Costellation, LVMH, Treasury Wine, Distell Group, Concha y Toro these are the 5 largest wineries in the world and none of them are Italian

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The first Italian is the Giv -Cantine Riunite in seventh position earning 449 million per year. It seems an enormous amount but in fact it is only one fifth of the American winery Costellation whose yearly business is equivalent 2.494 million Euros. The second in the world is Lvmh group, with 1.664.000.000 € yearly. This is a French luxury company created by Bernard Arnault. The letters – LVMH – Luis Vuitton Moet Hennessy – indicate a group of 60 fashion, jewellery, perfume and wine brands. There is a bit of everything: from the king of diamonds De Beers, to the king of dessert wines Chateau d’Yquem , to the monopoly of great champagne producers to the last arrival, Bulgari.

Italy consumes and exports 45 million hectolitres of wine and produces a little more than 40.A great opportunity according to Gaja who proposes methods for making the most of the situation

by Angelo Gaja March 19th 2012

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WHAT WINE IS BLOWING IN EUROPE The Italian wine market is experiencing a phase of great changes and offers different views. National consumption decreases while export increases. There are producers who have difficulty in selling and have their cellars full; others who make the most of these markets can empty their cellars. Habitual pessimisms compared to rhetorical optimism. Where does the truth stand? The figures don’t say all but help to understand.

Two trips to the UK to give tastings of my mother Donatella Cinelli Colombini’s wines and to get to know other producers from all over the world

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by Violante Gardini

I have just come back from the UK where I presented our wines at the wine store “The wine Reserve” in Cobham, just out of London and in the wine cellar called “bluebird” in Chelsea. Two events organized by our importer Ellis of Richmond in two spectacular stores that hold wines from al lover the world. Both wine tastings were fully booked, the second tasting had an entrance fee. To think that there are wine lovers willing to pay to listen to my explanations (obviously tasting the wines) makes me feel very proud.

In twenty years we will pass from 980 million travellers of today to 1 billion and 800 million. What a change! In 1950 25 million set out for journeys.

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So we understand that there will be an acceleration of opportunities and of risks. In fact tourism creates business, new jobs, but at the same time modifies the destinations filling them with shops with false souvenirs, the menus in the restaurants are modified according to the tastes of tourists and even the architecture can be homologates, changing bars, restaurants and hotels into “non places” the same all over the world.

Benvenuto Brunello 2012 - lunch in Palazzo Vescovile

80 years since the delimiting of the Brunello production to the territory of the Montalcino municipality, 20 years from the first Benvenuto Brunello, 3 five star vintages on sale

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These are the reasons for a great party in honour of Montalcino and its producers. A winning team composed of champions, a team able to compete at the highest levels in the world's scenario.
This year for the first time three vintages each valued 5 stars (the highest rating possible) Rosso di Montalcino 2010, Brunello 2007, Brunello riserva 2006, exceptional wines, all of them.
Here Brunello is framed in its territory, its hills, its vineyards, its wineries, and the town that welcomes, using its historic buildings an event never seen before.