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Thursday January 31 2019

French nurseries unveil their collective brand Vitipep’s

With its hexagon shape ratified, the logo of the French collective trademark for vine plants has set its own slogan in motion: ‘French
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Although Cognac has always prided itself on being a unique product in the French winescape, it can no longer be controlled purely with its own interests in mind. There is a real fear of knock-on effects for white wine producer regions.

Thursday January 17 2019

Cognac wants to plant, but the other French regions oppose the plans

A meeting of representatives from France’s wine regions on 19 December in Paris was unable to vote on applications for new vineyard (...)
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Patrice Bersac has spearheaded the drive to secure recognition for PGI Ile-de-France.

Friday January 11 2019

Paris has its own geographical indication

After seven years of administrative procedures, the Ile-de-France PGI had its birth certificate signed on December 5 during a meeting of the (...)
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Champagne is preparing to phase out the use of herbicides.

Friday December 21 2018

Champagne aims to be herbicide-free by 2025

"The die is cast: the political debate on glyphosate, which is certainly not the most dangerous molecule, is a good example of what to (...)
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“These important figures underscore the need for action by the industry at national level, through the National Plan for Grapevine Dieback”, claimed the Charente Plant Health Bulletin.

Friday December 14 2018

17% of Cognac vines non-bearing

Ranging from less than 1% to almost 45% depending on the location, the average percentage of non-bearing vines reached 16.8% in 2018 in the (...)
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According to initial data from the Vitiforest programme, rows of trees have no impact on vigour or ripening issues.

Friday December 07 2018

Feedback shows that planting trees in vineyards has no negative impact

Planting trees in the middle of vineyards is a basic tenet of agroforestry. But to date, there have been few references to the impact of this (...)
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To avoid a deadlock, France will launch a national copper plan in early 2019.

Monday December 03 2018

France’s wine regions criticise the drop to 4 kg/ha/year for copper usage spread over 7 years

Even if it means being considered a killjoy, the French wine industry is not feeling smug about the November 27 vote by the European Commission (...)
Friday November 16 2018 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
Further research is also being carried out to create an electronic eye, capable of monitoring grape ripeness using parameters that depend on the colour of the grapes.

Electronic tongue: Will robots be able to taste ripeness in grapes?

A team of researchers from the Universities of Cadiz (Spain), Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy) have developed an electronic tongue, which (...)
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Thursday November 15 2018 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
Approved by the regional wine council, the application for a quota of 3,474 hectares underscores the Cognac wine industry’s confidence in the sustainability of its export development.

Cognac has authorised 5 % growth in acreage in 2019 in response to demand

Now able to compartmentalise new planting authorisations between the different segments, the Charentes-Cognac wine region council has just (...)
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Wednesday November 14 2018 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
This year, Basile Tesseron treated the 41 hectares of his Saint-Estèphe Grand Cru Classé with conventional fungicides.

Saint-Estèphe: Château Lafon-Rochet is disappointed by organic farming, and is publicising it

Basile Tesseron, manager of Château Lafon-Rochet, does not do half measures. In 2010, he converted his entire property to organic without (...)
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Wednesday November 07 2018 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
France boasts more than 9,000 ha of Chenin, mostly in the Loire Valley with 5,000 in Anjou-Saumur and 3,200 in Touraine, but vineyards are also found in Jasnières and the Fiefs Vendéens. Elsewhere, it is grown in Limoux, Côtes de Millau and the Dordogne.

An international Chenin symposium scheduled for 2019

Is Chenin a grape variety of the future? According to the latest Sopexa research on wine trends between now and 2020, it is touted as one (...)
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Tuesday November 06 2018 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
Alsace has 880 hectares of vines farmed using biodynamic techniques.

Alsace champions biodynamic wine growing, and is publicising it!

Biodynamic wine growing is bringing grist to Alsace’s mill, and is why the Alsace marketing council (CIVA) hosted a tasting of fifty (...)
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Thursday November 01 2018 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
Léonore Hugot from FranceAgriMer presents the figures for nursery production during the organisation’s conference.

French nurseries regain their leadership position

France should regain its position as the leading producer of vine plants which it had recently relinquished to Italy. This year, French nurseries (...)
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Thursday October 25 2018 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
On October 12 at Château Fombrauge, Benoît Chaillon tested soil tillage by the TED robot.

Initial feedback from winegrowers on the Naïo weeding robot

From the historic Percheron horse to the more common tractors, a high-tech plough has become an alternative solution for tilling and weeding (...)
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Monday October 22 2018 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
At Domaine Cases, the bridge leading to the flooded vineyards collapsed. Henri Cases cannot access his vines.

Winegrowers recount the devastating flash floods in the South of France

Winegrowers in Aude woke up on Tuesday October 16, the day after torrential rains flooded the area in the early hours of Monday morning, to (...)
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Friday October 19 2018 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
From left to right, in the Artaban vineyard: Jean Bernard Abassie, chairman of Vignerons du Pays d'Ensérune; Robert Galinié, chairman of the ‘Émancipatrice paysanne’ association; Christophe Schneider, research engineer for varietal innovation at INRA Colmar; and Rémy Cailliatte, deputy head of the plant improvement biology department at INRA Avignon.

First 5,000 bottles of wine from the disease-resistant grape variety Artaban to be released

“It all started in 2005. My idea was to create a vineyard that could produce grapes at a lower cost while showing maximum respect for (...)
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Wednesday October 17 2018 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
2018 marks a record year in terms of the presence and damage by honeydew moths.

A new pest is causing damage in 2018

Gard Chamber of Agriculture advisor Cyril Cassarini is categorical: “This is a record year for the honeydew moth in terms of presence (...)
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Friday October 12 2018 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
The first plots of permanently classified disease-resistant vines are beginning to appear in French vineyards, here, in Bordeaux.

Disease-resistant grapevines launched in 2019 in PGI vineyards

The impetus for introducing disease-resistant grape varieties was given on July 5 by the National PGI Wine Committee, which authorised integration (...)
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Wednesday October 10 2018 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
The International Associate Laboratory will bring together 23 research professors in Bordeaux and 10 research professors in Beijing.

The first Franco-Chinese viticulture research laboratory is created

As virtual as it is unique, the Innogrape laboratory will enable some thirty French and Chinese research professors to share their knowledge (...)
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Friday October 05 2018 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
Probably named after its first winegrower, Mgaloblishvili is a grape variety from western Georgia. Not recommended for single varietal wines, it can be used in blends or for brandy production according to Georgian expert David Maghradze.

The Mgaloblishvili grape variety holds promise

The Georgian grape variety Mgaloblishvili (also spelled Mgaloblichvili) is the first Vitis vinifera cultivar to have been scientifically identified (...)
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