Wine Idea's wine news for October 24, 2024!

1. Wine Capitals Discover Veneto: Eight Veronese Winners for Wine Tourism Yesterday, October 22, guests of the Great Wine Capitals International Conference enjoyed an experience between Verona and Venice. The event, created to promote collaboration and the development of wine tourism, celebrated Veneto excellence, welcomed at Palazzo Balbi by the Vice President of the Veneto Region, Elisa De Berti. Veneto wines are a world-class excellence thanks to the combination of terroir, native vines, and tradition.

2. Piedmont: the most capricious grape variety dresses up for the party The most difficult Piedmontese grape variety to grow is celebrated at a time when competition and the drive for excellence are central. As in a race, those at the top spare no energy to reach the podium, symbolizing the commitment of the producers.

3. Chianti Colli Fiorentini: Gambero Rosso's Red Wine of the Year Niccolò Rossi, together with his siblings Ludovica and Leonardo, presents his Chianti Colli Fiorentini as the perfect union between roots and experimentation. Described as elegant and authentic, their wine was chosen as Gambero Rosso's Red Wine of the Year.

4. Puglia Wine Festival: culture, art and autumn flavours in Rutigliano From 25 to 27 October 2024, Rutigliano will host the Puglia Wine Festival, three evenings dedicated to wine and the food and wine excellences of Puglia. A mix of shows, traditional music, art and guided tours will enliven the city dressed in the colours of autumn.

5. Su'entu launches two cru wines with the Tèrruas project The Su'entu winery in Sanluri presents two new cru wines: Tèrruas Cannonau di Sardegna DOC Riserva and Tèrruas Vermentino Superiore Cagliari DOC. The new line aims to enhance the microterroir of Marmilla, intended mainly for the HoReCa market.

6. NAS in action: fine for a winery for irregularities in the registers A winery was fined 3,500 euros for not having prepared the HACCP manual and the winemaking registers. No irregularities were found in the grape transformation process.

7. United Kingdom: New wine tax and price increases The new wine tax in the United Kingdom is also worrying Italy, one of the country's main wine suppliers. The WSTA (Wine & Spirit Trade Association) is raising the alarm and calling for collaboration between British retailers to address the situation.

8. Rocca di Frassinello celebrates 20 harvests in the cellar designed by Renzo Piano Rocca di Frassinello, one of the most prestigious wineries in the Maremma, celebrates its 20 harvests. Born from the collaboration between Paolo Panerai and Eric de Rothschild, the company combines the best of Tuscan and French grape varieties.

9. Cantina Tramin: Gewürztraminer Spätlese Epokale reaches new heights The Tramin winery has decided to extend the refinement of its 2017 Epokale, Gewürztraminer Spätlese, by one year to obtain the maximum qualitative expression. The official presentation will be in 2025.

10. Veneto: the winners of the “Best of Wine Tourism” 2024 Eight Veneto companies have been awarded for their excellence in wine tourism: from Pasqua Vigneti e Cantine to Monteleone21 Masi Wine Experience, passing through Ottella and Palazzo Montanari. These representatives of Veneto will compete for the Global Best of Wine Tourism Award.

11. Emotions from the World: Etna Winery Wins Only Sicilian Gold Medal Emotions from the World saw numerous Italian wines awarded, with the only Sicilian gold medal going to an Etna winery for a Cabernet. Valcalepio wines dominated, with 40 gold medals overall.

12. Gianni Tessari launches Durello AD 13.21, a collectible wine Gianni Tessari presents AD 13.21 Monti Lessini DOC, a limited edition Durello Metodo Classico, which redraws the boundaries of Durello with two selected vintages. A wine for connoisseurs, to be tasted in the setting of Val d'Alpone.

13. Food&Wine Italia Awards: Cantina Tollo awards Berberè and Cuochi Ma Buoni Cantina Tollo, a historic Abruzzo cooperative, awarded the Berberè and Cuochi Ma Buoni projects for their commitment to innovation and social responsibility during the Food&Wine Italia Awards, held in Rome.

14. Verona: the 100 best Veronese wines awarded in the “Top 100” Guide During the awards ceremony at the Teatro Ristori in Verona, the best Veronese wines of the “Top 100” Guide were celebrated. The selection was made by a jury of sommeliers, who chose the 100 best from over 1,500 samples.

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