Wine News

11 excellent wines for summer (tip: try them with fried fish)

Here is a selection of labels – sparkling, white and rosé – perfect for enhancing summer menus, especially those based on fish. Ideal for fried dishes, playing on acidity, minerality, and aromatic finesse

The harvest in Franciacorta has begun with excellent prospects, despite everything

Ideal climate, healthy grapes, regular ripening, and rich aromas. The 120 wineries have begun picking in the earliest-ripening vineyards. Meanwhile, foreign sales show a +7% increase

“We’re working on tariff exemptions, but for wine more time is needed.” The European Union announces progress

The EU is working to minimise the 15% US tariffs on alcohol, wine, beer, and other strategic products, but a final agreement will still take time

Montepulciano, Trebbiano and Pecorino: here’s what the new vintages of Abruzzo wines are like

Despite some lingering old problems, Abruzzo wine is trying to reinvent itself. For the whites, the transformation is already well underway, while the real challenge lies with Montepulciano

A three-metre-high wine bottle arrives in Chianti

Castello di Meleto, in Gaiole in Chianti, hosts "remember, we are", a work by artist Marcela Castaneda, on display until the end of October within the estate

“No exemptions on wine and spirits for now.” Europe denies speculation over tariff reductions

Negotiations with the United States are still ongoing, ahead of the announcement—scheduled for Friday, 1 August—of the first list of products exempted from the 15% tariffs

Italy prepares for an (almost) perfect harvest. 45 million hectolitres expected

According to Coldiretti forecasts, almost all Italian regions will see an increase. Drought weighs heavily on vineyards in Sicily, Sardinia, Campania, and Marche

US tariffs: Tuscany’s wine sector calls on Government for extraordinary resources and trade negotiations with other countries

Appeal letter from 24 regional PDO and PGI consortia: “Greater flexibility needed in the OCM promotion scheme.” Concern from Brunello and Chianti, among the most exposed denominations

Trump’s wine tariffs also weigh on the United States: a $25 billion blow

According to UIV estimates, there could be a real 17% domino effect on the US wine business within a year

Europe’s highest alpine brewery is in Italy (and it produces unique beers)

At the summit of the South Tyrolean Dolomites, a craft microbrewery produces high-quality beers, served exclusively at the adjacent Lavarella Mountain Hut
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