The weekly review of news on Italian wine for the Chinese market!
Italy will be the first country in Europe to adopt a single national sustainability standard for the wine sector, thanks to the Sustainability decree signed by the Mipaaf Department for the coordination of European and international policies and rural development. This was announced by the president of the Unione Italiana Vini (UIV), Ernesto Abbona, according to whom the measure represents a fundamental socio-economic step for Italian wine. “Now we need to accelerate with the production disciplinary to close a legal framework – the president specifies – which will allow companies to apply the new model starting from the next harvest”.
Let’s now talk about two of the most popular Italian wines. Matteo Ascheri, 59 years old wine entrepreneur from Bra (Cuneo), has been reconfirmed president of the Consortium for the Protection of Barolo Barbaresco Alba Langhe and Dogliani. He was elected by the producers’ assembly, together with the new board of directors. Ascheri stated: “If it has been important to consolidate the Barolo and Barbaresco brands in these three years, from now on it will be important to face the challenges of all the denominations we represent. What is certain is that despite the problems of the last year and a half, we are starting from a solid base: in fact, in the first five months of 2021 our denominations recorded very good results, with + 19.7% on bottled and peaks. of 26-28% for Barolo and Barbaresco “.
The Italian sommeliers of AIS join the institutions to promote the culture of wine and oil. The objective of the protocol signed on the occasion of the Oil and Wine Culture Day is to strengthen the dissemination of the culture of Wine and Oil, increasingly in synergy with the institutions, starting with Ministries such as that of Agricultural Policies, of Foreign Affairs, and of Culture and Education, in the name of training, among consumers, on the markets of the world and among young people, as declared by President Antonello Maietta.
After years of waiting, a system that allows sparkling wines to be preserved in perfect condition for at least two weeks has arrived and is about to be patented. The system has been known and fully functional for years for still wines but the challenge posed by bubbles has not yet found a solution. The method for still wines consisted of a sort of cork equipped with a very thin needle and a bottle containing Argon gas. The needle penetrates the cork, tapping the wine and inserting Argon at the same time, so as to prevent air from entering the bottle.
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