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According to the survey, two in three non-certified winegrowers plan to join an environmental scheme in the coming years.

Thursday December 03 2020

Two in three independent French winegrowers belong to an environmental scheme

“Once again, the figures illustrate how rapidly independent winegrowers are responding to environmental challenges. 69% of them are
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When in doubt and to avoid a drop in productivity, Professor Alain Deloire recommends winegrowers wait until the cold weather sets in before pruning short.

Monday November 30 2020

Budburst occurs during pruning in Bordeaux and Burgundy

“A second harvest is looming in the vineyards of Chablis”, claimed Frédéric Percheron in a Facebook post in the ‘Equipment (...)
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“The phasing out of CMRs has shown us that many things are possible in Bordeaux”, says Philippe Degrendel.

Friday November 27 2020

Mouton Cadet in search of the Holy Grail of ‘zero pesticide residue’

“For our ninetieth harvest, all Mouton Cadet winegrowers are HVE (High Environmental Value) certified”, announced Véronique Hombroekx, (...)
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For the next applications for planting permits, the Business Plan will be reviewed in April 2021, following the appointment of a new BNIC chair.

Tuesday November 24 2020

Cognac approves 2,300 ha of vine plantings for 2021

The Charente area's request for 2,306 hectares of new planting authorisations for 2021 was passed on 18 November by the standing committee (...)
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Winegrowers who do not comply with the new obligations will run the risk of having their vineyards declassified.

Thursday November 05 2020

Compulsory exemption for planting conventional vines as organic starting 2022

The exception has become the rule. Due to the lack of organic vine plants in France, organic winegrowers use young vines sourced from conventional (...)
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To avoid buying second-rate steel, buyers should ask for steel material certificates.

Wednesday October 28 2020

Lockdown pushes up prices of vine posts

Manufacturers of vine posts have been confronted with soaring steel prices. “The situation changes every month. For October, the increase (...)
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Some winegrowers only need to organise their traceability issues before they can be audited, whereas others still have to invest in controlled spraying equipment or set up washing areas.

Wednesday October 21 2020

Cognac has big ambitions for its environmental footprint

From just 13 last year, the number of farms boasting Cognac environmental certification has risen to 149 and in ten years’ time, will (...)
Wednesday October 14 2020 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
As a consequence of an early vintage, by “the end of September, the bulk of the crop had been harvested and only a minority of late-ripening areas were left”, said the Ministry of Agriculture.

Lower Champagne yields bring down French crop estimates

On 1 October 2020, the French wine harvest was estimated at 44.1 million hectolitres according to the latest report by the Statistics and (...)
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Tuesday October 06 2020 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
850 hectares could be treated by UAV in the northern Côtes du Rhône, Beaujolais and Savoy regions. The technique is also attracting interest in Alsace.

The French wine industry has a year to convince the authorities that it should be allowed to spray by drone

"Despite the density of the foliage, the drone reined in downy and powdery mildew well”, says Amandine Fauriat, an adviser with (...)
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Tuesday July 28 2020 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
Château d'Yquem has had a weather station for 140 years and has never recorded higher levels of rainfall between April and May than in 2020.

Château d'Yquem certified organic by 2022

Announced as a matter of course on May 13, 2019 by Bernard Arnault, chairman of LVMH, the switch-over to organic farming at Château d'Yquem (...)
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Monday July 27 2020 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
The neighbour has admitted to firing the shots

Provence winegrower shot at with a rifle for spraying by night

“Today it’s a tank, tomorrow it’ll be someone’s head”, warned Laurent Grimaud, secretary general of the Var (...)
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Tuesday July 21 2020 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
Veraison will soon be with us, bringing relief for winegrowers.

After many months of disease pressure, France’s vineyards are now in fine fettle again

In the very early-ripening areas, the first clusters showed signs of veraison around July 5. Everywhere else, the cluster closure stage is (...)
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Friday July 17 2020 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
“We have also observed a fertigation effect, which reduces the amount of fertiliser applied by 50 to 70% depending on the amount of water used”, says Hernan Ojeda.

Using treated waste water to irrigate vines in Languedoc

Global warming has transformed irrigation into a matter of survival for vines in the driest areas of Languedoc in the South of France. The (...)
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Thursday July 16 2020 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
“We will be able to tell our customers which agents the strains are resistant to, whether these resistances are weak or strong, and help them choose their plant protection products”, explains Jérémie Brusini.

New DNA analysis to treat downy mildew less but also better

‘Baas’ for ‘Biology as a solution’ is the name of the Gironde laboratory due to be set up in a few weeks' time. (...)
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Wednesday July 15 2020 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
Julien Denormandie has his sights squarely set on ensuring glyphosate is banned at the start of 2021. His ministry will soon publish the results of an inventory showing progress on purchases of herbicides.

New French Agriculture Minister determined to end use of glyphosate by 2021

During government question time on 8 July, France’s new Minister of Agriculture, Julien Denormandie, was questioned by Aisne MP Julien (...)
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Thursday July 09 2020 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
'In the name of showing respect for tradition, our industry has come to a standstill”, says Vincent Malherbe.

Vincent Malherbe, vineyard manager for Moët & Chandon: “Each winegrower and Champagne shipper should be able to test new techniques ”

In your magazine ‘Partenaires’, designed for winegrowers who work with Moët & Chandon, you invite Champagne to experiment (...)
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Thursday July 02 2020 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
“The system's power of 120 to 140 kW/ha guarantees efficiency down to -10°C. When it is switched on, the temperature is kept at between 15 and 20°C along the trellising wire”, explains Fabien Queffelec.

Electrically heated cables return to Chablis to ward off frost

Next spring, workers at Château Grenouilles, owned by La Chablisienne, will not need to be constantly on hand to light candles or heaters (...)
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Wednesday July 01 2020 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
Thorvald measures 2.4m x 1.2m and moves at a speed of 1.5 metres per second.

An autonomous robot that eliminates downy and powdery mildew overnight

Robot Thorvald has passed its final tests on Chardonnay with flying colours. This spring, it went through the rows of vines and projected (...)
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Wednesday June 24 2020 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
The French company feeds its Tenebrio Molitor worms on cereal by-products.

The first insect-based fertiliser released in the French market

After four years of research in partnership with several institutes, including Bordeaux Sciences Agro, Ÿnsect has become the first company (...)
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Friday June 19 2020 - Vine growing by Vitisphere
290 disease resistant grape varieties will be planted. In three years’ time, the twenty best will be replanted on a larger scale.

Martell plants 123 grape varieties resistant to powdery and downy mildew

As you drive by, the chances are you won’t even notice the 0.5-hectare plot. But to Martell, it’s worth its weight in gold. “On (...)
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