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Daniel Sendrous, chair of the Corbières appellation producers’ organisation.

Thursday June 13 2019

Corbières goes green

Producers in Corbières have five years to go green. The board of the producers’ organisation unanimously decided that in the future,
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Florent Guhl, director of Agence Bio: “The growth in organic vineyard acreage is responding to demand in the domestic market”.

Monday June 10 2019

12% of French vineyards organic in 2018

Organic winegrowing continues to expand in France. In 2018, the number of hectares committed to organic winegrowing (certified + in the switch-over (...)
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Targeted by the media and anti spraying associations, the Bordeaux wine region is at the forefront of agri-environmental measures.

Wednesday June 05 2019

The Bordeaux appellation introduces three eco-friendly measures in its vineyards

Two years after adopting agri-environmental measures at its AGM, the Bordeaux appellation producers’ organisation will see them come (...)
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The Amboise school of viticulture has trained nine male refugees in France. All of them spent several weeks in wineries, and several were hired.

Tuesday June 04 2019

Refugees trained as viticulturists in the Loire Valley

Mirza Rohani is a happy man. After fleeing Afghanistan, he found refuge in France. At 38 years old, he trained in viticulture for nine months (...)
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Flowering is starting in vineyards in Southern France

Tuesday May 28 2019

Vines start to flower in Southern France

In Languedoc (Hérault, Aude, Gard), the first flowers started to appear around May 15 on the earliest varieties, such as Marselan and Chardonnay. (...)
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“The clusters do not look good in the vineyards. It is difficult to know what the outcome will be”, comments Philippe Bernéde.

Monday May 13 2019

Cahors loses 60 to 70 % of its crop to frost

On May 5 and 6, temperatures plummeted to -4°C in the vineyards of Cahors, causing frost whose magnitude appears to be increasingly significant. (...)
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“There is no choice, it's an obligation!” claims the co-op’s chairman Stéphane Héraud.

Wednesday May 08 2019

Bordeaux’s leading co-operative bans carcinogenic agri-chemicals over 4,200 hectares of vines

Bordeaux’s leading co-operative winery, Tutiac, is outlawing use of plant protection products classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic (...)
Monday May 06 2019 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
'SPe 1: To protect soil organisms, do not apply this product or any other product containing copper at a total annual rate greater than 4 kg Cu/ha.”

Is the French wine industry being banned access to the copper smoothing it had secured?

Registered by the National Health Safety Agency (ANSES) for four Marketing Authorisations (Caffaro Bordeaux mixture, Cuproxat SC/Frégate SC, (...)
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Thursday May 02 2019 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
“The fruit was very ripe” says Éric Taillet, a winegrower in Baslieux-sous-Châtillon (Marne).

2018, a vintage year for Champagne?

Despite frost being uppermost in everyone's mind, the atmosphere was pretty positive during the 2018 still wine tasting organised by the (...)
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Monday April 29 2019 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
“We must ramp up the existing momentum. We no longer have the luxury of time ahead of us. We might not have ten years [to do away with herbicides]”, said Bernard Peillon.

Hennessy Cognacs to outlaw weedkillers over the next decade

The announcement did not elicit a sound, neither of amazement nor disapproval, but rather a shudder amongst the audience of Charente winegrowers (...)
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Monday April 15 2019 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
Just after the hail in Languedoc

Hail and frost hit parts of France

Languedoc From April 4 to 7, Languedoc faced negative temperatures by night and in the morning as well as two hail storms and at least (...)
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Thursday April 11 2019 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
Gérald Ferrari, from the BNIC, presented the characteristics of the four disease-resistant varieties similar to Ugni blanc.

Four disease-resistant varieties similar to Ugni blanc available in 2021

Cognac winegrowers may soon have four new grape varieties resistant to mildew and powdery mildew, similar to Ugni blanc. The cultivars come (...)
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Tuesday April 09 2019 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
Maxime Toubart, chairman of the Champagne winegrowers’ association: “A national position on planting authorisations is essential if we want to be listened to, and more importantly, heard”.

Maxime Toubart launches an appeal to wine appellations

“I solemnly appeal to all the appellations in France and Europe as well as to the entire wine industry to join forces in upholding planting (...)
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Thursday April 04 2019 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
“As a user, not having to treat vines is a dream”, said Alexis Hubert. “The sky’s the limit”, added Carine Magot, on 27 March in Buzet, in the grass-cover vineyard.

Buzet co-op invests €100,000 in finding the formula for a wine with no inputs

The Buzet co-operative’s experimental vineyard, called New Age, is a full-scale trial designed to meet the future challenges of producing (...)
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Monday April 01 2019 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
Bud burst is occurring in vineyards all over France.

France’s vine growing season kicks off early

The growing season around France’s wine regions has started. Vines are back in business. In the Côte d'Or area of Burgundy, the (...)
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Friday March 22 2019 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
On March 12, Thierry Lacombe presented preliminary results on the characterisation of grape variety tolerance to mildew

5% of grape varieties show little sensitivity to mildew

Not all grape varieties are equal when it comes to mildew. The majority are very sensitive to the disease, but a tiny proportion can withstand (...)
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Friday March 08 2019 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
“I am not living in the past, I represent modernity”, claims Xavier Planty.

French appellations no longer in full agreement over disease-resistant grape varieties

So far, the only French debate about grape varieties with resistance to fungal diseases has been limited to widespread impatience over them (...)
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Thursday March 07 2019 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
“Today, central purchasing agencies are receptive to HVE standards”, said Pierre Vieillefosse.

The Bordeaux wine trade introduces an environmental charter

The Bordeaux wine trade has set its sights on reducing agri-chemical residues, with a particular focus on phasing out pesticides classified (...)
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Wednesday March 06 2019 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
“Using modern winemaking techniques, these disease-resistant grape varieties produce distinctive wines showing typicity and unique character. They are also interesting in blends”, said Christian Vigne, chairman of the PGI Cevennes producers’ organisation.

Will France reintroduce previously banned grape varieties?

Six grape varieties were banned in France in 1934: Clinton, Noah, Isabelle, Othello, Herbemont and Jacquez. It was believed that they were (...)
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Wednesday February 27 2019 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
Biodynamic vines have more yellow foliage (left) than conventional vines (right), according to Alsace researchers.

Responses to pathogen threats are higher in biodynamic vines

“Natural defences are higher in vines farmed biodynamically, whatever the climate and pathogen pressure”, claims Jean Masson, (...)
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