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“The ZRP endorsement offers the same guarantee of safety to consumers as organic products, but it gives producers the ability to spray when there is a risk of losing their crop without losing their certification,' says Eric Hénaux.

Friday October 18 2019

‘Zero pesticide residue’, an endorsement that aims to reassure wine consumers

In the realms of wine marketing, the quest for the Holy Grail involves finding a simple tool for publicising sustainability commitments to
Vine growing
Maxime Toubart, chairman of the Champagne winegrowers’ organisation SGV (left), warns: “If we have no guarantee that the new areas resulting from the review of production boundaries will be regulated after 2030, we will face our responsibilities and suspend work on boundary demarcation”.

Thursday October 17 2019

Champagne winegrowers threaten to block an extension of the production area

Since the beginning of the year, the Champagne winegrowers’ organisation (SGV) has been working to safeguard its future, which involves (...)
Vine growing
Overall, “production has been revised downwards since August due to the worsening effects of the drought”, said Agreste.

Wednesday October 16 2019

Estimates predict a 14% drop for the French crop

The drop in French wine production is likely to reach 14% in 2019, widening the gap with 2018 according to the latest estimate by the statistical (...)
Business
The communal hall is a “strong signal sent out to all industry players”, said a press release.

Tuesday October 15 2019

A communal area for foreign wines at Wine Paris and Vinexpo

Due to take place jointly from February 10 to 12, 2020 in the French capital city, Vinexpo Paris and Wine Paris “are (...)
Market conditions
In 2018, one in ten bottles of Provence wine was sold in the United States, by far the leading export market for the region’s rosés.

Monday October 14 2019

The prospect of tax hikes in the US leaves Provence unmoved

With industry members still reeling after the announcement by the US that it would raise custom duties on still bottled wines from France (...)
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Dominique Piron has been chairman of InterBeaujolais since July 2016. On arrival, he decided to launch a strategic plan to try to give the region new impetus.

Friday October 11 2019

Vinexpo Explorer takes a trip to Beaujolais

Vinexpo Explorer is a new concept that for the past two years has brought just under a hundred buyers from across the world to a wine region (...)
distribution
The 11th World Bulk Wine Exhibition will be held in early December 2019 in Amsterdam.

Thursday October 10 2019

The movers and the shakers of the bulk wine industry to meet at the WBWE

The 11th World Bulk Wine Exhibition will be held on 2 and 3 December 2019 in Amsterdam. Over two days, 200 exhibitors and more than 6,000 (...)
Wednesday October 09 2019 - Business by Vitisphere
With sales of 5 million bottles, “Café de Paris is currently one of the ten most widely sold sparkling wine brands in the world, bound mainly for Japan, Switzerland and France”, said Frédéric Noyère.

InVivo Wine is moving into sparkling wines, thanks to Pernod Ricard

Confirming a recurrent rumour, two press releases were published simultaneously to announce that “InVivo Wine has entered into exclusive (...)
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Tuesday October 08 2019 - opinions by Vitisphere
Marc Médeville on his election as chair of the Bordeaux and Bordeaux Supérieur producers’ organisation.

Bordeaux’s new chair thinks entry-level wines are needed

In an interview with Vitisphere, Marc Médeville, chairman of the Bordeaux and Bordeaux Supérieur producers’ organisation, claims: “We (...)
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Monday October 07 2019 - Industry issues by Vitisphere
“All French regions will be affected because they all export to the United States,” warned Antoine Leccia (left), on October 3 alongside Burgundy negociant Louis-Fabrice Latour.

The price of French wines could increase by 30% in the US market

“We are relying on the intelligence of both sides to find a solution to this disagreement”, admitted Nicolas Ozanam, executive (...)
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Friday October 04 2019 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
Renovations and the official opening are planned within the next year so that the name of the property can be revealed....

80 ha of land for self-sufficiency in vine production

Vine nursery Lilian Bérillon in Jonquières, Vaucluse, has announced the acquisition of an 80 ha property to establish its future nurseries. (...)
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Thursday October 03 2019 - Business by Vitisphere
From left to right: Alain Savary, CEO of Axema, Jean-Pierre Van Ruyskensvelde, CEO of IFV, and Jean-Louis Cazaubon, vice-chairman of the Occitania regional council.

Sitevi 2019 backed by positive developments in the equipment market

Will this year’s Sitevi, the wine equipment exhibition due to be held from 26 to 28 November in Montpellier, be a landmark vintage? (...)
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Wednesday October 02 2019 - marketing by Vitisphere
The XXO blend was produced by Christophe Valtaud, cellar master at Martell Cognac.

Martell’s XXO pops up in the category created by Hennessy

If you can’t beat them join them. As Pernod Ricard’s subsidiary company battles against Hennessy (LVMH group) to extend the finishing (...)
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Tuesday October 01 2019 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
“After 2018, it was unreasonable to expect a vintage as promising as 2019 but the truth is that the grapes are excellent and of a richness we would like to see every year,” stressed David Pernet.

2019 Bordeaux: A grape harvest and winemaking season with (virtually) no hiccups

As it transitions from a sun-kissed summer to a rainy autumn, Bordeaux has harvested the bulk of its Merlot. “This is the first time (...)
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Monday September 30 2019 - Market conditions by Vitisphere
From left to right: Thierry Julien, chairman of France Vin bio; Philippe Gérard, vice-chairman; and Bernard Rabouy, an organic winegrower in Gironde

Organic wines popular with the French

The organic wine industry is now worth more than a billion euros in the French market and as much as 1.5 billion euros including exports. (...)
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Friday September 27 2019 - marketing by Vitisphere
The selection marks “ten years of a quality scheme implemented by the Crus Bourgeois du Médoc, supervised by the authorities, which requires that the wines be selected blind by a panel of experts”, a press statement said.

Discover the latest annual selection of Crus Bourgeois wines

226 Médoc châteaux will be able to use the Cru Bourgeois statement on their 2017 vintage wines, totalling 19 million bottles, down 50% compared (...)
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Thursday September 26 2019 - Business by Vitisphere
Mickael Alborghetti, founder of EthicDrinks: “The wine industry is introducing environmental initiatives left, right and centre, but trading companies are not building on this progress by trading in an environmentally friendly way”.

EthicDrinks, France's first green trading company

After transitioning towards greater investment in the supply side during the 2000s, trading companies may well be on their way towards another (...)
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Wednesday September 25 2019 - Market conditions by Vitisphere
“In the regular range, Bordeaux comes under fire more for shelf exposure with a faster decline in demand. The drop in demand in the regular range is worsened by a fall that is much more marked than for the competition when on special offer”, commented the CIVB.

Bordeaux wines harder hit on special offer

“In super and hypermarkets, the red Bordeaux appellation suffered limited losses in the regular ranges but extensive losses when on (...)
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Tuesday September 24 2019 - Business by Vitisphere
Laurent Fresnet was named best sparkling wine maker in 2015 and 2016 by the International Wine Challenge.

Laurent Fresnet becomes cellar master at Mumm

Starting on 1 January 2020, Laurent Fresnet will become the next cellar master at GH Mumm & Cie Champagnes (Pernod Ricard group). He takes (...)
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Monday September 23 2019 - Business by Vitisphere
On the right, the new organic Côtes du Rhône “Pure evidence” label; on the left, the Pays d'Oc Grenache and Cabernet Sauvignon varietal wines

Vignobles & Compagnie bolsters its range of organic wines for the off-trade

The Rhone shipping firm Vignobles & Compagnie (formerly Compagnie rhodanienne) has announced that it is launching two new organic ranges (...)
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