Giuridico e Amministrativo

🥃 Whisky remains exempt from EU's retaliatory tariffs, as announced by Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani during Vinitaly. Unione Italiana Vini (Uiv) President Lamberto Frescobaldi, met with Tajani on March 18 to discuss concerns about potential trade retaliation harming the industry. European alcohol exports to the USA are worth €8 billion, while imports stand at €1.3 billion. The EU had frozen additional tariffs on American spirits after Trump threatened a 200% duty. The sector avoids further tariff complications amidst international trade tensions.

🚢 Italy's nautical tourism, particularly boat charters, boasts a €200 million turnover, potentially doubling to €400 million with occasional rentals. With over 2 million users and 20,000 boats, Luciano Rigli from Kiriacoulis Holiday highlights the sector's underappreciated potential. Italy's 6,500 travel agencies could earn an average of €62,000 each, plus commissions, from this market. Rigli's online booking platform, Filoscafo, is set to tap into this opportunity.

🍷 Italy leads global wine market as the main supplier of premium wines, including Entry level and Popular segments, according to the Osservatorio del Vino UIV-Vinitaly analysis presented in Verona. However, Italian wines represent only 2% of the volume and 9% of the value in the luxury segment, compared to France's 42% and the United States' 30%. The Italian wine sector's total consumption value is estimated at $29.9 billion. In the Deluxe wines category (retail over $25, starting at $8 at the winery), Italy holds a 10% share ($2.8 billion), while France and the U.S. have 47% and 29% respectively. Italy boasts a 23% sales share ($15.9 billion) in the Entry level and Popular category (up to $15 retail, under $5 from the winery) and a 30% share ($11.2 billion) in the Premium category (products priced between $15-$25 retail). The Italian Premium segment is expected to face zero price growth by 2028, with the Luxury segments predicted to grow by 2% annually in volume and value.

🏖 By the end of 2025, 80% of tourism operators will use Artificial Intelligence (AI), as revealed in the "Scenari e Opportunità nell’era digitale: Innovazione e Turismo 2025" whitepaper, presented by Repower at the GatewAI conference on April 4th in Bergamo. AI adoption in the tourism sector (tour operators, hotels, restaurants) increased by 23% annually between 2020 and 2023. AI is expected to create 400,000 new jobs by 2035, and last year, tourism to small Lombard villages rose by 22%, compared to a 10% increase for larger cities. AI applications in dynamic pricing, language translation, and booking automation are being studied, stressing the need for employee training to keep up with competition.

🏖 From Paris, Italian Tourism Minister Daniela Santanchè discussed the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in tourism at the OECD Tourism Committee. She presented ideas for an AI incubator for tourism, led by Italy, to support small and medium-sized enterprises and promote training. Santanchè highlighted the G7 Tourism results from Florence in November, emphasized human-centered technology and sustainable tourism, and mentioned initiatives like Tourism Digital Hub and funded AI-based startups. Italy also participates in European data projects DATES, DEPLOYTOUR, and D3HUB, and calls for regulated online reviews.

🍪 Areté reports weekly on agri-food commodity market trends. EU milk deliveries in January 2025 decreased by 0.3% from January 2024, with over 2% delays in Germany and France by the second week of March. After a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in Germany on January 10, Hungary (March 7) and Slovakia (March 21) also reported cases. March 2025 whole German spot milk prices were 23% higher than in March 2024. Butter prices increased by 4% in Kempten; SMP decreased by 1%. Sugar prices on The ICE since early March 2025 increased by 4.8% for raw and 2.5% for white sugar. Brazil's 2024/25 sugar production as of March 16 was 40 million tonnes, down 5.3%, and India's production by March 15 reached 23.7 million tonnes, a 16% decrease.

🍴 Quadri Bistrot, a cocktail bar in Milan owned by Riccardo Quadri, revamped its menu recently and is becoming a gastronomic hub for the Salone del Mobile event, offering services from breakfast to late evening. The menu features homemade breakfast, pasta, and beef tartare ranging from €20 to €25, alongside champagne and an exclusive drink list by Marco D'Aiuto, who is a sommelier and bartender. D'Aiuto created a drink list representing eight Italian regions with six low-alcohol and two alcohol-free options. He merges mixology with wine, using ingredients like Barolo Chinato and Pedro Ximénez in a cocktail aged three months and served with truffles.

💻 Trenitalia's website has been relaunched with a completely revamped interface for a more fluid and efficient user experience. The redesign focuses on mobile usability and provides more informational spaces to offer a comprehensive view of products and services. New advanced features for quick information search and comparison have been introduced, along with the most used customer functions on the homepage, such as ticket purchasing and modification, real-time train tracking, and customer support. The site also plans to integrate AI-supported content search.

🍷 Sake enters the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list on December 4. Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association (SSJ) collaborates with ASI and UDSF to educate professionals globally through tastings and events. In 2024, sake exports hit 43.5 billion JPY, a 6% increase from previous year, delivering 3.45 million cases to 80 countries, including 19 new since 2020. UK imports tripled in five years; Italy's increased by 180% over ten years to 384,000 liters in 2024. Global sake market projected to reach $10.7 billion by 2028, with SSJ aiming to expand into Latin America, Eastern Europe, and Southeast Asia.

🍪 Alce Nero, a brand since 1978, expands its baked goods with two new Organic Rusks - Wholemeal and with Oat Flour. Created with organic agriculture ingredients, these new rusks are offered in 4 convenient single servings, each with 3 slices. Alce Nero, with over 40 years in organic farming, unites more than 1,000 farmers globally and produces over 300 organic products. The brand is committed to respecting the planet and its fertility. Visit ALCENERO.COM for more.