ItalyUpdate

Italys biggest annual wine fair, Vinitaly, chalked up a record number of visitors this year, marking the ever increasing success of Italian wines.

The four-day event, held in Verona, registered 140,000 visitors from 120 countries, with an increase of 35% foreign participants. The fair was followed by media representatives from 45 countries, with 2,500 journalists present, representing 170 radio and TV channels, 105 dailies from the printed press and 110 online news publications.