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Vine growing
Bordeaux’s right bank appellation has made tillage and grass cover mandatory for vineyard management.

Tuesday October 26 2021

Chemical weeding banned in the vineyards of Pomerol

“Chemical weeding is banned. Mechanical or physical control of grass cover in vineyards is mandatory”. The wording of new specifications
Business
Research conducted at the Robert-Jean de Vögué centre will involve still and sparkling wines but not production of spirits marketed by the LVMH group holding company.

Monday October 25 2021

Moët Hennessy unveils new research hub in Champagne

‘Oiry II’ is the name given to the construction site for this gigantic 4,000 m2 building, designed by the architect Giovanni. (...)
Business
Matthieu Gufflet already owns Château de Callac and its 40-hectare vineyard in AOC Graves.

Friday October 22 2021

Château Guiraud’s new owner is focusing on sustainable hospitality in Sauternes

“Peugeot Invest and Château Guiraud announce that Matthieu Gufflet has become a majority shareholder in Financière Guiraud”, announced (...)
Vine growing
Yanmar is already working on the possibility of adapting the robot to larger vineyards and making it suitable for tillage or canopy management.

Thursday October 21 2021

A robot for spraying narrow, steep vines

“The reason why Yanmar has agreed to show you its robot is because it really passes muster”, claims Mathieu Liebart, head of experimental (...)
Market conditions
The situation could rapidly start moving over the next few days as Castel has just released its price offers.

Wednesday October 20 2021

Bulk wine campaign poised to begin

It has been very quiet so far on the bulk market for Languedoc wines. “To date, I have not yet signed any contracts. Buyers are stopping (...)
Business
“The world is big. We have to adapt. Those who don't adapt disappear. It's as simple as that”, reflects Joseph Helfrich.

Tuesday October 19 2021

According to Joseph Helfrich (Les Grands Chais de France), “France will be short of wine, especially white”

Renowned for his ‘speak little do much’ attitude, the founder of France's leading vintner-negociant group offers a cursory (...)
marketing
To secure Bordeaux Wine Week’s place in the busy schedule of international wine events, Vinexposium is keen to ensure that all the world's wines are represented.

Monday October 18 2021

Vinexpo Bordeaux make way for ‘Bordeaux Wine Week’

“It is our duty to maintain a Vinexpo event in Bordeaux. If there is no event in 2022, there will never be one again”, claims (...)
Friday October 15 2021 - Business by Vitisphere
The ‘Tutofi’ stakes will be exhibited at the VITeff trade fair from 12 to 15 October in Epernay.

Vine stakes made from Champagne foils, wire caps and crown caps

“For the past fifteen years, Sparflex has shown its commitment to environmentally-friendly practices by giving a second lease of life (...)
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Thursday October 14 2021 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
“The wines display the kind of freshness and structure that established Bordeaux’s reputation in the past”, comments David Pernet.

Bordeaux is not harvesting the vintage of the century, but a vintage from the last century

Vintages come and go in Bordeaux and each one is different. After sunny harvests in 2018 and 2020, 2021’s defining features are its (...)
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Wednesday October 13 2021 - Business by Vitisphere
The price of the Frugal bottle varies from 600 to 1,000 euros per 1,000 bottles, depending on volume, print type and other decoration. The cost of the cap is extra.

Paper bottles all-set to take the wine world by storm

At the end of 2020, a survey of 1,741 wine drinkers across the UK found that almost two-thirds were willing to buy wine in paper ‘Frugal’ (...)
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Tuesday October 12 2021 - Market conditions by Vitisphere
The soaring prices are also due to “an adjustment – prices hadn’t risen in a long time, in fact they even fell last year”, comments Philippe Thillardon, chairman of the Beaujolais and Lyonnais co-operative winery federation.

Beaujolais Nouveau prices soar by 50 %, and shippers are left high and dry

It was very much a case of first-come-first-served this week as the Beaujolais Nouveau sales campaign got off to a flying start, taking negociants (...)
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Monday October 11 2021 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
According to the French Ministry’s overview of the 2021 harvest, “Burgundy, the Rhone Valley and Jura were the areas most affected” by frost.

Rain bolsters yields of 2021 crop in Bordeaux, Champagne and Cognac

“According to estimates established on October 1, wine production in 2021 will be in the range of 34 million hectolitres, down 27% on (...)
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Friday October 08 2021 - Business by Vitisphere
“Some years, it’s difficult to recruit people. This year is really challenging, probably because it’s a late harvest”, says winegrower Anthony Castaing.

One French winegrower uses deadpan humour to recruit grape pickers

Using the kind of offbeat humour that sits well with social media, “this video has been an incredible recruitment tool”, says (...)
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Thursday October 07 2021 - Industry issues by Vitisphere
In Ventoux “organic and HVE (High Environmental Value) certifications already have a strong following”, comments Frédéric Chaudière.

Ventoux winegrowers want to treble grass cover, and recycle 30,000 bottles

The Ventoux producers’ organisation has issued its mission statement and nine commitments that will take it down a more sustainable (...)
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Wednesday October 06 2021 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
“Estates are not making the changes lightly. They are aware that they need to change their practices, but not at any cost”, comments Agnès Boisson.

Soon, one third of Côte-d’Or estates will be organic

Burgundy is not holding its horses when it comes to organic winegrowing. Due to its northerly location, organic techniques may have been a (...)
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Tuesday October 05 2021 - Winemaking by Vitisphere
“We spend a lot of time in the wineries to boost morale and help producers perform well, so that they don't lose too many markets”, says Daniel Granès.

Buyers are delighted with the freshness of 2021 Languedoc wines

A month ago, Daniel Granès, scientific director at the Co-operative Wine Institute (ICV), was surprised by the very high levels of malic acid (...)
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Monday October 04 2021 - Market conditions by Vitisphere
“Prices are going to increase, even though nothing has been specified”, explains Olivier Richard, secretary of the Greater Burgundy wine brokers’ organisation.

Prices of Beaujolais nouveau set to soar

Although there are no official statistics as yet, with grapes only just in the tanks if that, there are plenty of forecasts being bandied (...)
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Friday October 01 2021 - marketing by Vitisphere
The event is open to all winegrowers, co-operative wineries and trading firms in Occitania. Its organisers expect 300 to 400 exhibitors and 1,500 to 2,000 trade visitors to attend.

A new trade fair in Montpellier for wines from Occitania

AOP Languedoc has devised a new regional wine fair in Montpellier, with support from the Montpellier city council and conurbation, the Occitania (...)
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Thursday September 30 2021 - Business by Vitisphere
The CIVB's objective is for 30% of sales volumes to be certified by 2030.

Lagrange the first chateau to be audited for ‘Bordeaux Cultivons demain’

An auditor from Bureau Veritas accredited by the Bordeaux wine marketing council (CIVB) has just spent a whole day at Château Lagrange. “He (...)
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Wednesday September 29 2021 - Market conditions by Vitisphere

Crémants are regaining traction in export markets

After record sales of 90 million bottles in 2019, the eight Crémant appellations* fell to 75 million due to the Covid pandemic in 2020. The (...)
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