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Just after the hail in Languedoc

Monday April 15 2019

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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Gérald Ferrari, from the BNIC, presented the characteristics of the four disease-resistant varieties similar to Ugni blanc.

Thursday April 11 2019

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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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”.

Tuesday April 09 2019

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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“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.

Thursday April 04 2019

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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Bud burst is occurring in vineyards all over France.

Monday April 01 2019

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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On March 12, Thierry Lacombe presented preliminary results on the characterisation of grape variety tolerance to mildew

Friday March 22 2019

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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“I am not living in the past, I represent modernity”, claims Xavier Planty.

Friday March 08 2019

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 (...)
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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Thursday January 31 2019 - Vine growing by Vitisphere

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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Thursday January 17 2019 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
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.

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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Friday January 11 2019 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
Patrice Bersac has spearheaded the drive to secure recognition for PGI Ile-de-France.

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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Friday December 21 2018 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
Champagne is preparing to phase out the use of herbicides.

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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Friday December 14 2018 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
“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.

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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Friday December 07 2018 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
According to initial data from the Vitiforest programme, rows of trees have no impact on vigour or ripening issues.

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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Monday December 03 2018 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
To avoid a deadlock, France will launch a national copper plan in early 2019.

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 (...)
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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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