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Issue 682 - May 20th - 24th 2024 - Expressly created for 4783 wine lovers,
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| | | Agriculture is a pillar of the European Union, as well as one of the most important budget items, given that the current CAP of the 2023-2027 cycle absorbs a budget of 387 billion euros. It is almost physiological, therefore, that the agricultural chapter is present in the electoral programs of the main Italian parties (“Fdi”, “Fi”, “Pd”, “Lega”, “Stati Uniti d’Europa”, “Azione” and “Verdi e Sinistra”), ahead of the June 6-9 elections. And so, we went to see what they are proposing (in more detail), between those who are more shifted to radically ecological positions, and those, on the other hand, who are aiming for a compromise between the environment and the economy. | |
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| | Strengthen a market-oriented Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) that promotes competitiveness and reduces administrative complexity; reconcile tradition and innovation in EU legislation to adapt wine products to new consumer expectations, demand and trends, while preserving wine culture; support climate resilience and green transition by defining principles of sustainable wine production, prioritizing mitigation measures and recognizing ecosystem services; strengthen the EU’s single market and reduce costs by fully harmonizing regulations, promoting digitization, and facilitating e-commerce for wineries; maintain an ambitious EU market vision that pursues an assertive trade strategy to expand market access, address trade barriers, and protect wine products from unrelated trade disputes; and adopt a coordinated EU health policy that is pragmatic and science-based, distinguishes between moderate wine consumption and alcohol abuse, and promotes constructive dialogues: these are the key points, the six priorities of the “Manifesto on the future of the EU wine sector” published by Ceev, the European Committee of Wine Companies (and which for Italy counts among its members Federvini and Unione Italiana Vini - Uiv, ed.), to deliver a policy document to the next EU Parliament that will be renewed with the elections that will be held between June 6 and 9, 2024. A “Manifesto” that focuses on an important sector, which contributes 130 billion euros to the GDP of the European Union, with a market value of more than 100 billion euros, 52 billion euros in taxes generated for the European coffers and 3 million jobs, which has seen exports rise from 3.9 billion euros in 2004/2005 to as much as 17, 9 billion euros in 2022/2023, “a cornerstone of the EU”s economy (producing 64% of the world’s wine), particularly in rural areas where it plays a crucial role in combating depopulation”, to which, however, “climate, regulatory and social challenges pose significant obstacles to the sustainability of the sector, putting it at risk”, Ceev explains. | |
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| | Piedmont, one of Italy’s and the world’s most important regions in terms of blazon, history and the value of its wines and vineyards, has renewed the leadership of the Consortia that protect many of its most important appellations. Sergio Germano, head of Ettore Germano, is the new president of the Consorzio Barolo Barbaresco Alba Langhe e Dogliani, succeeding Matteo Ascheri, who led it for two consecutive terms. Also novelties at the top of the Consorzio dell’Asti Docg, with Stefano Ricagno (Argea Group), who takes over from Lorenzo Barbero. Confirmation, instead, for Maurizio Montobbio at the head of the Consorzio del Gavi. All this just one year after the change at the top of the Consorzio della Barbera d’Asti e dei Vini del Monferrato at the end of May 2023, with Vitaliano Maccario taking over from Filippo Mobrici as president.
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| | | The June 6-9 European elections are coming up, and the wine world is also looking interested in proposals, people and alignments because the future of this product cannot fail to pass from the decisions taken in the Old Continent. An appeal to the candidates, after that of Ceev, has also come from Fivi (Italian Federation of Independent Winegrowers, a reality that comes close to 1,700 winegrowers, ed.), in concert with the European Confederation of Independent Winegrowers - Cevi, through a “Manifesto” (in more detail), which starts from an assumption: more than half of the regulations governing the wine sector come from Brussels. A vision divided into five priority points, from the recognition of wine as an agricultural product to economic sustainability, implementing measures that reduce production costs, simplify sales and make it easier, more efficient and competitive for small wine businesses to run. And again, environmental sustainability, with support for the agroecological transition and the search for new agronomic techniques; social sustainability, strengthening the connection between farms and the land, enhancing the positive externalities of vertical businesses; and, finally, the request not to impose new restrictive measures on moderate and conscious consumption of wine. | |
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| | | On the podium of the F1 Gp of Emilia Romagna and made in Italy, a tribute to Ayrton Senna, one of the greatest drivers ever, who died in 1994 in a tragic accident at Imola, could not be missing. And so, Verstappen and opponents, toasted with a bottle of Trentodoc by Ferrari made ad hoc, with the logo that the Instituto Ayrton Senna created to remember the great champion. And which will go up for auction on F1 Authentics, to support the institute that provides education for thousands of young Brazilians. | |
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| | The archives, including paper and media documentation, to learn about Veronelli’s approach and working method; the library with 6,500 volumes on cooking, wine, spirits and peasant civilization; the reproduction of his study; the wine cellar, reconstructed in accordance with the original of his house in Bergamo Alta, housing 12,000 bottles; and the tasting room. Here is “Il Veronelli”, the physical and symbolic place that houses and collects the heart of Luigi Veronelli’s cultural heritage, created, 20 years after the death of the undisputed “father” of Italian food and wine critics, in the former Convento dei Neveri in Bariano, to bring to life the memory and make known the thought of one of the most influential figures for the growth of material culture in our country.
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| | A region among the hardest hit by declining production in 2023, the Abruzzo wine industry has been in the forefront of calling on the government for intervention and relief. But “four months after the decree on the state of calamity for Abruzzo viticulture, in 2023 affected by the downy mildew that reduced grape production in Abruzzo by about 70%, there has been no disbursement of resources”. Thus the entire Abruzzo wine sector, represented by, among others, the Consorzio di Tutela Vini d’Abruzzo and many trade associations, wrote to the national and regional government. | |
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