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Industry issues
During its AGM, the Alsace Viticulture Association (AVA) voted for a yield level of 70 hl/ha for still white wines but the position has since been rejected.

Friday July 31 2020

Continued deadlock over 2020 yields in Alsace

The Alsace wine industry, including growers in and around the Colmar exhibition centre on July 16 (some 200 demonstrators), are aware that
Industry issues
Negotiations over the next few weeks will be decisive.

Thursday July 30 2020

Champagne fails to agree on 2020 yields

The occurrence is rare in a region where agreement is generally the norm - on July 22 Champagne winegrowers and negociants failed to agree (...)
Wine people
The following members have been appointed to the 2022 classification committee: Jean-Marie Aurand, Philippe Brisebarre, Michel Bronzom, Philippe Costem, Yves Dietrich, François-Régis de Fougeroux and Cyril Payon.

Wednesday July 29 2020

Former OIV director Jean-Marie Aurand to chair the 2022 Saint-Émilion classification

Classifying great growths with no more clashes is the mission handed to Jean-Marie Aurand who has been tasked with chairing the Saint-Emilion (...)
Vine growing
Château d'Yquem has had a weather station for 140 years and has never recorded higher levels of rainfall between April and May than in 2020.

Tuesday July 28 2020

Château d'Yquem certified organic by 2022

Announced as a matter of course on May 13, 2019 by Bernard Arnault, chairman of LVMH, the switch-over to organic farming at Château d'Yquem (...)
Vine growing
The neighbour has admitted to firing the shots

Monday July 27 2020

Provence winegrower shot at with a rifle for spraying by night

“Today it’s a tank, tomorrow it’ll be someone’s head”, warned Laurent Grimaud, secretary general of the Var (...)
marketing
Local authorities are relying on their ingenuity to attract tourists. In Reims, holidaymakers will receive a bottle of grower Champagne.

Friday July 24 2020

3,000 bottles of Champagne given to holidaymakers in Reims

Attracting tourists in a post-Covid world is undoubtedly a challenge. The Greater Reims council has chosen to launch a new thrust called “Champagne, (...)
Business
Wine tourism will also play an important role in the new partnership, through the Ca' del Moro holiday complex.

Thursday July 23 2020

AdVini establishes strategic partnership with Veneto winery

Boasting 2,200 hectares of bearing vineyards divided between 30 estates, châteaux and wineries, most of them based in France, AdVini is branching (...)
Wednesday July 22 2020 - Industry issues by Vitisphere
Each year, the CIVB board will establish a progress report after appellation applications are filed, announced Bernard Farges.

Bordeaux marketing board to set aside wines from 2020 to reduce oversupplies

At its AGM on 15 July, the Bordeaux wine marketing council CIVB unanimously approved the introduction of a reserve stock aimed at “reducing (...)
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Tuesday July 21 2020 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
Veraison will soon be with us, bringing relief for winegrowers.

After many months of disease pressure, France’s vineyards are now in fine fettle again

In the very early-ripening areas, the first clusters showed signs of veraison around July 5. Everywhere else, the cluster closure stage is (...)
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Monday July 20 2020 - marketing by Vitisphere
No conferences, masterclasses or official launch parties have been slated as yet for Millésime Bio as the organisers have decided to wait until the autumn to weigh up the possibilities depending on health guidelines.

Millésime Bio expects a record waiting list, but also lots of uncertainties for 2021

With the exception of the odd stand, around one thousand exhibitors have already signed up for the next Millésime Bio trade fair. “Registrations (...)
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Friday July 17 2020 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
“We have also observed a fertigation effect, which reduces the amount of fertiliser applied by 50 to 70% depending on the amount of water used”, says Hernan Ojeda.

Using treated waste water to irrigate vines in Languedoc

Global warming has transformed irrigation into a matter of survival for vines in the driest areas of Languedoc in the South of France. The (...)
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Thursday July 16 2020 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
“We will be able to tell our customers which agents the strains are resistant to, whether these resistances are weak or strong, and help them choose their plant protection products”, explains Jérémie Brusini.

New DNA analysis to treat downy mildew less but also better

‘Baas’ for ‘Biology as a solution’ is the name of the Gironde laboratory due to be set up in a few weeks' time. (...)
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Wednesday July 15 2020 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
Julien Denormandie has his sights squarely set on ensuring glyphosate is banned at the start of 2021. His ministry will soon publish the results of an inventory showing progress on purchases of herbicides.

New French Agriculture Minister determined to end use of glyphosate by 2021

During government question time on 8 July, France’s new Minister of Agriculture, Julien Denormandie, was questioned by Aisne MP Julien (...)
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Tuesday July 14 2020 - competition by Vitisphere
The competition has two new features this year – it is now open to Marselan (a cross between Grenache and Cabernet-Sauvignon) and a new accolade has been introduced (ambassador wines, a selection of the finest gold medallists).

Montpellier chosen as the capital of Grenaches du Monde

This year, Montpellier is set to become the capital of the world's Grenache wines. The 8th Grenache du Monde competition, launched in (...)
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Monday July 13 2020 - Business by Vitisphere
In terms of aroma and flavour, “there are the candied flavours of Sauternes. There are the freshness and citrus fruits of a young vintage, and the palate is fairly rich but driven by freshness”, is how Sandrine Garbay describes the new wines.

Château d’Yquem releases a more approachable Sauternes for €60

“Everyone agrees that Sauternes is delicious, but not enough people drink it. We need to make it more approachable”, claims Sandrine (...)
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Friday July 10 2020 - Market conditions by Vitisphere
Despite a very uncertain future, and a shortfall in the bottom line, the decision was made to maintain funding for various development, promotion and technical activities for the coming financial year.

Burgundy is “the French wine region apparently suffering the least”

If comments by the chairman of the Burgundy wine marketing board (BIVB), Louis-Fabrice Latour, are anything to go by, Burgundy's wine (...)
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Thursday July 09 2020 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
'In the name of showing respect for tradition, our industry has come to a standstill”, says Vincent Malherbe.

Vincent Malherbe, vineyard manager for Moët & Chandon: “Each winegrower and Champagne shipper should be able to test new techniques ”

In your magazine ‘Partenaires’, designed for winegrowers who work with Moët & Chandon, you invite Champagne to experiment (...)
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Wednesday July 08 2020 - Business by Vitisphere
“We combine 9 co-operative groups (covering 25,000 hectares under vine in South-West France, the Rhone Valley and Beaujolais). We are gaining traction”, pointed out Thierry Blandinières.

By taking control of Vinadeis, InVivo breaks through €500-million-barrrier in revenue

The wine subsidiary of France's leading co-operative group is entering into exclusive negotiations with the Occitan co-operative group (...)
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Tuesday July 07 2020 - Business by Vitisphere
3,000 hl of wine, the equivalent of four vintages, are waiting in the cellar alongside 28,000 bottles.

Three Bordeaux winery workers win industrial tribunal case against their Chinese employer

On 25 June, the Bordeaux industrial tribunal ruled in favour of three employees of Château de Pic - the tractor driver, the viticulturist (...)
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Monday July 06 2020 - Winemaking by Vitisphere
“Our concern, as an industry organisation, is to help our members. We work with our noses and tasting every day is a necessity”, stressed Didier Fages.

Loss of smell is more crippling to the wine industry than was thought

The French winemakers’ organisation has potentially uncovered a can of worms, due to the coronavirus crisis. “We have been hearing (...)
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