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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
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Tuesday April 20 2021

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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The property has been in the family since 1847 and Joséphine Duffau-Lagarrosse will be the eighth generation of the family to run it.

Tuesday April 13 2021

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 (...)
Industry issues

Friday April 09 2021

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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The Cox-in-Tube has a price tag of €38 for the Chardonnay and €40 for the red Côtes-du-Rhône Signargues.

Thursday April 08 2021

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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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.

Friday April 02 2021

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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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.

Wednesday March 31 2021

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 (...)
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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Thursday March 04 2021 - Business by Vitisphere
Through the new labels, Château d'Arche is offering a “different proposition that can be enjoyed on a more regular basis”, sums up Didier Galhaud.

One Cru Classé reinvents Sauternes, with a sparkling wine and a rosé

It’s not just a matter of vocation, “the strategy of a Sauternes classified estate is to produce stellar sweet wines” claims (...)
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Tuesday March 02 2021 - Industry issues by Vitisphere
“As soon as the Trade Representative, Katherine Tai, is confirmed, the Trade Commissioner, Valdis Dombrovskis, has been tasked with contacting her and telling her the European Union is aiming for a de-escalation of the situation”, stressed Franck Riester.

The stars are aligning for American taxes on French wines to be abolished

If you point out to France’s minister of foreign trade, Franck Riester, that the government only seems to have been active in combatting (...)
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Monday March 01 2021 - Industry issues by Vitisphere
The ruling by the civil chamber states that “the smear campaign has been detrimental to the Bordeaux wine region, which is in the process of changing its practices”.

Disparaging Bordeaux wines costs an anti-agrochemical association €125,000

On 25 February, the civil division of the Libourne court of justice condemned the “Alerte Aux Toxiques” (AAT) association and (...)
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Friday February 26 2021 - Business by Vitisphere
The wine is designed as a pop-up label: “I hope we won't be talking about it in 3-4 months’ time. It would be worrying if we were still talking about it in ten years' time! Our intention is not to capitalise on it”.

2019, or the year of the coronavinous

Aptly-named French winegrower Yves Plaisantin (which literally means joker) decided to have a go at producing his own Covid-inspired label (...)
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Monday February 22 2021 - Wine people by Vitisphere
“Young people can be passionate about wine and talk about it in an accessible way” explains Émile Coddens.

“Young people can be passionate about wine and talk about it in an accessible way” (to 300,000 followers on TikTok)

At just 23, Émile Coddens, deputy winemaker at Domaine Plou & fils (75 ha in Touraine), has released a raft of viral videos for young (...)
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Friday February 19 2021 - Business by Vitisphere
The new label’s retail price is €6.40 /bottle.

Bordeaux co-operative puts Rhone varieties in its Vins de France

If ever one technique was associated with Bordeaux it is the art of blending. But that technique has been taken into uncharted territory by (...)
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