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Antinori plans vast new cellar, HQ, museum
Marchesi Antinori has launched a €40m project to build an ultra modern cellar and headquarters at Bargino in the hills above Florence.
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Château Faugères sold
Silvio Denz, a London-based Swiss entrepreneur, has bought St Emilion Château Faugères. The sale was signed on 4 April 2005.
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Italian estate first to use glass stopper
The Manincor estate in Lake Caldaro, near Bolzano, will be the first Italian producer to use glass closures on his wines.
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Rolland appointed new Antinori consultant
Michel Rolland has been appointed consultant at Ludovico and Piero Antinori’s Bolgheri estate, Tenuta Campo di Sasso.
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Spoleto festival to include top wineries
Spoleto, one of Umbria’s most renowned medieval towns, is opening its gates to 200 wine estates.
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Piedmont vineyards attacked by disease
A virulent vine disease has broken out in Piedmont causing widespread devastation in some areas and prompting fears that hundreds of hectares of vineyard could be lost.
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Italian harvest: producers upbeat despite drought fears
With the spectre of drought haunting wine regions across Europe this summer, Italian producers have moved to counter suggestions of a difficult 2005 vintage.
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Alto Adige producer converts to glass stoppers
Italian biodynamic producer Rainer Loacker will be converting his entire production to German-made glass stoppers.
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Italy’s producers eye the skies with trepidation
What was initially billed at a top quality vintage in Italy is keeping producers on tenterhooks.
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Abramovich eyes Italian property
Chelsea boss Roman Abramovich looks set to add to his global empire by buying a Tuscan wine estate.
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Simply a red: Hucknall launches wine
Simply Red frontman Mick Hucknall launched his new Sicilian wine in Rome last week.
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Chianti: 9m bottles seized in fraud investigation
The equivalent of over 9m bottles of Chianti Classico has been seized by Italian authorities from top Tuscan estates including Ruffino as part of a fraud inquiry.
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Campari buys Teruzzi & Puthod
Top San Gimignano estate Teruzzi & Puthod has been bought by The Campari Group for an estimated €12m, further expanding its wine portfolio.
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Fonterutoli buys new Tuscan property
Castello di Fonterutoli, one of Chianti Classico’s top estates, has bought Il Caggio, its neighbouring property.
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GIV, Brown Forman deal on Bolla
Italy’s largest wine company Gruppo Italiano Vini and the American Brown Forman Corporation are about to cement a major deal regarding wine producer Bolla of Verona.
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First release from French-Italian joint venture in Maremma
Castellare di Castellina owner Piero Panerai and Eric de Rothschild have launched the first wine from their joint-owned Tuscan estate.
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First release from French – Italian collaboration in Maremma
Castellare di Castellina owner Paolo Panerai has launched the first wine from his Tuscan estate – with help from DBR winemaker, Christian Le Sommer.
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Fontanafredda may be sold
Fontanafredda, one of Piedmont’s historic Barolo estates, may be up for sale next year.
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Chianti joins international alliance to protect place names
Chianti Classico is the first Italian region to join an international alliance dedicated to protecting the exclusivity and originality of wine regions.
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Italy joins rest of Europe in expecting an early harvest
Italy’s first official 2007 harvest preview, published by Unione Italiana Vini, predicts this year’s vintage will be the earliest harvest in the last 30 years.
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Frescobaldi releases new Luce wine
Ten years after the release of Luce, Italian producer Frescobldi has launched a new Brunello wine under the Luce label.
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Mastroberardino: new purchase
Campania producer Piero Mastroberardino has bought a new winery in Apice.
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Italian sparkling wine exports blossom
Italy’s sparkling wine exports registered a 29% increase in sales last year, with UK sales rising nearly 100%.
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Message in a bottle: Sting launches his own red wine
International rock star Sting is preparing to launch a red wine produced from his Tuscan vineyard.
