Italian wineries, Italian wine producers, and current wine news.
Italian wineries
Ca’ del Bosco focuses on the winery experience. The Franciacorta winery has chosen a specific path: fewer trade shows and traditional advertising, and more in-person hospitality. With approximately 25,000 visits a year, the winery transforms wine into an experience, including art, tastings, bike tours, and the local area.
Tolaini talks about the 2022 Chianti Classico Gran Selezione. The Chianti winery presents the 2022 Vigna Montebello Sette, an elegant and structured organic Chianti Classico Gran Selezione, aged in large oak barrels.
Producers of Manduria, a symbol of Apulian Primitivo. The historic Apulian cooperative, founded in 1932, continues to promote Primitivo di Manduria DOC thanks to 300 winemaking members and over 700 hectares of vineyards.
Antinori: wine, hospitality, and dining as a value system Marchesi Antinori confirms an advanced winery model: not just production, but storytelling, hospitality, dining, and brand experience.
Lodali and the Barolo Bricco Ambrogio 2022 The Piedmontese winery in Treiso presents its Barolo da Roddi, the expression of a family-run business with 10 hectares of estate-owned vineyards and a varied production.
Tenuta Carretta, Nebbiolo beyond Barolo In Piobesi d’Alba, Tenuta Carretta promotes the Roero and Piedmontese appellations with a winemaking history dating back to 1467.
Farina Wines: Amarone between history and innovation. The Farina family’s Amarone vertical tasting tells the story of a Valpolicella that unites memory, art, winemaking research, and contemporary communication.
Eleusi, the Trentino Chardonnay signed by Mattia Binotto In the small Trentino winemaking project of Cantina Eleusi, time takes center stage: Chardonnay, long aging and a simple winemaking approach.
Italian wine and Italian oenology
Drink well to live better: the International Academy of Healthy Drinking is born. Signorvino presents a project dedicated to conscious drinking, with the aim of defending the cultural value of wine in the Italian diet and conviviality.
Sobriety Economy: No-Alcohol Changes the Concept of Luxury The growth of conscious consumption and no- and low-alcohol products is redefining premium beverages: less sacrifice, more quality, well-being, and customization.
EU aid of up to 70% for diesel and agricultural fertilizers The European Commission introduces support measures for agriculture, fisheries, and transport, with contributions of up to €50,000 per beneficiary to address the high cost of energy and fertilizers.
Mountain Professions: A Hub for Young People in the Highlands is Born. A project is taking shape in Lombardy to train under-35s in professions related to agriculture, tourism, agri-food supply chains, forestry, and digital innovation.
Aglianico, between Hellenic origins and the history of Campania’s viticulture. An in-depth look at the theories surrounding the origins of Aglianico confirms the richness of Campania’s viticultural genetic heritage.
Italian White Wines: The Sensory Map of Native Varieties Arrives. An international study analyzed 246 labels from 18 Italian varietals, creating a sensory atlas useful for producers, technicians, consortia, and buyers.
Ciliegiolo, the Maremma’s red ace. Maremma focuses on a fresh, elegant, and immediate red, capable of standing out from the great Tuscan classics without imitating them.
REDWine: transforming CO₂ and winery effluents into biological value. The European project demonstrates how fermentation emissions can be transformed into a resource through CO₂ recovery and microalgae cultivation.
Loreto Aprutino and civic winemaking In Abruzzo, wine becomes a story of community, territory, and local identity through the experience of the Custodes Laureti.
International
Uruguay: Viticulture Becomes the Country’s “Living Culture” The Uruguayan government launches a program to promote viticulture as a national cultural expression, uniting wine, landscape, community, identity, and international diplomacy.
Nobile di Montepulciano flies between the United States and Canada From May 4th to 15th, the Consorzio del Vino Nobile is organizing a road show in North America, with stops in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Vancouver, Calgary, and Toronto.
Wine aged 40 meters under the sea. In France, experiments with underwater aging continue: bottles are being immersed off the coast of Provence to study the effects of darkness, constant temperature, and depth.
Wine events
Chianti Lovers Week from May 3rd to 9th , Florence, Siena, Prato, Montespertoli, Pistoia, and Arezzo will host tastings, aperitifs, vineyard hikes, and guided tours to share the Chianti story in a shared and engaging way.
Balbi aperitifs from May 9th in Pieve di Soligo. At Fondaco del Gusto, a monthly series dedicated to the excellence of the Alta Marca Trevigiana begins, featuring Balbi, a historic selection linked to the world of Prosecco.
Tuttofood 2026 from 11 to 14 May in Milan The Rho agri-food fair is preparing to welcome 5,000 exhibitors, 4,000 top buyers and over 100,000 professional visitors from 80 countries.
Fermento Emilia 2026 in Montecchio Emilia On May 17th and 18th, the event dedicated to artisanal, natural, organic, and biodynamic wines from Emilia returns, with tastings and masterclasses.
Colico in Cantina between lake, mountains and tastings On May 31st, June 1st and June 7th the event returns to Lake Como, with itineraries among wineries, local wines, typical products and Lario landscapes.
Winemaking opportunities and assets
Winery in the heart of Prosecco DOC. In the province of Treviso, we offer an already operational sparkling wine production and storage cellar, with a warehouse of approximately 1,800 m2, an attached house, offices, and direct access to the main road.
A property to be seen as an integrated platform combining vineyards, facilities, hospitality, brands, and tourism potential, in a historic area near Rome.
Winery in Friuli Venezia Giulia. 74-hectare property in a single block, with approximately 55 hectares of vineyards, a fully equipped cellar, bottling plant, 500 kW photovoltaic system, agritourism, apartments, and catering.
Borgo Capietaglio – Tellurit Winery A hamlet nestled among vineyards, designed for a rustic-chic welcome amidst nature, wine, relaxation, and scenery.
Final summary
Today’s event confirms an important shift for wine: the product alone is no longer enough. Growing wineries are those capable of transforming wine into experience, culture, terroir, sustainability, and a direct relationship with the public.
From Uruguay, which promotes viticulture as a living culture, to the Italian models of Ca’ del Bosco, Antinori, Manduria, Chianti, and Prosecco, a clear direction emerges: the future of wine will be increasingly tied to the ability to convey value, identity, and vision.
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