Wine press review for Wednesday, May 6, 2026!

Italian wineries

Cavit focuses on value and looks to the United States. Cavit confirms its strategy focused on product enhancement in an international market marked by declining consumption and rising logistics and production costs. The focus is on the United States, still a key market for Italian wine.

Crisis at the Carpi and Sorbara Winery: Mantua Producers Affected. The crisis at the Lambrusco cooperative is also causing concern in the Mantua Oltrepò area, where approximately thirty members and the Poggio Rusco pressing center are affected. Regional support has been requested.

Arnaldo Caprai, quality and social responsibility in the heart of Sagrantino. The Umbrian winery confirms its leading role in Montefalco, through qualitative research, territorial identity, and social projects related to workplace integration.

Tenuta Le Vignole in Faicchio: between rural tradition and hospitality. A Campanian estate that combines rural architecture, local grape varieties, and a vocation for hospitality, showcasing Aglianico, Camaiola, Falanghina, Coda di Volpe, and Greco.

Renata Garofano and Italian wine through women. The story of the Apulian producer of Garofano Vigneti e Cantine confirms the growing importance of women in the management, communication, and promotion of winemaking businesses.

Italian wine and Italian oenology

Willaertia magna: a new frontier against downy mildew and powdery mildew. Research is looking at new biological tools to reduce the use of traditional pesticides, in line with the Green Deal, Farm to Fork, and limits on copper use.

Wine must once again become a protagonist of change. Piero Mastroberardino urges the sector to move beyond mere protection to active promotion, valorizing entrepreneurial culture, the Mediterranean Diet, local area, and social interaction.

Nobile di Montepulciano rediscovers its identity with the Pievi. The new territorial setting strengthens the positioning of Vino Nobile, focusing on recognisability, stylistic coherence and the value of the sub-zones.

Vernaccia di San Gimignano: 60 Years of History and New Consumers The historic Tuscan DOC, the first Italian wine to achieve recognition in 1966, continues to revitalize itself through festivals and selections accessible under €20.

High lands and heroic viticulture: wine protects the territory. Viticulture in terraced and fragile areas is not just production, but environmental protection, landscape protection, and the maintenance of local communities.

Water Management: Each Winegrowing Region Has Its Own Strategy From the Mediterranean to Burgundy, from Etna to California, water management is becoming increasingly central amid climate change, soils, and fungal diseases.

Fertilizers and diesel fuel under pressure due to geopolitical tensions International crises are impacting agricultural costs, with direct repercussions on fertilizers, energy, transportation, and the margins of wineries.

Rome favors white wines and sparkling wines. Interest in and consumption of white wines, Italian sparkling wines, Champagne, and other recognized quality products is growing in the capital. Rome Wine Week 2027 has also been announced.

The right glass according to Riedel An evening with Gaja wines at Pinchiorri brings the focus back to the wine service: the glass is not a detail, but part of the experience and the enhancement of the bottle.

"Pouring wine traitor-style": the origins of an Italian gesture. An anthropological study explores the historical, convivial, and symbolic significance of an expression that remains alive in the culture of wine at the table.

International

Enjoy, experience dealcoholized wine. In the famous Barcelona restaurant, among the best in the world, dealcoholized wine becomes the object of gastronomic experimentation, intercepting new styles of consumption.

The French model according to Attilio Scienza The comparison with France reopens the issue of Italian fragmentation: a few strong denominations and recognizable terroir versus a more widespread and complex Italian viticulture.

Piedmont: over 7.6 million to promote wine abroad. The Piedmont Region is investing in CMO Wine and international promotion, with resources dedicated to consortia, producer associations, wine shops, and wine routes.

Wine events

The Winemaker's Saturday is now taking place throughout May. FIVI is changing its format: no longer just one national event, but rather events spread across the Saturdays of May, involving 21 delegations and 15 exceptional locations.

35th Verdiso Wine Show in Combai The show dedicated to Verdiso, an ancient and niche native grape variety, included in the Primavera del Prosecco Superiore, kicks off this weekend.

Open Cellars in Tuscany 2026 Among the proposals, Castelfalfi Hiking & Wine combines nature, history, vineyards, winery and organic tastings on the weekend of May 30th and 31st.

Open Cellars at the Giuseppe Marini Agricultural Company. Guided tours, tastings, sommeliers, and art will accompany the public in discovering the winery's wines on the weekend of May 30th and 31st.

Enolia: two days of oil, wine, and flavor. Enolia returns to Versilia, showcasing over 300 wines, forty types of oil, and artisans of flavor, confirming the event's role in promoting food and wine.

RPMN Cellar Passport In Umbria, a grassroots territorial tool is born to promote the wineries of the Marsciano Nord People's Republic, an agricultural and winemaking microdistrict with a distinctive identity.

Vino al vino 2.0: Valle d'Aosta and heroic grape varieties. An evening in Turin dedicated to Aosta Valley viticulture, including Prié Blanc, Petit Arvine, Fumin, and Nebbiolo di Donnas.

Final summary

The day confirms a wine sector undergoing rapid transformation: more selective consumption, rising costs, climate pressure, and the need for new production and marketing strategies. The most established wineries are focusing on value, territorial identity, international promotion, and corporate culture. The role of widespread events, wine tourism, and direct producer storytelling is also growing: today, wine must not only be well-produced, but also explained, experienced, and marketed with greater awareness.