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2 weeks ago | 
news.wine.co.za | Louis Thomas
Another busy Vinitaly concluded in Verona yesterday (9 April), with a total attendance of 97,000, 32,000 of whom were international visitors, a 7% increase on last year’s fair. To condense a trade show with 4,000 exhibitors showcasing as rich a wine culture as Italy’s into one article would be impossible, but what follows below is a selection of some of the points of interest, aside from the Donald Trump-shaped elephant in the room.
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2 weeks ago | 
thedrinksbusiness.com | Louis Thomas
While escalating tensions between the US and European Union may cast a long shadow over the Italian wine industry, there were plenty more topics up for discussion at this year’s Vinitaly. Louis Thomas reports. Another busy concluded in Verona yesterday (9 April), with a total attendance of 97,000, 32,000 of whom were international visitors, a 7% increase on last year’s fair.
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3 weeks ago | 
thedrinksbusiness.com | Louis Thomas
Life will return to the ancient city of Pompeii almost two millennia after it was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius thanks to a new viticultural project from Italy’s Tenute Capaldo Group. The winery is the result of a partnership between Tenute Capaldo Group (especially the wineries of Feudi di San Gregorio in Avellino, Campania and Basilisco in Basilicata) and Pompeii Archaeological Park.
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3 weeks ago | 
thedrinksbusiness.com | Louis Thomas
Louis Thomas speaks with González Byass president Mauricio González-Gordon about how the Sherry giant is trying to win a new generation of drinkers over to the Spanish fortified wine. The issue of how Sherry, a drink which for many in the UK is synonymous with memories of what their grandmother drank at Christmas, can modernise itself has been the subject of much debate among marketeers and product developers.
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1 month ago | 
news.wine.co.za | Louis Thomas
The study, called Resilience and Preparedness for the Next Global Wine Consumption Cycle, was authored by Jean-Marie Cardebat, economics professor at the University of Bordeaux, and the University of Verona’s Davide Gaeta, a professor and lecturer on wine business and agri-food markets.
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1 month ago | 
thedrinksbusiness.com | Louis Thomas
A group of West Coast Senators has introduced a bill to fund research into how to protect vine growers in California, Oregon and Washington from damage caused by smoke taint. Wildfires have been one of the biggest concerns for wine growers along the US’ West Coast in recent years. As well as the risk of vines being burnt to a cinder, even those vineyards which may appear to have escaped unscathed may still have their harvest spoiled by smoke taint.
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1 month ago | 
thedrinksbusiness.com | Louis Thomas
South American wine giant Viña Concha y Toro has posted its 2024 results, with a reported 14.5% year-on-year increase in the company’s overall sales value and further growth forecast for this year. Viña Concho y Toro oversees brands including Cono Sur, Almaviva and Don Melchor in Chile, as well as Trivento in Argentina and Bonterra Organic Estates in California.
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1 month ago | 
thedrinksbusiness.com | Louis Thomas
Italy’s Consorzio Nazionale Grappa has revealed that Sebastiano Caffo will serve as president for a second consecutive term. Caffo is the fourth generation of the Caffo spirits dynasty. His great-grandfather Giuseppe Caffo took over a distillery near Catania, eastern Sicily, in 1915. As well as a range of grappas (a pomace brandy, or ‘fire water’), Distilleria Fratelli Caffo also produces famed amaro label Vecchio Amaro del Capo.
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1 month ago | 
thedrinksbusiness.com | Louis Thomas
Italian-inspired steakhouse chain Macellaio RC has offered free corkage across its three London restaurants for more than a decade. db finds out whether the deal is too good to be true. With locations in Soho, South Kensington and Exmouth Market, Macellaio RC is the brainchild of Genova-born Roberto Costa. The restaurant’s focus is on Fassona beef, an especially delicious breed of cattle native to Piemonte, grilled and then served in the Florentine style – sliced and then presented around the bone.
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1 month ago | 
thedrinksbusiness.com | Louis Thomas
Vini Venturini has left Le Famiglie Storiche, an association of historic Amarone producers, while Bertani has now joined the organisation. Founded in 2009 as a union of 10 Amarone producers, Le Famiglie Storiche (literally meaning ‘The Historic Families’) has since grown to include 13 members – family-run Valpolicella wineries, including the likes of Allegrini, Masi, Tedeschi, Tommasi and, until recently, Vini Venturini.
