Consumers have become more willing to embrace Old World alternatives to the most popular New World wine styles. Nigel Huddleston reports on what has driven…
Consumers have become more willing to embrace Old World alternatives to the most popular New World wine styles. Nigel Huddleston reports on what has driven…
Bordeaux Day now has a new date for 2020. The CIVB (Bordeaux Wine Council) has decided Bordeaux Day, which was originally scheduled for May, will now take place on November 4, at Camden House, London NW1 (from 11am to 7pm). Fiona Juby, UK marketing consultant for the CIVB, said: “The safety of our staff, guests and exhibitors is our number one priority. Given the current…
Bordeaux wine group, Conseil Interprofessional du Vin de Bordeaux (CIVB), has earmarked the UK as one of seven key markets for its 2020 promotional activity, which includes a strategy to attract new and younger drinkers. The CIVB plans to encourage more winemakers to share their stories directly with consumers once lockdown rules have been relaxed. This forms part of a strategy to present a “more…
Vineyards across France have been hit by snow and frost this week, although many winemakers are reporting “very limited damage” to the vines to date. The Bordeaux wine group – Conseil Interprofessionel du vin de Bordeaux (CIVB) – said that during the night of March 26 frost severely affected several major French wine regions. It said: “Despite negative temperatures in places, and apart from a…
The trade body representing wines from Bordeaux has announced it is launching Bordeaux Day in the UK. The Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux (CIVB), will welcome wine industry professionals to Camden House in London, NW1 for the very first Bordeaux Day on May 5, 2020. Visitors will receive a full update on Bordeaux at seminars throughout the day and have the chance to rediscover…
An increasing number of vineyards in Bordeaux are exploring sustainable and environmentally-friendly production methods with a record 60% now certified as either organic, biodynamic or the French HVE (High Environmental Value) certification, according to The Bordeaux Wine Council (CIVB). Allan Sichel, vice president of the CIVB, told DRN: “In 2014 it was 35% of vineyards that had some form of environmental certification…
Touriga Nacional, Marselan, Petit Verdot and Petit Manseng are among a number of late-ripening grape varieties highlighted by Bordeaux Wine Council (CIVB) as ones that could help the region to adapt to climate change. The CIVB has outlined a number of measures to help it deal with climate change in the future and in its latest report on the subject it said in Bordeaux, as…
Bordeaux wine exports to the UK grew 15% in value last year compared to the region’s overall global exports, which grew by just 3%. The region suffered a 14% downturn in volume exports globally, predominantly due to the low 2017 harvest and magnified by a slowdown in wine imports by China, the biggest market for Bordeaux wines. But despite this global downturn, volume exports to…
