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According to Xerfi research, the wine e-commerce bubble is deflating in France.

Thursday April 18 2019

Strong growth in French e-commerce wine sales starts to falter

According to a study conducted by research firm Xerfi, French online wine sales are expected to slow over the next few years. Xerfi predicts
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World trade in wine increased by volume to 108 million hl and by value to 31.3 billion euros (+1.2%).

Tuesday April 16 2019

2018 world wine production reaches a peak

At 292.3 million hectolitres, world wine production reached a virtual all-time high, according to a report by the International Organisation (...)
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The food and wine republic is a collaborative platform bringing together ten communication agencies operating in the main European wine markets.

Friday April 12 2019

A network of European communication agencies is established

The ten agencies are located in seven European capitals (Amsterdam, Copenhagen, London, Madrid, Milan, Paris and Stockholm) along with Hamburg, (...)
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Maxime Toubart, chairman of the Champagne winegrowers’ organisation, signs the white paper on wine tourism in Champagne under the watchful eye of Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger, chairman of the Champagne Hillsides, Houses and Cellars – Unesco World Heritage mission.

Friday April 05 2019

Champagne structures its wine tourism activities

“Wine tourism is a priority and a challenge”, summed up Maxime Toubart, chairman of the Champagne winegrowers’ organisation (...)
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Nicolas Ponzo, director of the Roussillon wine marketing board (left), and Philippe Bourrier, board chairman, at the press conference on 25 March in Paris.

Tuesday April 02 2019

Perpignan prepares to celebrate wine

Designated 2019 European Wine City, Perpignan, located in the heart of the Roussillon wine region in the South of France, has just presented (...)
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The return to more substantial production volumes in 2018 has brought bulk prices of Beaujolais down again, due to the multiple retailers

Thursday March 21 2019

Flagging prices for bulk Beaujolais

Non-nouveau Beaujolais appellation wines, the worst affected of the two categories, posted an average price of €132/hl at the end of (...)
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Bernard Farges, vice-chairman, and Allan Sichel (right), chairman of the Bordeaux wine marketing council CIVB on March 12.

Wednesday March 20 2019

2018, a bad year for Bordeaux

“The figures are down”, admitted Allan Sichel. “Last year, Bordeaux wine exports fell by 14% in volume (1.9 million hl) (...)
Monday March 18 2019 - wine Tourism by Vitisphere
“Under certain conditions, wine tourism can become a key aspect of the tourism industry over the coming years”, said Hervé Novelli on 12 March at Hangar 14 in Bordeaux.

French wine tourism heads towards quality hierarchy

Hervé Novelli, the chairman of the Higher Council for Wine Tourism (CSŒ), is in a race against time. “No wine region in the world has (...)
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Friday March 15 2019 - marketing by Vitisphere
A ‘Grand Eminent’ wine from Louis Bouillot.

Eminent and Grand Eminent Crémants gaining traction

For the fourth year, the trade tasting of the ‘Eminent’ and ‘Grand Eminent’ Crémants de Bourgogne, stemming from the (...)
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Friday March 01 2019 - marketing by Vitisphere
The UGCB hosts approximately sixty promotional events around the world each year and welcomes 50,000 industry members and wine enthusiasts from across the globe.

Ronan Laborde, optimistic chairman of the Bordeaux Union des Grands Crus

Call it blind faith, but Ronan Laborde, CEO of the Clinet group (Pomerol), who has just been elected for three years as chair of the Union (...)
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Thursday February 28 2019 - marketing by Vitisphere
An excerpt from the Interbeaujolais poster, explaining the region’s strategy for outstanding Beaujolais wines.

Burgundy loath to share the ‘climat’ statement with Beaujolais

To underpin the outstanding Beaujolais category created as part of the Beaujolais wine marketing board’s new strategy, marketing and (...)
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Monday February 25 2019 - Market conditions by Vitisphere
“After an outstanding year in 2017, there may also be some overstocking”, pointed out Santiago Diaz Herrenschmidt.

France’s domination of the Chinese wine market takes a beating

France remains the leading source of imported wines in the Chinese market, but its competitors are hot on its heels. In just a year, France’s (...)
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Friday February 22 2019 - Market conditions by Vitisphere
The first transactions involved twelve brokers, 10 trading companies, 21 co-operative wineries and 9 independent winegrowers, according to Ludovic Roux and Jean-Marie Fabre.

The first contracts and marketing initiatives for PGI Terres du Midi

As they gathered around its cradle, Languedoc’s fairy godmothers predicted a miracle. “The gestation period turned out to be long (...)
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Wednesday February 20 2019 - Market conditions by Vitisphere
Although Burgundy leads the way by bottle rankings, Bordeaux corners 60% of lots.

The most expensive wines in the world in 2018

There was no major change in the list of the most expensive wines sold by IdealWine last year. Burgundy cornered the market with 42 of the (...)
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Tuesday February 19 2019 - Market conditions by Vitisphere
Philippe Castéja, Antoine Leccia, chairman of the FEVS, and Patrice Pinet, at the presentation of the 2018 results of French wine and spirits exports.

French still wine export volumes fell by 9.8%.

French wine and spirits exports fell by 2.7% by volume in 2018, dropping from 199 to 193 million cases. Still appellation wines were particularly (...)
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Thursday February 14 2019 - marketing by Vitisphere
Known for its chateau, but also Clos Lucé and Château Gaillard, the town of Amboise will soon have its own appellation.

Amboise wines move away from Touraine

“Our major news story is that we are going from Touraine Amboise to... Touraine Amboise!” jokes Xavier Frissant, chairman of the (...)
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Friday February 08 2019 - Market conditions by Vitisphere
From left to right: Jacques Rodriguez, chair of the FNVBSO and Marc Lecomte, chair of the IVBD.

Bergerac is starting to recover

The holy union of wine marketing board, trading companies and the Bergerac-Duras wine federation convened on January 28th and spoke as one (...)
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Thursday February 07 2019 - distribution by Vitisphere
Torsten Hartmann, the IWSR: “The United States is a country in growth mode where consumers are willing to accept price increases”

Where will future growth of organic wine come from?

The still wine market is expected to grow by a marginal 0.5% over the next 5 years, according to the IWSR, but organic wines will not be affected (...)
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Tuesday February 05 2019 - Market conditions by Vitisphere
Crémants account for a quarter of Alsace wine production.

Crémants reach record highs

In 2018, the production potential of the eight Crémant appellations should reach 107 million bottles. “These are still preliminary estimates, (...)
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Wednesday January 30 2019 - marketing by Vitisphere

Perpignan becomes European wine capital for 2019

This year, the ‘European city of wine’ endorsement will be shared by Perpignan, for the Roussillon wine region, and Sannio Falanghina, (...)
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