French AOC reforms at Vinexpo
The controversial proposals for reforming the French AOC system are to be presented at Vinexpo next week.
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Uprooting campaign in France gathers pace
Around 2,100 hectares of vines in France have been uprooted under the EU-backed incentive scheme for 2004-05, which ends on 15 June.
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Burgundy mourns death of talented Vosne vigneron
Burgundy winemaker Philippe Engel died of a heart attack last week while on holiday in Tahiti.
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Hailstorm ravages Bergerac
More than 400ha of vines in Bergerac were destroyed by a violent hailstorm on Friday afternoon.
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Paris wine producers go for Sideways effect
Wine producers in the Île de France region are aiming to attract tourists to their newly-revived vineyards.
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French mint issues 1855 coins
The Paris Mint is issuing a series of commemorative silver medals to celebrate this year’s 150th anniversary of the 1855 classification of Médoc & Sauternes Grands Crus Classés.
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France facing a third consecutive year of drought
French winemakers are fearful of another heatwave after an unusually rainless autumn and winter and unseasonally dry spring weather.
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Bordeaux doubles incentives for uprooting uneconomic vineyards
Financial incentives to encourage Bordeaux wine growers to uproot their uneconomic vines are to be doubled.
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Champagne industry to set targets for reducing carbon emissions
Champagne is planning to set ambitious targets for reducing the region’s carbon dioxide emissions.
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France: new €70m aid package
The French government has announced a €70m aid package to help struggling wine producers.
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Renou will push reforms 'to the limit'
French appellations chief René Renou is determined to push his reforms through – and has slammed the great regions for believing they have ‘divine right’ not to change.
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Efforts intensify to stem crisis as France faces bumper crop
The bumper grape harvest forecast for 2004 looks set to intensify the crisis afflicting the French wine industry.
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World's top producers resist GM
A group of major wine producers has declared its opposition to testing of genetically modified vines.
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World's top producers resist GM
A group of major wine producers has declared its opposition to testing of genetically modified vines.
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Wine documentary galvanises Cannes
Quentin Tarantino himself will judge a new film which claims there is a guerilla war being waged in the wine world, with its own cast of collaborators, refuseniks and resistance fighters.
