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Following a series of short crops since 2013, Burgundy wine prices had reached high levels. The return to average volumes heralds a downward readjustment.

Thursday October 11 2018

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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Over the summer of 2018, Proseccos accounted for 13% of C10’s sparkling wine sales (compared to 7% for Cavas).

Monday October 01 2018

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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“The poor 2017 harvest is starting to weigh on our shipments,” summed up Antoine Leccia.

Monday September 17 2018

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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According to estimates by the Languedoc-Roussillon co-operative wineries, the region’s wine supplies are at their lowest level in six years.

Friday September 07 2018

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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Champagne shipments plateaud in the first half of 2018.

Thursday September 06 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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Philippe Pellaton, on the microphone, was re-elected in December 2017 for an additional 3 years.

Thursday July 12 2018

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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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.

Thursday June 28 2018

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 (...)
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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Wednesday April 25 2018 - Market conditions by Vitisphere
The average price of varietal-labelled and generic reds rose from €64.4 to €80.1 /hl between the old and new vintages; whites from €69.5 to €83.9 /hl and rosés from €61.9 to €81.8 /hl.

2017 vintage non-GI wines see prices surge

Scarcity has caused prices of French non-GI wines from the 2017 vintage to rocket compared with the 2016s, with the reds rising 24%, the whites (...)
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Wednesday April 04 2018 - Market conditions by Vitisphere
The beginning of 2018 was marked by a significant rise in red PDO wine prices.

Average prices of appellation wines from three regions converge

The Agreste newsletter dated March 2018 provides an update on the situation for French wines for the first part of the 2017-2018 buying campaign (...)
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Tuesday March 13 2018 - Market conditions by Vitisphere
“How do we plan to safeguard the success that has come fairly recently? Fifteen years in the world of wine is a very short time”, stressed Jacques-Olivier Pesme on February 23rd in Toulon.

Perpetuating Provence’s leadership

“Gains achieved in a booming market are not necessarily secured forever. There is no doubting the success of Provence rosés, but the (...)
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Tuesday March 06 2018 - Market conditions by Vitisphere
Jean-Philippe Perrouty of Wine Intelligence presented the second round of figures from the Mediterranean Wine Observatory at Vinisud on 19 February.

Mediterranean wines account for 28.7% of global production

The significance of Mediterranean wines is increasing. Totalling 79 million hl in 2016, they account for 28.7% of the world's wine production. (...)
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Monday February 26 2018 - Market conditions by Vitisphere
Xavier de Volontat, Chairman of the CIVL: “We are one of the few regions in France, and even Europe, that will be able to continue to supply its markets. On the eve of Vinisud, our aim is to reassure buyers: we have the volumes to continue growing”.

"We have the volumes to continue growing"

Xavier de Volontat, chairman of the Languedoc wine marketing board CIVL, had a smile on his face on Tuesday 13 February during a press conference (...)
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Thursday February 22 2018 - Market conditions by Vitisphere
Antoine Leccia, Chairman of the Federation of Wine and Spirits Exporters, on February 14 at the presentation of the results for wine and spirits exports.

Renewed growth for French wine export volumes

Is 2017 the start of a trend reversal and return to growth for French volume wine exports? The next few years will tell. In the meantime, (...)
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Wednesday February 14 2018 - Market conditions by Sharon Nagel
Rafael Del Rey, director of Spain’s wine market observatory OEMV.

"Short supplies may be changing the face of the bulk wine market"

This year’s scarcity of wine is having a knock-on effect on pricing across the major producer countries, but it is also generating new opportunities, (...)
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Wednesday February 07 2018 - Market conditions by Vitisphere
Florien Guhl, director of Agence bio.

5 noteworthy figures for the French organic wine sector

10 years: the French organic area under vine trebled in 10 years, reaching 70,740 ha in 2016 (9% of national acreage). Since 2011, organic (...)
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Thursday January 25 2018 - Market conditions by Vitisphere

6 Languedoc wine growers prosecuted for conspiracy

On January 17, the French public prosecutor Christophe Barret confirmed that seven wine growers arrested on January 15 had been questioned (...)
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Thursday January 18 2018 - Market conditions by Vitisphere

When Moët raises prices, producers worry

The MHCS (Moët Hennessy Champagne Services) group decided in early October to significantly increase the purchase price of grapes, offering (...)
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Wednesday January 10 2018 - Market conditions by Vitisphere

What changes will occur in the European wine industry from now until 2030?

In its annual report on prospects for European farming, the European Commission outlines the changes it expects to see for the wine industry (...)
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