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Issue 757 - October 27th - 31st 2025 - Expressly created for 3697 wine lovers,
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| | | With a new record, “Barolo en Primeur” 2025, edition no. 5 of the international charity auction promoted by Fondazione Crc and Fondazione Crc Donare Ets with the Consorzio del Barolo Barbaresco Alba Langhe e Dogliani, held in recent days at the Castello di Grinzane Cavour in the Langhe UNESCO World Heritage Site, raised €1,108,300. This sum is set to rise further: the last lot, with barrique no. 15 of Barolo from Vigna Gustava, which belonged to Camillo Benso Conte di Cavour, will be auctioned on November 9 in the “Alba White Truffle World Auction”, from Grinzane, live-streamed to Hong Kong. In five years, €4.5 million has been donated to charity. | |
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| | Perhaps it was just a jolt, or maybe, with a little optimism, the first sign of a trend reversal. The fact is that on the fine wine secondary market monitored by the London-based Liv-Ex platform and analyzed by WineNews, September 2025 saw the most significant rise in three years, even though medium- and long-term performance remains generally negative for the indices. In any case, there were many “green lights”, even if the indices’ medium- and long-term performance remains generally negative. the most significant rise in the last three years, even though medium and long-term performance remains generally negative for the indices. In any case, they have lit up many “green lights” that have not been seen for some time, and the supply and demand ratio has improved again. “The market is beginning to show signs of stabilization after a prolonged period of price correction. Bordeaux indices are improving and the ratio between purchase and sale offers is moving in the right direction”, points out Romain Grudzinski, Head of European Markets at Liv-Ex. Looking at the indices, is +1.1% month-on-month the Liv-Ex 100 (with Bartolo Mascarello’s 2019 Barolo, Bruno Giacosa's 2017 Barolo Falletto Vigna Le Rocche Riserva, Giacomo Conterno’s 2014 and 2015 Barolo Monfortino Riserva, Biondi-Santi’s 2016 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva, Gaia’s 2019 Barbaresco, Sassicaia 2019, 2020 and 2021 from Tenuta San Guido, Solaia 2021 and Tignanello 2020 and 2021 from Marchesi Antinori, and Ornellaia 2021 and Masseto 2020 and 2021 from the Frescobaldi Group, and 100% Sangiovese Toscana IGT 2019 from Soldera Case Basse), thus reducing “losses” since the beginning of the year to -4.5%. The Liv-Ex 1000, the broadest of the indices, grew by a very slight +0.4% - losing -5.3% since the beginning of the year - mainly thanks to the +1.8% month-on-month growth of Bordeaux Legends 40 (-3.1% since the beginning of 2025), the stability of the Bordeaux 500 (at -7.2% in 2025), and the +0.7% of the Burgundy 150 (-5.8% since the beginning of the year), among the main indices. Bucking the trend is the Italy 100, which brings its decline since the beginning of the year to -2.9%, with September nibbling away a few decimal points to -0.3%. Among the most encouraging signs, Liv-Ex points out, is the fact that the Liv-Ex 1000, the platform’s broadest index, saw its first growth since March 2023, with 589 of its components showing stability or rising prices. | |
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| | If Friuli Venezia Giulia is among the regions that consumers rank highest when it comes to quality still white wines, Collio, bordering Slovenia, is considered the most suitable territory for this type of wine (together with Soave, in Veneto). The white wines of Collio (1,300 hectares of vineyards, 88% of which are planted with white grape varieties) are known to practically everyone, while the territory itself is less well known, or rather, less visited. This clearly explains the growth potential of this ‘white wine enclave’ of Italian wine, rich in history, beauty, and gastronomic gems to be discovered, by working harder on promotion and communication. Messages from “Collio Evolution”, the event organized by the Collio Wine Consortium in recent days in Cormòns, where WineNews received the Collio Award for “best digital storytelling”. | |
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| | | Longevity, the ability of a wine to give its best over the years, is one of the fundamentals that define a “fine wine”. And there are many great Italian wines in the category ranking published by Wine Enthusiast, including the No. 1, Ferrari’s Trentodoc Riserva Lunelli 2015, crowned the best in the American magazine’s “Top 100 Cellar Selection” 2025. This recognition once again confirms the leadership in world sparkling wine production of the Trentino winery run by the Lunelli family, which has been named “Sparkling Wine Producer of the Year” several times in Tom Stevenson’s “The Champagne & Sparkling Wine World Championships”. However, the American ranking, in which 20 out of 100 labels are Italian, reveals some interesting trends, such as the dominance of Nebbiolo-based wines from Langhe and Valtellina, but also the growth of white wines, especially from South Tyrol and beyond, and the ability of some producers to create “gems” of longevity even in areas where this characteristic is not the hallmark. With wines from Trediberri, Barone Pizzini, Fattoria Le Pupille, Inama, Cantina di Terlano, Marcarini, Elena Walch, Planeta, Nino Negri, Tenuta Sette Ponti, Pio Cesare, Chiara Condello, Fontanabianca, Giovanni Rosso, Travaglini, Tenuta Scerscé, Vigneti Massa, Ansitz Waldgries, and Antonelli. | |
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| | | Argentinian oil magnate Alejandro Bulgheroni, 82, wins “Wine Enthusiast” 2025 “Wine Star Lifetime Achievement Award”. The entrepreneur owns 15 estates in the world’s most prestigious wine regions, the latest being Tenuta Meraviglia in Bolgheri (which joins Tenuta Le Colonne, Dievole, Poggio Landi, and Podere Brizio in Tuscany). In a recent interview with WineNews, Bulgheroni stated that, despite the difficulties in the sector, “it is the right time to invest in wine. In life, if you wait for everything to be perfect, you never do anything”. | |
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| | Chiara Pepe and Orlando Rocca are the “young winemakers” of the year; Tommaso Cortonesi, producer in Montalcino, with La Mannella, is the “winemaker of change”, while the synergy between the Archaeological Park of Pompeii and Feudi di San Gregorio is the “best new wine project”; Marzia Varvaglione, head of Varvaglione 1921 and Ceev, was awarded the title of “young president of a group of producers”, while Davide Zoppi and his husband Giuseppe Luciano Aieta, producers at the Cà du Ferrà winery, won the “best social communication” award, also for their wine “Zero Tolleranza per il Silenzio”. These are the special awards of the guide “I Migliori 100 Vini e Vignaioli d’Italia” (The Best 100 Wines and Winemakers of Italy) 2026, signed by Luciano Ferraro, deputy editor of “Corriere della Sera,” and renowned wine critic James Suckling, unveiled in recent days in Milan and anticipated by WineNews. | |
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| | In 2022-2024, 77% of Italian wineries invested in wine tourism, between 6% and 15% of their turnover, with a significant economic return: 49% reported an impact on profits of up to 30%, 33% between 31% and 60%, and 18% over 60%. And in the three-year period 2025-2027, 53% will make new investments. This is according to the “Report on Italian wine tourism governance models” by Roberta Garibaldi and SRM Centro Studi, linked to the Intesa Sanpaolo Group, at “Fine - #WineTourism Marketplace Italy” by Riva del Garda Fierecongressi and Feria de Valladolid. | |
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