A technicality could throw away the 50 million labels already printed for Italian wines. The report of the sector associations is in this direction. It all revolves around a new European regulation that will come into force on December 8th, requiring producers to provide consumers with information about the calories and contents of wines and […]
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Because winemakers threw hundreds of liters of wine onto the streets
Hundreds of liters of wine poured into the streets, shouting “Spanish wine will not enter France today.” This is the method of protest chosen by French wine producers who destroyed the highway on the Spanish border by emptying two trucks and dumping their contents across the border. The protest was triggered after the Transalpine government […]
Wine consumption has decreased. To be processed as disinfectants and biofuel
Wine bottles were “destroyed” to make disinfectant or biofuel. This is the solution adopted by the European Commission to deal with the consumption decline mainly caused by inflation. Faced with a backlog of unsold bottles, Brussels has therefore taken extraordinary measures to support winemakers. Europeans are drinking less, while production increases thanks to last year’s […]
“Wine is like cigarettes”, health labeling is law in Ireland
Wine bottles like cigarette packs. Ireland is going straight and has enacted regulation allowing the labeling of alcohol with health warnings, modeled after what is already being done for products containing tobacco. What does the law provide The new legislation mandates the labels of alcoholic products to indicate the calorie content and grams of alcohol […]
“Agricultural students are unlikely to be unemployed, Made in Italy high school is good”
Patrizia Marini is head teacher of the Emilio Sereni Agricultural Technical Institute in Rome and president of the National Network of Agricultural Institutes (Renisa). AgriFood Today interviewed him to understand the contribution of higher education to the challenges of agrifood at both national and European Union level. How do you see the attempt to create […]
Italy’s brethren and the wine labeling war: “We risk others following Ireland”
Riccardo Zucconi, assistant to Fratelli d’Italia, is an entrepreneur in the field of tourism, he owns some restaurant businesses on the upper Tuscany coast. Tourism and commerce are the areas where it has made the greatest contribution to the Meloni party and government. It’s no coincidence that after legislation enacted in Ireland (which the EU […]
“Lies are bad for health”. The FdI’s Response to the Irish Squeeze on Italian Wine
The reaction to Ireland’s absurd decision to put a label with the words “injurious to health” on wine comes from Fratelli d’Italia. «The Department of Agriculture of Fratelli d’Italia has launched the campaign ‘Lies seriously damage your health’ because, despite the vote against the European Parliament, the EU Commission has authorized Ireland to impose labels […]
Wine labels: Antonio Tajani against Ireland
Diplomatic conflict between Italy and Ireland. Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani lashes out at the Dublin government over its decision to put health protection labels on bottles of alcohol. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation announced the intention of “requesting the intervention of the European Union and the World Trade Organization” (WTO/WTO) regarding Ireland’s […]
Wine sales in restaurants more than tripled
Wine sales on the national market grew in the first half by 14.3% in volume and 52.8% in value to a total of 130 million litres, worth 503 million euros. Figures that ‘hide’ the downturn in large distribution, but also the enormous boom in the catering industry, as a result of the recovery of tourism. […]
There are numerous″ small and medium-sized wine producers on the verge of bankruptcy″
ANCEVE – National Association of Traders and Exporters of Wines and Spirits is concerned about the “dramatic situation” in the sector and warns that the continued rise in prices of raw materials, bottling materials, transport and in general “many small and medium-sized – major wine producers on the brink of bankruptcy”. In a statement, the […]