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After establishing a Persian-inspired winery in France, Masrour Makaremi's goal is to plant a vineyard in Iran.

Wednesday June 02 2021

Growing vines in France to revive Iran’s wine culture

Archaeological excavations and historical research provide evidence of the existence of vines and wine more than 7,000 years ago in ancient
Culture and Wine
Nicolas Vanier discovered Champagne in 2017, during a conference on mankind and nature, organised by the Unesco Mission

Friday April 30 2021

Nicolas Vanier poised to start shooting “Champagne!”

Film director Nicolas Vanier, who has directed films such as ‘The Last Trapper’, ‘Belle & Sebastian’ and ‘Spread (...)
Culture and Wine
The other application not selected this year was that of “the expertise of Parisian zinc roofers and decorators”.

Wednesday April 14 2021

The Biou d'Arbois winegrowers' festival revises its application for world heritage status

For the third time, the application by the Biou d'Arbois winegrowers’ festival ranked among the French finalists to be included (...)
Culture and Wine
The 100% digital campaign will be rolled out on social media platforms Instagram, Youtube, Facebook and Twitter until the end of February.

Wednesday January 20 2021

Promoting French gourmet food pairings, wines and sensible drinking, in a positive way

Modern and moderate. Under the strapline, “Good wine goes with everything, especially when it is enjoyed in moderation”, a colourful, (...)
Wine and Health
In April, a Chinese team synthesised two compounds that inhibit the Mpro enzyme, with good in vivo results in dogs and mice. Their work was published in Science Magazine.

Tuesday January 12 2021

Grape compounds able to block a key enzyme in the Covid-19 virus

The antiviral properties of certain fruits such as persimmons have been well documented. Researchers at North Carolina State University recently (...)
Culture and Wine
“There is not just one ‘Nouveau’ any more but a whole host of Nouveaux”, claims Inter Beaujolais.

Friday October 02 2020

Beaujolais Nouveau 2020 - intimacy rather than large-scale festivities

Due to the negative impact of the coronavirus pandemic, “festivities surrounding Beaujolais Nouveau will be unusual, but even the smallest (...)
Culture and Wine
The label of the 2017 Mouton Rothschild.

Wednesday November 27 2019

Biblical theme for 2017 Mouton Rothschild label

A biblical message has been chosen to adorn the label of the 1855-classified First Growth Château Mouton Rothschild (84 hectares in Pauillac). (...)
Thursday June 06 2019 - Wine and Health by Vitisphere
“We want to answer questions like is it good to share ideas and at what age?” adds Olivier Gergaud.

Sensible wine drinking at the core of a French research chair

At the end of the day, we know nothing. We know nothing of the educational and information conditions that lead to sensible drinking. What (...)
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Wednesday April 03 2019 - Culture and Wine by Vitisphere
The Paris Food Forum will be held in 2020.

France launches international gourmet food forum

Chef Alain Ducasse and diplomat Philippe Faure were commissioned by Emmanuel Macron “to design and promote” in France and abroad (...)
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Monday December 17 2018 - Culture and Wine by Vitisphere
The tutored tasting was held in the K amphitheatre of the ULB Solbosch campus in Ixelles, Brussels, and a fee (€10/student) was charged.

The world's largest tutored wine tasting attracts 309 students

Breaking a record is worth cracking open a bottle of Champagne. 309 students from the Inter Wine & Dine School of Oenology (IWD) and the (...)
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Wednesday December 05 2018 - Wine and Health by Vitisphere
Pierre-Louis Teissedre, professor at the ISVV in Bordeaux, is highly critical of the Lancet's article which stated that there is no such thing as beneficial alcohol consumption.

The French wine industry takes the Lancet to task for its health study

On November 28th in Paris, the association Vin et Société went back over the Lancet study on alcohol and health published at the end of August. (...)
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Wednesday September 05 2018 - Culture and Wine by Vitisphere
The Cité du Vin, with its unique circular architectural design, provides a permanent immersive, sensorial and interactive wine-themed journey, with workshops on wine culture, a cellar stocked with wines from all over the world, numerous shows, concerts and debates.

Breton visitor becomes the millionth to visit the Cité du Vin

"A total of no fewer than 176 nationalities came to discover the cultures and civilisations of wine: 70% French and 30% foreigners, with (...)
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Monday July 16 2018 - Culture and Wine by Vitisphere
Announced on July 1, the awards will be presented on October 17 at the Senate in Paris.

Œnovidéo awards documentary on Spanish natural wine

Combining cinema and wine, the twenty-fifth Œnovideo festival has just awarded its top prize to the Spanish film Fermentación Espontánea, (...)
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Tuesday May 22 2018 - Culture and Wine by Vitisphere
The sealed bottles have no label. Buyers will be given one at the end of the auction.

Three wines harvested under Louis XV and sold under Emmanuel Macron

With their original patina of dust, the 115 lots put up for auction on Saturday 26 May by Jura Enchère encapsulate the history of Franche-Comté. (...)
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Wednesday April 11 2018 - Culture and Wine by Vitisphere
The new Rosé day logo.

First International Rosé Day launched

Valérie Rousselle, owner of Châteaux Roubine and Sainte-Béatrice (Lorgues, Var), has launched ‘International Rosé Day’ with the (...)
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Thursday April 05 2018 - Wine and Health by Vitisphere
Representing a pregnant woman with a glass in her hand, the red strikethrough logo has been mandatory on bottles of alcoholic beverages sold in France since 2007.

The pregnant woman logo on bottles will be enlarged in 2019

To “improve exposure of the health statement "zero alcohol during pregnancy" on containers of alcoholic drinks", the (...)
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Thursday March 29 2018 - Culture and Wine by Vitisphere
Jean-Luc Barbier, former Director of the CIVC and Chairman of the Scientific Council of the UNESCO Mission, Amandine Crépin, Director of the Mission, Sébastien Eugène, Mayor of Château-Thierry and Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger, CEO of Taittinger Champagnes and Chairman of the UNESCO Mission.

Unesco mission ramps up activities

On 22 March, Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger, chairman of the Mission Unesco des Coteaux, Maisons et Caves de Champagne association, presented (...)
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Thursday November 30 2017 - Culture and Wine by Vitisphere

Cité du Vin centres due to open in Burgundy in 2020 and 2021

 “The countdown has started”, announced the Burgundy wine marketing board BIVB in a press statement, referring to the future (...)
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Monday November 27 2017 - Culture and Wine by Vitisphere

Two new signatures for Mouton Rothschild 2015

“The result of a process that is both random and carefully prepared”, is how Baron Philippe de Rothschild describes Gerhard Richter’s (...)
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Friday November 17 2017 - Wine and Health by Vitisphere

Labelling the topic of debate at CEVI’s 15th anniversary

In public, relations are more than cordial. Behind the scenes, they are tense. The feeling was obvious at the reception organised on November (...)
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