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Vinitaly: Real deal or just spam?

With just a few days to go until Vinitaly 2026, scheduled to take place at Verona Fiere from April 12 to 16, widespread concerns are emerging among wine industry professionals. Buyers, export managers, and sales reps are reporting critical issues, particularly related to the matchmaking system and the management of contacts between companies and buyers. […]

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Angelini acquisisce Arnaldo Caprai e investe sul Sagrantino di Montefalco

Angelini acquires Arnaldo Caprai and invests in Sagrantino di Montefalco

Angelini Wines & Estates acquires a majority stake in Arnaldo Caprai, the historic Umbrian winery that symbolizes Sagrantino di Montefalco. The operation marks a significant step in the consolidation of Italian wine in the premium-luxury segment. The agreement announced today, April 1, 2026, aims to strengthen the international presence of the Angelini group in the

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L Italietta del Prosecco forte con la Croazia del prosek, debole con Australia

Prosecco’s ‘Little Italy’: Strong with Croatia, Weak with Australia

After years of diplomatic and commercial tension over identity issues such as the Prosecco name, the European Union is showing a softer line toward Australia on the wine front. This is the paradox emerging from the new free trade agreement between Canberra and Brussels, announced on March 24, 2026, after eight years of negotiations. An

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Langhe, patto con Yoichi nuova frontiera del vino giapponese Bera, Adriano Marco e Vittorio, Cantina del Pino, Diego Morra e Luigi Giordano

Langhe: Pact with Yoichi, the new frontier of Japanese wine

An international wine axis looking toward Japan is being born in the Langhe. In Neviglie, in the heart of the Barbaresco Langa, a memorandum of understanding was signed between five Piedmontese producers and the Yoichi district on the island of Hokkaido. An agreement that marks a significant step in wine relations between Europe and Asia.

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Anteprima Kalterersee beva e longevità della Schiava di Caldaro (6)

Kalterersee 2026 Preview: Drinkability and Longevity of Caldaro Schiava

Schiava, feminine plural. It’s forbidden to imagine just a few singular details on the identity card of Caldaro Schiava. This is what the Kalterersee 2026 Preview tells us, held last weekend, organized by Wein.Kaltern. An opportunity to rediscover, through the 2025 vintage wines, common features such as “eye color”: that lighter or darker red that’s

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Derthona Due.Zero da anteprima a manifesto dei Colli Tortonesi analisi evento e annate 2023 e 2024 timorasso

Derthona Due.Zero: From “Preview” to Manifesto of the Colli Tortonesi

When identity is the fixed point, stylistic interpretations are merely details of the same painting. And teamwork emerges above all else, in a clear and unequivocal way. On the logical thread that links the vintages. On the unified reaction to climate adversity. On the very ability to make Timorasso recognizable, from steel to new wood,

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Cari produttori di vino non fate complimenti ai giovani giornalisti di vino

Dear producers, don’t compliment young wine journalists

There is a moment, in certain professional circles, when time stops being just a unit of measurement and becomes a problem. Not for those moving forward, but for those standing still. A dinner between wine producers and journalists of different ages can thus turn into an institutional crisis. A joke, a misplaced laugh. Applause directed

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Consorzio Barbera d’Asti Filippo Mobrici nuovo presidente

Barbera d’Asti Consortium: Filippo Mobrici named new president

The shareholders’ meeting of the Barbera d’Asti e Vini del Monferrato Consortium has elected the new Board of Directors. Eighteen directors were confirmed, joined by 7 new entities. This renewal aims to strengthen the growth path of the denomination. Filippo Mobrici, from the Bersano winery, has been appointed to lead the Consortium. This choice signals

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Aste online, l’Italia guida l’Europa nel 2025 vino tra le categorie più scambiate

Online auctions, Italy leads Europe in 2025: wine among the most traded categories

Italy confirms its position in 2025 as the leading European market for online auctions. Nearly 750,000 lots were sold, a 10% increase over the previous year, for a total spend of over 100 million euros. The number of participants is also on the rise. New active users grew by 20%, a sign of increasingly widespread

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Strada dei Vini e dei Sapori dei Colli Piacentini, Stefano Pizzamiglio nuovo presidente

Colli Piacentini Wine and Flavor Route: Stefano Pizzamiglio Appointed New President

Stefano Pizzamiglio is the new president of the Colli Piacentini Wine and Flavor Route. The appointment took place on Monday, March 23, during the association’s 26th Ordinary Assembly. Pizzamiglio, head of the La Tosa farm, succeeds Elisabetta Virtuani, who leaves the presidency after four terms. The transition marks a change in the governance of the

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