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The Agriturismo: Italy’s best kept secrets
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Wining & dining in vineyards
Gourmet winery restaurants are popping up all over Italy, making the touring of vineyards less hard work. So get packing for a truly gastronomic break, says Kerin O’Keefe��
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Phylloxera: The great escape
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Chianti Classico divorce papers come through
The Chianti Classico Consorzio has confirmed that after 78 years of distancing itself from the Chianti denomination, the divorce is now final.
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Barbaresco winemaker Angelo Rocca dies
Celebrated Barbaresco wine producer Angelo Rocca has died in a plane crash.
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US love affair with Italy
Why the US can't get enough of Italian wine
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Cult Barolo producer Teobaldo Cappellano dies
Teobaldo Cappellano, the respected and controversial Barolo producer, has died at 65.
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Nebbiolo is viognier cousin, conference hears
Nebbiolo, one of Italy’s most famous black grape varieties, is related to the aromatic viognier, DNA boffins have found.
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Montalcino rallies round as Soldera’s Brunellos are destroyed
Vandals have destroyed thousands of litres of ageing Brunello in the cellars of cult producer Gianfranco Soldera.
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Thousands of hectolitres of fraudulent Pinot Grigio seized in Italy
One of Italy’s biggest fraudulent wine rings has been smashed by the Italian Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Services.
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Antinoris buy Marlborough vineyards
Tuscan producers Lodovico and Piero Antinori have just bought a major tract of vineland in New Zealand.
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Brunello may change ratings system
The Brunello di Montalcino Consorzio is considering changing the way the official rating for Brunello is decided.
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Government and consorzio clash over Brunello
The Italian government and the Brunello consorzio are at loggerheads as to who will take charge of the ongoing crisis over alleged adulteration of the wine.
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Brunello on the Brink
An overhyped 2003 vintage, a fraud scandal, and the threat of a US ban has left Brunello in crisis. Could subregions be the answer, asks KERIN O’KEEFE
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Hail devastates Brunello crop
A hailstorm accompanied by 100km winds devastated much of Montalcino’s Brunello crop earlier this month.
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Banfi scorns report on Brunello ‘contamination’
Brunello producer Banfi has strongly disputed reports that grapes other than Sangiovese have been found in their wine.
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L’espresso, La Repubblica sued by Brunello
The Consorzio of Brunello di Montalcino is suing two major Italian newspapers for defamation.
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Banfi Brunello released
Siena prosecutors have released Banfi’s 2003 Brunello, confiscated in April as part of an investigation into commercial fraud regarding grape blending.
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Brunello: no change in the rules, producers vote
Brunello di Montalcino producers have voted by a landslide to leave the wine 100% Sangiovese.
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New Chianti incinerator ignites local opposition
A vast new incinerator is planned in Tuscany – a stone’s throw from the celebrated estates of Chianti Rufina.
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Soave’s quiet revolution
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Gaja ‘cold and soulless’: Gambero Rosso
One of Italy’s most esteemed producers has been described as ‘cold and soulless’ by the editor of the Guide which has honored him more than any other Italian producer.
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Mendocino bans GM crops
Mendocino has become the first county in California – and the USA - to ban the cultivation of genetically modified organisms.
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Massive AOC shake-up proposed
Appellations president Rene Renou is planning revolutionary changes to the French wine laws as a cure for the ‘hangover’ winemakers are suffering from.
