Dry goods shortage is driving up bottled wine prices
Supply chain jam and rising production costs triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic and Ukraine War are crippling dry goods supplies and adding pressure to the wine industry and end consumers.
Category: Italy
Links Concept becomes official distributor of Friuli winery Jermann
Greater China’s leading wine importer, Links Concept, has been appointed as the official distributor and exclusive on-trade distributor of Italy’s pioneering winery in Fiuli, Jermann, in Hong Kong starting from May 2022.
Italy’s Tommasi buys vineyards in Mt Etna
Italy’s historic Amarone producer Tommasi has just announced the purchase of 15-ha vineyards in Mt Etna, the latest entrant following investments from Piedmont’s Gaja.
Best Italian sparkling wines in Hong Kong
Prosecco has catapulted Italian sparkling wines and its popularity has no bounds, but there’s more to Italian fizzy wines than the foamy bubble. Here are the best sparkling wines you can find in Hong Kong at Vino Condiviso Bollicine event.
Interview with ITA’s Gioia Morena Gatti
Mrs Gioia Morena Gatti, Trade Commissioner of the Italian Trade Agency (ITA) in Hong Kong, shares with us her favorite Italian food and wine, matching Cantonese cuisine with Italian wine, and what she considers the most important advice on promoting Italian food and wine in Asia
Bucket list for Italian wine aficionados
For Italian wine lovers who want to go beyond Barolos and Brunellos, here are 10 wines that will delight your palate.
ASC takes on Querciabella for mainland China and Hong Kong
ASC Fine Wines, China’s leading fine wine importer and distributor, has become the exclusive importer and distributor of Tuscany’s organic wine pioneer Querciabella for the mainland China and Hong Kong markets.
The definitive wine guide to Neapolitan pizza
Italian wine expert Averardo Borghini Baldovinetti of Vino e Finanza, gives a definitive guide to pairing wines with three different types of Neapolitan pizza.
Three must-know grapes from southern Italy
From “Nebbiolo of the South” to age-worthy Fiano, southern Italy’s Campania and Basilicata have more to offer than ancient ruins of mythical Pompeii and cerulean blue waters in Capri.
World’s first wine bank launches ‘first-ever’ cryptocurrency
The Italian Wine Crypto Bank (IWCB), the first and only global wine bank based on blockchain and cryptocurrencies, has launched what it calls “the first cryptocurrency in the world entirely guaranteed by wine” starting from September 21.