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“If we come out in a good price range, the market has faith and the system works”, stresses Pierre Lurton.

Monday May 17 2021

Cheval Blanc launches 2020 En Primeur at “proper market prices”

After an initial flurry, the 2020 Bordeaux En Primeur campaign was officially launched on 11 May with the surprise release of Château Cheval
Business
“With Colors, we didn't just want to add two new rosés to the category. From the outset, we gave thought to the consumer and the customer experience”, says Bouey's marketing manager Frédéric Louis-Maugeais.

Friday May 14 2021

Pantone uses its colour chart to promote Bordeaux rosés

Well-known for its numerical colour system, the American company Pantone, based in Carlstadt, New Jersey, has just signed a co-operation agreement (...)
Industry issues
The industry-specific benchmarking scheme is intended to be “ambitious” on many issues already applied within the sector, such as environmental protection, transparency with customers and consumers, regional involvement, employee training and protection.

Wednesday May 12 2021

Bordeaux aims for 30% of its wines to be certified ‘Bordeaux Cultivons Demain’ by 2030

At the Bordeaux wine marketing board’s AGM (CIVB) on May 3, the region’s industry representatives noted the lack of interest in (...)
Wine people
There was no En Primeur week at the end of April for Bernard Magrez, who did not miss a moment of this long court case.

Tuesday May 04 2021

5 years in prison for each attacker of Bordeaux wine tycoon Bernard Magrez

On 30 April, the first chamber of the Bordeaux criminal court convicted the six men charged with kidnapping and burglarising Bernard Magrez, (...)
Business
There are already numerous connections between the wine industry and Bordeaux football. Jean-Louis Triaud, the manager of Châteaux Gloria and Saint-Pierre (Domaines Henri Martin in Saint-Julien-Beychevelle), who chaired the Girondins de Bordeaux (from 1996 to 2017), is a good example.

Monday May 03 2021

French billionaire François Pinault calls on Grands Crus to help ailing Bordeaux football club

Bordeaux may still be reeling from the effects of the recent spring frosts and ongoing challenges in the marketplace, but the city’s (...)
Business
“This transaction unites the Bollinger family with the Ponzi family, who in the 1970s pioneered the planting of Pinot Noir in Oregon”, said the press release.

Thursday April 29 2021

Bollinger’s first “real” investment outside France

Société Jacques Bollinger (SJB), the Bollinger family holding company, has announced the acquisition of the Ponzi Vineyards Winery in the (...)
Business

Wednesday April 21 2021

Vin-malin.fr is benefiting from the surge in e-commerce sales

Right off the bat, consumers and buyers are given unequivocal details about what to expect from the Vin-malin.fr online sales platform created (...)
Tuesday April 20 2021 - Business by Vitisphere

Krug builds a showcase in Ambonnay

Krug (MHCS group) has just unveiled plans to build a new production site in Clos d'Ambonnay, next to a 0.68-hectare vineyard. Named ‘Joseph (...)
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Tuesday April 13 2021 - Business by Vitisphere
The property has been in the family since 1847 and Joséphine Duffau-Lagarrosse will be the eighth generation of the family to run it.

Saint-Émilion classified growth sells for €75 million

The Aquitaine board of directors of French land registry authorities (SAFER) officialised the sale of the disputed Château Beauséjour Héritiers (...)
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Friday April 09 2021 - Industry issues by Vitisphere

French winegrowers call for financial support from the European Commission

The release of European aid seems to be the wine industry’s priority since the start of the year Jean-Marie Fabre (chairman of the (...)
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Thursday April 08 2021 - Business by Vitisphere
The Cox-in-Tube has a price tag of €38 for the Chardonnay and €40 for the red Côtes-du-Rhône Signargues.

One winegrower has chosen to put his bag-in-box in an artistic cylinder

Château des Coccinelles, an 80-hectare estate in the southern Rhone Valley owned by the Fabre family, has released a more elegant version (...)
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Friday April 02 2021 - Business by Vitisphere
Since 2014, Moët Hennessy-Ruinart's own vineyards have rolled out 120 areas dedicated to biodiversity, and grass cover is used over more than 95% of vineyard acreage.

Ruinart Champagne set to plant 14,000 trees in its vineyards in a year

Many Champagne companies publicise their vineyard management techniques, but far fewer translate them into acts bordering on militancy. Ruinart, (...)
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Wednesday March 31 2021 - Business by Vitisphere
Although the digital exhibition is more time-consuming to execute and requires shipping samples, it can nevertheless reach out to new visitors who would not have made the trip.

Millésime Bio to retain digital format in 2022

The first digital Millésime Bio trade fair, which this year opened in two stages, first from Monday 25 to Wednesday 27 January, then on Thursday (...)
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Tuesday March 30 2021 - Business by Vitisphere
Due to loss of business, independent wineries are asking for increased government support.

Covid puts paid to independent winegrower fairs in France this spring

France’s independent winegrowers’ federation has reluctantly announced that it is cancelling the seven fairs that were due to (...)
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Monday March 29 2021 - Industry issues by Vitisphere
Presiding over the Council meeting on 23 March, the Portuguese Minister for Agriculture, Maria do Céu Antunes, said that CAP negotiations must be finalised over the first half of 2021.

2045, the new deadline for new vineyard planting permits

At its meeting on 22 and 23 March, the Council of EU Agriculture Ministers added discussions on the Common Market Organisation for Wine (CMO (...)
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Monday March 22 2021 - Business by Vitisphere
The blend is 87% Merlot, 7% Cabernet-Sauvignon and 6% Cabernet Franc, matured in stainless steel tanks to preserve the fruit.

Mouton Cadet ventures into organic wines

At the ripe old age of 90, Mouton Cadet is reinventing itself by releasing an organic version. “This important day is the culmination (...)
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Friday March 19 2021 - Wine people by Vitisphere
“Everyone must be able to carry on. It is important to maintain the diversity of European viticulture”, said Thierry Coste.

Thierry Coste takes stock as he steps down as chair of the Copa-Cogeca wine group

Since 2010, Thierry Coste, a winegrower from Hérault in the South of France, has been elected six times in a row as chair of the wine group (...)
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Wednesday March 17 2021 - Business by Vitisphere
Applications can be submitted until 30 June 2021. Tastings will begin at the end of the year.

Legal challenges to Saint-Emilion classification double the price of applications

The prices of Bordeaux’s Grands Crus Classés aren’t the only ones soaring – the cost of applying for the classifications (...)
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Monday March 15 2021 - Business by Vitisphere
“We can only plan four months ahead. We have to take the news as it comes”, says Gérard Bertrand, who has learned in the US market that you have to see far but aim short.

Gérard Bertrand welcomes lifting of US additional duties in time for white and rosé marketing campaign

Languedoc wine producer Gérard Bertrand, who claims to be the leading French wine brand in the United States, shares his thoughts on the effects (...)
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Tuesday March 09 2021 - Business by Vitisphere
Arthur Mayard comments on “greater intensity in the musical wine, with higher alcohol and more residual sugars, more depth and greater texture”.

The effects of music on wine can be tasted at Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Can making wine to music lead to greater winemaking efficacy? A number of Languedoc winegrowers have tried it (Domaines de l'Octroi, Haut-Lirou, (...)
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