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Pressure on prices and supplies is not just affecting consumable items. Rising prices of stainless steel are also having an impact on purchases of new tanks.

Thursday September 23 2021

Why the French wine industry is running out of wooden cases, boxes and glass bottles

Members of the French wine industry have not even begun to think about the inevitable increase in the price of their wines due to the small
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François Jamet claims that he has received generally positive feedback from his fellow winegrowers: 'They told me that my idea was not daft, and that it was certainly an avenue to explore”.

Friday July 23 2021

Could underground heat exchangers combat frost in vineyards?

“The vines around the cellar vents are often not affected by frost. Could this be due to the temperate air that permanently reigns in (...)
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IFV V'innopole South-West and its partners organised the first event of the early summer in Peyrole, in the Tarn region, with 45 exhibitors, including Greenshield (photo), and 280 visitors.

Thursday July 22 2021

Pattern spraying to reduce the amount of plant protection products in vineyards

In the past, the amount of plant protection products used was lowered by applying less mixture per hectare per spray. Greenshield has come (...)
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OneCircle has been marketing to France since 2015, and to date has sold 500,000 KeyKegs per year to 300 French customers, 65% of them brewery operators and 35% in the wine industry.

Friday June 11 2021

Prominent distributor takes over sales of keg wines in France

“Soufflet Vigne has become the exclusive distributor of KeyKeg barrels for the wine market in France”, stated a press release (...)
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“We have two problems to solve”, says Emmanuel Ogereau: “The wind and the time it takes to install the fleece. It took us 50 hours with several people”.

Friday June 04 2021

Wrap your vines in a fleece to protect them against the frost!

For the second consecutive year, two estates in Anjou-Saumur took part in a trial monitored by the national institute for origin and quality (...)
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Several major companies have confirmed they will be attending Sitevi.

Tuesday June 01 2021

Sitevi marks the return of the major technical exhibitions

It’s great to hear some good news. “After 2020 and the unprecedented global health and economic crisis, Sitevi, the world's (...)
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To optimise the space required in wineries, Quentin Joly explains that the company can also design square tanks.

Thursday May 27 2021

Maturing wines in amphorae produced with a 3-D printer

Located near Limoges, Biopythos was the only company able to market porcelain amphorae. “Thanks to 3D printing, we are now also able (...)
Thursday May 06 2021 - Equipment by Vitisphere
Consumption fluctuates more on the road than in the vineyards.

Up to a 30% reduction in fuel for high-clearance tractors and grape harvesters

Joël Leloup, the workshop manager at Vignobles Larose-Trintaudon in the Médoc, is delighted. He has just ordered three new kits from Ecopra, (...)
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Friday April 16 2021 - Equipment by Vitisphere
After three years of intense work, the winery was delighted this winter to mount its autonomous unit on a New Holland machine, which will handle distribution. Next year, 100 hectares will be pruned using R2T2.

They say this robot will prune as well as a winegrower

The R2T2 project, endorsed by Agri Sud-Ouest Innovation and granted funding of 3 million euros, has just won the Agri Sud-Ouest high school (...)
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Thursday April 15 2021 - Equipment by Vitisphere
The first results collected during the 2019 season on the Piolenc site showed that vines shaded by the equipment withstood soaring summer temperatures better than the others.

26 photovoltaic projects in French vineyards for Sun'Agri

Winegrowers in the South of France are pioneering the development of agrivoltaics: among the 37 Sun'Agri projects selected in the “innovative (...)
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Thursday March 18 2021 - Equipment by Vitisphere
These initial tests still need to be confirmed by further trials.

First tests, and effects, of exoskeletons on winegrowers’ backs

Once you’ve tried it, you’ll want to keep it. After a week of exoskeleton tests at the beginning of March on several different (...)
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Thursday May 14 2020 - Equipment by Vitisphere
The Eima equipment trade fair attracted 230,000 visitors at its last edition in 2018 in Bologna.

Good news, Eima is open for business this year

The second highest performing trade event in its field, after Agritechnica, the Eima trade fair, which was due to be held in Bologna from (...)
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Friday April 03 2020 - Equipment by Vitisphere
A Pellenc production line in Pertuis.

Equipment factories shut down due to the coronavirus crisis

The Case New Holland Industrial group made a radical decision on Friday March 20 when it announced the shutdown of all its European production (...)
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Monday December 02 2019 - Equipment by Vitisphere
“We come as a complement, not as a replacement for the tractor”, explained Fabien Arignon on November 26 at Sitevi.

A new hybrid robot for winegrowers

“So this thing is a tractor”. The comment much amused and flattered Fabien Arignon, managing director of Nantes-based SME Sitia (...)
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Monday October 28 2019 - Equipment by Vitisphere
Since 2014, France has been the leading market for French barrels, ahead of the United States.

In five years, the price of French barrels has increased by 11%.

In 2018, the 58 members of the French Cooperage Federation marketed 670,000 casks worldwide worth 475.6 million euros, equating to increases (...)
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Tuesday June 25 2019 - Equipment by Vitisphere
Sofia Ribeiro (left) event manager at the Marne Chamber of Commerce and Nolwenn Desmaret-Quisnel, director of economic development at the Epernay Champagne agglomeration community, presented the recipients of the Innovation Awards organised as part of Viteff.

Discover the 5 innovation awards at Viteff 2019

On June 20, Viteff, which takes place from October 15 to 18 in Epernay, released the names of the recipients of its Innovation Awards. In (...)
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Wednesday May 29 2019 - Equipment by Vitisphere
Dr Mark Whitty, senior lecturer at the University of New South Wales in Australia, outlines the current state of play for the use of robots in the wine industry.

Robotics: “Winemakers are unlikely to be out of a job anytime soon”

Dr Mark Whitty is senior lecturer in the Mechatronics discipline within the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at the University (...)
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Thursday October 18 2018 - Equipment by Vitisphere
The new touring event is aimed at creating “innovations and technical solutions', explained Delphine Demade.

Vinitech will preach wine innovation around the world

“To promote the excellence and strength of technical research in the New Aquitaine region, we will organise one to three events abroad (...)
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Friday October 27 2017 - Equipment by Vitisphere

Four firms receive National Wine and Digital Awards

As part of the Montmartre harvest festival on October 16 in Paris, the recipients of the National Wine and Digital Awards were officially (...)
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Wednesday September 14 2016 - Equipment by Vitisphere

VineRobot maps colour intensity in grapes

Using an on-board anthocyanin sensor, VineRobot has demonstrated the precision of its mapping technology in the vineyards of Buzet. (...)
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