Wine Year in Provence and the Harvest 2025
France third largest Wine Country in 2024, How did it go this Year? Italy, France, and Spain are usually the three largest wine producing countries in that order and for 2023 France...
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More Rosé News
In Provence, the grape harvest started two weeks ago, starting first in the vineyards near the coast and then continuing further inland. As usual, the wine year has brought a number of...
How Old is an Old Vine?
You have probably seen that on some bottles it is stated that the wine is made from grapes that come from old vines. Depending on where the wine is produced, it says...
No drones over Provence yet!
The vines in the south of France are now in their delicate flowering phase as the winegrowers want warm, dry weather without wind in order to get a good harvest. But the...
The Wine Year in Provence and the 2024 Harvest
France The wine year in France has been very problematic throughout the 2024 season and with great variation across the country. It started with frost in the spring, then during the important...
Tough Spring in Provence!
The misery continues, in 2021 Provence and the whole of France was hit by extreme frost in the spring followed by two years that were dry and hot in Provence and now...
Rosé wine – A Safe Business?
In Provence, there have recently been some very large acquisitions in the rosé wine industry. The most famous acquisitions are LVMH’s purchase of Château d’Esclans, Château Minuty, Château de Galoupet, Domaine des...
The Wine Year in Provence and the 2023 Harvest
All of France For all of France, the wine harvest is estimated to end up at 44.5 million hl, which is roughly the average for the last 5 years, but there are...
Rain and Hail!
In France, 2022 was an extremely dry year and it has continued the same way at the beginning of 2023, southern France including Provence is especially affected. Already in the middle of...
In the vineyard – drought again!
We are now approaching the end of March and by then all the pruning work of the vines is usually completed. The later you prune, the less risk there is of the...
