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Market conditions
“The crisis we are going through is the worst since Champagne was created. Weathering the storm is not about resolving the sum of individual interests but promoting the collective interest”, stresses Maxime Toubart.

Monday June 29 2020

Tensions mount over 2020 yields for Champagne

Covid-19 is not going to undermine the spirit of dialogue and togetherness that has always presided over economic management of the Champagne
Market conditions
Burgundy wines posted a drop in exports over the first quarter of 2020, in a challenging economic environment, particularly due to the Trump tax

Tuesday June 16 2020

Slow-down for Burgundy wine exports

Shipments of Burgundy wines over the first three months of the year were down 2.6% by value with revenue dropping 8.2% compared to the 1st (...)
Market conditions
Rhone firms should not need to resort to crisis distillation

Monday June 08 2020

The local market at the core of the Rhone Valley’s recovery plan

The Rhone Valley wine industry presented its new plan to revive sales of Rhone wines following the coronavirus crisis on June 4 at a press (...)
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Beaujolais Nouveau wines will be able to leave wineries earlier this year, as will shipments to non-EU countries.

Thursday June 04 2020

Beaujolais nouveau 2020 to be released earlier than normal

Beaujolais Nouveau wines will be able to leave wineries as early as October 5, 2020, one week earlier than usual. The specific date for leaving (...)
Market conditions
Although the government has outlined proposals, it has not yet reached a firm decision on its aid plan for the wine industry.

Tuesday June 02 2020

France decides to finance distillation to reduce volumes

The French government aid plan for the wine industry, which was revealed at a meeting attended by several ministers on May 29, is to introduce (...)
Market conditions
“The [coronavirus] crisis will have an impact, and there is no reason why it should be any different to other crises: a drop in sales and then a rebound. What we don't know today is how long it will last”, said Patrice Pinet.

Wednesday May 27 2020

Sales of Cognac plummet during coronavirus crisis

In April 2020, shipments of AOC Cognac fell by 64% compared to April 2019 announced the Cognac marketing board (BNIC). Revealing the impact (...)
Market conditions
Preparing for a busy time as crude spirits are shipped out of distilleries, the Port-La-Nouvelle depot is not publicising the cost of rental at its facilities.

Monday May 25 2020

Storage firm refurbishes 15 tanks to hold 190,000 hl of wines from crisis distillation measures

“The pressure is starting to mount”, admits Yohan Lemaire, director of the Foselev Logistics storage facilities in Port-La-Nouvelle (...)
Friday May 22 2020 - marketing by Vitisphere
In terms of strategy, “considering 2020 is not over and done with is a conscious decision”, admitted Philippe Bouvet.

€1 million to kick-start consumption of Alsace wines

Dubbed the “rebound plan”, the strategy rolled out by the Alsace wine marketing board CIVA to overcome the coronavirus crisis (...)
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Thursday May 21 2020 - marketing by Vitisphere
“Using this format, we can potentially reach out to 85 to 90% of the world's En Primeur customers”, said Ronan Laborde.

Summer campaign for Bordeaux En Primeur

After the shock of En Primeur week being suspended and with time for a rethink during lockdown, the Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux (UGCB) (...)
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Tuesday May 05 2020 - Market conditions by Vitisphere
Maxime Toubart, chairman of the producers’ organisation SGV: “I renew my call to shippers to roll out a broad-ranging communications campaign for Champagne, targeting consumer profiles and countries. This is the right time to do so”.

“Champagne sales plummeted by 80% in March and April”

How are March and April sales faring? Maxime Toubart: We don't have precise figures yet, but it can estimated that the drop in sales (...)
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Tuesday April 28 2020 - marketing by Vitisphere
“There would be no large gatherings, but rather intimate sessions, in suitable and well-equipped venues”, said Ronan Laborde.

Plans for a post-lockdown, multi-site En Primeur week take shape

With the traditional En Primeur week cancelled this year, “a newly-minted, one-off, pragmatic concept could be provided to allow people (...)
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Monday April 27 2020 - Market conditions by Vitisphere
“At the moment we are witnessing a huge change due to the current pandemic, which will have a consequential impact on many aspects of the lives of farms and vineyards, as well as on the production and trade in grapes and wine”, said Pau Roca on 23 April.

Wine sales in Europe expected to fall by 35%.

Speaking of the impact of the coronavirus epidemic and global lockdown measures, Pau Roca, the director of the International Organisation (...)
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Tuesday April 21 2020 - Market conditions by Vitisphere
Cognac is starting to feel the effects of the slowdown caused by the global Covid-19 epidemic in Asian markets.

Cognac is starting to tot up the cost of the coronavirus

In what feels like the end of a cycle, the latest statistics from the international Cognac bureau BNIC reveal the initial impact of lockdown. (...)
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Monday April 20 2020 - Market conditions by Vitisphere
“We have to move quickly on distillation, for administrative and technical reasons, in order to remove volumes financially and physically in July and August”, said Stéphane Héraud.

How France’s wine industry came to the figure of 3 million hl and €80/hl for crisis distillation

"It is difficult to quantify overstocks when we don't know when and how lockdown will end. If someone is in a position to tell me (...)
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Thursday April 16 2020 - marketing by Vitisphere
The Pays d'Oc producers’ organisation reported that as of 13 March, 4.86 million hl have been certified.

Pays d’Oc adapt certification procedures so as not to disrupt sales

Exceptional circumstances call for exceptional procedures. On 31 March, the Pays d'Oc wine producers’ organisation approved the (...)
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Tuesday April 14 2020 - distribution by Vitisphere
“In the long term, we will no doubt see a rebound in these alcohol categories as people show a desire to enhance their daily lives, which may seem gloomy and repetitive”, stressed Mathieu André-Febrero, Nielsen's on-trade manager.

Champagne sales are in lockdown whilst boxed wine sales rocket in French supermarkets

In French supermarkets, there is clearly a before and after lockdown effect for sales of beverage alcohol. After a 12% value boost fuelled (...)
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Tuesday April 07 2020 - marketing by Vitisphere
With En Primeur week cancelled due to the coronavirus epidemic and French lockdown measures, the latest Bordeaux vintage stays safely stored in the wineries.

Bordeaux En Primeur: “It is so frustrating not to be able to present the excellent 2019 vintage”

“Now two weeks into lockdown, it is hard to imagine that it should have been En Primeur week”, admits Émeline Borie, head of marketing (...)
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Friday March 27 2020 - Market conditions by Vitisphere
Over the first six months of the 2019-2020 marketing campaign, the CIVB registered 766,200 hl of bulk wine purchase contracts. This is an increase of 21% compared to August 2018-January 2019.

Bordeaux has two years’ worth of wine sales in stock

The Bordeaux wine industry is champing at the bit as winter turns into spring. “Nothing is happening at the moment, absolutely nothing... (...)
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Thursday March 26 2020 - marketing by Vitisphere
“After listening carefully to attendees and partners of WBWE Asia, as well as the local government of Yantai, it has been decided to postpone the show”, announced the organisers.

Chinese trade fair WBWE postponed until the much-hoped-for improvement in July

“Due to the spread of Covid-19, the WBWE Asia exhibition, originally scheduled for 29 and 30 May 2020, has been postponed until 12 and (...)
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Wednesday March 18 2020 - Market conditions by Vitisphere
Concern about the market for bulk wine from Saint-Emilion looms due to a drop in prices since the beginning of the marketing campaign.

Sluggish market for Saint-Emilion

“Last December, the market started off well. There was demand from trading companies accustomed to covering themselves early, but in (...)
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