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Christophe Avi, a winegrower in France’s Brulhois area, is releasing a wine at the end of January that promises to have side effects.

Friday January 15 2021

France’s first Vaccs'vin is on its way!

After the Covid test label by Bordeaux winegrower Jean-Christophe Mauro (Chapelle Bérard), another French winegrower – Christophe Avi
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Although the economic situation under Covid is still very much up in the air, the Bordeaux wine industry is hoping to replicate the success of last year's 2019 En Primeur campaign.

Thursday January 14 2021

Covid or not, En Primeur week will go ahead in Bordeaux and other venues

The later than usual official En Primeur presentation of the 2020 vintage by the 131 members of the Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux (UGCB) (...)
Vine growing
The Viti-Tunnel also warded off black rot, dead arm disease and grey rot. To combat powdery mildew, which only requires dampness and wind to spread, the partner chateaux used 2 to 4 kg per hectare of wettable sulphur every 10 to 20 days.

Wednesday January 13 2021

A tunnel shelters vines from 80% of plant protection products

A tunnel formed by two stainless steel tubes which unroll a waterproof tarpaulin over vines when a sensor at the end of the row detects that (...)
Wine and Health
In April, a Chinese team synthesised two compounds that inhibit the Mpro enzyme, with good in vivo results in dogs and mice. Their work was published in Science Magazine.

Tuesday January 12 2021

Grape compounds able to block a key enzyme in the Covid-19 virus

The antiviral properties of certain fruits such as persimmons have been well documented. Researchers at North Carolina State University recently (...)
Industry issues
There is now no way still wines can avoid the duties – by shipping in bulk or raising ABV to over 14% – and some sparkling wines and spirits are also targeted.

Monday January 11 2021

French wine industry continues to be hijacked by aviation issues

The French wine and spirits industry is becoming increasingly vociferous in its condemnation of additional duties imposed by the US and seems (...)
Vine growing
Pierre Desprat accepts his reputation as the custodian of volcanic wines. His personal vision is that only wines from volcanic plots should eligible for the endorsement.

Friday December 25 2020

Official endorsement and geo-oenological studies in the pipeline for ‘Volcanic wine’

There is no white smoke yet, but a few fumaroles are already indicating that volcanic vineyards are reaching boiling point. “We can (...)
Market conditions
“We need to capture the imagination more and the legend surrounding our appellation. We realised in 2020 that digital technology can also allow us to convey emotion”, says Jean-Marie Barillère.

Thursday December 24 2020

Sales of Champagne plummet by 25%

“This is a very bad year, we've never experienced such a sharp drop in sales”, comments Jean-Marie Barillère, chairman of (...)
Wednesday December 23 2020 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
68% of estates using horse-drawn farm implements are certified organic.

3 % of French winegrowers use horses

“Over the past few years we have seen renewed interest in horse-drawn implements from winegrowers aiming to use fewer chemical inputs (...)
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Tuesday December 22 2020 - distribution by Vitisphere
During their raids, the police and gendarmes found cases from prestigious estates, with bottles ranging in size “up to the Mathusalem (6 litres)”.

14 charged with stealing €5 million worth of classified growths in Bordeaux

French police hauled in a huge catch on December 8, bringing in an extensive network of fences and burglars of Bordeaux negociants and warehouse (...)
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Monday December 21 2020 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
A summary of these trials is due in six months’ time.

Does biodynamic winegrowing produce better quality wines?

Several producers tempted by biodynamic winegrowing in Anjou asked Philippe Chrétien of the French Institute of Vine and Wine (IFV) in Angers (...)
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Friday December 18 2020 - Market conditions by Vitisphere
In a globally competitive wine market, the value of French wines suffered far more than the average.

Covid puts a dent in revenues of French wine exports

The Covid pandemic has wrought havoc on French wine exports. From January to September 2020, France exported 9.8 million hectolitres of wine (...)
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Thursday December 17 2020 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
The trials did not cause any burns or damage to the grapes.

Electric weeding performs as well as glyphosate beneath the vines

Electric weeding has proven its efficacy in vineyards belonging to the French Vine & Wine Institute (IFV) in Lisle-sur-Tarn. Three times, (...)
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Wednesday December 16 2020 - Industry issues by Vitisphere
“The proposal by the wine board is based on vine pull and staggered restructuring. The technical details have not yet been decided”, explains Jérôme Despey.

The French wine industry considers ‘deferred vineyard restructuring’, aka temporary vine pulls

On 9 December, the latest FranceAgriMer wine board meeting that you presided over discussed a temporary grubbing-up, or rather deferred restructuring, (...)
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Tuesday December 15 2020 - Wine and media by Vitisphere
“The wine industry’s “green” revolution is underway, but there is still another Bastille to be stormed and that is its male chauvinism and sexism, which pervade every aspect of the industry”, said celebrated French lawyer Eric Morain.

A caricature fuels controversy over male chauvinism in the French wine industry

The whole issue flared up on 24 November, when Sandrine Goeyvaerts, a journalist and wine merchant, discovered the cartoon published on page (...)
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Monday December 14 2020 - Business by Vitisphere
With its new format, “the show’s exhibitor numbers would increase from 600 to 1,200, if Dive joins us”, points out Eric Grelier.

Loire Wine Show changes dates and combines with fringe events in 2021

Rather than run the risk of cancellation due to the Covid-19 crisis, the Loire wine show’s organisers have decided to circumvent the (...)
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Friday December 11 2020 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
Although the grapes have been tried and tested, they will remain secondary varieties in Bordeaux and Bordeaux Supérieur production specifications.

Bordeaux is ready to plant its new grape varieties

Three weeks ago, the national institute of appellations and origin, INAO, gave the 4,500 winegrowers producing Bordeaux and Bordeaux Supérieur (...)
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Thursday December 10 2020 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
Along with its conversion to organic, Domaine Royal de Jarras has also rolled out disease-resistant grape varieties on a dozen hectares.

Europe’s largest wine estate offers a shining example of resilience to climate change

Can 429 hectares of vineyards at Europe’s largest wine estate, Domaine Royal de Jarras in Aigues-Mortes, in the Camargue, be converted (...)
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Wednesday December 09 2020 - Business by Vitisphere
Jack Ma, Bordeaux vineyard philanthropist or a businessman ahead of the curve?

We visited Jack Ma’s vineyard, and… you’ve never seen anything like it!

“Over 200 hectares, everything is ploughed, cared for and clean”, claims Tom Vercammen, managing director of Château Sours. He (...)
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Tuesday December 08 2020 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
“We are going to roll out the sensor in several vineyards next summer to acquire more data and automate the calibration”, promises Benjamin Boissier.

The first yield monitor sensor is on its way

By 2022, winegrowers will no longer need to walk up and down their vine rows as the harvest approaches to estimate their yield. A sensor developed (...)
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Monday December 07 2020 - opinions by Vitisphere
“Above and beyond the economic ups and downs, research shows that the Chinese market is set to grow. There are still good prospects in China”, claims Allan Sichel, confident about the market's potential.

“The French wine industry should not rejoice over Chinese import taxes on Australian wines”

In a trade war, is one country’s loss another one’s gain? After suffering for the past year from the infamous ‘Trump taxes’, (...)
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