2025

Brachetto d’Acqui raccolta anticipata con uve ottime e sane

Brachetto d’Acqui: early harvest with excellent, healthy grapes

/ Wine Analysis and Trends

Yields confirmed at 80 quintals per hectare. Concerns remain over tariffs and sales For brachetto grapes, 2025 will be an excellent harvest, earlier than in previous years. Some winegrowers have already begun picking the grapes—healthy and already ripe—during the current week. However, the season for Brachetto d’Acqui DOCG, Acqui DOCG Rosé and Secco is overshadowed […]

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Terre d Oltrepò, ecco il Commissario chi è Luigi Zingone nominato dal ministero per la crisi della cooperativa

Terre d’Oltrepò, here is the Commissioner: who is Luigi Zingone

/ Wine News

The Ministry of Enterprise and Made in Italy has ordered the commissarial management of the Pavia cooperative. The decision comes after months of internal tensions, resignations, and severe financial difficulties. The commissioner will lead the winery for six months, with full powers. A move that marks a new chapter in the crisis of the largest

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Piemonte proposta di legge per la birra artigianale regionale Birra analcolica: Unionbirrai dice si alla pastorizzazione

Non-Alcoholic Beer: Unionbirrai Says Yes to Pasteurization

/ Beer

“‘Craft’ refers to the beer, not the brewery. Pasteurizing a product does not impact the brewery’s status,” specifies General Director Ferraris The General Assembly of Unionbirrai, the national association of craft microbreweries, has approved a modification to the technical requirements for membership. Now member breweries will be able to pasteurize non-alcoholic beers, provided this does

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Terre d Oltrepò verso liquidazione coatta ministero chiede revoca misure protettive ceo umberto callegari

Terre d’Oltrepò heading toward compulsory liquidation?

/ Wine News

The extraordinary inspection revealed serious criticalities in the management and financial situation of the cooperative and the group. The Ministry is contesting the legitimacy of the request for protective measures, submitted by CEO Umberto Callegari—son of the winery’s president—without a mandate from the Board of Directors. The inspection report depicts financial tension, seizures, and facilities

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Dazi Usa vino (e vetro) cosa cambia per Europa, India e Cina

US Tariffs on Wine (and Glass): What Changes for Europe, India, and China

/ International - News & Wine, Wine News

The United States is imposing additional tariffs on European wine bottles and glass from India and China starting August 7. Heavy penalties are planned for those attempting to circumvent the rules. Small-scale producers and price-sensitive formats are particularly affected. Starting August 7, 2025, the United States is implementing a new tariff regime affecting both wine

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Barbera d estate boom a Costigliole d Asti lezione all Italia del vino in crisi barbera summer festival

Summer Barbera boom in Costigliole d’Asti: a lesson for an Italian wine industry in crisis

/ Editorials, Wine News

Piedmont’s symbolic red, served at a temperature of 11 degrees, is a hit with foreign tourists and local visitors alike. The event, conceived by the Municipality of Costigliole in collaboration with AIS sommelier teams, is a success that was far from guaranteed. It is the result of meticulous preparation and a new way of storytelling

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Vini rossi d estate Morino «Ristoratori senza frigo e ricarichi alle stelle» barbera summer festival ristorante campanarò asti

Red wines in summer? Morino: “Restaurateurs without fridges and sky-high markups”

/ Restaurants and Food, Wine News, Wine Tourism

The Piedmontese winemaker pulls no punches at the Barbera Summer Festival: “We need to invest to encourage customers to drink. I’ve seen one of my wines that leaves the cellar at 7.70 euros listed at 38 euros. People aren’t crazy. And we producers should reach out more to the end customers.” “Barbera and red wines

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Incendio vigna Oltrepò pavese, Cantina Defilippi parla a Winemag Federico Defilippi «Poteva morire qualcuno» corvino san quirico

Oltrepò Vineyard Fire, Cantina Defilippi: “Someone could have died”

/ Wine News

Federico Defilippi speaks exclusively to Winemag about the frantic moments when the alarm was raised. The flames, set in several spots in the Corvino San Quirico vineyard, are arson. Investigators are conducting a full-scale inquiry. The fire that devastated a Cantina Defilippi – i Gessi vineyard in Oltrepò Pavese, in the municipality of Corvino San

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