France - Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News

Harvest hailstorms fail to marr first-rate Chablis vintage

Published: 02 November, 2015

Winemakers are reporting an excellent Chablis vintage this year, despite potential turmoil caused by hailstorms as the harvest began.

Analysis: Greatest Champagne vintage for 70 years?

Published: 30 October, 2015

Geoffery Dean gets the inside scoop on this year's harvest from some of the iconic Champagne houses

Analysis: Gavin Quinney weighs in on the Bordeaux harvest 2015 and how the 'rule of five' may come into play

Published: 30 October, 2015

As the harvest draws to a close in Bordeaux, Gavin Quinney talks us through the early predictions and explains why the 'Bordeaux rule of five' is likely to come into play this year

Alsace growers see promise of greatness in 2015 vintage

Published: 29 October, 2015

The Alsace harvest looks set to be high-quality, despite slightly lower yields, according to early reports.

Geoffrey Dean weighs in on Veuve Clicquot's latest release the La Grande Dame 2006

Published: 27 October, 2015

While the 2006 vintage of Veuve Clicquot's La Grande Dame does not sing quite like its much lauded 2002 counterpart, which had better structure and more depth, the latest release is another very impressive offering from the celebrated Champagne house

Rhône valley winemakers report top-quality 2015 harvest

Published: 26 October, 2015

Wine producers across the Rhône Valley are reporting a high-quality vintage after this year's harvest.

Ackerman targets UK with new marketing and PR agency

Published: 23 October, 2015

Crémant de Loire producer Ackerman is set to re-establish itself in the UK market.

Borough Wines launches new store with Château Castera tasting

Published: 19 October, 2015

Borough Wines is launching its new Shoreditch store and wine bar with an exclusive event for the press and trade.

D&D expands into winemaking with its own range of wines

Published: 16 October, 2015

The D&D London restaurant group is launching its own range of wines to offer its customers.

Côtes du Rhône Wines announces Game of TRhône quiz night

Published: 14 October, 2015

Winter is coming. And with it, news of the annual Côtes du Rhône Wines quiz night.

Italy overtakes France again as world's leading wine producer

Published: 12 October, 2015

Italy has regained its position as the world's largest wine producer this year, according to figures submitted to the European Union.

Alsace throws spotlight on terroir and food pairings with autumn promotional push

Published: 06 October, 2015

Alsace wines are getting an autumn promotional boost in the UK with an online sponsorship and trade tasting.

Mouton Cadet extends Ryder Cup partnership to Hazeltine in 2016

Published: 01 October, 2015

Mouton Cadet has been named as the official wine of golf's 2016 Ryder Cup.

Médoc producers approve timetable for move to Crus Bourgeois classification system

Published: 22 September, 2015

Members of the Alliance des Crus Bourgeois du Médoc have voted overwhelmingly in favour of the creation of a classification system for their wines.

Badét Clement buys Pinot Noir and Chardonnay vineyards in Languedoc

Published: 21 September, 2015

French wine producer Badet Clément has acquired its own vineyards in the Languedoc region with the purchase of Domaine de la Métairie d'Alon.

Analysis: A rise in white and red wines from Bordeaux demostrate its diversity

Published: 16 September, 2015

Looking beyond red and the hype of en primeur there seems to be a resurgence in white and rosé wines from Bordeaux.

Prestige Champagne cuvée from Taittinger gets UK release

Published: 15 September, 2015

Taittinger is releasing its 2006 vintage Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut this month.

Sparkling wine continues to fizz with on-trade sales up by more than half in a year

Published: 15 September, 2015

Sparkling wine is the star performer in the drinks trade with the value of on-trade sales up by more than half in the year to July 7, according to Nielsen figures in the third quarter market report from the Wine & Spirit Trade Association.

Q&A: Philippe Dhalluin, managing director of Châteaux wines, Château Mouton Rothschild

Published: 14 September, 2015

Dhalluin has been overseeing the winemaking at Mouton Rothschild and several of its estates since 2003. He talks about the joys, as well as the pressures, of leading arguably one of the most iconic wine labels in the world.