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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 (...)
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Due to loss of business, independent wineries are asking for increased government support.

Tuesday March 30 2021

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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The blend is 87% Merlot, 7% Cabernet-Sauvignon and 6% Cabernet Franc, matured in stainless steel tanks to preserve the fruit.

Monday March 22 2021

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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Applications can be submitted until 30 June 2021. Tastings will begin at the end of the year.

Wednesday March 17 2021

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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“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.

Monday March 15 2021

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 (...)
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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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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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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Wednesday February 17 2021 - Business by Vitisphere
The event planned by Inter Rhône in May 2021 for the general public has also been postponed until May 2022.

Covid causes postponement of Découvertes en Vallée du Rhône until 2022

Découvertes en Vallée du Rhône will not take place as scheduled from Monday 12 to Thursday 15 April 2021. The event, which is attended by (...)
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Friday February 12 2021 - Business by Vitisphere
6,300 bottles of each wine have been produced in the Vin de France category with a retail price tag of 13.50 euros.

One Corsican winery decides to innovate with orange wine and smoked grapes

“We make it our mission to release at least two innovative products a year under the Casanova brand”, says Christophe Paitier, (...)
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Monday February 08 2021 - Business by Vitisphere
To placate the critics – and respond to disbelief as some people thought it was an April fool’s joke – the first vintage of the ‘Burdi W’ range was tasted by renowned consultants Alain Raynaud and Michel Rolland.

France’s first wine with cannabis comes from Bordeaux

The relaxing effects of cannabis have been well-documented, but it seems to be stressing out part of the French wine industry. The ‘Burdi (...)
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Monday February 01 2021 - Business by Vitisphere
Re-opening the event will allow award-winners of the Millésime Bio Challenge to be showcased. The competition had to be postponed with the tastings due to be held in February in small groups.

Millésime Bio closes its first digital event, only to re-open in March 2021

The organic trade show Millésime Bio 2021 opened its virtual doors on Wednesday 27 January, and will reopen them on March 18 and 19 to meet (...)
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Wednesday January 27 2021 - Business by Vitisphere
Known for his blockbusters, Ridley Scott also made a more small-scale production about the vineyards of Provence – A Good Year, released in 2006 and starring Marion Cotillard and Russell Crowe.

Ridley Scott produces his first wine (and prepares for the next stage)

‘Source 2020’ labelled AOC Luberon and signed Ridley Scott is the first wine to be produced in the brand new winery at Mas des (...)
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Tuesday January 26 2021 - Business by Vitisphere
The co-operative currently markets 12,000 hectolitres of wine, but reportedly has the capacity to accommodate 25 to 30,000 hl of wine.

Crisis-resistant Sancerre winery poised to welcome new members

There is a well-known saying in the world of co-operative wineries: when the going is good, everyone tends to go it alone, but when the going (...)
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Monday January 25 2021 - Business by Vitisphere
“I'm not a winegrower, I'm a salesman who tries to understand the consumer”, claims Bernard Magrez.

Bernard Magrez turns focus from Bordeaux to other wine regions and spirits

“I’m not claiming that what I say is the truth, but it’s what I think”, stressed Bernard Magrez in his start-up incubator (...)
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Thursday January 21 2021 - Business by Vitisphere
As the script of a comedy film, the scenario would probably have us laughing, but for the victims, it is anything but amusing.

Grands Crus wine bottles broken by their thieves

Over the past two weeks, three wine cellars have been burgled and several more attempts have taken place in Burgundy. The first of them targeted (...)
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Friday January 15 2021 - Business by Vitisphere
Christophe Avi, a winegrower in France’s Brulhois area, is releasing a wine at the end of January that promises to have side effects.

France’s first Vaccs'vin is on its way!

After the Covid test label by Bordeaux winegrower Jean-Christophe Mauro (Chapelle Bérard), another French winegrower – Christophe Avi (...)
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