Tag Archive: Italy
Ornellaia’s Second Wine, Le Serre Nuove, On The Rise In U.S., Other Key Markets
Tuscany’s Tenuta dell’Ornellaia is renowned for its flagship offering Ornellaia Bolgheri Superiore, but lately its second wine, Le Serre Nuove, has been garnering outsized attention from retailers and restaurateurs. Continue reading →
Posted in News on December 6, 2012Veneto’s Bertani Family Forms New Company, Gaetano Bertani e Figli
Verona, Italy’s Bertani family has announced a new wine venture, Agricola Gaetano Bertani e Figli, following the sale of its former company, Cantine Bertani, to Tenimenti Angelini late last year. Continue reading →
Posted in News on October 16, 2012Italy’s Cantina Di Soave Investing Aggressively In U.S. Market
Veneto-based Cantina di Soave produces around 3 million cases of wine annually, but has so far been absent from the U.S. market, where it’s now mounting an aggressive push. Continue reading →
Posted in News on June 26, 2012Ste. Michelle Gains U.S. Rights To Antinori’s Prunotto Estate Wines
Ste. Michelle Wine Estates has been named exclusive U.S. importer of the Antinori family’s Prunotto Estate wines from Italy’s Piedmont region. Continue reading →
Posted in News on March 12, 2012News Briefs for February 21, 2012
•Italy, the number-one exporter of wine to the U.S., carved out an imported wine market share of 31% valued at nearly $1.5 billion in 2011, according to the Italian Trade Commission. Continue reading →
Posted in News on February 21, 2012Interview: The Frescobaldi Family On Italian Wine And Their Role In The Category
Tuscany-based Frescobaldi, one of the oldest families in winemaking, owns 5,000 hectares of estate property and more than 1,000 hectares of vineyards. Its properties include Castello di Nipozzano, Castello di Pomino, CastelGiocondo, Tenuta di Castiglioni, Tenuta dell’Ammiraglia, Santa Maria and Costa di Nugola, Conti Attems and Tenuta dell’Ornellaia, which was formerly held in partnership with Robert Mondavi. (Tenuta dell’Ornellaia, Tenuta di CastelGiocondo and Luce della Vite are grouped under Tenute di Toscana S.r.l., controlled by Frescobaldi in partnership with the SPI Group and MIP, a firm owned by Michael Mondavi.) Continue reading →
Posted in News on January 24, 2012
