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Drought already a challenge for this year's French wine harvest

Surprisingly, the only French wine region not affected by drought is Languedoc in the South. The 200 to 400 mm of rain (...)
May 17, 2022
Drought already a challenge for this year’s French wine harvest

How French winegrowers are breathing new life into heritage grape varieties

“Around twenty grape varieties cover 90% of vineyard acreage in France, compared with 400 French grape varieties (...)
May 11, 2022
How French winegrowers are breathing new life into heritage grape varieties

Faugères winegrowers test Bouquet resistant grape varieties

On Friday 22 April, two winegrowers from the Faugères appellation in southern France planted 3,000 vines of 3179, a resistant (...)
May 06, 2022
Faugères winegrowers test Bouquet resistant grape varieties

Hail strikes vineyards in Aude, Gard and Pyrénées Orientales

Rain and stormy weather on Saturday 23 April across the South of France were mixed with hailstorms in some areas. “One (...)
May 03, 2022
Hail strikes vineyards in Aude, Gard and Pyrénées Orientales

Frost did not put a dent in vine nutrient reserves in France

As in 2017, vines suffered from the heavy frosts of 2021. “But last year, September and October were wet. Photosynthesis (...)
April 26, 2022
Frost did not put a dent in vine nutrient reserves in France

"Another small bout of frost” for Chardonnay vines in Burgundy, Champagne, Jura...

One week after the first frost, the mercury plummeted into negative temperatures early on Sunday 10 April, dropping to (...)
April 18, 2022
'Another small bout of frost” for Chardonnay vines in Burgundy, Champagne, Jura...

The tops and flops of frost protection systems for vineyards

As viticultural advisor at the Côte d'Or Chamber of Agriculture in Burgundy, Thomas Gouroux presented trials carried (...)
April 14, 2022
The tops and flops of frost protection systems for vineyards

Horticultural fleeces now being tested in appellation areas in France

Could fleeces be the future for vines in a changing climate? “They are 100 % effective [against frost], and 100 (...)
April 13, 2022
Horticultural fleeces now being tested in appellation areas in France

“Freak years will be those without adverse weather” in vineyards

This year’s spring frosts put France’s wine regions on alert at the beginning of April and brought the industry’s (...)
April 12, 2022
“Freak years will be those without adverse weather” in vineyards

An association aims to resurrect Normandy's vineyards

The home of Calvados and Camembert, Normandy is using an association as a vehicle for becoming a wine region once again. (...)
April 07, 2022
An association aims to resurrect Normandy’s vineyards

French vineyards suffer frost damage, but to varying degrees

“At 5 am, the temperature map was extremely rare for April”, said Dr. Serge Zaka, agro-climatologist at the (...)
April 04, 2022
French vineyards suffer frost damage, but to varying degrees

The new Champagne appellation area due to be revealed in 2026

"It's making progress”, assures Maxime Toubart, chairman of the Champagne winegrowers’ association (...)
March 29, 2022
The new Champagne appellation area due to be revealed in 2026

A mobile hot-air cannon wheeled out to protect French vines from frost

With budburst just around the corner, frost protection resources are being ramped up. The latest invention is a mobile (...)
March 18, 2022
A mobile hot-air cannon wheeled out to protect French vines from frost

Organic commitments in Champagne skyrocket in 2021

Vitisphere spoke to Pascal Doquet, chairman of the organic Champagne association, who is delighted with the speed at which (...)
March 16, 2022
Organic commitments in Champagne skyrocket in 2021

2,000 m² of photovoltaic panels set to cover vineyards in Bordeaux

La Grande Ferrade, in Villenave-d'Ornon on the outskirts of the city of Bordeaux, is an experimental estate belonging (...)
March 01, 2022
2,000 m² of photovoltaic panels set to cover vineyards in Bordeaux
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