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The Italian wine tourism offer remains strongly focused on traditional tastings, which account for 70.8% of the total. Special experiences are growing, given the increasing presence of food and wine and picnic proposals, which together reach 18% of the offer, while online events and experiences each account for about 5% of the total. The offer stea...

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Valpolicella is a famous name in the Italian wine industry, and while many associate the word with a charming, medium-bodied red, Valpolicella also refers to an area where several accomplished wines are produced entirely or primarily from local indigenous varietals. These wines include Amarone, one of Italy’s most robust and regal reds, Ripasso, a...

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Winemakers usually have expensive underground cellars to age their wine, but one Italian innovator decided to be different and age his wine at the bottom of the ocean — producing exceptional wine and great returns. The global wine market is one of the most competitive, but innovative products can still stand out against the world’s most storied bra...

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A 56,250 euro label sold for three times its initial estimate. In an auction in which the sum of 376,625 euros was reached for 132 bottles. The wine that turns the heads of collectors around the world, managing to move record figures, is located in the heart of Tuscany: we are talking about Masseto - from the Frescobaldi Group - brother of another...

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One of the thrills of living in Italy is being immersed in a nationwide passion for wine. This is a country that — with a massive 400-plus grape varieties and a string of constantly emerging globally-acclaimed wines — inevitably hovers close to the top of the list for wine aficionados.  Wine is enmeshed in the very fabric of Italy. Viniculture had...

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As showtime approaches, long lines of auto and pedestrian traffic converge on Madison Square Garden in New York for a concert starring one of the world’s premier opera singers. Fans are arriving from near and far to see and hear Andrea Bocelli, who is making his final appearance in a US tour of sold-out performances. Backstage, Bocelli studies his...

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A sector worth a treasure. It is the Made in Italy food & beverage industry that does not seem to know any setbacks. Over the past decade, the value of food and beverage exports has almost doubled (+81%), rising from 33.5 billion in 2013 to 60.7 billion in 2022. In practice, as shown in the Ismea analysis, shipments of agri-food products have incre...

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Vinitaly debuts in the U.S., which is and remains the top market for Italian wine. It will be Chicago that will hold this debut, October 22-23, 2023 at the city's CineCity Studios, with the partnership between Vinitaly and the International Wine Expo of Chicago. It is a project created to organize a prestigious business-to-business event between It...

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In 2022, Italian wine exports confirmed the United States as the top destination, capable of billing up to 1.86 billion euros (Istat data), accounting for just under a quarter of total Italian wine exports, which closed the year at 7.87 billion euros.  Not far from the total wine imports in the USA in the same period, which reached 6.68 billion eur...

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Istituto Trento Doc returns to New York on May 9th to celebrate its classic method sparkling wine of Trentino, and the dedicated producers of the Istituto Trento Doc. A whole day of activities is planned to highlight Trentodoc wines, beginning with an exclusive tasting seminar led by Gabriele Gorelli, Italy’s first Master of Wine, together with New...

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