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Friday May 28 2021 - Market conditions by Vitisphere

“Will the market respond to the huge influx of organic wines from Bordeaux?”

“Bordeaux is home to every type of winegrowing and they should all be promoted because there is no such thing as a single model”, claims Bernard Farges.
Thursday May 27 2021 - Equipment by Vitisphere

Maturing wines in amphorae produced with a 3-D printer

To optimise the space required in wineries, Quentin Joly explains that the company can also design square tanks.
Wednesday May 26 2021 - Business by Vitisphere

€40,000 raised for a 100% Parisian wine

In 2021, Pif à Papa should market a dozen labels, including three from Ile-de-France. Partnership arrangements have been signed with three winegrowers in the Ile de France region.
Tuesday May 25 2021 - Business by Vitisphere

How the Rosé Piscine brand of rosé on ice became a runaway success, and spearheads the French wine range in Brazil

To mark its success in the Brazilian market, Rosé Piscine is releasing its first limited edition label with a sleeve featuring the colourful waves of Copa Cabana beach.
Monday May 24 2021 - Vine growing by Vitisphere

Frost-struck French vineyards very slowly resume growth

Carole Dumont stresses that just because the vines are budding again a month late does not mean that harvesting will take place in October. “The grapes can ripen very quickly on vines with a light crop load as long as the sun returns and the soil has enough water”.
Friday May 21 2021 - Business by Vitisphere

French co-operative winery diversifies into beer

The co-operative intends to contact a malting plant for the barley and has approached an Alsace hop producer to complement its supplies.

Thursday May 20 2021 - Wine people by Vitisphere

George Clooney’s purchase of Domaine du Canadel is being challenged in court

The vendors are a retired Australian couple living in Monaco. They had been promoting the property for several years.

Wednesday May 19 2021 - Wine people by Vitisphere

Nantes football supporters play as a team for winegrower Romain Héraud

“In six years, we've experienced four frosts,' says winegrower Romain Héraud, whose vineyards were severely impacted this year, and who is keeping an eye on the slow growth of the secondary buds.
Tuesday May 18 2021 - opinions by Vitisphere

Gérard Bertrand: “I think that 50% of vineyards will be organic in 10 years' time”

“When you lay yourself bare as I do in my book, it is because you have deep-seated beliefs and are not afraid of criticism”, explains Gérard Bertrand.
Monday May 17 2021 - Business by Vitisphere

Cheval Blanc launches 2020 En Primeur at “proper market prices”

“If we come out in a good price range, the market has faith and the system works”, stresses Pierre Lurton.
Friday May 14 2021 - Business by Vitisphere

Pantone uses its colour chart to promote Bordeaux rosés

“With Colors, we didn't just want to add two new rosés to the category. From the outset, we gave thought to the consumer and the customer experience”, says Bouey's marketing manager Frédéric Louis-Maugeais.
Thursday May 13 2021 - Vine growing by Vitisphere

Vines irrigated using waste water from tourists

The project will secure the water supply for this part of the La Clape hill range, which is one of the driest regions in Occitania and has been heavily penalised by climate change.
Wednesday May 12 2021 - Industry issues by Vitisphere

Bordeaux aims for 30% of its wines to be certified ‘Bordeaux Cultivons Demain’ by 2030

The industry-specific benchmarking scheme is intended to be “ambitious” on many issues already applied within the sector, such as environmental protection, transparency with customers and consumers, regional involvement, employee training and protection.
Tuesday May 11 2021 - Vine growing by Vitisphere

Frost catches secondary buds of Chardonnay in Burgundy

Protected vineyard blocks are faring slightly better.
Monday May 10 2021 - Wine and media by Vitisphere

Cartoon court case centres on sexism and natural wines

This is only the first chapter in the legal battle over the cartoon – another hearing on messages received by wine merchant Sandrine Goeyvaerts is in the preparation stages
Friday May 07 2021 - Vine growing by Vitisphere

20 rootstocks for tomorrow’s vineyards in Burgundy

Information presented in the form of fact sheets is taken from official data (PlantGrape catalogue) complemented by the results of the latest research programmes.
Thursday May 06 2021 - Equipment by Vitisphere

Up to a 30% reduction in fuel for high-clearance tractors and grape harvesters

Consumption fluctuates more on the road than in the vineyards.
Wednesday May 05 2021 - distribution by Vitisphere

French at-home wine consumption rises after a decade-long decrease

With the exception of varietal PGIs (excluding foreign labels), all categories of wine attracted more buyers in 2020.
Tuesday May 04 2021 - Wine people by Vitisphere

5 years in prison for each attacker of Bordeaux wine tycoon Bernard Magrez

There was no En Primeur week at the end of April for Bernard Magrez, who did not miss a moment of this long court case.
Monday May 03 2021 - Business by Vitisphere

French billionaire François Pinault calls on Grands Crus to help ailing Bordeaux football club

There are already numerous connections between the wine industry and Bordeaux football. Jean-Louis Triaud, the manager of Châteaux Gloria and Saint-Pierre (Domaines Henri Martin in Saint-Julien-Beychevelle), who chaired the Girondins de Bordeaux (from 1996 to 2017), is a good example.
Friday April 30 2021 - Culture and Wine by Vitisphere

Nicolas Vanier poised to start shooting “Champagne!”

Nicolas Vanier discovered Champagne in 2017, during a conference on mankind and nature, organised by the Unesco Mission
Thursday April 29 2021 - Business by Vitisphere

Bollinger’s first “real” investment outside France

“This transaction unites the Bollinger family with the Ponzi family, who in the 1970s pioneered the planting of Pinot Noir in Oregon”, said the press release.
Wednesday April 28 2021 - Winemaking by Vitisphere

Bordeaux looks back on its 2020 vintage

Although the Merlot grapes were quite large, they produced wines showing good tannic structure, no rustic characters or dilution.
Tuesday April 27 2021 - Market conditions by Vitisphere

OIV paints a chequered picture of the global wine market in 2020

Pau Roca, director general of OIV: “2021 could replicate 2020'.
Monday April 26 2021 - Vine growing by Vitisphere

France’s wine production estimated at 32 million hl

If current estimates are confirmed, the 2021 harvest would be lower than that of 2017, which totalled just 38 million hl.
Friday April 23 2021 - Vine growing by Vitisphere

Europe’s wine regions seriously affected by frost
Thursday April 22 2021 - Market conditions by Vitisphere

The bulk market for Provence rosés dips
Wednesday April 21 2021 - Business by Vitisphere

Vin-malin.fr is benefiting from the surge in e-commerce sales
Tuesday April 20 2021 - Business by Vitisphere

Krug builds a showcase in Ambonnay
Monday April 19 2021 - distribution by Vitisphere

Frost will have an impact on En Primeur pricing
Friday April 16 2021 - Equipment by Vitisphere

They say this robot will prune as well as a winegrower

After three years of intense work, the winery was delighted this winter to mount its autonomous unit on a New Holland machine, which will handle distribution. Next year, 100 hectares will be pruned using R2T2.
Thursday April 15 2021 - Equipment by Vitisphere

26 photovoltaic projects in French vineyards for Sun'Agri

The first results collected during the 2019 season on the Piolenc site showed that vines shaded by the equipment withstood soaring summer temperatures better than the others.
Wednesday April 14 2021 - Culture and Wine by Vitisphere

The Biou d'Arbois winegrowers' festival revises its application for world heritage status

The other application not selected this year was that of “the expertise of Parisian zinc roofers and decorators”.
Tuesday April 13 2021 - Business by Vitisphere

Saint-Émilion classified growth sells for €75 million

The property has been in the family since 1847 and Joséphine Duffau-Lagarrosse will be the eighth generation of the family to run it.
Monday April 12 2021 - Vine growing by Vitisphere

Unprecedented cold snap wreaks havoc across France’s wine regions

Two regions seem to have come out unscathed – Alsace and Pyrénées-Orientales.
Friday April 09 2021 - Industry issues by Vitisphere

French winegrowers call for financial support from the European Commission
Thursday April 08 2021 - Business by Vitisphere

One winegrower has chosen to put his bag-in-box in an artistic cylinder

The Cox-in-Tube has a price tag of €38 for the Chardonnay and €40 for the red Côtes-du-Rhône Signargues.
Wednesday April 07 2021 - marketing by Vitisphere

Coteaux Champenois, Champagne’s new wave

Long before bubbles came along, the Champagne wine region was a major producer of red wines (“clairets”), which far outnumbered white and rosé wines (“paillets”), before secondary bottle fermentation was mastered.
Tuesday April 06 2021 - Vine growing by Vitisphere

Bordeaux converting to organic on a massive scale

“The trend towards organic conversion is based on the social awareness of our members”, adds Philippe Cazaux.
Monday April 05 2021 - Vine growing by Vitisphere

French vineyards on maximum frost alert

To make matters worse, on April 1, Emmanuel Buisson feared radiation frost on Sunday morning, April 4, in the South-East, Bordeaux area, the Loire Valley and Burgundy.
Friday April 02 2021 - Business by Vitisphere

Ruinart Champagne set to plant 14,000 trees in its vineyards in a year

Since 2014, Moët Hennessy-Ruinart's own vineyards have rolled out 120 areas dedicated to biodiversity, and grass cover is used over more than 95% of vineyard acreage.
Thursday April 01 2021 - Winemaking by Vitisphere

An increase in calcium precipitation in wines

To the best of our knowledge, there is only one product that can stabilise wines specifically against calcium precipitation and that is STABICa from the Champagne research centre.
Wednesday March 31 2021 - Business by Vitisphere

Millésime Bio to retain digital format in 2022

Although the digital exhibition is more time-consuming to execute and requires shipping samples, it can nevertheless reach out to new visitors who would not have made the trip.

Tuesday March 30 2021 - Business by Vitisphere

Covid puts paid to independent winegrower fairs in France this spring

Due to loss of business, independent wineries are asking for increased government support.
Monday March 29 2021 - Industry issues by Vitisphere

2045, the new deadline for new vineyard planting permits

Presiding over the Council meeting on 23 March, the Portuguese Minister for Agriculture, Maria do Céu Antunes, said that CAP negotiations must be finalised over the first half of 2021.
Friday March 26 2021 - marketing by Vitisphere

Pesticide residue-free trust mark gains traction

The aim is not to stigmatise conventional farming methods. By opening up a third avenue, the endorsement has proved, even in 2020 and certainly in the future, that zero can be positive.
Thursday March 25 2021 - Vine growing by Vitisphere

Just planting trees won’t “foster biodiversity in vineyards”

Regarding adaptation of vineyard management techniques, the report advises reducing tillage and switching to more surface procedures, or even just mowing.

Wednesday March 24 2021 - Market conditions by Vitisphere

Burgundy wines buck general downward trend

“Burgundy is doing well overall, but this should not hide the suffering of some firms who produce small quantities and used to sell their wine to a small network of French customers”, stresses the chairman of the BIVB.
Tuesday March 23 2021 - Market conditions by Vitisphere

Provence rosés post best export performance in 2020

Lack of consumer trade fairs and the prolonged closure of restaurants nevertheless had an impact on the region.
Monday March 22 2021 - Business by Vitisphere

Mouton Cadet ventures into organic wines

The blend is 87% Merlot, 7% Cabernet-Sauvignon and 6% Cabernet Franc, matured in stainless steel tanks to preserve the fruit.
Friday March 19 2021 - Wine people by Vitisphere

Thierry Coste takes stock as he steps down as chair of the Copa-Cogeca wine group

“Everyone must be able to carry on. It is important to maintain the diversity of European viticulture”, said Thierry Coste.
Thursday March 18 2021 - Equipment by Vitisphere

First tests, and effects, of exoskeletons on winegrowers’ backs

These initial tests still need to be confirmed by further trials.
Wednesday March 17 2021 - Business by Vitisphere

Legal challenges to Saint-Emilion classification double the price of applications

Applications can be submitted until 30 June 2021. Tastings will begin at the end of the year.
Tuesday March 16 2021 - Winemaking by Vitisphere

French winemakers want priority status for Covid-19 vaccinations

“Testimonials by winemakers out on the ground all [showed that they] recovered completely after a few weeks. But this required rehabilitation and intense daily tasting exercises”, said Sophie Pallas.
Monday March 15 2021 - Business by Vitisphere

Gérard Bertrand welcomes lifting of US additional duties in time for white and rosé marketing campaign

“We can only plan four months ahead. We have to take the news as it comes”, says Gérard Bertrand, who has learned in the US market that you have to see far but aim short.
Friday March 12 2021 - marketing by Vitisphere

When lack of Covid vaccines inspires a wine label

The label is a pop-up design as Jean-Christophe Mauro hopes the Covid pandemic will quickly become a subject for the history books.
Thursday March 11 2021 - Winemaking by Vitisphere

The pigments responsible for a wine’s colour also change its flavour

Further testing is needed to understand all these interactions.
Wednesday March 10 2021 - Vine growing by Vitisphere

Côtes de Bourg confirms its compulsory HVE certification

Among estates that are not certified, a large proportion have said that they are interested in HVE certification, pointed out the producers’ organisation.

Tuesday March 09 2021 - Business by Vitisphere

The effects of music on wine can be tasted at Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Arthur Mayard comments on “greater intensity in the musical wine, with higher alcohol and more residual sugars, more depth and greater texture”.
Monday March 08 2021 - Vine growing by Vitisphere

Bordeaux vines get swept away in landslide

Heavy rains wreaked havoc in the vineyards of two Gironde winegrowers
Friday March 05 2021 - Market conditions by Vitisphere

Loire Valley wines limit Covid-induced damage to sales

Although there is as yet no end in sight for the Covid crisis, Lionel Gosseaume continues to pin his hopes on a brighter future.
Thursday March 04 2021 - Business by Vitisphere

One Cru Classé reinvents Sauternes, with a sparkling wine and a rosé

Through the new labels, Château d'Arche is offering a “different proposition that can be enjoyed on a more regular basis”, sums up Didier Galhaud.
Wednesday March 03 2021 - Vine growing by Vitisphere

Burgundy grape varieties put to the climate change test

The varietal range can be a lever for adjusting to climate change.
Tuesday March 02 2021 - Industry issues by Vitisphere

The stars are aligning for American taxes on French wines to be abolished

“As soon as the Trade Representative, Katherine Tai, is confirmed, the Trade Commissioner, Valdis Dombrovskis, has been tasked with contacting her and telling her the European Union is aiming for a de-escalation of the situation”, stressed Franck Riester.
Monday March 01 2021 - Industry issues by Vitisphere

Disparaging Bordeaux wines costs an anti-agrochemical association €125,000

The ruling by the civil chamber states that “the smear campaign has been detrimental to the Bordeaux wine region, which is in the process of changing its practices”.
Friday February 26 2021 - Business by Vitisphere

2019, or the year of the coronavinous

The wine is designed as a pop-up label: “I hope we won't be talking about it in 3-4 months’ time. It would be worrying if we were still talking about it in ten years' time! Our intention is not to capitalise on it”.
Thursday February 25 2021 - marketing by Vitisphere

Champagne winegrowers use grape varieties as a point of difference

The Petit Meslier single varietal has a “novel and slightly salty taste” and a €79 consumer price tag.
Wednesday February 24 2021 - Vine growing by Vitisphere

Savoy all-set to trial 7 heirloom vine varieties for appellation wines

A first group of winegrowers have said they want to trial the heirloom varieties.
Tuesday February 23 2021 - marketing by Vitisphere

Loire Valley trade fair, Levée de la Loire and Greniers Saint-Jean postponed until 2022

Connecting the Loire Valley Wine Fair and its fringe events was a new initiative for 2021 and is still on the agenda for 2022.
Monday February 22 2021 - Wine people by Vitisphere

“Young people can be passionate about wine and talk about it in an accessible way” (to 300,000 followers on TikTok)

“Young people can be passionate about wine and talk about it in an accessible way” explains Émile Coddens.
Friday February 19 2021 - Business by Vitisphere

Bordeaux co-operative puts Rhone varieties in its Vins de France

The new label’s retail price is €6.40 /bottle.
Thursday February 18 2021 - Vine growing by Vitisphere

A more environmentally-friendly way of combatting frost

This relatively clean system has been added to the CIVC's “sustainable winegrowing in Champagne” standard.
Wednesday February 17 2021 - Business by Vitisphere

Covid causes postponement of Découvertes en Vallée du Rhône until 2022

The event planned by Inter Rhône in May 2021 for the general public has also been postponed until May 2022.

Tuesday February 16 2021 - Market conditions by Vitisphere

€11 billion surplus for French wines and spirits in 2020

The French government raised the issue of a moratorium on the Trump taxes, which César Giron believes “is the only measure that can secure the development of our industry in the medium and long term”.
Monday February 15 2021 - Market conditions by Vitisphere

A New Year, and a new start, for Bordeaux wines in China

“Just because we've just had three very good months compared to the previous nine doesn’t mean we’re heading for a fantastic period like 2010-2011”, says Roland Coiffe.
Friday February 12 2021 - Business by Vitisphere

One Corsican winery decides to innovate with orange wine and smoked grapes

6,300 bottles of each wine have been produced in the Vin de France category with a retail price tag of 13.50 euros.
Thursday February 11 2021 - Vine growing by Vitisphere

Médoc winegrowers want to get a taste of four new grape varieties, from the South and the past

According to Alix Combes (left), Arinornoa is very tannic and Marselan is particularly easy to manage, whilst Touriga Nacional has the advantage of displaying low alcohol content. Lack of ripeness can imply worthwhile potential for adaptation.
Wednesday February 10 2021 - Industry issues by Vitisphere

American taxes on wine “are one of France’s top priorities”

A confident Bruno Le Maire, France’s Minister of the Economy, says he is “hopeful that we can get the ball rolling over the coming weeks”.

Tuesday February 09 2021 - Vine growing by Vitisphere

Good news - Esca has no effect on wine quality

The researchers blended wines from diseased vines with wines from healthy vines to ensure that the grapes harvested from the vines showing symptoms could be reincorporated into the rest of the crop.
Monday February 08 2021 - Business by Vitisphere

France’s first wine with cannabis comes from Bordeaux

To placate the critics – and respond to disbelief as some people thought it was an April fool’s joke – the first vintage of the ‘Burdi W’ range was tasted by renowned consultants Alain Raynaud and Michel Rolland.
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