that have grown by 188% in twenty years. It is the fifth for spirits and also records a positive trend for vinegars. These are the data that emerged from an analysis by the Federvini Observatory, in collaboration with Nomisma and TradeLab, dedicated to the exports of the Bel Paese and presented during the Federvini General Assembly in Rome. The sector is worth 21.5 billion euros in turnover, has 2,600 companies and 30,000 employees, representing 21% of Italian food & beverage exports.

The future of wine and the most important dossiers, between Europe and Italy, according to Federvini. President Micaela Pallini's reflections on WineNews: “There are many important questions still open, in the EU and beyond, first and foremost the theme of "wine and health", on which we need to educate on responsible consumption, and not prohibit, which is a logic that it often also turns out to be harmful. Consumption and consumers are changing, and especially young people are increasingly attentive to health, sustainability, certifications and so on”.

City of Wine: 48 Grand Gold Medals and 318 golds at the International Wine Competition. There were 48 Grand Gold Medals, of which 38 were awarded by Italy and 10 by foreign wines, while there were 318 Gold Medals, of which 269 were Italian and 49 from other nations. The highest score ever was obtained by a wine from Portugal, the Caves Santa Marta Porto 20 Anos from Caves Santa Marta; while the first Italian wine was a Marche Rosso Igt Passito from the Stefano Mancinelli farm in Morro d'Alba (AN). This, in summary, is what emerged from the 2024 edition of the Città del Vino International Wine Competition, the selections of which took place in Gorizia, the splendid City of Wine, in the evocative location of the nineteenth-century gymnasium of the Goriziana Gymnastics Union, right in the center historical.

MASI, conference in Verona "Agricultural Businesses: Fragility, Resilience, Success". The meeting entitled "Agricultural Enterprises: Fragility, Resilience, Success" was held yesterday in Verona, at the headquarters of Banca Passadore, promoted by Banca Passadore, the Lambertini & Associati law firm and Masi Agricola, with the qualified intervention of Confagricoltura. During the conference, the first of a series of further in-depth studies, corporate, legal and fiscal aspects were examined, as well as the regulatory and management peculiarities of the company in the primary sector: the agricultural business in both family and corporate form. The introductory speeches were given by PierGiovanni Ferrarese, President of Youth Confagricoltura Verona, by Alberto De Togni, President of Confagricoltura Verona and by Massimiliano Giansanti, National President of Confagricoltura.

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