TRADE / ECONOMY | MARKET CONDITIONS | MARKETING | DISTRIBUTION | WINE TOURISM
Market conditions
“Bordeaux is home to every type of winegrowing and they should all be promoted because there is no such thing as a single model”, claims Bernard Farges.

Friday May 28 2021

“Will the market respond to the huge influx of organic wines from Bordeaux?”

“We are no longer asking ourselves “Is Bordeaux going to change? Is Bordeaux going to switch over to organic fast enough?”
Market conditions
Pau Roca, director general of OIV: “2021 could replicate 2020'.

Tuesday April 27 2021

OIV paints a chequered picture of the global wine market in 2020

Pau Roca Blasco, who has been director of OIV (International Organisation of Vine and Wine) since 2019, came across as being particularly (...)
Market conditions

Thursday April 22 2021

The bulk market for Provence rosés dips

The bulk market for Provence rosés has reverted to the kind of situation that seemed to be a thing of the past. Unlike the last few marketing (...)
Market conditions
“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 (...)
Market conditions
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. (...)
Market conditions
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 (...)
Market conditions
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”.

Tuesday February 16 2021

€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 (...)
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 (...)
React
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 (...)
React
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 (...)
React
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 (...)
React
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 (...)
React
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 (...)
React
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 (...)
React
Thursday November 19 2020 - Market conditions by Vitisphere
“I don't know if distillation, private storage and green harvesting measures will be enough. But they will be necessary to remove volumes. We must avoid an excessive rise in inventories at all costs, otherwise it would be a catastrophe”, claimed Coste.

“Fortunately”, European wine production is not “huge”

In 2020, the European wine industry is expected to produce 160 million hectolitres of wine according to the latest estimates released by the (...)
React
Monday October 05 2020 - Market conditions by Vitisphere
The four major Charente firms are Hennessy, Martell, Courvoisier and Rémy Martin.

Cognac growers relaxed about higher-than-expected yields

The 2020 crop yielded higher volumes than originally forecast, taking Cognac winegrowers by surprise. “It's incredible, there is (...)
React
Tuesday September 29 2020 - Market conditions by Vitisphere
At her September press conference, Miren de Lorgeril outlined the main thrust of the marketing board’s plans for the future.

Languedoc wines post encouraging data

"Harvesting went well all over the Languedoc region. We picked great fruit in excellent conditions. The harvest looks promising. But (...)
React
Friday July 10 2020 - Market conditions by Vitisphere
Despite a very uncertain future, and a shortfall in the bottom line, the decision was made to maintain funding for various development, promotion and technical activities for the coming financial year.

Burgundy is “the French wine region apparently suffering the least”

If comments by the chairman of the Burgundy wine marketing board (BIVB), Louis-Fabrice Latour, are anything to go by, Burgundy's wine (...)
React
Monday June 29 2020 - Market conditions by Vitisphere
“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.

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 (...)
React
Tuesday June 16 2020 - Market conditions by Vitisphere
Burgundy wines posted a drop in exports over the first quarter of 2020, in a challenging economic environment, particularly due to the Trump tax

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 (...)
React
0 1 2 3 4 5 ... 10
© Vitisphere 2021 - Tout droit réservé