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Discover the unique approach to winemaking from the passionate Martin Hubacher! 🌟🥂 In this insightful interview, Martin takes us inside the Johanniterkeller in the charming village of Twann, where he shares his deep-rooted passion for producing authentic Bielersee wines. 🍇✨ If you are a wine enthusiast or simply appreciate good storytelling, this interview is a must-read! Get ready to be inspired by Martin Hubacher’s unwavering dedication and his vision for creating wines that are nothing short of extraordinary.🍷 Read the full article ⬇️ #SwissWine #winelovers #sustainablewine #sustainable

At Alexandre Bonnet, 100% of our champagnes are low dosage, either Extra Brut or Brut Nature ! Why ? Because it's trendy ? Not really... At Alexandre Bonnet, winemaking begins in the vineyard. We give ourselves the means to seek out the best possible ripeness, thanks to our internal ripening monitoring, plot by plot. A low dosage Champagne is considered to be extra-brut when it contains between 0 and 6 g/l and Brut Nature-Zéro dosage when it contains between 0 and 3 g/l. To produce Champagnes with little or no dosage, they need to be made from fine grapes with sufficient ripeness to strike a balance between structure and aromatic freshness. The aim is to set a harvest date once this balance has been achieved, which generally allows us to dispense with chaptalisation. This reinforces the decision to age the wine on laths for a minimum of 36 months. At the end of this period, we test several dosage levels, and it’s almost always the lowest dosage that best brings out the wine’s minerality and complexity.

2023, Belgium 🍇 : 3.5 million liters of wine produced, by 300 winemakers, over 900ha. That's not only a record yield, it also shows the increase of acreage per winemaker: now at 3.9ha/producer. We're prepping to put an environmental and economic sustainability profile to those numbers 🌿♻ #pioneerbelgianclimatewines https://lnkd.in/ed3RT5_X

Today we talk Champagne: 🍾 The Champagne Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée production zone covers 34,300 hectares and includes 319 villages known as "crus" within its defined perimeter established by legislation in 1927. 🍇 Nearly 280,000 plots in Champagne are maintained by over 16,000 growers, with most plots being small, around 12 hectares on average. 🍇A Champagne wine grower differentiates between individual plots with unique names and reputations, beyond just growths ('crus'). 🍇Vineyard plot distribution in figures: ✨Total sub-regions: 20 ✨Total crus: 320 ✨Total ‘lieux-dits’ (‘named places’): tens of thousands ✨ Total plots: 280,000 🍇In 2023, 299 million bottles of Champagne were shipped: ✨ 216.7 million by Champagne Houses ✨ 82.3 million by Champagne Cooperatives and Growers 🍇Distribution of Champagne consumption: ✨ 42.6% in France ✨ 57.4% in export revenues 🍇Top export markets: ✨ United States: 26.9 million bottles ✨ United Kingdom: 25.5 million bottles ✨ Japan: 15.3 million bottles ✨ Germany: 11.7 million bottles ✨ Italy: 9.9 million bottles 🍾📈 Follow us for more industry insights! #ChampagneRegion #WineLovers #LuxuryLiving #FrenchWine #SparklingWine #WineTourism #ChampagneLovers #DrinkResponsibly

Fine Wines - Bordeaux regains market share with 45.0%  During the first week of 2024, Bordeaux reclaimed its position at the top to hold 45.0% of total trade by value, up from the previous week’s share of 29.2%. In contrast, Burgundy lost some momentum, concluding the seven days ending on January 4th at 9.34%, marking the most substantial decline out of the regions for the week.  Tuscany came in second this week, surpassing both Burgundy and Champagne to secure 18.8% of regional trade by value. Conversely, the Rhône, Piedmont, and the ‘Others’ category all experienced setbacks, falling to 3.1%, 2.8% and 3.6% of total trade respectively. #wine #wines #finewine #finewines #vins #vin #vinfrançais #vinsfrançais #winebusiness #bordeaux #champagne #burgundy #bourgogne #vins #borgogna #toscana #vinotoscano #vini

Fine Wine's Market - Italy saw positive momentum, with Tuscany increasing from 10.8% to 13.1%. Piedmont experienced a rise from 5.1% to 6.4%. The Rhône region saw the largest increase in its market share by value out of the regions, rising from 2.7% to 4.5% this week. Bordeaux saw a slight increase in its trade share this week, climbing to 41.3% from 40.1%. On the other hand, Burgundy saw the largest decline in trade share, decreasing from 21.3% to 15.3% Champagne also experienced a dip in trade share by value, falling from 8.7% to 8.1% for the week.  #wine #wines #finewine #finewines #tuscany #burgundy #borgogna #bourgogne #vino #vini #vinopregiato #vinipregiati #winebusiness #wineindustry #toscana #vinotoscano #piedmont #vinopiemontese #piemonte #champagne

Avg 10-Year AOP wine yields in France, by Region (2011-2020). Lowest in Languedoc-Roussillon with 37.1 hl/ha (esp. Pyrénées Orientales with 26 hl/ha!). Highest in Alsace (68.3 hl/ha) and Champagne (68.6 hl/ha). Hard to argue that yields are negatively correlated with prices

Avg 10-Year AOP wine yields in France, by Region (2011-2020). Lowest in Languedoc-Roussillon with 37.1 hl/ha (esp. Pyrénées Orientales with 26 hl/ha!). Highest in Alsace (68.3 hl/ha) and Champagne (68.6 hl/ha). Hard to argue that yields are negatively correlated with prices. https://lnkd.in/e6qJbBxV

Echoing many of the themes we were expressing in real time during 2023 Bordeaux En Primeur. However, I do not think of En Primeur as "broken". Producers need only adjust their pricing to the market levels, they are still making enormous profits based on elevated pricing over the last 10 years. Expecting consumers to pay in En Primeur prices that are higher than better vintages that are immediately available is unrealistic. #bordeaux #bordeauxenprimeur #bordeauxenprimeur2023 #EnPrimeur #wine #finewine #wineinvestments #finewineinvestments #finewineinvesting #Bdx23 #Bdx2023

Port Wines | Vinho do Porto - Top 10 Port Markets In ’000s of Nine-Litre Cases Although the wine’s Portuguese home market enjoyed a fine year in 2022, growing nearly 123% to reach 1.41m cases. The continued post-Covid recovery of Portugal’s tourism market helped drive this growth, with sales by value totalling EUR74m. Exports totalled about EUR309m by value, with large volume declines recorded in key economically troubled export markets such as Belgium (-10.6%), the Netherlands (-18.9%) and the UK (-29.4%). France, port’s largest market, recorded a modest 1.4% volume gain in 2022 #wine #wines #portugal #port #portuguesewines #vinho #vinhodoporto #porto #portwine #vinhos #export #exportação Vinhos do Douro e do Porto | IVDP