Telling Wine
In recent days, the wine world has clearly revealed a trend that has been shaping the sector for some time: the transition from a logic based on...
Reflections on wine world
When a giant like E&J Gallo decides to close several facilities and reduce its workforce, the news does not concern just one company. It sends a signal...
Wine at a Crossroads: The Structural Challenge of Overproduction
The most significant development in the global wine sector this week does not concern ratings, acquisitions, or new appellations, but a structural issue: growing overproduction that is...
A Week of Wine
The past week in the wine world offers a picture of contrasting signals, where structural trends, market dynamics and opportunities for territorial revitalization emerge. These are not...
Wine Paris 2026: Hot-off-the-press impressions
The 2026 edition of Wine Paris has just come to an end, featuring more than 6,500 wineries, 1,350 of which came from Italy. These are significant figures...
EU–India Agreement: what prospects?
From 150 percent to 20 percent over the course of 7–8 years. This is certainly significant news for several areas of the agri-food sector and therefore also...
Wine in the age of surplus: from volume to strategy
When demand slows, supply cannot keep moving on inertia. That is where “surplus” begins: not just wine sitting in cellars, but capital tied up, discounts becoming the...
It’s the press, darling! Reflections on the role of trade journalism
Are we still useful to society and to the world of wine? That’s the question that has been on my mind for some time now. Last year,...
Italian Wine 2026: Less Volume, More Value
2026 is shaping up to be a year of “competitive maturity” for Italian wine: less room for shortcuts and a greater need for clear, deliberate choices. After...
Bubbles and consolidation: the Mumm Napa case
Mumm Napa is changing hands. Pernod Ricard has signed a definitive agreement to transfer its U.S. sparkling wine business—Mumm Sparkling California, Mumm Napa and DVX—to Trinchero Family...
















