Decanter travel guide: Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
It's not just the mountains that reach heady heights in north-eastern Italy – the local wines from terraced lands are also worth exploring, writes Michèle Shah...
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Bettino Ricasoli dies
Bettino Ricasoli, 31st Baron of Brolio, has died aged 87.
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Travel: Verona
Steeped in history, the Veneto city has a lively food scene. Here, wine industry insiders share their dining secrets with Michele Shah
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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.
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Obama celebrates with Prosecco
President Barack Obama celebrated his inauguration with Virginia wine – and Prosecco.
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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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Prosecco goes for top DOCG status
The Prosecco DOC di Conegliano-Valdobbiadene Consorzio has applied to the Italian government for promotion to the higher DOCG status.
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Gianni Masciarelli dies
The world of Italian wine is mourning the loss of Abruzzese pioneer winemaker Gianni Masciarelli, who has died of a heart attack aged 53.
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Mastroberardino: new purchase
Campania producer Piero Mastroberardino has bought a new winery in Apice.
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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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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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Mondavi company signs major deal with Veneto producer
Michael Mondavi's Folio Fine Wine Partners has just signed an agreement with Villa Sandi, a major winery in Veneto, to distribute their wines in the US.
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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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Fontanafredda may be sold
Fontanafredda, one of Piedmont’s historic Barolo estates, may be up for sale next year.
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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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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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Frescobaldi joins Stolly and Mondavi
Frescobaldi has teamed up with Stolichnaya Vodka and Michael Mondavi to create a new joint venture Tenute di Toscana
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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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Sagrantino Small wonder
Sagrantino may only constitute a small percentage of Umbria’s total production, but this vibrant red grape is punching way above its weight, writes MICHELE SHAH
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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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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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Simply a red: Hucknall launches wine
Simply Red frontman Mick Hucknall launched his new Sicilian wine in Rome last week.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Rolland appointed new Antinori consultant
Michel Rolland has been appointed consultant at Ludovico and Piero Antinori’s Bolgheri estate, Tenuta Campo di Sasso.
