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Interestingly, future specifications for the Médoc appellations also provide for trials of new grape varieties Arinarnoa, Marselan, Castet and Touriga nacional.

Thursday July 29 2021

AOC Médoc, Haut-Médoc and Listrac-Médoc to enforce mandatory environmental certification in two years’ time

At an extraordinary general meeting on 5 July, the Médoc, Haut-Médoc and Listrac-Médoc appellation board validated its plans to incorporate
Vine growing
“In April, frost was the only issue, but now we are expecting more [yield] loss due to drought”, sums up Julien Thiery.

Wednesday July 28 2021

Drought warning across the vineyards of Roussillon

“After mildew last year and now frost and drought this year, winegrowers are under great pressure”, summarises Anne-Marie Castagné, (...)
Vine growing
At 52, Jean-Claude Credoz has no recollection of ever seeing this amount of damage in Jura.

Monday July 26 2021

Landslide carries vineyard away in Jura

“Yet another disaster. We had already been dealt a big blow by the spring frost, hail and mildew, during our third year of conversion (...)
Equipment
François Jamet claims that he has received generally positive feedback from his fellow winegrowers: 'They told me that my idea was not daft, and that it was certainly an avenue to explore”.

Friday July 23 2021

Could underground heat exchangers combat frost in vineyards?

“The vines around the cellar vents are often not affected by frost. Could this be due to the temperate air that permanently reigns in (...)
Equipment
IFV V'innopole South-West and its partners organised the first event of the early summer in Peyrole, in the Tarn region, with 45 exhibitors, including Greenshield (photo), and 280 visitors.

Thursday July 22 2021

Pattern spraying to reduce the amount of plant protection products in vineyards

In the past, the amount of plant protection products used was lowered by applying less mixture per hectare per spray. Greenshield has come (...)
Vine growing
One word sums up the general feeling across Champagne after torrential rain fell on vines already badly affected by mildew – unprecedented.

Tuesday July 20 2021

Champagne winegrowers crack under pressure from mildew

“Last week, I said that this week would either be a saving grace for everyone, or we’d be in over our heads”, comments Franck (...)
Vine growing

Tuesday July 13 2021

AOC wines now eligible for grape varieties with resistance to downy and powdery mildew

Changes are underway in the appellation vineyards of Europe, where until now only European grape varieties of the Vitis vinifera species could (...)
Thursday July 08 2021 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
The profession is changing, not to mention weather incidents. “The risks of frost and flooding are increasing, putting our production at risk”.

How climate change is changing the nursery profession

“Forty years ago, each village had its own nursery, where winegrowers would come and collect their vines without wondering too much (...)
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Tuesday July 06 2021 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
The consequences of the tornado include the loss of crops, buildings and equipment destroyed and time needed to repair the damage.

Substantial damage caused by a tornado in the Loire Valley prompts community spirit

“It crossed our village diagonally, from south to north, sweeping up and devastating everything in its path: sheds, roofs, agricultural (...)
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Monday June 28 2021 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
For Christian Huyghe, Resdur grape varieties must rise to the “challenge of making France a benchmark in producing wine with a low environmental impact”.

Four disease-resistant grape varieties find fast track to French AOC recognition

Developed by the French National Research Institute for Agriculture and the Environment (INRAE), the first four French vine varieties resistant (...)
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Friday June 25 2021 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
A new director, Anne-Laure Ferroir, has also just been recruited by Terra Vitis.

The environmental endorsement Terra Vitis now covers 5% of French vineyards

“We are no longer a bunch of do-it-yourselfers ploughing our own furrow! We matter in the wine industry”, claims Benoît Ab-der-Halden, (...)
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Tuesday June 22 2021 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
Using RNA technology, the ability of the S. titanus leafhopper to transmit flavescence dorée phytoplasma to grapevines could be eliminated.

RNA emerges as a new way of combatting flavescence dorée in vineyards

Could RNA technology, used in certain anti-Covid vaccines, also be used to combat flavescence dorée in the future? This is the new avenue (...)
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Tuesday June 15 2021 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
“It is no accident that these winegrowers, who represent the crème de la crème, all have own-rooted vines”, says Loïc Pasquet.

European manifesto: growers of own-rooted vineyards seek endorsement and UNESCO classification

There could be some hard graft ahead for nine winegrowers and consultants from Germany, France (Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Burgundy, Champagne (...)
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Friday June 11 2021 - Equipment by Vitisphere
OneCircle has been marketing to France since 2015, and to date has sold 500,000 KeyKegs per year to 300 French customers, 65% of them brewery operators and 35% in the wine industry.

Prominent distributor takes over sales of keg wines in France

“Soufflet Vigne has become the exclusive distributor of KeyKeg barrels for the wine market in France”, stated a press release (...)
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Wednesday June 09 2021 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
Genodics promises a refund if the spread of the disease does not slow down by at least 30%.

Controversy over efficacy of Genodics technique against vine esca

Have the 140 winegrowers who installed Genodics boxes in their vineyards to limit the spread of esca been taken for a ride? This is what research (...)
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Friday June 04 2021 - Equipment by Vitisphere
“We have two problems to solve”, says Emmanuel Ogereau: “The wind and the time it takes to install the fleece. It took us 50 hours with several people”.

Wrap your vines in a fleece to protect them against the frost!

For the second consecutive year, two estates in Anjou-Saumur took part in a trial monitored by the national institute for origin and quality (...)
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Thursday June 03 2021 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
Breton winegrowers range in backgrounds from newcomers seeking a change of career to Breton farmers aiming to diversify into winegrowing.

The Breton wine industry becomes more structured and professional

The triskelion is a Celtic symbol with a strong identity in Brittany and it has been used as the basis for the new logo to mark the restructuring (...)
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Tuesday June 01 2021 - Equipment by Vitisphere
Several major companies have confirmed they will be attending Sitevi.

Sitevi marks the return of the major technical exhibitions

It’s great to hear some good news. “After 2020 and the unprecedented global health and economic crisis, Sitevi, the world's (...)
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Monday May 31 2021 - Land management by Vitisphere
The price of vines outside appellation boundaries rose by 0.9% (to €14,500/ha), following a “gradual upturn over the last 10 years” commented land registry agency SAFER.

Covid has a significant impact on prices of French vineyards

In 2020, “the [real estate] market for vineyards was seriously impacted by the pandemic. We recorded a thirty-year low in the number (...)
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Thursday May 27 2021 - Equipment by Vitisphere
To optimise the space required in wineries, Quentin Joly explains that the company can also design square tanks.

Maturing wines in amphorae produced with a 3-D printer

Located near Limoges, Biopythos was the only company able to market porcelain amphorae. “Thanks to 3D printing, we are now also able (...)
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