The first positive sign comes in sixth place: Muller Thurgau rises in volume by 7.5% and in value by 6.5%. Vermentino did well: 10.1 minutes of bottles sold (6.4%) for 69.3 minutes (9.9%).
However, the export of Italian wines holds despite the war, the increases in the prices of raw materials (glass), transport and energy. Volumes are down, especially in large-scale distribution, but the values of exports driven by fine wines are rising significantly. Amarone, Barolo and Chianti Classico are the "kings of hearts" of premium bottles, especially in the USA and China. Prosecco continues to grow.
March for international wine operators means Prowein, the wine event which, together with Vinitaly, marks the calendars of all companies and sector operators. The Düsseldorf event - from Sunday 19 to Tuesday 21 March - sees Italy as the absolute leader this year with about 1750 exhibitors distributed in 3 pavilions. Thirteen of those of the fair that will welcome more than 6000 exhibitors from over 60 countries representing 400 terroirs. 150,000 visitors are expected, professional operators arriving from all over the world.
Less than twenty days after the launch of the 55th edition of Vinitaly (in Verona from 2 to 5 April) there is a real boom in foreign buyers. Thanks to the work carried out in recent months by Veronafiere and Ice Agenzia, in fact, over a thousand foreign "super buyers" of wine have been selected and confirmed (43% compared to last year). Operators who come from 68 countries, from the USA to Africa and Asia with the great return, after the difficulties related to the pandemic phase, of China and Japan (as many as 130 buyers accredited from China), but with a strong presence also from South America and Europe. Numbers eagerly awaited especially by the over 4 thousand exhibiting wineries.
It is Veneto that leads the regional ranking of wine exports in 2022: over 2.8 billion euros in turnover abroad and a performance over the 12 months above the Italian average of 13.4%. On the podium, in second and third place, Piedmont confirms growth with 4.6%, at 1.28 billion and Tuscany, in line with the national results, 10.4% and 1.25 billion euros. Then follow the three regions, responsible overall for 68.2% of Made in Italy wine exports: Trentino Alto-Adige (-1.1% between January and December 2022) and Emilia-Romagna (8.9%) . Italian wine, one of the most virtuous Made in Italy sectors in the trade balance, closed with a profit of over 7.3 billion euros.
The Association of rural landscapes of historical interest was born in Arezzo, which also includes the Hills of Conegliano Valdobbiadene landscape of Prosecco Superiore. «I am proud that our territory, that of Conegliano Valdobbiadene, is part of the association», says the president of the Consortium for the protection of DOCG, Elvira Bortolomiol. The association brings together 25 historical rural landscapes from all over Italy.
Oil and wine drive Sicilian exports.
Third territory with the most marked increase in Italy, driven by refined petroleum products but also by food products, wines in the lead. This is the final balance of Sicilian exports in 2022 traced by Istat, which on the island, compared to the previous year still linked to the Covid chain, marks an increase in the volume of business abroad equal to 56%.
Antonio Rallo reconfirmed at the helm of the consortium for the protection of DOC Sicily wines. The two vice-presidents Giuseppe Bursi and Filippo Paladino were also reconfirmed. The appointment came a few days after the election of the new board of directors of the consortium. Sicily is the largest organic wine area in Italy: with over 42,000 hectares it represents 30% of the national surface.
the world of wine in Sicily wants experts, to be sought in high academic training: this is the growing demand from the wine sector in Sicily. In fact, the percentage of hirings of highly qualified profiles (between 15 and 20 per year) churned out every year by the master's degree "Manager for wineries", established by the University of Palermo, regularly approaches sold out in relation to the job offer . The master largely satisfies the "thirst" of wineries and companies with enviable and unusual placement percentages for the Sicilian economic sectors in general.
There are 27 Assovini Sicilia companies that will represent the island's extraordinary wine variety in the Sicily area of ProWein: the delegation of Sicilian companies will represent the island, its DOC and IGP in Pavilion 17 managed by IRVO (Regional Institute for Wines and Sicilian oils).
How much does it cost and how much does it make to produce wine in a sustainable way? Commitments, certifications, the market and the territory are the themes at the heart of the conference held on Saturday 25 March (10 am) at the Theater of Costigliole d'Asti. Organized by the Municipality, speakers: Vincenzo Gerbi (University of Turin and Equalitas Technical Committee), Giuseppe Liberatore (General Manager of Valoritalia), Luigi Bersano (Coordinator of the regulatory table of UIV), Denis Pantini (Wine Monitor Nomisma).
Technology, but also man's inventiveness to respond to climate change. Thus was born from an idea of Remo Falconieri, owner of the Cantina Cieck of San Giorgio Canavese (To), a new form of vine cultivation: Falconieri's patent consists of a double espalier, a double row model Cieck, which allows a quantitatively most important is the reduction of the accumulation of humidity under the canopy.
