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“We combine 9 co-operative groups (covering 25,000 hectares under vine in South-West France, the Rhone Valley and Beaujolais). We are gaining traction”, pointed out Thierry Blandinières.

Wednesday July 08 2020

By taking control of Vinadeis, InVivo breaks through €500-million-barrrier in revenue

The wine subsidiary of France's leading co-operative group is entering into exclusive negotiations with the Occitan co-operative group
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3,000 hl of wine, the equivalent of four vintages, are waiting in the cellar alongside 28,000 bottles.

Tuesday July 07 2020

Three Bordeaux winery workers win industrial tribunal case against their Chinese employer

On 25 June, the Bordeaux industrial tribunal ruled in favour of three employees of Château de Pic - the tractor driver, the viticulturist (...)
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The family-run J. de Telmont brand would become Rémy Cointreau’s new Champagne subsidiary company.

Friday June 26 2020

Rémy Cointreau negotiates its return to Champagne

In a financial press release, “the Rémy Cointreau Group announces that it is in exclusive negotiations with the Lhopital family to acquire (...)
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“This full-fledged business event will be held from 15 to 17 February and will welcome more than 2,900 exhibitors from around the world”, stated a joint press release.

Thursday June 25 2020

Wine Paris and Vinexpo Paris to become a single exhibition

Although appearance-wise there is no change, in substance the move is designed to make all the difference. After the first concurrent Wine (...)
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Château Beychevelle produces 240,000 bottles a year and currently sells more than 80% of its wines En Primeur in a single tranche.

Monday June 15 2020

Back to basics for Grands Crus during the coronavirus crisis

Even without the traditional tasting week, the pace of the 2019 En Primeur campaign has been sustained and kept Bordeaux wine merchants on (...)
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The 2019 vintage is the last one supervised by Jean-Michel Comme (right), who has managed Alfred Tesseron's (left) estate since 1989.

Wednesday June 03 2020

Pontet-Canet sells 100 % of its En Primeur wines in just 3 hours

After being released for sale to Bordeaux merchants on May 28 at 9 am, the 2019 vintage of Chateau Pontet Canet sold out just three hours (...)
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Available in white (90% Rolle and 10% Viognier) and rosé (60% Grenache and 40% Cinsault), the Les Impatients range has a recommended retail price of 14 euros.

Thursday May 28 2020

‘Prosecco from Provence’ aims to help move rosé upmarket

“Domaine de Fontenille is proud to present Les Impatients, the first Prosecco from Provence, 2019 vintage”, stated a press release (...)
Tuesday May 26 2020 - Business by Vitisphere
InVivo has significant funds to invest since the sale, in July 2018, of its animal nutrition subsidiary, Neovia, to the American group Archer Daniels Midland Company (sale of 67.5% of shares for 1.5 billion euros).

The director of the wine subsidiary of France's leading co-operative group leaves suddenly

“I can confirm that I left my management position at InVivo Wine on the evening of Monday 18 May”, said Frédéric Noyère, who has (...)
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Wednesday May 13 2020 - Business by Vitisphere
Through all of its packaging initiatives, the estate intends to save 8 tons of raw materials per year in the long run.

The end of gilding for one Grand Cru Classé as it ramps up its sustainability credentials

In the world of premium wines, packaging draws on the conventions of luxury goods to underscore market positioning. But whilst the psychological (...)
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Friday May 08 2020 - Business by Vitisphere
“The 4,000 employees of firms belonging to the C10 network have mostly been furloughed (90%)”, specified a press release.

C10 is “not convinced that people will rush to bistros or that wine consumption will rise”

What does the closure of the hospitality industry imply for C10: a 100% drop in business and 0% turnover since the start of lockdown? Guillaume (...)
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Friday April 24 2020 - Business by Vitisphere
“The bottle was very innovative at the time. It was created by Baroness de Rasque de Laval, with a slender top inspired by a bottle of Alsace and the base of a perfume bottle from Grasse”, explained Aurélie Bertin.

Christian Lacroix designs the livery for Château Sainte Roseline’s patented bottle

“Our bottle, whose design was patented in 1949, is our genetic make-up”, commented Aurélie Bertin, owner of Château Sainte Roseline (...)
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Thursday April 23 2020 - Business by Vitisphere
Since lockdown was introduced in France on March 17, e-commerce platforms selling wine to private customers have seen sales go through the roof.

Lockdown gives French online wine retailers a boost

Wine sales for the pure players such as Vin-Malin, Millesima, le Petit ballon and les Grappes and wine merchants such as Nicolas, le Repaire (...)
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Wednesday April 22 2020 - Business by Vitisphere
This isn’t the first time the two Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil winegrowers have taken a humorous approach. As fans of comic books, they recently launched a collection of wines called the Comic's with a range of fun labels.

Two winegrower brothers have fought back at the crisis with a sense of humour, and business

Their campaign went, well, viral on Facebook. The Jamet brothers in Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil have fought back at the Covid-19 crisis, drawing (...)
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Friday April 17 2020 - Business by Vitisphere
This wine is designed to combine “three characteristics: the salinity of Clos Mireille, the silkiness and finesse of Château de Selle, and the depth of Château Romassan”, said Christian Ott.

The new label by Ott blends wines from three estates, and increases prices four-fold

In a bid to capitalise on the star appended to the Ott name by its founder, Marcel Ott, Louis Roederer’s Provençal subsidiary is launching (...)
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Friday April 10 2020 - Business by Vitisphere
“France has now entered a phase of lockdown, just like other countries in Europe and the world”, commented the Reims-based group.

With coronavirus, “paying out dividends for Vranken-Pommery Champagnes is out of the question”

“Considering the current situation and the exceptional measures taken by the group with the support of the State, paying out dividends (...)
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Wednesday April 01 2020 - Business by Vitisphere
Cash flow problems must be quickly removed, “there are already enough challenges with the scarcity of sales outlets, logistics and manpower problems”, stressed Bernard Farges.

French wine industry encouraged to make wide scale use of State-secured loans

As vines gradually emerge from their winter slumber, wine marketing finds itself in isolation, “leaving a huge gap”, said France’s (...)
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Tuesday March 31 2020 - Business by Vitisphere
Patrick Seguin, chairman of the Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce and Industry and of Vinexpo: “We are firmly committed to keeping the show in Hong Kong. There don't seem to be any new cases of coronavirus in Asia. The situation is improving”.

Vinexpo remains confident about the current situation

“Vinexpo, like all companies, has been shut down. Out of the 34 employees, a good ten are working from home”, said Patrick Seguin, (...)
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Friday March 20 2020 - Business by Vitisphere
“When I started planting disease-resistant grape varieties in 2009, many viewed it as the crazy act of a madman”, recalls Mickaël Raynal.

The first range of PGI wines from resistant varieties is released

The first French winegrower to market a PGI wine made from resistant grape varieties last year, Mickaël Raynal is innovating once again by (...)
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Friday March 13 2020 - Business by Vitisphere
Guy Rochais has given the keys of Château de Plaisance to Vannessa Cherruau and not to Loire Propriétés

Guy Rochais hands the keys of Château de Plaisance to Vannessa Cherruau

Château de Plaisance with its 25-hectare vineyard in Rochefort-sur-Loire (Anjou) is making an incredible come-back according to its new co-owner, (...)
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Monday March 09 2020 - Business by Vitisphere
A bead 8 millimetres in diameter is set within the ring.

5,000 euros for a combination of 18-carat gold and 50-year-old Cognac

With Cognac enthusiasts squarely in their sights, the Charente-based firm A. de Fussigny and Bordeaux jeweller Arvin Créations are marketing (...)
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