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Montpellier Riparia Gloire is the oldest rootstock used in France.

Thursday August 01 2019

The genome of a vine rootstock deciphered

Researchers from INRA, ISVV and the University of Bordeaux have sequenced the genome of the Montpellier Riparia Gloire vine rootstock. It
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CVG defines itself as a “wine creator serving the interests of its bottling customers”.

Wednesday July 31 2019

CVG makes HVE certification the basis of future supplies of bulk wines

Accounting for two thirds of bulk wines in Gers, Caves et Vignobles du Gers has set itself a target of collectively certifying the 4,500 hectares (...)
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Philippe Pellaton, chairman of the Côtes du Rhône producers’ organisation with signatories of the biodiversity agreements.

Tuesday July 30 2019

Environmental transition in the Côtes du Rhône rapidly gains momentum

At the beginning of the year, the Côtes du Rhône announced a strategic environmental plan. Six months down the line and things have progressed (...)
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In Champagne, new contracts are being signed. However, there is still a risk that grape supply could exceed demand by the trade.

Thursday July 18 2019

Confidence and caution on Champagne’s grape market

2019 is the year when contracts are due to be renewed in Champagne and according to Franck Hagard, co-chair of the Champagne brokers’ (...)
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In the Loire, Chenin covers 9,700 ha.

Thursday July 11 2019

Both of Chenin blanc’s parents identified

“Thanks for the scoop, Jean-Michel”, said a visibly satisfied Patrick Baudouin, speaking at the International Chenin Congress (...)
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“I have realised the extent of the damage. It's as if a fireball was unleased across the vineyards”, admitted Pierre Pouessel, the local Prefect.

Tuesday July 09 2019

As temperatures soar, Languedoc’s vineyards are scorched by the sun

“I don't want to talk about it. I’m too upset”. On Monday July 1st, this Hérault winegrower, located in the Grés de (...)
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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, (...)
Monday June 10 2019 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
Florent Guhl, director of Agence Bio: “The growth in organic vineyard acreage is responding to demand in the domestic market”.

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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Wednesday June 05 2019 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
Targeted by the media and anti spraying associations, the Bordeaux wine region is at the forefront of agri-environmental measures.

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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Tuesday June 04 2019 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
The Amboise school of viticulture has trained nine male refugees in France. All of them spent several weeks in wineries, and several were hired.

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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Tuesday May 28 2019 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
Flowering is starting in vineyards in Southern France

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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Monday May 13 2019 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
“The clusters do not look good in the vineyards. It is difficult to know what the outcome will be”, comments Philippe Bernéde.

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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Wednesday May 08 2019 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
“There is no choice, it's an obligation!” claims the co-op’s chairman Stéphane Héraud.

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 (...)
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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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