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The News section is dedicated to keeping our readers abreast of all latest news related to the world of enology and the global wine market. The global village is today's reality and, in order to be successful and competitive in business, it is more than ever necessary to compete with international realities.
Our staff writers are committed to bringing you up-to-date news that is of interest to anybody who buys or sells Italian wine.
- Open Contest to Lease Vineyards in the Todi area of Italy
May 9, 2008
 Dr. Bruno Severi, president of the Consolazione ETAB, located at 6, Piazza Umberto I in Todi, in the province of Perugia, announced the intention of the company to lease some agricultural property cultivated with vineyards in the municipalities of Todi and Duesanti, through an open public contest procedure.
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- Piedmontese Quality Wine, Food and Design at the Conquest of New York
April 17, 2008
 The Italian association Confartigianato Imprese Torino organized an ideal journey among the most typical and refined products from the Piedmont region in New York. Two internationally known chefs, Alfredo Russo and Pier Bussetti, introduced the perfumes and innovative flavors of wines, vinegars, rice, coffee, bread sticks, pasta, sauces, liquors, pastry and chocolate, of this regional cuisine. This event also offered the opportunity to showcase the design projects realized by the students of Turin's Istituto d'Arte Applicata e Design (IAAD, or Institute of Applied Art and Design).
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- Marketing European Wine: Resources for Small Producers
March 20, 2008
 The European wine sector is an ancient one and part of Europe's distinct cultural heritage, as well as contributing strongly to the European economy. In February 2007, MEPs backed the idea of protecting the historical and cultural position of European wine production. The average holding per estate is less than 2 hectares (Eurostat Farm Structure Survey 1999-2000 – within the single states this ranges from 6 hectares in France to less than 1 in Italy). In addition, many wine producers are very small estates or family businesses, making wine as a craft, rather than industrial production. Some producers are located in regions with few other economic alternatives, thus the possible loss of wine production may create economic hardship, in addition to landscape deterioration and soil erosion.
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- Vino Italiano @ San Francisco's Apartment 24
March 16, 2008
 Following the success of the 2007 Italian wine tasting, Don Davis, principal of Uncorked Events, decided to repeat the Vino Italiano experience in San Francisco. WineCountry.IT participated with a selection of Italian wines from the company wine portfolio.
The venue is the same as last year, at 440 Broadway Street, in San Francisco (phone: 415 989 3434), but the name and decor is very different. Last year's Dolce has become Apartment 24, and where last year's decor featured soothing dark greens and brown colors, the new Apartment 24 walls are decorated with trippy black, white, and gold motifs.
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- Barbera d'Asti and del Monferrato Superiore Upgraded to DOCG
February 16, 2008
 The Barbera d'Asti and the Barbera del Monferrato Superiore were upgraded from DOC to DOCG on February 12, 2008, in Rome, by the Comitato Nazionale Tutela Vini a Denominazione d'Origine (National Committee for the Protection of DOC Wines). The new recognition will be applied starting with the 2008 vintage. The production rules have been approved as they were originally formulated in the application for the upgrade.
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- Monte-Carlo Wine Festival:
International Wine Tasting – Wine, Culture and Life
January 31, 2008
 On February 23, 24, and 25, 2008, at the prestigious Hotel Méridien Beach Plaza of Monte-Carlo, in the elegant environment of the Principality of Monaco, the first Monte-Carlo Wine Festival takes place.
The festival offers an upscale location and serious business opportunities to producers, international distributors, and all professionals dealing with the wine world.
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- Korea's Taste for Expensive Wines On the Rise
January 15, 2008
 In 2007 wine became the year's best selling alcoholic beverages on the in the South Korean market.
The Asian country imported $143 million (see up-to-date value in other currencies) of wine in 2007, marking a solid increase of 61.9% in value from the previous year, announced the Korea International Trade Association, which also highlighted the fact that this is the highest percentage growth registered in the past five years for this product.
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