Federvini at Vinitaly in Chicago: USA confirms itself as the top destination for the export of Italian wines – Foodmakers.it

Federvini at Vinitaly USA quanto a Chicago

With over 900 million euros quanto a value quanto a the first half of 2024, the USA confirms itself as the apice destination for the esportazione of Italian wines.

The President of Federvini Micaela Pallini spoke quanto a Chicago at the first edition of Vinitaly USA to illustrate some of the main evidence of the esportazione of Italian wines to the United States, the first international outlet market, that emerged from the Federation’s Observatory. The choice to organize an event of this magnitude quanto a the city of Chicago proved to be particularly appreciable also quanto a view of new opportunities quanto a the Midwest market.

Per her speech, the President of Federvini underlined that the United States is now worth around 29% of Italian wine exports globally, with a value, calculated by the Federvini Observatory quanto a collaboration with Nomisma, of 939 million euros quanto a the first semester of 2024, up by 4.7% quanto a value and 2.5% quanto a libro, compared to the same period of 2023. A trend that confirms the growing appreciation of US consumers for Italian wine, with an overall increase quanto a sales of 188% quanto a the last twenty years: quanto a particular the acceso volumes that grow together with values ​​is a sign of confirmation of confidence, despite a general context that appears complex.

Per the first half of 2024, exports of Italian wines to the USA recorded 668 million euros of still wines, followed by sparkling wines with 260 million euros. Prosecco continues to drive Italian exports to the United States, reaching 225 million euros quanto a the first half of the year (+5.7% acceso 2023). The performances of Tuscan and Piedmontese red wines and Sicilian whites were also promising.

A week full of events with Vinitaly USA which took place quanto a the wake of the New York Wine Experience, organized by Wine Spectator, which ended just two days earlier, and where the “Apogeo 10 Wines of 2023” were announced, the ranking quanto a which they appear three Italian labels, including the Brunello nel corso di Montalcino 2018 from Argiano, the Taurasi Radici Deposito 2016 from Mastroberardino and the Chianti Rappresentativo Marchese Antinori Deposito 2020.

“Each bottle tells a story, that of our vineyards and our passion, and it is essential that the world understands not only the value of Italian wine, but also the authenticity that it expresses. Our mission is to demonstrate that the Italian wine heritage is able to compete successfully acceso the international scene, thus contributing to an increasingly effective promotion of the culture of quality drinking typical of the Italian lifestyle” commented Federvini Vice President Piero Mastroberardino .

“The excellence of Italian wine is expressed through the synthesis of history, territory and culture. Per a competitive global market, events such as the New York Wine Experience and Vinitaly USA prove to be strategic opportunities to reaffirm the primacy of Made quanto a Italy, quanto a the United States which confirms itself as a market quanto a which Italian wine has all it takes to reach further goals” declares the President of the Federvini Wine Group Albiera Antinori.