Valpolicella appellation: latest official data
Here we are again: this 2021 also is going to be archived in a few days. How did the Valpolicella do this year?
According to the official press release, things are looking good for Valpolicella wines so far. The bottling is growing in double figures: + 16% in the first 10 months of this year compared to the same period in 2020. Amarone della Valpolicella is taking the lion's share (+30.2%, the equivalent of 15 million bottles in the first 10 months of the year), while Valpolicella Ripasso is at +14.7% and Valpolicella at +7.1%…
What's going on in Valpolicella?
…A new breeze has risen and, as usually occurs in human affairs, it’s blowing from the youth.
Valpolicella: the big deal and the new wave
"Although many people all around the world love Amarone, often they really have no idea where it comes from. And - sadly - Valpolicella’s producers don’t seem to do much to inform them. It needs an effective strategy of “geographic” communication of this part of Verona province before speaking about grapes or technique"...
Harvest 2014, Valpolicella producers lower grape quantity for Amarone
In a dramatic development following some recent anticipations about a very difficult harvest in Valpolicella (see our report), we learnt that Consorzio Tutela Valpolicella (the organization representing local wine bottlers, cooperatives, wine producers and winegrowers), decided to lower from 50% to 35% the amount of grapes to be reserved for the drying process for the production of Amarone 2014.
Due to a month and a half of heavy rain, hail storms and excessive soil humidity, the health of grapes seems to be undermined almost everywhere in Valpolicella, with the exception of some hills exposed to local fresh winds (for more details, please read our report here)...
A new distributor of Allegrini in US Market and other news
In the last weeks some important facts occurred in Valpolicella. Here we report the main three:
E. & J. Gallo Winery (Gallo) is the new distributor for Allegrini's wines
Cav. G.B.Bertani is now Bertani Domains: a new important group was born
A new "visitor centre" for Masi Agricola Company
PR: IWSC awards Cantina Valpolicella Negrar as best Italian producer 2013
We receive this press release from Cantina Valpolicella Negrar, and the news is:
"The United Kingdom’s independent International Wine & Spirit Competition (IWSC), one of the world’s most prestigious drinks events, has awarded the coveted Best Italian Wine Producer of the Year trophy to the Negrar (Verona) cooperative winery".