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Vine growing
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.

Wednesday July 15 2020

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
competition
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).

Tuesday July 14 2020

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 (...)
Business
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.

Monday July 13 2020

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 (...)
Market conditions
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.

Friday July 10 2020

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 (...)
Vine growing
'In the name of showing respect for tradition, our industry has come to a standstill”, says Vincent Malherbe.

Thursday July 09 2020

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 (...)
Business
“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.

Wednesday July 08 2020

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 (...)
Business
3,000 hl of wine, the equivalent of four vintages, are waiting in the cellar alongside 28,000 bottles.

Tuesday July 07 2020

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 (...)
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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Friday July 03 2020 - marketing by Vitisphere
The conviction secured by the CIVB was publicised at a press conference and could act as a deterrent for other counterfeiters.

Collective trademark status secured by Cognac is being used by Bordeaux to combat counterfeiting in China

“Cognac is now registered as a collective brand in China”, announces the Cognac marketing bureau BNIC, hailing “additional (...)
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Thursday July 02 2020 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
“The system's power of 120 to 140 kW/ha guarantees efficiency down to -10°C. When it is switched on, the temperature is kept at between 15 and 20°C along the trellising wire”, explains Fabien Queffelec.

Electrically heated cables return to Chablis to ward off frost

Next spring, workers at Château Grenouilles, owned by La Chablisienne, will not need to be constantly on hand to light candles or heaters (...)
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Wednesday July 01 2020 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
Thorvald measures 2.4m x 1.2m and moves at a speed of 1.5 metres per second.

An autonomous robot that eliminates downy and powdery mildew overnight

Robot Thorvald has passed its final tests on Chardonnay with flying colours. This spring, it went through the rows of vines and projected (...)
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Tuesday June 30 2020 - Industry issues by Vitisphere
In view of the current marketing imbalance, the whole point of a vine-pull scheme is to rebalance supply and demand.

Bordeaux debates permanent removal of 8 to 10,000 hectares of vines

Although no formal decision has been made yet, the future permanent vine-pull plan for Bordeaux is being discussed concurrently with the distillation (...)
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Monday June 29 2020 - Market conditions by Vitisphere
“The crisis we are going through is the worst since Champagne was created. Weathering the storm is not about resolving the sum of individual interests but promoting the collective interest”, stresses Maxime Toubart.

Tensions mount over 2020 yields for Champagne

Covid-19 is not going to undermine the spirit of dialogue and togetherness that has always presided over economic management of the Champagne (...)
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Friday June 26 2020 - Business by Vitisphere
The family-run J. de Telmont brand would become Rémy Cointreau’s new Champagne subsidiary company.

Rémy Cointreau negotiates its return to Champagne

In a financial press release, “the Rémy Cointreau Group announces that it is in exclusive negotiations with the Lhopital family to acquire (...)
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Thursday June 25 2020 - Business by Vitisphere
“This full-fledged business event will be held from 15 to 17 February and will welcome more than 2,900 exhibitors from around the world”, stated a joint press release.

Wine Paris and Vinexpo Paris to become a single exhibition

Although appearance-wise there is no change, in substance the move is designed to make all the difference. After the first concurrent Wine (...)
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Wednesday June 24 2020 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
The French company feeds its Tenebrio Molitor worms on cereal by-products.

The first insect-based fertiliser released in the French market

After four years of research in partnership with several institutes, including Bordeaux Sciences Agro, Ÿnsect has become the first company (...)
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Tuesday June 23 2020 - Industry issues by Vitisphere
If mildew and hail do not put a curb on production of red AOC wines, yield reductions and compulsory reserves will.

AOC Bordeaux aims to scale back production by 20% in 2020

The Bordeaux winegrowers’ association is currently studying all possible levers for rebalancing its supply surplus due to weak demand, (...)
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Monday June 22 2020 - Industry issues by Vitisphere
“We have no figures. There is total uncertainty”, says Jérôme Despey.

Crisis distillation exceeds budget threshold of 2 million hectolitres in France

As the crisis distillation campaign came to an end at midnight on 19 June, French authorities struggled to get a clear picture of progress (...)
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Friday June 19 2020 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
290 disease resistant grape varieties will be planted. In three years’ time, the twenty best will be replanted on a larger scale.

Martell plants 123 grape varieties resistant to powdery and downy mildew

As you drive by, the chances are you won’t even notice the 0.5-hectare plot. But to Martell, it’s worth its weight in gold. “On (...)
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Thursday June 18 2020 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
In addition to the leaves, symptoms are also very visible on the clusters.

Bordeaux wine growers struggle to keep on top of mildew

“Every anti-mildew spray costs money and adds to the prevailing gloom”, comments consultant winemaker and director of EnoSens (...)
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