2025 harvest

Vernaccia di San Gimignano, 850 wine lovers at Regina Ribelle the 2025 vintage impresses with quality and challenges for the future

Vernaccia di San Gimignano: 2025 vintage impresses with quality and future challenges

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Great success for the fourth edition of Regina Ribelle – Vernaccia di San Gimignano Wine Fest, the event promoted by the Consorzio del vino Vernaccia di San Gimignano in collaboration with the Municipality of San Gimignano. The event celebrated two milestones that mark the history of Italian wine: 750 years since the first documented attestation […]

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Sicilia en Primeur 2026: Over 100 international journalists in Palermo for the 22nd edition

Sicilia en Primeur 2026: Over 100 international journalists in Palermo for the 22nd edition

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More than one hundred journalists from all over the world are participating in Sicilia en Primeur 2026, the event organized by Assovini Sicilia dedicated to Sicilian wine, now in its 22nd edition. The event, inaugurated on May 11 at the Oratorio dei Bianchi in Palermo, revolves this year around the claim “Taste the Island. Live

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Il vino nel 2025 italiano e internazionale un anno raccontato mese per mese da Winemag wine news e guida vini

Wine in 2025: A Year Told Month by Month by Winemag

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2025 was a transitional year for Italian and international wine. Not a simple cyclical slowdown, but a deeper phase of transformation that challenged production models, narratives, and established certainties. This is why Winemag has chosen to tell its story once again month by month, through a series of twelve articles that will retrace—starting tomorrow, January

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Vendemmia 2025 Lombardia, Ascovilo «Qualità alta, mercato sotto pressione» parla presidente giovanna prandini

2025 Lombardy Harvest, Ascovilo: “High Quality, Market Under Pressure”

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The 2025 harvest in Lombardy delivers high-quality grapes and an improvement over the previous vintage, but unfolds in an increasingly complex economic scenario. Below-average production, slowing consumption, rising costs, and tensions in international markets prompt Ascovilo to draw attention to the need for a systemic approach and to strengthen the role of Consortia in supporting

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Anteprima Barbera 2025 come saranno Asti e Nizza Docg. Monica Monticone, presidente Coldiretti Asti Giovanni Rosso direttore Coldiretti

Barbera 2025 Preview: What Asti and Nizza DOCG Will Be Like

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The 2025 Barbera vintage presents limited yields but a high quality profile. What emerges are balanced, expressive wines with a solid structure, both in the ready-to-drink versions and those destined for aging. This scenario emerged during the technical tasting of the 24th edition of Anteprima Barbera, an event promoted by Coldiretti Asti and dedicated to

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Maison Perrier-Jouët vendemmia 2025 senza precedenti

Maison Perrier-Jouët: An Unprecedented 2025 Harvest

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The 2025 harvest at Maison Perrier-Jouët is distinguished by an unusually rapid vegetative cycle. Stable spring conditions allowed for flowering between late May and early June, followed by a ripening period of just 81 days. This rhythm was much faster than the usual hundred days or so, requiring flexible harvest management. Picking began on August

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L'annata 2025 secondo Gaja quantità ridotte, maturazioni lente e vini di struttura

The 2025 vintage according to Gaja: reduced quantities, slow ripening, and structured wines

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Gaja reports a 2025 vintage in the Langhe with a clear profile. The season started with widespread rainfall, low fertility, and an early summer. Precipitation during harvest, combined with above-average temperatures, generated concerns that were not confirmed. The grapes reached full maturity. The wines show broad aromas and marked structure. Production is limited, with declines

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Illegal labor in the Valdobbiadene Prosecco Docg vineyards (video)

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On the occasion of the 2025 harvest, the Treviso Finance Police carried out a series of inspections on farms and agricultural companies in the province, identifying “numerous violations of labor regulations.” During the checks, 14 irregular farmhands were discovered, 13 of whom were working completely off the books. UNDECLARED LABOR IN VALDOBBIADENE PROSECCO: INVESTIGATION INTO

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Lugana: 2025 harvest of high quality and growing sustainability

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The 2025 harvest of Lugana DOC has concluded, confirming the excellent health of the Lake Garda vineyard and an increasingly widespread commitment to sustainable viticulture. Compared to recent vintages, grape ripening was about ten days early until the end of August, then slowed due to heavy late-summer rains. A hot, dry June accelerated phenological phases,

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Conegliano Valdobbiadene DOCG: balance and quality for the 2025 harvest

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The Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco DOCG appellation anticipates a positive outcome for the 2025 harvest. A vintage that tested the adaptability and flexibility of winegrowers, as well as the vine itself. The quality profile promises to be interesting, maintaining the recognizable expressive diversity of the Rive. Weather conditions, fluctuating but not extreme, required careful vineyard management.

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