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“It is no accident that these winegrowers, who represent the crème de la crème, all have own-rooted vines”, says Loïc Pasquet.

Tuesday June 15 2021

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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Genodics promises a refund if the spread of the disease does not slow down by at least 30%.

Wednesday June 09 2021

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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Breton winegrowers range in backgrounds from newcomers seeking a change of career to Breton farmers aiming to diversify into winegrowing.

Thursday June 03 2021

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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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”.

Monday May 24 2021

Frost-struck French vineyards very slowly resume growth

“All of April and part of May were like winter”, says Carole Dumont, vineyard consultant for Simonit & Sirch in Burgundy and (...)
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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.

Thursday May 13 2021

Vines irrigated using waste water from tourists

The Irri-Alt'Eau project is upping the ante. After a test phase at INRAe Pech Rouge, 80 hectares of vines will be irrigated with wastewater (...)
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Protected vineyard blocks are faring slightly better.

Tuesday May 11 2021

Frost catches secondary buds of Chardonnay in Burgundy

Frost in Burgundy has been particularly destructive this spring, and in the worst affected vineyards, the vegetation is only just starting (...)
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Information presented in the form of fact sheets is taken from official data (PlantGrape catalogue) complemented by the results of the latest research programmes.

Friday May 07 2021

20 rootstocks for tomorrow’s vineyards in Burgundy

Which rootstocks are best suited to Burgundy vineyards for the next 50 years? In a recently published guide, this was the question the marketing (...)
Monday April 26 2021 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
If current estimates are confirmed, the 2021 harvest would be lower than that of 2017, which totalled just 38 million hl.

France’s wine production estimated at 32 million hl

Ygor Gibelind, wine industry delegate at FranceAgriMer, tentatively put forward the figure of 32 million hectolitres of wine for this year’s (...)
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Friday April 23 2021 - Vine growing by Vitisphere

Europe’s wine regions seriously affected by frost

As in France, winegrowers across Europe are assessing the consequences of the arctic temperatures that swept through many wine regions last (...)
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Monday April 12 2021 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
Two regions seem to have come out unscathed – Alsace and Pyrénées-Orientales.

Unprecedented cold snap wreaks havoc across France’s wine regions

A high pressure system descending from Iceland swept across all of France’s wine regions from Monday 5 to Thursday 8 April. Initial (...)
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Tuesday April 06 2021 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
“The trend towards organic conversion is based on the social awareness of our members”, adds Philippe Cazaux.

Bordeaux converting to organic on a massive scale

Although no precise figures are as yet available, the wave of conversions to organic in the vineyards of Bordeaux is undoubtedly growing: (...)
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Monday April 05 2021 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
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.

French vineyards on maximum frost alert

The co-founder of the Weather Measures company and agricultural meteorology specialist, Emmanuel Buisson would have liked to make an April (...)
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Thursday March 25 2021 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
Regarding adaptation of vineyard management techniques, the report advises reducing tillage and switching to more surface procedures, or even just mowing.

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

Agroforestry is undeniably on-trend, in fact it’s decidedly fashionable in the wine industry with plantings and trials rapidly increasing. (...)
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Wednesday March 10 2021 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
Among estates that are not certified, a large proportion have said that they are interested in HVE certification, pointed out the producers’ organisation.

Côtes de Bourg confirms its compulsory HVE certification

On 25 February, the board of the Côtes de Bourg producers’ organisation confirmed the decision taken a year ago, on 6 February 2020, (...)
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Monday March 08 2021 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
Heavy rains wreaked havoc in the vineyards of two Gironde winegrowers

Bordeaux vines get swept away in landslide

One afternoon at the beginning of February, Jean-Christophe Darriet who heads up Château Dauphiné Rondillon in Loupiac, went to one of his (...)
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Wednesday March 03 2021 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
The varietal range can be a lever for adjusting to climate change.

Burgundy grape varieties put to the climate change test

Should Burgundy change grape varieties to survive climate change? This challenging question was raised during the Vinosphere event hosted (...)
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Wednesday February 24 2021 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
A first group of winegrowers have said they want to trial the heirloom varieties.

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

On February 11, the National Institute of Origin and Quality (INAO) rubber-stamped an application for seven varieties designed for adaptation (...)
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Thursday February 18 2021 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
This relatively clean system has been added to the CIVC's “sustainable winegrowing in Champagne” standard.

A more environmentally-friendly way of combatting frost

Steel construction specialist Claude Gros first had the idea of combatting frost using vine canes fifteen years ago. “At the time, no (...)
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Thursday February 11 2021 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
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.

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

Climate change and demand for less alcoholic wines have prompted a question – which grape varieties will be the new Cabernet-Sauvignon (...)
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Tuesday February 09 2021 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
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.

Good news - Esca has no effect on wine quality

What can you do with grapes from vines affected by Esca? Should they be cut before the harvest or can they be incorporated into the crop? (...)
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