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Long before bubbles came along, the Champagne wine region was a major producer of red wines (“clairets”), which far outnumbered white and rosé wines (“paillets”), before secondary bottle fermentation was mastered.

Wednesday April 07 2021

Coteaux Champenois, Champagne’s new wave

Why all the renewed interest in Champagne still wines? For those in the front line – both the winegrowers and the houses – the
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The aim is not to stigmatise conventional farming methods. By opening up a third avenue, the endorsement has proved, even in 2020 and certainly in the future, that zero can be positive.

Friday March 26 2021

Pesticide residue-free trust mark gains traction

Launched in 2018, the ‘pesticide residue-free’ endorsement supported by the ‘Nouveaux Champs’ collective of French (...)
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“Burgundy is doing well overall, but this should not hide the suffering of some firms who produce small quantities and used to sell their wine to a small network of French customers”, stresses the chairman of the BIVB.

Wednesday March 24 2021

Burgundy wines buck general downward trend

Despite the ongoing crisis, Burgundy wines showed sustained export volume growth in 2020, with consignments in excess of 90 million equivalent (...)
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Lack of consumer trade fairs and the prolonged closure of restaurants nevertheless had an impact on the region.

Tuesday March 23 2021

Provence rosés post best export performance in 2020

“We’ve fared pretty well”, Brice Eymard, managing director of the Provence wine marketing board CIVP, told AFP on 15 March. (...)
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The label is a pop-up design as Jean-Christophe Mauro hopes the Covid pandemic will quickly become a subject for the history books.

Friday March 12 2021

When lack of Covid vaccines inspires a wine label

Continuity, but not convenience. “Many customers were looking forward to the sequel to ‘Test-Covid’. But I preferred to (...)
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Although there is as yet no end in sight for the Covid crisis, Lionel Gosseaume continues to pin his hopes on a brighter future.

Friday March 05 2021

Loire Valley wines limit Covid-induced damage to sales

After a particularly turbulent year in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, “the Loire Valley has pulled through honourably, but its (...)
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The Petit Meslier single varietal has a “novel and slightly salty taste” and a €79 consumer price tag.

Thursday February 25 2021

Champagne winegrowers use grape varieties as a point of difference

“We are convinced that the future of small producers lies in their uniqueness and quality”, said Céline Larose, marketing and (...)
Tuesday February 23 2021 - marketing by Vitisphere
Connecting the Loire Valley Wine Fair and its fringe events was a new initiative for 2021 and is still on the agenda for 2022.

Loire Valley trade fair, Levée de la Loire and Greniers Saint-Jean postponed until 2022

The Loire Valley Trade Fair and its fringe events (Levée de la Loire, Demeter and Greniers Saint-Jean) will not take place after all on Sunday (...)
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Tuesday February 16 2021 - Market conditions by Vitisphere
The French government raised the issue of a moratorium on the Trump taxes, which César Giron believes “is the only measure that can secure the development of our industry in the medium and long term”.

€11 billion surplus for French wines and spirits in 2020

With a surplus of €11 billion (-13.4% compared to 2019), the wine and spirits industry is still “the second largest contributor (...)
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Monday February 15 2021 - Market conditions by Vitisphere
“Just because we've just had three very good months compared to the previous nine doesn’t mean we’re heading for a fantastic period like 2010-2011”, says Roland Coiffe.

A New Year, and a new start, for Bordeaux wines in China

‘恭喜发财 (Happy and prosperous New Year)’ was the message sent by Bordeaux merchants to their Chinese (...)
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Wednesday February 03 2021 - Market conditions by Vitisphere
The Champagne marketing board has just announced its figures for last year which show an 18% drop by volume and loss of one billion euros in revenue – the decline is lower than expected.

Champagne revenue plummets by €1 billion in 2020

To say the two co-chairs of the Champagne marketing board are satisfied with 2020 end-of-year results would be an exaggeration. But over the (...)
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Thursday January 28 2021 - wine Tourism by Vitisphere
From Sauternes to Libourne, tourism projects are currently burgeoning in Bordeaux.

AOC Bordeaux invests €4 million to re-launch its tourism facilities

Halfway between the Cité du Vin in the centre of Bordeaux and the UNESCO-listed vineyards of Saint-Émilion, the tourist centre of Planète (...)
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Thursday January 14 2021 - marketing by Vitisphere
Although the economic situation under Covid is still very much up in the air, the Bordeaux wine industry is hoping to replicate the success of last year's 2019 En Primeur campaign.

Covid or not, En Primeur week will go ahead in Bordeaux and other venues

The later than usual official En Primeur presentation of the 2020 vintage by the 131 members of the Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux (UGCB) (...)
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Thursday December 24 2020 - Market conditions by Vitisphere
“We need to capture the imagination more and the legend surrounding our appellation. We realised in 2020 that digital technology can also allow us to convey emotion”, says Jean-Marie Barillère.

Sales of Champagne plummet by 25%

“This is a very bad year, we've never experienced such a sharp drop in sales”, comments Jean-Marie Barillère, chairman of (...)
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Tuesday December 22 2020 - distribution by Vitisphere
During their raids, the police and gendarmes found cases from prestigious estates, with bottles ranging in size “up to the Mathusalem (6 litres)”.

14 charged with stealing €5 million worth of classified growths in Bordeaux

French police hauled in a huge catch on December 8, bringing in an extensive network of fences and burglars of Bordeaux negociants and warehouse (...)
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Friday December 18 2020 - Market conditions by Vitisphere
In a globally competitive wine market, the value of French wines suffered far more than the average.

Covid puts a dent in revenues of French wine exports

The Covid pandemic has wrought havoc on French wine exports. From January to September 2020, France exported 9.8 million hectolitres of wine (...)
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Wednesday December 02 2020 - Market conditions by Vitisphere
For the 2020 vintage, drought over the summer took its toll on juice yields for the reds, with production shortfalls frequently ranging from 20 to 50% across Burgundy.

Prices of red Burgundy boosted by a surge in white wine production

Over the past few weeks, prices of Pinot noir labelled under the regional Burgundy appellation have soared by 30%. “A distinction should (...)
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Tuesday December 01 2020 - marketing by Vitisphere
Winegrower Jean-Christophe Mauro is not only modernising his labels to engage with younger and less traditional audiences, he is also revisiting the style of his wines.

The lessons learnt from the ‘Covid test’ label for red Bordeaux

This is what you call having flair. Bordeaux winegrower Jean-Christophe Mauro, owner of La Chapelle Bérard with 68 hectares of organic vineyards (...)
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Wednesday November 25 2020 - Market conditions by Vitisphere
“What worries people is that we still don't know when we'll get back to normal. There is no end to this situation, or at least it’s difficult to imagine one”, comments Francis Backert.

“Worry and anxiety on a daily basis” for Alsace winegrowers

For French winegrowers, concern during the first lockdown has turned into anxiety during the second lockdown this autumn. “Why are vineyards (...)
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Friday November 20 2020 - Market conditions by Vitisphere
As many French wine regions face doom and gloom this autumn, morale among Provence rosé wine producers remains generally high at the start of the marketing season.

Provence rosé producers move forward with confidence

With inventories on 31 December 2020 expected to be on a par with those of the 2016 marketing season (70 to 80,000 hectolitres according to (...)
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