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From left to right: Jacques Rodriguez, chair of the FNVBSO and Marc Lecomte, chair of the IVBD.

Friday February 08 2019

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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Crémants account for a quarter of Alsace wine production.

Tuesday February 05 2019

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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Thursday January 24 2019

Prices remain firm for red Pays d'Oc

Whilst rosé Pays d’Oc PGIs got off to a flying start, the marketing campaign for red wines started more calmly. Since the beginning (...)
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Thursday December 20 2018

A challenging start to the marketing campaign for Bordeaux

The trend is firming up and worsening. In November 2018, wine purchase contracts registered in Bordeaux fell by 57% for bulk and 63% for bottled (...)
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Côtes-de-Provence is facing an unprecedented price hike.

Tuesday December 11 2018

+ 30% for prices of bulk Côtes-de-Provence rosé

The price of Côtes-de-Provence rosé is experiencing an unprecedented surge. “The campaign started on a high note at the beginning of (...)
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Audrey Laurent, wine researcher at FranceAgriMer (left) and Julie Barat, head of the specialised sectors unit at FranceAgriMer (right), presented the research on competitiveness on 21 November at Vinitech.

Thursday November 29 2018

Italy ranks as the world’s most competitive country

Thirteen wine producing countries were studied using 70 indicators divided into six different themes by Deloitte on behalf of FranceAgriMer (...)
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Donald Trump, President of the United States, criticised the customs duties applied to American wines imported into France.

Wednesday November 21 2018

Trump’s tweet – fact and fiction

“On Trade, France makes excellent wine, but so does the U.S. The problem is that France makes it very hard for the U.S. to sell its (...)
Monday November 19 2018 - Market conditions by Vitisphere
Beaujolais nouveau, a wine whose success with consumers is gradually diminishing....

New downturn for Beaujolais Nouveau

The 2018 bulk campaign for Beaujolais and Beaujolais-villages primeur wines was again marked by a decline in volumes traded. A total of 133,000 (...)
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Friday November 02 2018 - Market conditions by Vitisphere
Low inventories at the start of the buying campaign are prompting some marketers to buy early.

Rosé purchases surge at the beginning of the buying campaign

The first transactions for the 2018 vintage have begun in Languedoc, driven by strong demand for rosés. In Hérault, the Montblanc co-operative (...)
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Monday October 29 2018 - Market conditions by Vitisphere
The last time France ranked first was in 2014, with 47 million hl.

Europe produces 27% more wine in 2018

In 2018, the 28 Member States of the European Union are expected to produce 168.4 million hl of wine according to initial estimates by the (...)
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Tuesday October 23 2018 - Market conditions by Vitisphere
Inventories held at wineries declined much more than at trade level. The former fell from 31.5 to 26.4 mhl (-16%), while the latter dropped from 22.7 to 21.3 mhl (-6%).

Sharp decline in French wine inventories

Inventories of wine at trade and production level on 31 July 2018 totalled 47.8 million hl, compared with 55.5 million last year, translating (...)
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Thursday October 11 2018 - Market conditions by Vitisphere
Following a series of short crops since 2013, Burgundy wine prices had reached high levels. The return to average volumes heralds a downward readjustment.

Prices of bulk wines reported to be falling in Burgundy

Burgundy is expecting a good harvest, a “bumper harvest” even. Such significant volumes are bound to encourage buyers on the bulk (...)
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Monday October 01 2018 - Market conditions by Vitisphere
Over the summer of 2018, Proseccos accounted for 13% of C10’s sparkling wine sales (compared to 7% for Cavas).

Sparkling wine sales surge on the back of France’s World Cup victory

Sunny weather and France’s triumph in the World Cup final combined to make the summer particularly festive in French cafés, bars and (...)
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Monday September 17 2018 - Market conditions by Vitisphere
“The poor 2017 harvest is starting to weigh on our shipments,” summed up Antoine Leccia.

France’s small 2017 crop starts to impact exports

Over the first six months of 2018, France exported 6.16 million hectolitres of wine worth €4.2 billion. The figures translate to respective (...)
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Friday September 07 2018 - Market conditions by Vitisphere
According to estimates by the Languedoc-Roussillon co-operative wineries, the region’s wine supplies are at their lowest level in six years.

2018 wine supplies at their lowest level in 6 years

17.8 million hectolitres is the estimated supply of wine in Languedoc-Roussillon according to Coop de France Occitanie. This is the lowest (...)
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Thursday September 06 2018 - Market conditions by Vitisphere
Champagne shipments plateaud in the first half of 2018.

Champagne sales plateaud in the first half of the year

Over the first half of the year to the end of June 2018, Champagne sales plateaud, showing a marginal decline of 0.9% with shipments of 112.9 (...)
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Thursday July 12 2018 - Market conditions by Vitisphere
Philippe Pellaton, on the microphone, was re-elected in December 2017 for an additional 3 years.

Inventories tided Rhone Valley over after small 2017 crop

The 2017-2018 Côtes-du-Rhône regional appellation sales campaign was marked by a short crop last year, dropping from 1.47 million to 1.17 (...)
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Thursday June 28 2018 - Market conditions by Vitisphere
The Coteaux Varois en Provence appellation covers 28 localities in Var with 2,700 ha of bearing vines. A review of its boundaries in 2017 increased hectareage to 2,900.

Coteaux Varois en Provence: “An appellation that has carved a place for itself in the Provence rosé range”

"Originally, this young, small appellation area suffered from a lack of image and notoriety and was slightly lagging behind its two sister (...)
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Wednesday June 13 2018 - Market conditions by Vitisphere
“Consumers attach less importance to the container and are willing to buy wine in boxes to take advantage of more attractive prices' say experts at Business France.

Everything you've always wanted to know about boxed wine figures (but couldn’t ask)

Until recently, figures for wines marketed in boxes were subsumed into the bulk wine category. Now, global trade in boxed wines can be closely (...)
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Thursday May 10 2018 - Market conditions by Vitisphere
What drives consumers to buy on the Internet is the price tag (51%), delivery costs (38%) and quality of information (35%).

French online wine sales continue to grow

Retail stores are still the preferred place to buy wines in France, but the internet remains in growth mode. Twenty-nine percent of French (...)
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